Michael Jerome Jenkins (born September 6, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Winthrop University.

College career

In his four-year career at Winthrop, Jenkins played 131 games (70 starts) while averaging 9.6 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 22.6 minutes per game. As a senior, he led the Eagles to their fourth straight conference title and was named the 2008 Big South tournament Most Valuable Player after scoring 33 points to return the Eagles to the NCAA Tournament. The 6'3" combo guard averaged 13.9 points per game in 2007–08 while leading the Eagles to a 23–10 record. He was also a two-time member of the Big South Conference All-Tournament team and led the Eagles in three-point percentage in 2006–07.

Professional career

2008–09 season

After going undrafted in the 2008 NBA draft, Jenkins was selected with the first overall pick in 2008 CBA draft by the

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on September 23, 2008. However, he left the Patroons after appearing in just three games. On February 12, 2009, he signed with

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of the

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where he spent the rest of the season and helped the team win the 2009 Montenegrin Cup.

2009–10 season

On June 25, 2009, Jenkins signed with

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for the 2009–10 Basketball Bundesliga season.

2010–11 season

On July 22, 2010, Jenkins signed with Liège Basket for the 2010–11 Ethias League season. In January 2011, he left Liège after appearing in 13 league games, six EuroChallenge games and two Eurocup games.

2011–12 season

On September 2, 2011, Jenkins signed with Optima Gent for the 2011–12 Ethias League season.

2012–13 season

On September 8, 2012, Jenkins signed with

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for the 2012–13 Legadue Basket season.

2013–14 season

On July 12, 2013, Jenkins signed with Pallacanestro Cantù for the 2013–14 Lega Basket Serie A season.

2014–15 season

In July 2014, Jenkins joined the Brooklyn Nets for the

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where he averaged 6.8 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.2 steals in five games. On September 29, 2014, he signed with the Oklahoma City Thunder. However, he was later waived by the Thunder on October 24, 2014 after appearing in all seven of the team's preseason games while averaging 6.0 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 17.5 minutes per game. On November 4, 2014, he was acquired by the Oklahoma City Blue of the

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as an affiliate player and went on to play 14 games before terminating his contract with the team on December 31, 2014 in order to sign in Turkey. On January 2, 2015, Jenkins signed with

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for the rest of the 2014–15 Turkish Basketball League season. Later that month, he was part of the TBL All-Star Weekend at Ankara Arena, where he came away as the champion of the three-point contest.

2015–16 season

On June 4, 2015, Jenkins signed with Türk Telekom of Turkey for the 2015–16 season.

2016–17 season

On July 29, 2016, Jenkins signed a two-year deal with Aris Thessaloniki of Greece. On March 13, 2017, he parted ways with Aris after averaging 10 points per game in Basketball Champions League and 11 points per game in Greek League. Seven days later, he signed with Italian club Pistoia Basket 2000 for the rest of the

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2017–18 season

On September 20, 2017, Jenkins signed with Umana Reyer Venezia for the

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. On May 2, Jenkins won the European fourth-tier FIBA Europe Cup with Reyer.

2018–19 season

Jenkins spent the 2018–19 season with BC Astana of the Kazakhstan Championship and VTB United League.

2019–20 season

On December 11, 2019, Jenkins signed with Nizhny Novgorod of the VTB United League. He averaged 11.5 points and 2.6 assists per game. Jenkins parted ways with the team on July 16, 2020.

References

External links

FIBA profileNBA G League profileEuroCup profileBCL profiletblstat.net profileItalian League profile
at heraldonline.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Jenkins, Michael 1986 births Living people Albany Patroons players American expatriate basketball people in Belgium American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Kazakhstan American expatriate basketball people in Montenegro American expatriate basketball people in Turkey American men's basketball players Aris B.C. players Basketball players from North Carolina BC Nizhny Novgorod players Gent Hawks players İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor basketball players KK Budućnost players Lega Basket Serie A players Liège Basket players Oklahoma City Blue players Pallacanestro Cantù players People from Kinston, North Carolina Pistoia Basket 2000 players Point guards Reyer Venezia players Shooting guards Tigers Tübingen players Türk Telekom B.K. players Winthrop Eagles men's basketball players