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Kumamoto Volters
is a Japanese professional basketball team in Kumamoto, Kumamoto. The team competes in the B.League. The team name "Volters" is a coined term using "VOLCANO," meaning volcano, and "WATER," meaning water, symbolizing the abundant water sourced from Mount Aso in Kumamoto as well as the volcano itself. Kumamoto Volters have experienced one district championship in the B.League's second division and have advanced to the promotion playoffs to the first division five times. Volters hosted the B.League All-star Game in 2018. Roster Notable players *Lamont Jones (2013–14) *Thomas Baudinet (2014) *Garlon Green (2014–15) *Cyril Aware (2014–15) *Josha Warren (2014–15) *:it:DeVaughn Washington, DeVaughn Washington (2015–16) *:ja:ジョシュア・クロフォード, Joshua Crawford (2015–16) *Tshilidzi Nephawe (2015–16, 2018–19) *Paul Butorac (basketball), Paul Butorac (2016–17) *Reginald Warren, Reggie Warren (2016–17) *Josh Duinker (2017–19) *Terra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium
is an indoor arena, indoor sports arena, located in Kumamoto, Japan. There are three halls and a swimming pool inside the gymnasium which is open for the public. The main hall holds 4,110 people. The hall hosted some of the group games for the 2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. It also hosted some of the group games for the 2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup. References External links * Badminton venues Basketball venues in Japan Indoor arenas in Japan Volleyball venues in Japan Sports venues in Kumamoto Prefecture Sports venues completed in 1982 1982 establishments in Japan Handball venues in Japan Buildings and structures in Kumamoto Kumamoto Volters {{japan-stadium-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bobby Jones (basketball, Born 1984)
Bobby Ray Jones Jr. (born 9 January 1984) is an American-born naturalised-Equatorial Guinean professional basketball player who last played for Scaligera Basket of the Italian Serie A2. He notably played for an NBA record five different teams in a single season ( 2007–08), later moving to Italy to continue his career. College career Jones played high school basketball with Dominguez (Compton, California) for three years – playing alongside Tyson Chandler – before moving to Long Beach Polytechnic for his senior year amidst the controversial nomination of Mack Calvin as coach. He joined the University of Washington, playing in the Pacific-10 Conference of the NCAA Division I, in May 2002. Playing 27 games as a freshman, the last 15 as a starter, he averaged 4.1 rebounds per game. As a sophomore, he was involved in 31 games (25 starts), posting averages of 11.2 points. His junior season saw him start all but one of the 34 games he played in, contributing 11.2 points and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kyle Barone
Kyle James Barone (born September 12, 1989) is an American basketball player who played for the Saga Ballooners of the B2 League. He was the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year as a senior in 2012–13 after leading the WAC in scoring (18.2) and rebounding (10.9) in conference games. Barone became the first player from the University of Idaho to be named the men's basketball player of the year in the WAC. In Barone's four-year career between 2009–10 and 2012–13 he appeared in a school record 125 games. He graduated with 1,414 points—the fourth highest total in school history—as well as 864 rebounds, which ranks second. Heading into his senior season he was suspended indefinitely by head coach Don Verlin for violating team rules but was re-instated before the first regular season game. For his career, Barone averaged 11.4 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.0 blocks and 0.4 steals. He plays the center position. Professional career On October 24, 2013, Baron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ben Lawson (basketball)
Benjamin Ethan Lawson (born 12 June 1995) is a British professional basketball player who plays for the Fukui Blowinds of the B.League in Japan. He played college basketball for Western Kentucky. Standing at 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m), Lawson plays the power forward / center positions. High school career Oaklands College (2011–13) Lawson's basketball career began at Oaklands College in St. Albans, England. He averaged 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 4.7 blocks during the 2012-13 season. Shot 45 percent from the floor and 40 percent from three-point range; season highs were 32 points and 21 rebounds. College career Western Kentucky (2013–17) Lawson played for Western Kentucky. As a senior, he averaged 5.3 points and 3.3 rebounds per game. Lawson finished his college career with 185 blocks, ranking fourth on WKU’s all-time list. Professional career European University of Lefke (2017–18) Played his first professional season with the European University of Lefke in the Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jordan Hamilton (basketball)
Jordan Christian Hamilton (born October 6, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Al-Difaa Al-Jawi of the West Asia League. He played college basketball for the University of Texas. High school career Hamilton began his high school career at Susan Miller Dorsey High School where he averaged 26 points, eight rebounds and seven assists per game as a sophomore. After three years at Dorsey, he transferred to Manuel Dominguez High School, playing under Russell Otis. As a junior, he averaged 27.6 points and 11.1 rebounds per game while leading Dominguez to a 32–3 mark and the CIF Southern Section Division I-AA championship. Considered a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Hamilton was listed as the No. 1 small forward and the No. 6 player in the nation in 2009. College career Hamilton played for the University of Texas where, as a sophomore, he was selected in the second team All-America by the USBWA and the fourth team All-America by Fox Sports after posting av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Shaheed Davis
