Leon Trimmingham

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Leon Leroy Trimmingham (born January 2, 1971 ) is a retired American basketball player .

life and career

Trimmingham was particularly known during his playing days for his powerful jumping and attack-oriented work. The 1.98-meter-tall winger from the Caribbean island of Saint Croix (part of the American Virgin Islands ) was a member of the American University in Puerto Rico for a year and then, until 1993, of Briar Cliff University ( Iowa ) in the NAIA . Trimmingham scored 2023 points for Briar Cliff, reaching the fourth-best value in the college team's all-time basketball list.

He took his first steps as a professional basketball player with the Sydney Kings in Australia . In the 1994 spring season of the Australian league NBL he achieved an average of 27.3 points, in the 1995 game year also for Sydney a value of 27.5 points. In the 1995/96 season, the winger was under contract with SG Braunschweig in the German basketball league . In the shirt of the Lower Saxony he scored an average of 19.2 points and 9.5 rebounds per match. He then worked again in Australia, strengthening the Adelaide 36ers in 1996 and 1997 . During this time he achieved averages of 21.5 points and 7 rebounds per encounter. In 1998 he won the championship in Venezuela with the Marinos de Oriente team , and in 1998/99 he was under contract with the Daiwa Hot Blizzards in Japan .

At the beginning of the 1999/2000 season he stayed with the team Metropolitanos de Mauricio Baez in the Dominican Republic, followed by a move to the Boca Juniors in Argentina , where he triumphed with 24.2 points per encounter. During Trimmingham's time in Argentina in December 1999, an inadmissibly high level of the substance ephedrine was found in a doping test and he was suspended for three months. Trimmingham moved to the Spanish second division club CB Granada during the season. In the following two years he worked again in Puerto Rico and Venezuela. In 2002 he went to the SK Knights in South Korea , where he convinced in the 2002/03 game year with 27.3 points, 12.6 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per encounter. He stayed in Korea for a second year and strengthened the league competitor Pusan ​​KTF Magic Wings in 2003/04 (18.9 points, 7.7 rebounds / game).

In the 2004/05 season Trimmingham was in the service of the Israeli top team Hapoel Jerusalem , with whom he competed in the European club competition ULEB-Cup (10 games: 12.7 points, 7.6 rebounds / encounter) in addition to appearances in the league . This was followed by contract periods in Venezuela and Puerto Rico, in 2005 a commitment to the Chinese team Yunnan Honghe Running Bulls in the run-up to the 2005/06 season, in 2006/07 he was under contract at Club Malvín Montevideo in Uruguay . In the 2007 season he played for Reales de La Vega in the Dominican Republic and completed his professional career in the 2007/08 season with an engagement with the Goyang Orions in South Korea.

Trimmingham tried several times in the course of his career to make the leap into the NBA , which he did not succeed. In 1994 he played for the Philadelphia 76ers , in 1998 he took part in trial training sessions with the Portland Trail Blazers and then the Toronto Raptors in the run-up to the 1998/99 season . In 1999 he wore Toronto's shirt during the NBA Summer League. The Washington Wizards later showed interest in the powerful winger, but this also did not lead to a contract.

With the national team of the Virgin Islands he took part in the Pan-American qualifying round for the Olympic Games in August 2003. Trimmingham scored 10.5 points per encounter, but remained with the national team at the tournament without a win.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ LEON TRIMMINGHAM. Retrieved September 7, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c Briar Cliff University Athletics Athletics - Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 7, 2019 .
  3. ↑ http://websites.sportstg.com/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&pID=190396306&client=0-189-88249-125702-369912
  4. ↑ a b c https://www.basketnews.lt/zaidejai/4121-leon-trimmingham.html
  5. ↑ Dos casos positivos sacuden a la Liga de basquetbol. Retrieved August 24, 2020 (Spanish).
  6. ^ Doping confirmado. Retrieved August 24, 2020 (Spanish).
  7. ↑ https://www.solobasket.com/competiciones-feb/lebmenorca-leon-trimmingham-sustituira-joseph
  8. ↑ https://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=JFW&seasoncode=U2004
  9. ↑ a b https://basketball.asia-basket.com/player/Leon_Trimmingham/South-Korea/Goyang-Orions/2796
  10. ↑ http://www.lr21.com.uy/deportes/228054-notibasquet-42
  11. ↑ Montás anota 20 puntos endebut y guía a los Cañeros. In: LISTIN DIARIO, SA Retrieved September 7, 2019 .
  12. ↑ https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/24203/sid/3132/tid/385/_/2003_Panamerican_Olympic_Qualifying_Tournament_for_Men/index.html
personal data
SURNAME Trimmingham, Leon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trimmingham, Leon Leroy (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd January 1971