Kevin Marquis Murphy (born March 6, 1990) is an American professional

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player for Al-Ittihad Jeddah of the

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. He played college basketball for

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High school career

Born in

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, Murphy earned four varsity letters in basketball at Creekside High School in

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. In his senior season at Creekside High School, Murphy averaged 26 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists per game.

College career

Freshman season

In his freshman season at

, Murphy averaged 9.6 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game.

Sophomore season

As a sophomore, Murphy averaged 15.3 points per game, 3.9 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game. He was awarded the Best Offensive Player Award by head coach Mike Sutton.

Junior season

In his junior year, Murphy averaged 17.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game. In the

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, Murphy averaged 24.3 points per game and was named to the All-Tournament Team. Murphy was also an All-OVC first team selection.

Senior season

On January 30, 2012 Murphy scored 50 points in a win over SIU Edwardsville, the most for any Division I player in the 2011-12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Murphy averaged 20.6 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game during the season. He was also named to the OVC All-Tournament Team and the All-OVC first team for the second consecutive year. Following the season, Murphy participated in the

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. He was named to the All-Tournament Team.

Professional career

Murphy was selected with the 47th overall pick in the

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by the

Utah Jazz The Utah Jazz are an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City. The Jazz compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference, Northwest Division (NBA), ...

. He joined the Jazz for the 2012 NBA Summer League. On November 26, 2012, Murphy was assigned to the

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of the

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. On January 8, 2013, the Jazz recalled him from the D-League. On July 10, 2013, Murphy was involved in a three-team trade that sent him and Andre Iguodala, then of the Denver Nuggets, to the Golden State Warriors. He joined the Warriors for the

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. On July 24, 2013, Murphy was waived by the Warriors. On August 11, 2013, he signed with Strasbourg IG of France. On December 25, 2013, he left Strasbourg. On January 4, 2014, he was acquired by the

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. On August 27, 2014, he signed with the Utah Jazz. However, he was later waived by the Jazz on October 10, 2014. On November 3, 2014, he was reacquired by the Idaho Stampede. On December 30, 2014, he left the Stampede after appearing in 15 games. On January 2, 2015, he signed with the

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of the

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. Following the conclusion of the CBA season, he returned to the United States, and on February 19, he was reacquired by the Stampede. On February 26, he was traded to the

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in exchange for Brandon Fields. On November 8, 2015, Murphy signed with the Hitachi SunRockers of the Japan Basketball League. On September 8, 2016, Murphy signed with the Orlando Magic. However, he was later waived by the Magic on October 16 after appearing in two preseason games. On November 17, 2016, Murphy was reacquired by the Grand Rapids Drive. On April 22, 2017, Murphy signed with Guangxi of the Chinese National Basketball League. On July 19, 2017, Murphy scored a career-high 67 points to go along with 6 rebounds in a 118-132 loss to the Lhasa Pure Land. On August 5, 2017, Murphy signed with Croatian club Cedevita Zagreb. On January 20, 2018, he parted ways with Cedevita. On September 26, 2018, Murphy signed with the San Miguel Beermen of the

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(PBA). In 2022, Kevin Murphy was named the Season 5 BIG3 MVP. In October 2022, Murphy played for Kuwaiti club

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in the

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. On October 12, in the quarterfinals, he scored 53 points in a 106–101 overtime win over

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. In February 2023, Murphy returned to the Philippines, this time signing with the

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to replace

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as the team's import for the

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References

External links

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