Darius Adams

Darius Adams
Player information
birthday	April 17, 1989
place of birth	Decatur , United States
size	182 cm
position	Point guard
college	Indianapolis
Club information
society	Laboral Kutxa
league	League ACB
Jersey number	1
Clubs as active
2007–2009 Lincoln College Lynx (NJCAA) 2009–2011 UIndy Greyhounds ( NCAA Div II) 2012 Guaiqueríes de Margarita 2012 Reales de La Vega 2013 Krywbass Basket 2013 Orléans Loiret Basket 2013–2014 Eisbären Bremerhaven 2014 SLUC Nancy Basket Since 2014 Laboral Kutxa 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00

Darius Adams (born April 17, 1989 in Decatur , Illinois ) is an American basketball player . After studying in his home country, Adams turned pro in 2012. After working in Venezuela , the Dominican Republic , the Ukraine , France and Germany, he has been playing for SLUC Nancy Basket in France since the 2014/15 season .

Career

Adams first went to study at the small community college Lincoln College in his native US state . There he played for the college team Lynx in the "National Junior Collegiate Athletic Association" (NJCAA) and was selected after two years in 2009 as one of the nation's best community college basketball players under the NJCAA All-American . Despite his athletic achievements, he only got one place at a university in the NCAA Division II, which is generally not enough for an athlete aiming for a professional career. At the University of Indianapolis he played for the Greyhounds from 2009 to 2011. In his senior year they qualified for the national finals of Division II, in which they were eliminated in the first round.

Adams finally aspired to a career as a professional basketball player and signed a first professional contract in 2012 with the Guaiqueríes of Isla Margarita in Venezuela, where he was elected MVP of the All-Star Games of the Venezuelan League. He then played in the Dominican Republic for the Reales from La Vega . In January 2013 he finally got a contract in the Basketball Super League Ukraine with Krywbass Basket from Krywyj Rih . After strong performances, he was committed to the end of the season by Loiret Basket from Orléans in the French LNB Pro A , for which he still had four championship appearances. However, the team missed in ninth place in the main round tables because of the poorer direct comparison against JSF Nanterre , who later won the title in the play-offs , qualifying for the final round of the championship.

Adams was signed by the German first division club Eisbären from Bremerhaven for the 2013/14 basketball Bundesliga . After a bad start to the season, the team was able to secure relegation early on in twelfth place in the table. Adams was the league's top scorer with 18 points per game and was named the season's best offensive player for his achievements . After the 2013/14 season he moved back to France to SLUC Nancy Basket, where he competed alongside the LNB Pro A in the 2014/15 Eurocup and was named Player of the Week on the fourth match day based on his effectiveness . At Christmas 2014, his move to the traditional Basque club Saski Laboral Kutxa was announced, where he replaced the French Thomas Heurtel , who had emigrated to Turkey , and also played with Adams in the top-ranking European club competition ULEB Euroleague 2014/15 .

Achievements & Awards

• BBL Best Offensive Player : 2013/14 season

Web links

• ADAMS, DARIUS - Statistics on the websites of the ULEB ( English )
• easyCredit BBL - Darius Adams - player profile on the easyCredit Basketball-Bundesliga website
• UIndy Athletics - Darius Adams - Profile on the Sports Websites of the University of Indianapolis (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Awards and Achievements. Lincoln College: LincolnCollege.edu, accessed May 31, 2014 (English, list of individual awards). 
2. ^ ^{A b} Darius Adams to try out for Kryvbasbasket. Court-Side.com, January 11, 2013, accessed on May 31, 2014 (English, message on the news portal of a player agency). 
3. ↑ Darius Adams - Joueurs - Pro A. (Not available online.) Ligue Nationale de Basket , archived from the original on October 23, 2014 ; accessed on May 31, 2014 (French, player profile). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ US Guard Darius Adams signs one-year contract. Eisbären Bremerhaven , July 21, 2013, accessed on May 31, 2014 (media information). 
5. ^ Polar bear Darius Adams is the best attacker, Berlin's Cliff Hammond is the best defender. (No longer available online.) Basketball Bundesliga , April 22, 2014, archived from the original on April 25, 2014 ; accessed on May 31, 2014 (media info). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Regular Season Round 4 MVP: Darius Adams, SLUC Nancy. ULEB , November 6, 2014, accessed on January 7, 2015 (English, media info). 
7. ^ Laboral Kutxa lands guard Adams. (No longer available online.) ULEB , December 24, 2014, archived from the original on January 7, 2015 ; accessed on January 7, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.