Michael Antonio King (born March 26, 1978) is an American former professional

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player.

College career

King played collegiate for

The George Washington University , mottoeng = "God is Our Trust" , established = , type = Private federally chartered research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.8 billion (2022) , preside ...

. He attended

Lake Clifton High School Lake Clifton Eastern High School (LCEHS) was a public high school closed in 2003, located in the Clifton Park area of northeast Baltimore, Maryland. Originally called Lake Clifton High School (LCHS), although it was commonly known as Lake High Sc ...

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, where he won a Maryland 4A state championship as a sophomore. He then had

ranked 11th in the nation as a senior. He was a High School All-American Honorable Mention. As a 6' 4" combo guard, King was named to the Atlantic 10 All Rookie Team in 1998. He also scored over 1,000 points at

George Washington University , mottoeng = "God is Our Trust" , established = , type = Private federally chartered research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.8 billion (2022) , preside ...

and is 4th all time in steals. He helped the team to a number of NCAA tournaments and Atlantic 10 championships.

Professional career

King was selected by the

Roanoke Dazzle The Roanoke Dazzle were an NBA Development League team based in Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.. In operation from the inaugural D-League season of 2001–02 through the 2005–06 season, the Dazzle marked the return of professional basketball to Roanoke ...

in the 6th round of the 2002

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Draft. King began his professional career with the

of the

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for the 02-03 season. He then played two more year seasons with the Dazzle from 03-05, where he averaged 14.1 points per game. He played at

AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Λεμεσού, translation=Athletic Union of Limassol) commonly known as AEL, is a Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL also maintai ...

in 2006-07, where his team won the Super Cup, Regular season Champs, and League Champions, and went to the FIBA Eurocup quarterfinals. In this year he was Cyprus League Co-Guard of the year and was on the Cyprus League All Import team. King then moved to Basket Kwidzyn (Poland) in 2007-08, where he led his team in scoring before leaving to play for Olympia Larissa in the

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. King led Olympia Larissa from 2007–09, where he was an All-Star twice. King shifted gears by going to Germany to play for

EnBW Ludwigsburg Riesen Ludwigsburg ( en, Giants Ludwigsburg), for sponsorship reasons MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg, is a professional basketball club that is based in Ludwigsburg, Germany. The club currently plays in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the first tier of ...

in 2009-10, where he was selected to play in the BBL All Star game. He then returned to Greece to play for

Peristeri Peristeri (Greek: Περιστέρι, meaning "pigeon/dove" in Greek) is a suburban municipality in the western part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. With 139,981 inhabitants (2011 census), it is the seventh-largest municipality of Greece by ...

(

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), where he made the 2010-11 Greek League All Star game. King returned to Cyprus to play for

ETHA Engomis ETHA Engomis (in Greek: Ε.Θ.Α. Έγκωμης ), is a Cypriot professional basketball club based in Engomi, Cyprus. The club competes in the Cypriot League. History The club was founded in 1942, but didn't win its first trophy until 2011. ETH ...

, where he won the Cyprus League Championship for the last time before retiring. He appeared multiple times in Eurocup games for many different teams.

References

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