Tim Blue
Power forward / small forward | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 10, 1984 Palm Beach Gardens, Florida |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Palm Beach Gardens (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida) |
| College |
|
KTP | |
| 2012–2020 | Antibes Sharks |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Tim Blue (born July 10, 1984) is an American professional
power forward or small forward. In his professional career, he has played in the Netherlands, Germany, Finland and France
.
College
Blue played at
Palm Beach Gardens High School before enrolling at Indian River State College in 2003. He spent the 2003-04 campaign with The River, before heading to Middle Tennessee State University,[1] 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.[2]
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 Mitteldeutscher BC.[3] After returning to the Netherlands and a brief stint in Finland,[4] Blue moved to France.[5]
Antibes Sharks (2012–2020)
In the 2013–14 season, Blue played in the French
.In the 2014–15 season, Blue finished 6th in the regular season with
ASC Denain-Voltaire PH. After averaging 20 points per game in the Finals, Blue won his second LNB Pro B Finals MVP Award.[6] In his eight years with the club, Blue scored a total of 3990 points and grabbed 1699 rebounds in league play.[7] He had his jersey number retired at Antibes in March 2021.[8]
Following eight years with the Antibes Sharks, he joined lower-league team Azuréa Golfe-Juan, just outside of Antibes.[9]
Honours
With club
- GasTerra Flames
- Dutch Basketball League champion (1): 2009–10
- Antibes Sharks
Individual
- French 2nd Division Finals MVP[11] (2): 2013, 2015
- DBL All-Star[12](3): 2008, 2010, 2011
- LNB Pro A All-Star (2): 2016, 2017
References
- ^ "Tim Blue - Men's Basketball". Middle Tennessee State University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ "Tim Blue College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ "MBC VERPFLICHTET NIEDERLÄNDISCHEN MEISTER TIM BLUE ALS NEUEN SMALL FORWARD". MBC (in German). 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ "Tim Blue". Suomen Koripalloliitto ry. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ "Joueur emblématique d'Antibes, le basketteur Tim blue quitte les Sharks". France 3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ UN DEUXIÈME TROPHÉE DE MVP DE LA FINALE POUR TIM BLUE
- ^ "Tim Blue : un palmarès exceptionnel | Sharks Antibes". www.sharks-antibes.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ Chiramberro, Théo (2022-03-10). "[Vidéo] Retour sur la cérémonie du retrait du maillot de Tim Blue à Antibes". BeBasket (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ "Basket: Tim Blue rejoint les rangs de l'Azuréa Golfe-Juan". Nice-Matin (in French). 2021-06-12. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ "Tim Blue, ex-Donar, champion of French Pro B". Worldbasketballnews.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
- ^ "Tim Blue MVP de la Finale". Sharks-Antibes.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
- ^ "All-Star Galas" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2014-06-21.
External links
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