Kevinn Pinkney

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Kevinn Pinkney
Bucaneros de La Guaira
2016Phoenix Fuel Masters
2017Maccabi Haifa
2017–2018Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
2018Boca Juniors
2019–2020Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka
Career highlights and awards
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Kevinn Lamar Pinkney (born October 10, 1983) is an American professional basketball player.

Professional career

Despite a highly successful career as a

PGE Turow
in Poland.

After a lackluster performance overseas, Pinkney returned to the United States and secured a roster spot on the summer league entry for the

double-doubles
and was named to the 2006–07 Western Conference D-League All-Star team.

On April 4, 2007, the injury-plagued Boston Celtics, owners of the worst record in the Eastern Conference, received a roster exemption from the NBA to add a 16th player. Pinkney made his debut later that night in a game against the Milwaukee Bucks. Sporting #51, the burly center scored 15 points in his NBA debut. Pinkney was re-signed for another 10-day contract, and played 6 games for the Celtics in total, averaging 5.2 PPG.[1]

For the 2007–2008 season, he signed with the Italian

Serie A team Angelico Biella.[2]

In September 2010 he signed a one-year contract with

In March 2015, he signed with

On February 26, 2016, Pinkney was signed by Phoenix Fuel Masters of the Philippine Basketball Association, replacing Kenny Adeleke as the team's import.[10]

On January 23, 2017, Pinkney signed with Israeli club Maccabi Haifa.[11]

On November 30, 2017, Pinkney signed with Polish club Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski.[12]

The Basketball Tournament (TBT) (2017–present)

In the summer of 2017, Pinkney played in The Basketball Tournament on ESPN for Team Challenge ALS. He competed for the $2 million prize in 2017, and for Team Challenge ALS, he averaged 7.0 points per game. Pinkney helped take the sixth-seeded Team Challenge ALS to the Championship Game of the tournament, where they lost in a close game to Overseas Elite 86-83.[13]

In TBT 2018, Pinkney averaged four points per game and three rebounds per game for Team Challenge ALS. They reached the West Regional Championship Game before losing to eventual tournament runner-up Eberlein Drive.

References

  1. ^ Pinkney NBA Statistics
  2. ^ Biella: dai Celtics arriva Pinkney (in Italian)
  3. ^ UNION OLIMPIJA lands Kevinn Pinkney
  4. ^ Sporazumno iz Ljubljane tudi Pinkney (in Slovene)
  5. ^ Kevinn Pinkney moves to Enisey Krasnoyarsk
  6. ^ Aliaga Petkim signs Kevinn Pinkney
  7. ^ San German sign Kevinn Pinkney
  8. ^ "Kevinn Pinkney signs with Trabzonspor". Sportando.net. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  9. ^ Bucaneros sign Kevinn Pinkney, ex Champville
  10. ^ Sacamos, Karlo (February 26, 2016). "Kenny Adeleke out, veteran Kevinn Pinkney in as Phoenix makes import change". Spin.ph. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  11. ^ Kevinn Pinkney signs with Maccabi Haifa
  12. ^ Kevinn Pinkney signs with Stal Ostrow
  13. ^ "Bracket | The Basketball Tournament". www.thetournament.com. Retrieved February 27, 2018.

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