John Bynum

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Basketball player
John Bynum
Player information
Full name John-Redder Bynum Jr.
birthday February 23, 1978
place of birth Visalia (CA), USA
size 191 cm
position Point guard
college Metro State (Denver)
Clubs as active
1998–2000 MSCD Roadrunners ( NCAA Div II) 2001–2002 Solent Stars 2002–2003 Grevenbroich Elephants 2003–2004 Ulriken Eagles 2004–2005 Grevenbroich Elephants 2005 Coocoon Baskets Weiden 2005–2007 Eisbären Bremerhaven 2007–2008 USC Heidelberg 2008 digibu Baskets Paderborn 2009– 2010 Merlins Crailsheim 2010–2012 TBB Trier 2012–2013 BV Chemnitz 99 2013–2014 Grevenbroich ElephantsUnited StatesUnited States
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John-Redder Bynum (born February 23, 1978 in Visalia , California ) is a former American basketball player who has played for several clubs in the German basketball division and the second division. Most recently, Bynum played for the regional league team BSG Grevenbroich and ended his career as a professional basketball player after separating from the club in January 2014.

Career

Bynum was active with the Roadrunners during his studies at the Metropolitan State College of Denver in Denver and, after the runner-up in 1999, reached the NCAA Division II championship with his college team in 2000 . Then Bynum began his professional career in 2001 with the Solent Stars in the English Basketball League, which is located below the British Basketball League . After one season he played in the 2002/03 season in the then third-class German regional league with the Konstantin Elephants from Grevenbroich and in Norway in the 2003/04 season . In the 2nd basketball league 2004/05 Bynum played again for the Elephants Grevenbroich, who had previously achieved promotion to the second division group north with him in 2003. After preparing for the 2005/06 season in Cyprus for ETHA Engomis, he returned to Germany before the start of the season and played in the group south of the second division for the newly promoted COOCOON Baskets from Weiden in the Upper Palatinate .

In January 2006 Bynum got a contract with the Eisbären from Bremerhaven in the top German division. With this club he reached the play-offs for the German championship twice after a fourth place in the main round; in the 2006 playoffs they made it to the semi-finals, where they were eliminated against eventual runner-up Alba Berlin . A year later, the former champions RheinEnergie Köln were eliminated in the quarter-finals. In 2007 they reached the final four tournament in the cup . The 2007/08 season began a class lower in the ProA , as the new second division was called, at the USC in Heidelberg , before his contract was canceled in January 2008 due to a shoulder injury. A few weeks later, the digibu Baskets from Paderborn signed him and he moved back to the top German division by the end of the 2007/08 season .

After the end of the 2008 season, Bynum first returned to his US homeland and took part in setting up a basketball school before reactivating his active career and taking part in the ProA 2009/10 for the Merlins from Crailsheim . After a good season in ProA, Bynum got a contract with TBB Trier in 2010 and returned to the basketball league after his break. In 2012, his contract was not renewed after two seasons and he played another season in the ProA 2012/13 with the Niners from Chemnitz . In February 2013, both sides decided to terminate the contract early. The premature separation took Bynum as an opportunity to finally end his active career as a basketball player and start a new one as a basketball coach. In June 2013 the Elephants Grevenbroich announced the return of John Bynum to the Elephants. The basketball player, who was celebrated in Grevenbroich, was supposed to be promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga Pro B, but it didn't. The separation took place in January 2014. This ended Bynum's professional career.

As early as 2010, Bynum had been offering practice lessons and camps for youth basketball players in his home country, after the end of his playing career he set up the website signalthelightbasketball.com, on which he reports on events in college basketball in California.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Men's Basketball 2009–2010 Media Guide. (PDF (3.5 MB)) Metropolitan State College of Denver , pp. 26 & 40/42 , accessed on June 15, 2010 (English).
  2. ^ History. Grevenbroich Elephants , accessed February 26, 2013 .
  3. ^ USC Heidelberg: separation from John Bynum. DieJungeLiga.de, January 11, 2008, accessed on June 15, 2010 (Medien-Info USC Heidelberg). ( Memento from July 30, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  4. ↑ John Bynum comes to the Baskets. Basketball Bundesliga , February 29, 2008, archived from the original on July 24, 2012 ; accessed on June 15, 2010 (media info digibu Baskets).
  5. ^ A b Miles Schmidt-Scheuber: John Bynum Retires: An Exclusive Interview. Eurobasket.com, February 24, 2013, accessed February 26, 2013 (interview).
  6. ↑ http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/rhein-kreis/sport/elephants-und-bynum-iegen-getrennte-wege-aid-1.3985726
  7. ↑ http://signalthelightbasketball.com/john-bynum/
  8. ↑ http://signalthelightbasketball.com
personal data
SURNAME Bynum, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bynum, John-Redder (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Visalia , California, USA