Patrick King

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Basketball player
Patrick King
Player information
birthday 2nd November 1970
place of birth Dusseldorf , Germany
size 198 cm
position Small forward
college Bucknell
Clubs as active
1989–1992 Bucknell University 1992–1996 TTL uniVersa Bamberg 1998 Panathinaikos Limassol 1996–2001 Avitos GießenUnited StatesUnited States
GermanyGermany
000 0Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus
GermanyGermany
National team 1
1994-1995 Germany 38 games
1 As of October 28, 2010

Patrick C. King (born November 2, 1970 in Düsseldorf ) is a former German basketball player . He is also a UK citizen.

Life

King is descended from a German mother and an English father. He moved to Mexico City with his family as a toddler, and then grew up in New York State .

He played 71 games for Bucknell University between 1989 and 1992 . In the 1991/92 season King was the captain of the college team. In this game year he brought it to 610 points (20.3 points / game), which at that time in the all-time leaderboard of Bucknell University were only nine points less than the season high at that time. With a hit rate of 63.8 percent for throws from the field (between 1989 and 1992), he set a Bucknell record, and his hit rate in the 90/91 season (67 percent) at the time of his departure was a record in history the university team. The same applied to his 205 free throws and 1,133 minutes played during the 1991/92 game year. In 1992 he was named Player of the Year in the Patriot League .

After studying at Bucknell University, he began his professional basketball career in 1992 at TTL uniVersa Bamberg . In 1996 he changed clubs within the basketball league and played for MTV Gießen from the 1996/1997 season . In Giessen he was captain. King was a versatile winger who was classified as a good passer and rebounder.

After a brief loan to Panathinaikos Limassol in 1999, he returned to Giessen and remained there, as he was still under contract, until his career ended in 2001 due to an injury to his Achilles tendon . King scored 2,706 points in the Bundesliga during his career. He played 38 full internationals for Germany, his highest point in an international match was 15 in July 1994 against Brazil . King participated with the national team in the 1994 World Cup and the 1995 European Championship .

After the end of his career, King briefly worked as a trainer for MTV Giessen II (Oberliga). He worked professionally as a players agent and advisor. Well-known players King advised included Anton Gavel , Konrad Wysocki , John Goldsberry , Johannes Herber and Derrick Allen .

In 2006, King was inducted into the Bucknell University Sports Hall of Fame.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Patrick C. King - Hall of Fame. Retrieved May 24, 2020 .
  2. a b Patrick King - Munzinger biography. Retrieved May 24, 2020 .
  3. 2019-20 Bucknell Men's Basketball Media Guide. In: BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY Brille. Retrieved May 24, 2020 .
  4. http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Patrick-King/Summary/3383
  5. From Bassette to Zdravkovic . In: Deutscher Basketball Bund eV (Hrsg.): Special issue s.Oliver BBL season 2000/2001 . DSV Deutscher Sportverlag GmbH, Cologne 2000, p. 22 .
  6. Patrick King ends his career. In: schoenen-dunk.de. June 29, 2001, accessed May 24, 2020 .
  7. The 200 best basket hunters in the Bundesliga since 1975 . In: Basketball Bundesliga GmbH (Ed.): 50 Years of the Basketball Bundesliga . Cologne, ISBN 978-3-7307-0242-0 , pp. 212 .
  8. Games by Patrick King (38). In: mahr.sb-vision.de. Retrieved May 24, 2020 .
  9. Patrick King profile, European Championship for Men 1995. Accessed May 24, 2020 .
  10. http://www.hoopsagents.com/basketball_agency.asp?AgentNm=King%20Patrick&AgencyNm=Pro%20One%20Sports
  11. FOCUS Online: Heyder viewed FC Bayern with suspicion. Retrieved May 24, 2020 .
  12. Konrad Wysocki Player Profile, Princeton, NCAA Stats, International Stats, Events Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards - RealGM. Retrieved May 24, 2020 .
  13. July | 2010 | brose baskets fan page. Retrieved on May 24, 2020 (German).
  14. ^ Johannes Herber Player Profile, West Virginia, NCAA Stats, International Stats, Events Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards - RealGM. Retrieved May 24, 2020 .
  15. Derrick Allen Player Profile, Ole Miss, NCAA Stats, International Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards - RealGM. Retrieved May 24, 2020 .