Kendrick Warren (born May 27, 1971) is an American former professional
basketball
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player.
High school career
A native of Richmond, Virginia, Warren attended Thomas Jefferson High School and during his time there became a nationally ranked player. He averaged 27 points and 11 rebounds in his junior year
and as a senior he averaged 26 points and 12 rebounds.
One of the best forwards in his class,
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1990 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
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he scored 4 points shooting 1 for 4 from the field and 2 for 2 from the
free throw
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line.
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College career
Already during his junior year of high school Warren had expressed his will to play for Virginia Commonwealth University,
and he committed to VCU in 1990, after his McDonald's All-American selection. His freshman season at VCU saw him leading the team in both scoring and rebounding, with respective averages of 15.7 and 8.5, was awarded the Sun Belt Freshman of the Year and was named in the All-Conference Team.
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/ref> His sophomore season was even more successful and was his best scoring season: he averaged 19.0 points per game, starting all of his 29 games, and was the 3rd best scorer of the 1991–92 Metro Conference tournament. The 1992–93 season saw Warren average 17.6 points and 9.1 rebounds, and VCU reached the Conference finals, where they were defeated by Louisville 90 to 78. Warren's senior season saw a significant improvement in his rebounding average, and he led the Metro Conference with 12.4 rebounds per game. He finished his career as VCU top scorer of all time with 1,858 points (his record has since been surpassed) and was second in career rebounds with 1,049 (the record belongs to Lorenza Watson with 1,143). In 2005 VCU retired his jersey number, 23.
College statistics
Professional career
Warren became automatically eligible for the 1994 NBA draft
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after his senior year, but he was not selected by any of the NBA teams. He was drafted 3rd overall in the 1994 CBA Draft by the Rockford Lightning and played his first season as a pro in the Continental Basketball Association
The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) (originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, and later as the Eastern Professional Basketball League and the Eastern Basketball Association) was a men's professional basketball m ...
. Warren played all 56 games of the 1994–95 season, was named the CBA Rookie of the Year and was an All-Star selection. He averaged 18.1 points and 7.4 rebounds. After his successful rookie season in the CBA, Warren decided to play overseas and had a brief experience in Sweden
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, where he played for Malmö.
He came back to the United States in 1995 and played 3 more years in the CBA, this time for the Yakima SunKings
The Yakima SunKings are a basketball team located in Yakima, Washington, covering the central Washington sports market of Yakima, Tri-Cities, and Ellensburg and plays at the Yakima SunDome. The team competed in the Continental Basketball Associa ...
, where he averaged 16.3 points and 7.8 rebounds in the 1995–96 season and 14.0 points and 9.0 rebounds in the 1997–98 season. He then transferred abroad again, this time first to Huelva in Spain and then to Brazilian team Flamengo; in 1999 he signed for his hometown team, the newly founded Richmond Rhythm
The Richmond Rhythm were a professional basketball team based in Richmond, Virginia from 1999 to 2001. The team played in the International Basketball League. They played their home games at Siegel Center on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth Uni ...
of the International Basketball League
The International Basketball League (IBL) was a semi-professional men's basketball league featuring teams from the West Coast of the United States. In 2010 the Albany Legends became the first team in the Northeastern United States to join. The ...
. He played for London Towers in the 2000–2001 British Basketball League, and he was selected in the All-Star team thanks to his 20.7 points per game.Espoon Honka
237px, Petteri Koponen with Espoon Honka in 2007
Espoon Honka, also known as Honka Playboys, was a basketball club based in Espoo, Finland and it played in Korisliiga. The club was dissolved in 2011 due to financial difficulties.
History
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, and then played in England for 3 more seasons before ending his career with Hermine Nantes in the LNB Pro B
The LNB Pro B, commonly known as Pro B, is the French basketball league system, 2nd-tier level men's professional basketball league in France. It is the second division of the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB), which has organized the league since t ...
.
References
External links
Career stats at ProBallers.comCBA Stats
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1971 births
Living people
African-American basketball players
American expatriate basketball people in Brazil
American expatriate basketball people in Finland
American expatriate basketball people in France
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
American expatriate basketball people in Sweden
American expatriate basketball people in the United Kingdom
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Richmond, Virginia
Birmingham Bullets players
Brighton Bears players
Espoon Honka players
Flamengo basketball players
Forwards (basketball)
London Towers players
McDonald's High School All-Americans
Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
Richmond Rhythm players
Rockford Lightning players
VCU Rams men's basketball players
Yakima Sun Kings players
21st-century African-American sportspeople
20th-century African-American sportspeople