Michael Dixon (basketball player)
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| Player information | ||
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| Full name | Michael Andre Dixon Jr. | |
| birthday | 1st December 1990 (age 29) | |
| place of birth | Kansas City , United States | |
| size | 186 cm | |
| position | Combo Guard | |
| college |
 University of Missouri University of Memphis
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| NBA draft | undrafted ( 2014 ) | |
| Club information | ||
| society | Bahcesehir Basketbol | |
| league | TBL | |
| Clubs as active | ||
2014 Dzukija Alytus 2014–2015 Pieno Zvaigzdes 2015–2016 CEZ Nymburk 2016–2017 AEK Athens 2017 Strasbourg IG since 2018 Bahcesehir Basketbol     
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| National team 1 | ||
| Since 2016 | Georgia | 5 |
| 1 As of November 16, 2016 | ||
Michael Andre Dixon Jr. (born December 1, 1990 in Kansas City ) is an American basketball player who is used at a height of 1.86 m in the positions of point guard and shooting guard . Dixon has both US citizenship and Georgian citizenship.
Career
At club level
Michael Dixon played college basketball at the universities of Missouri and Memphis . After he was not included in the 2014 NBA Draft , he began his professional career in the first Lithuanian basketball league for Dzukija Alytus . Only a few game days later, he moved to league rivals Pieno Zvaigzdes . With this he played from then on in the Baltic Basketball League . In summer 2015 he was signed by CEZ Nymburk . With this he defended the Czech championship , reached the round of 16 of the playoffs in the VTB United League and played in the FIBA Europe Cup .
Before the 2016/17 season , Dixon signed a two-year contract (1 + 1) with the Champions League participant and Greek first division club AEK Athens . He extended this prematurely on January 20, 2017 until the end of the 2018/19 season. Despite an ongoing contract, the player announced his move to Strasbourg IG in the summer of 2017 . He left it after eleven match days, at the beginning of December 2017, and moved to the second Turkish league for Bahcesehir Basketbol, trained by Stefanos Dedas .
National team
For the Georgian national basketball team , whose citizenship he had received in 2016, Dixon played in the qualification for the European Championship 2017 . In five games, Dixon got 16.6 points and 4.2 assists per game.
Trivia
On the morning of his 26th birthday, on December 2, 2016, Dixon was responsible for a fatal traffic accident in Menidi, in the municipality of Acharnes . After Dixon overlooked a stop sign and collided with another car , they caught a bypassing passer-by who succumbed to his injuries and died on site. Dixon himself was only slightly injured in this accident.
successes
- Czech champion: 2015
Web links
- Michael Dixon - Player profile BCL (English)
- Michael Dixon - Player profile FIBA (English)
- Michael dixon - player profile esake (greek)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official: Dixon to AEK (Greek)
- ↑ AEK extends with Dixon until 2019 (Greek)
- ^ Words of farewell to the AEK (Greek)
- ↑ Dixon to the team of Dedas (Greek)
- ↑ Statistics of the qualifying round for EM 2017 (English)
- ↑ Dixon involved in road accident resulting in death (Greek)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Dixon, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dixon, Michael Andre Jr. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Georgian-American basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kansas City , USA |