Marcus Campbell (born March 11, 1982 in
Winter Haven, Florida
Winter Haven is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. It is fifty-one miles east of Tampa. The population was 49,219 at the 2020 census. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 estimates, this city had a population of 44,955, making ...
) is an American former professional basketball player. Campbell is 7'0" tall, and played college basketball at
Mississippi State University.
College career
Campbell played four seasons at
Mississippi State
Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a public land-grant research university adjacent to Starkville, Mississippi. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Univer ...
from 2001 to 2005. The Bulldogs advanced to the NCAA Tournament all four years he played there. He scored a career-high 18 points over
UMKC in November 2004. He finished his career with 87
blocks, ranking him ninth on the Bulldogs'
all-time career blocks list.
Professional career
Campbell bounced around numerous minor professional leagues in the United States upon leaving Mississippi State in 2005. His stints included time with the Tunica Gamblers (WBA), Rockford Lightning (CBA), Arkansas ArchAngels (WBA), Arkansas RimRockers (NBDL), Oklahoma Storm (USBL), Kansas Cagerz (USBL), Idaho Stampede (NBDL), and Anaheim Arsenal (NBDL). In April 2008, he joined Italian team
Air Avellino
S.S. Felice Scandone was an Italian professional basketball club based in Avellino, Campania. Founded in 1948, the team has been a regular in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the first tier of basketball in Italy, for 19 years (2000/01 to 2018/19). ...
.
Between October and December 2008, Campbell played for CD Villa de Los Barrios in Spain. On December 17, 2008, Campbell re-joined the Anaheim Arsenal. In December 2009, he joined the
Springfield Armor following a stint in the Eastern Basketball Alliance with the Washington Madness.
During the 2010–11 season, Campbell played in France for ESSM Le Portel Côte d'Opale. He later joined the
Taranaki Mountainairs
The Taranaki Airs are a New Zealand basketball team based in New Plymouth. The Airs compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at TSB Stadium. For sponsorship reasons, they are known as the Steelformers Airs.
T ...
for the
2011 New Zealand NBL season
The 2011 NBL season was the 30th season of the National Basketball League. In 2011, the Auckland Pirates debuted in the league but the Christchurch Cougars did not take part due to the effects of the 2011 Canterbury earthquake. The Harbour He ...
. For the 2011–12 season, he played in Iran for
Shiraz a.s Pipe.
For the 2012–13 season, Campbell moved to Qatar to play for
Al Rayan. However, in November 2012, he attempted to board a plane in Qatar and was denied exit from the country. Campbell was trying to get to his new job in Cyprus after his Qatari team failed to honor his contract. Campbell's agent, Bill McCandless, said "
ampbellplays for a team for 50 days, makes next to nothing, gets evicted and tries to take a plane to a new job in a new country and he can't get out?". To leave the country, Campbell was forced to sign a $20,000 settlement, despite requesting the team to pay him a $25,000 severance penalty after Al Rayan paid him just $1,430 for his 50 days with the team out of the $10,000-per-month salary he had signed for.
American Basketball Player Marcus Campbell Held Hostage in Qatar After Team Changes Quota for Foreign Players
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Campbell finished his career in October 2013 after a six-game stint in Uruguay with Club Atlético Bohemios.
References
External links
NBA D-League profile
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1982 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in France
American expatriate basketball people in New Zealand
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
Anaheim Arsenal players
Basketball players from Florida
Centers (basketball)
Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball players
People from Winter Haven, Florida
Taranaki Mountainairs players
American men's basketball players