Kevin Palmer (born June 21, 1987) is an American professional

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player who last played for

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of the B.League.

College career

Palmer began his college career at

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. After leading the team with 18 points per game and 80 3-pointers for the season he decided to transfer to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. During his senior year with the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi he averaged 19.7 points per game, 5.4 rebounds per game, and 2.4 steals per game.

College statistics

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2008-09 , style="text-align:left;", Tx A&M , 33 , , 33 , , 29.9 , , .427 , , .310 , , .809, , 5.15 , , 2.85 , , 2.61 , , 0.55 , , 18.15 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2009-10 , style="text-align:left;", Tx A&M , 32 , , 32 , , 32.9 , , .463 , , .321 , , .760, , 5.44 , , 2.75 , , 2.41 , , 0.28 , , 19.72 , - , - class="sortbottom" ! style="text-align:center;" colspan=2, Career ! 65 , , 65 , , 31.4 , , .445 , , .315 , , .783 , , 5.29 , , 2.80 , , 2.51 , , 0.42 , , 18.92 , -

NCAA Special Events Stats

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2010 , style="text-align:left;", Portsmouth Invitational Tournament , 3 , , , , 25.20 , , .366 , , .267 , , .833, , 7.7 , , 1.7 , , 3.7 , , 2.3 , , 13.0 , -

NCAA Awards & Honors

*NABC All-District (23) First Team - 2009, 2010 *All-Southland First Team - 2009, 2010 *Southland All-Tournament Team - 2009 *Southland Newcomer of the Year - 2009

Professional career

On July 15, 2013, Palmer signed to play with Hapoel Eilat after playing for KAO Dramas during the 2012–13 season. On June 6, 2015, Palmer re-signed with Hapoel Eilat after playing the 2014–2015 season with the team after that he moved to Maccabi Rishon Lezion. On August 15, 2016, Palmer signed with the

in Japan, replacing Richard Roby. In the summer of 2017, Palmer played in

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for team A Few Good Men (Gonzaga Alumni). He competed for the $2 million prize, and helped take team A Few Good Men to the Super 16 round, where they then lost to Team Challenge ALS 77–60.

Career statistics

NBA Summer League Stats

, - , align="left" , 2010-11 , align="left" , WAS , 4 , , 1 , , 17.2 , , .571 , , .500, , .500 , , 3.00 , , 1.00 , , 0.00 , , 0.00 , , 8.00 , -

NBA Preseason Stats

, - , align="left" , 2010-11 , align="left" , WAS , 1 , , 0 , , 4.0 , , .000 , , .000, , .000 , , 1.00 , , 0.00 , , 0.00 , , 0.00 , , 0.00 , -

Regular season

, - , align="left" , 2010-11 , align="left" , AUS , 50 , , 18 , , 25.4 , , .459 , , .270, , .846 , , 5.04 , , 1.34 , , 1.38 , , 0.56 , , 12.72 , - , align="left" , 2011-12 , align="left" , Fukuoka , 52 , , 51 , , 30.6 , , .492 , , .321, , .722 , , 7.4 , , 2.3 , , 2.5 , , 0.5 , , 21.6 , - , align="left" , 2012-13 , align="left" , KAOD , 26 , , 26 , , 29.3 , , .429 , , .238, , .792 , , bgcolor="CFECEC", 8.31* , , 2.00 , , bgcolor="CFECEC", 2.38* , , 0.35 , , 12.73 , - , align="left" , 2013-14 , align="left" , Eilat , 37 , , 28 , , 29.2 , , .472 , , .326, , .735 , , 7.86 , , 2.68 , , 2.81 , , 0.62 , , 12.43 , - , align="left" , 2014-15 , align="left" , Eilat , 34 , , 28 , , 29.2 , , .460 , , .377, , .798 , , 6.00 , , 1.97 , , 1.74 , , 0.35 , , 11.06 , - , align="left" style="background-color:#afe6ba; border: 1px solid gray"align="left" , 2015-16† , align="left" , Rishon LeZion/Eilat , 48 , , 15 , , 21.5 , , .408 , , .340, , .733 , , 4.02 , , 1.52 , , 1.48 , , 0.23 , , 7.08 , - , style="background-color:#FFCCCC" align="left" , 2016-17 , align="left" , Akita , 29 , , 11 , , 19.0 , , .433 , , .346 , , .667 , , 5.0 , , 1.9 , , 1.6 , , 0.2 , , 12.0 , -

Playoffs

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2011-12 , style="text-align:left;", Fukuoka , 2 , , , , 34.5 , , .488 , , .333 , , .615 , , 10.0 , , 2.5 , , 5.0 , , 0.0 , , 26.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2013-14 , style="text-align:left;", Eilat , 8 , , , , 34.0 , , .487 , , .343 , , .875 , , 9.1 , , 4.1 , , 2.3 , , 0.6 , , 15.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2014-15 , style="text-align:left;", Eilat , 11 , , , , 25.5 , , .366 , , .351 , , .882 , , 6.1 , , 2.0 , , 1.6 , , 0.2 , , 9.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015-16 , style="text-align:left;", Rishon LeZion , 7 , , , , 13.0 , , .300 , , .308 , , .583 , , 2.3 , , 1.0 , , 0.6 , , 0.0 , , 3.3 , -

International Awards & Honors

*Greek HEBA A1 Round 20 MVP - 2012-2013 *Greek HEBA A1 Round 22 MVP - 2012-2013 *Israeli BSL 1st Team - 2013-2014

Trivia

*His hero is

Carmelo Anthony Carmelo Kyam Anthony (born May 29, 1984) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been named an NBA All-Star ten times and an All-NBA Team ...

. * He is honored to be decorated on the wall at the new arena of Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders.

Personal life

Palmer is the cousin of

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and Jermaine Dixon, basketball players.

References

External links

Highlights 2016
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Palmer, Kevin 1987 births Living people Akita Northern Happinets players American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Japan American men's basketball players Austin Spurs players Basketball players from Baltimore Hapoel Eilat basketball players Junior college men's basketball players in the United States K.A.O.D. B.C. players Maccabi Rishon LeZion basketball players Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka players Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders men's basketball players Small forwards