Jeremiah Massey

Player information
Jeremiah Massey

Full name	Jeremiah Timothy Massey
birthday	July 22, 1982
place of birth	Detroit (MI), USA
size	2.02 m
position	Power forward
college	Kansas State University (2003-05)
Club information
society	Champville SC
league	Lebanese Division A
Clubs as active
2005–2006 AE Larisa 2006–2008 Aris Thessaloniki 2008–2010 Real Madrid 2010 Xacobeo Blu: sens 2010–2012 Lokomotive Kuban Krasnodar 2012 Krasnye Krylja Samara 2012–2013 Brose Baskets Bamberg 2013 Champville SC 2013–2014 Amchit Club 2014–2016 Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut 2016 al-Gharafa Sports Club 2016 Club Deportivo Libertad 2016 KK MZT Skopje 2016–2017 Club Deportivo Libertad 2017 Quimsa Greece Greece Spain 00000Spain Russia 00000Russia Germany 00000Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon 00000Qatar 00000Argentina 00000North Macedonia Argentina 00000Argentina
National team
2008-2009	Macedonia

Jeremiah Timotheus Massey ( Macedonian Џеремаја Мејси; born July 22, 1982 in Detroit , Michigan ) is an American basketball player . In 2008 he received the citizenship of Macedonia . Its position is that of the power forward . In the basketball Bundesliga 2012/13 Massey also played briefly for the German champions Brose Baskets.

Career

Jeremiah Massey began his career at Kansas State University with the Kansas State Wildcats, where he was named Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Year in 2004. He participated in the 2005 NBA Draft , but was ultimately not drafted. He was then obliged by the Greek club AE Larisa and ended the 2005/06 season as the best rebounder of A1 Ethniki . In the summer of 2006 he was signed by the Greek top club Aris from Thessaloniki , where he played for two seasons and was named player of the day twice in the ULEB Euroleague 2007/08 . In 2008 he finally moved to the Spanish ACB league for Real Madrid , where he lost his place in the squad after an unsuccessful season. In February 2010 he went to Xacobeo Blu: sens . In the following two seasons he played for the Russian club Lokomotive Kuban from Krasnodar and was successful in the 2011/12 Eurocup , in which he was twice elected player of the day. On the way to the quarter-finals, the German representatives Skyliners Frankfurt and Alba Berlin were beaten twice, only to be eliminated from the national competitor and eventual title winner BK Chimki . In the following season 2012/13 he was signed by the South Russian competitor Krasnye Krylja from Samara as a replacement for the injured Andre Smith . In December 2012 he switched to the German Basketball Bundesliga to the German champions and Euroleague Top 16 participants Brose Baskets Bamberg . However, Massey did not interpret the role intended for him as desired and after conflicts with the sporting management he switched to champions Champville SC in Lebanon before the start of the play-offs , where the former Bamberg player Reyshawn Terry already played.

After the 2013/14 season he played for various other clubs in Lebanon, Qatar, Argentina and Macedonia. Most recently, he was under contract with Quimsa in Argentina in 2017.

National team

Born in the United States, Jeremiah Massey took on Macedonian citizenship in 2008 and then played for the Macedonian national basketball team . With her he reached the qualification for the final round of the European Basketball Championship in 2009 and thus Macedonia's first participation in a European Championship finals since 1999 . Then he lost his place to the also naturalized Bo McCalebb , since only a naturalized player is eligible to play in the national team.

Individual successes

Participant in the A1 Ethniki all-star game (2007, 2008)
MVP of the A1 Ethniki all-star game (2008)
MVP of the EuroChallenge (2011)
MVP of the month April of the VTB (2012)

Web links

MASSEY, JEREMIAH - Profile on the ULEB website ( English )
archive.fiba.com: Players - Jeremiah Timotheus MASSEY (MKD) - Overview of participation in FIBA tournaments (English)
ACB.COM: J. Massey - player profile on the pages of the league ACB ( Spanish )

Individual evidence

↑ Week 5 MVP: Jeremiah Massey, Lokomotiv-Kuban. ULEB Eurocup , December 14, 2011, accessed November 7, 2012 .
^ Last 16, Week 6 MVP: Jeremiah Massey, Lokomotiv-Kuban. ULEB Eurocup , February 29, 2012, accessed November 7, 2012 (English).
^ Krasnye Krylia Replace Smith With Massey. FIBA Europa , November 7, 2012, accessed November 7, 2012 .
↑ Ulrike Ringer: Jeremiah Massey comes to Bamberg. Brose Baskets , December 28, 2012, accessed on December 28, 2012 (media information).
↑ Ulrike Ringer: contract with Massey terminated. Brose Baskets , May 2, 2013, accessed on May 2, 2013 (media info).

personal data
SURNAME	Massey, Jeremiah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Massey, Jeremiah Timothy (full name); Мејси, Џеремаја (Macedonian); Mejsi, Djeremaja Timoteus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Macedonian basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH	July 22, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH	Detroit , USA

[1] Week 5 MVP: Jeremiah Massey, Lokomotiv-Kuban. ULEB Eurocup , December 14, 2011, accessed November 7, 2012 .

[2] Last 16, Week 6 MVP: Jeremiah Massey, Lokomotiv-Kuban. ULEB Eurocup , February 29, 2012, accessed November 7, 2012 (English).

[3] Krasnye Krylia Replace Smith With Massey. FIBA Europa , November 7, 2012, accessed November 7, 2012 .

[4] Ulrike Ringer: Jeremiah Massey comes to Bamberg. Brose Baskets , December 28, 2012, accessed on December 28, 2012 (media information).

[5] Ulrike Ringer: contract with Massey terminated. Brose Baskets , May 2, 2013, accessed on May 2, 2013 (media info).