Tim Blue (born July 10, 1984) is an American professional

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player. He is mostly known for his stint with the

Antibes Sharks Olympique Antibes, in full ''Olympique d'Antibes Juan-les-Pins'' and branded as Antibes Sharks, is a basketball club from the city of Antibes, France. Established in 1933, the club's men's senior team currently plays in LNB Pro B, the French secon ...

of the French LNB Pro A. Blue usually played as

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. In his professional career, he has played in the

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and

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College

Blue played at

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before enrolling at

Indian River State College Indian River State College (IRSC) is a public college with a main campus in Fort Pierce, Florida. It is part of the Florida College System and serves the counties of Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and St. Lucie on the Treasure Coast region ...

in 2003. He spent the 2003-04 campaign with ''The River'', before heading to

Middle Tennessee State University Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU or MT) is a public university in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Founded in 1911 as a normal school, the university consists of eight Undergraduate education, undergraduate colleges as well as a college of Postgr ...

, where he played from 2005 to 2007. In his two years with the Blue Raiders, he averaged 9.0 points and 4.9 rebounds a contest.

Professional career

Blue won the Dutch basketball championship with the GasTerra Flames Groningen in 2010. In August 2010, he was signed by German Basketball Bundesliga side

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. After returning to the Netherlands and a brief stint in Finland, Blue moved to France.

Antibes Sharks (2012–2020)

In the 2013–14 season, Blue played in the French Pro A with Antibes. Antibes team finished 16th and

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back to the second division Pro B. In the 2014–15 season, Blue finished 6th in the regular season with

. In the Playoffs, Antibes won the Finals 2–0 over

ASC Denain-Voltaire PH Denain Voltaire Basket is a French professional basketball club that was founded in 1947, and is based in Denain, France. The club plays in the LNB Pro B, which is the second-tier level pro competition in France. History The small club of the Vo ...

. After averaging 20 points per game in the Finals, Blue won his second LNB Pro B Finals MVP Award. In his eight years with the club, Blue scored a total of 3990 points and grabbed 1699 rebounds in league play. He had his jersey number retired at Antibes in March 2021. Following eight years with the Antibes Sharks, he joined lower-league team Azuréa Golfe-Juan, just outside of Antibes.

Honours

With club

;

GasTerra Flames GasTerra is a Dutch partially state-owned company that is active in the worldwide trade and supply of natural gas. It is owned by Royal Dutch Shell (25%), ExxonMobil (25%) and the Dutch government (50%). Its history dates back to 2005, when the com ...

* Dutch Basketball League champion (1): 2009–10 ;

LNB Pro B The LNB Pro B, commonly known as Pro B, is the 2nd-tier level men's professional basketball league in France. It is the second division of the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB), which has organized the league since the year 1987. The regular season ...

champion (1): 2012–13

Individual

* French 2nd Division Finals MVP (2): 2013, 2015 *

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(3): 2008, 2010, 2011 * LNB Pro A All-Star (2): 2016, 2017

References

External links

Profile at eurobasket.comProfile at real-gm.comProfile at draftexpress.comFinnish league bio
at basket.fi {{DEFAULTSORT:Blue, Tim 1984 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Finland American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands Basketball players from Florida Donar (basketball club) players Dutch Basketball League players Indian River State Pioneers men's basketball players KTP-Basket players Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball players Mitteldeutscher BC players Olympique Antibes basketball players People from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Power forwards (basketball) Small forwards Sportspeople from the Miami metropolitan area West-Brabant Giants players American men's basketball players