Shaheed Davis (born February 14, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Shabab Al Ahli of the UAE National Basketball League. He graduated from the University of Central Florida, where he played for the UCF Knights men's basketball team from 2014 to 2016. Professional career After graduating from UCF Knights in 2016, on July 28, 2016, he signed with Sheffield Sharks. On 24 February 2017, Davis agreed terms with Academic Plovdiv. On 20 August 2017, he signed with Macedonian basketball club Feni Industries. In 4 games for Feni Industries, he averaged 27.8 points and 12.3 rebounds. On November 2, 2017, he signed with Cherkaski Mavpy. On January 26, 2018 he was awarded the Ukrainian Superleage All Star MVP award after scoring 34 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals. On June 13, 2018, Davis signed with the Italian basketball club Pallacanestro Cantù of the LBA. On August 15, 2019, Davis signed with Fukushima Firebonds of the B.League. On May 29, 2020, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
David Doblas
David Jesús Doblas Portilla (born August 6, 1981 in Santander, Cantabria) is a Spanish professional basketball player who plays for Shiga Lakes of the Japanese B.League. At 2.09 m (6'10¼") and 124 kg (274 lbs.), he plays at the center position, but he can also play as a power forward, if needed. Professional career In 2009, Doblas played in the NBA Summer League with the Toronto Raptors's Summer League team. On 30 September 2016, Doblas penned a contract with Doxa Lefkadas of the Greek Basket League The Greek Basketball League (GBL), and also known as the Stoiximan Greek Basketball League (GBL) for sponsorship reasons, is the Greek basketball league system, first tier level professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by the .... However, despite the announcement, on 1 October 2016, he played in the first Spanish 2nd Division game with the Basque team Araberri, scoring 8 points and grabbing 7 rebounds, in their 87–76 win against Tau Castelló, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Evan Ravenel
Evan Ravenel (born November 24, 1989), nicknamed E, is an American professional basketball player for Niigata Albirex BB of the B3 League. College career He began his collegiate career at Boston College, and was transferred to the Ohio State Buckeyes. He helped the OSU advance to the NCAA Final Four as a college junior. Professional career Ravenel played for the Ryukyu Golden Kings of Okinawa in 2015-16. The team won that season's bj league championship title and Ravenel was awarded playoff MVP. On January 16, 2017, he signed with the Akita Northern Happinets of B.League. In 2017-18, he played for BC Rilski Sportist in Bulgaria and posted 11.4 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. Ravenel signed with the Fukushima Firebonds of the B.League on August 15, 2018. In October, 2019, Ravenel joined to the Quimsa. On July 3, 2020, Ravenel signed with the Kumamoto Volters of the B.League. On July 3, 2024, Ravenel signed with the Niigata Albirex BB of the B.League. Personal Evan and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Marvelle Harris
Marvelle Martray Harris (born December 16, 1993) is an American basketball player who belongs to the Guaros de Lara squad of the SPB. At 1.93 meters tall, he plays in the shooting guard position. College career Harris, a 6'4" shooting guard from Eisenhower High School in Rialto, California, came to Fresno State in 2012 and went on to have one of the best careers in school history. He finished his career as the Bulldogs' career scoring leader and was named the Mountain West Player of the Year as a senior. He also led the Bulldogs to the 2016 NCAA tournament after leading the team to a Mountain West championship in the 2016 conference tournament. Harris was named tournament MVP after averaging 17.7 points per game. Professional career After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft, Harris joined the New York Knicks for the 2016 NBA Summer League. On August 17, 2016, he signed with the Illawarra Hawks for the 2016–17 NBL season. He made his debut for the Hawks in their season ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chris Olivier
Christopher Anthony Olivier (born March 27, 1992) is an American professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ... player who last played for Earthfriends Tokyo Z of the B.League. Professional career On October 18, 2024, Olivier signed with Tokushima Gambarous of the B.League. On November 11, his contract was expired. On February 27, 2025, he signed with Earthfriends Tokyo Z. On April 18, his contract was terminated. Career statistics , - , align="left" , 2017-18 , align="left" , Kagoshima/Yamagata , 47 , , 16 , , 26.0 , , .611 , , .182 , , .655 , , 10.0 , , 1.3 , , 0.6 , , 1.2 , , 22.7 , - References 1992 births Living people 21st-century American sportsmen American expatriate basketball people in Georgia (country) American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Daniel Orton
Daniel Joseph Orton (born August 6, 1990) is an American former professional basketball player. He is a 6-foot 10-inch, 265-pound center who played college basketball for the University of Kentucky. High school career Orton played for Bishop McGuinness High School in Oklahoma City. Bishop McGuinness won the class 4A state championship Orton's freshman, sophomore, and junior year. During his senior season, he tore his anterior cruciate ligament in his knee, cutting his final season of high school basketball short. He averaged 14 points, 11 rebounds and 5 blocks per game as a junior. Considered a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Orton was listed as the No. 4 center and the No. 22 player in the nation in 2009. He was recruited to the University of Kentucky by Billy Gillispie; however, Gillispie was fired following Orton's senior season. Orton kept his commitment to Kentucky after John Calipari was hired by the university. College career Orton was a reserve on the 2009–10 Ken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Marqus Blakely
Marqus Austin Blakely (born October 22, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Vermont. College career Blakely gained a reputation at Vermont by winning the Kevin Roberson America East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year twice and the America East Defensive Player of the Year Award three times. He earned national recognition by winning the 2010 State Farm Division I College Basketball Slam Dunk Contest. He performed a dunk invented by then teammate Evan Fjeld that had never been done before. The dunk is now widely known as the "Double Dunk" where Fjeld dunked the ball from the right side and Blakely caught the ball out of the bottom of the net and dunked it back in mid-air. He also performed three dunks that appeared on ESPN SportsCenter's Top Plays. He finished his senior season at Vermont by leading the America East in steals (2.6 pg) and blocks (1.9 pg), finishing second in points (17.4 pg), rebounds (9.1 pg) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
