Amin Stevens Explained

Amin Khalil Stevens
Position:Forward / center
Height Cm:203
Weight Kg:98
League:Israeli Basketball Premier League
Team:Ironi Kiryat Ata
Number:3
Birth Date:26 October 1990
Birth Place:Roswell, Georgia, U.S.
High School:Mount Vernon Presbyterian
(Sandy Springs, Georgia)
College:Florida A&M (2009–2012)
Career Start:2012
Years1:2012–2013
Team1:MBK Rieker Komárno
Years2:2013–2014
Team2:Fürstenfeld Panthers
Years3:2014–2015
Team3:BC Vienna
Years4:2015–2016
Team4:Löwen Braunschweig
Years5:2016–2017
Team5:Keflavík
Years6:2017–2018
Team6:Rouen Métropole Basket
Years7:2018–2019
Team7:Brussels
Years8:2019–2020
Team8:Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin
Years9:2020–2021
Team9:Rouen Métropole Basket
Years10:2021–present
Team10:Ironi Kiryat Ata
Highlights:

Amin Khalil Stevens (born October 26, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Ironi Kiryat Ata of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. Before his professional career, he played college basketball for Florida A&M. In 2013 he won the Slovak Basketball Cup with MBK Rieker Komárno. In 2017, he was named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year after leading the league in scoring and rebounds.

High school

Stevens played basketball at Mount Vernon Presbyterian School in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] In his senior season he averaged 20 points, 11 rebounds, three assists, two steals, and 1.5 blocks per game.[1] He was named All-State, All-Region, to the NACA All-tournament team, the conference's Most Valuable Player, the Regional Tournament Most Valuable Player, and the Garden City Classic Most Valuable Player.[1]

College career

Stevens joined Florida A&M in 2009.[2] He played three seasons for the school.[3] In his junior season, he averaged 17.1 points, 10.4 rebounds, and 1.5 steals per game.[4] In 84 games with Florida A&M in his career, he averaged 11.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 1.0 steal per game.[4]

Professional career

2012-20

After leaving college, Stevens in 2012-13 joined MBK Rieker Komárno, with whom he won the Slovak Basketball Cup. In 37 games, he averaged 15.2 points (4th in the league), 7.0 rebounds (4th), 0.5 blocks (11th), and 1.1 assists.[5]

In 2013-14 he played for Fürstenfeld Panthers, where he averaged 20.0 points (2nd in the league), 7.7 rebounds (5th), and 1.8 steals (3rd) in 29 games.[6]

In 2014-15 he played for BC Vienna, averaging 18.2 points (leading the league), 9.1 rebounds (3rd), 1.7 steals (4th), and 1 assist in 46 games.[6]

Stevens signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club Keflavík ahead of the 2016–17 season.[7] He went on to average 29.5 points and 15.3 rebounds per game, leading the league in both categories,[8] with 1.8 steals per game (4th) and a .589 field goal percentage (2nd), and was named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year.[9] [10]

He played for Rouen Métropole Basket during the 2017–18 Pro B season[11] where Stevens led the league in both scoring (18.1) and rebounding (9.1), with 1.2 steals per game.[12]

He spent the next two seasons with Brussels (second in the league with 7.4 rebounds per game in 2018-19)[6] and Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin.

2020-present

Stevens returned Rouen in June 2020.[13] In 2020-21 he averaged 12.6 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 1.0 steals per game.[4]

In the summer of 2021, he signed with Ironi Kiryat Ata of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amin Stevens - 2011-12 - Men's Basketball. Florida A&M.
  2. News: St. Clair Murraine . Stevens offers a lot to FAMU . 7 May 2021 . . 9 July 2009 . 2B.
  3. News: St. Clair Murraine . Johnson seeks 'big' changes for Rattlers . 7 May 2021 . . 14 March 2013 . 6D.
  4. Web site: Amin Stevens Player Profile, Florida A&M - RealGM. basketball.realgm.com.
  5. Web site: Slovakian Extraliga Stats - RealGM. basketball.realgm.com.
  6. Web site: Austrian A Bundesliga Stats - RealGM. basketball.realgm.com.
  7. News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson . Kanaleit Keflvíkinga loksins lokið . 7 May 2021 . . 27 September 2016 . Icelandic.
  8. News: Einu víti frá því að missa stigatitilinn . 7 May 2021 . . 11 March 2017 . 19 . Icelandic.
  9. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Ekkert til í því að Stjarnan sé að semja við Amin Stevens . 7 May 2021 . . 16 July 2019 . Icelandic.
  10. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Völdu bestu erlendu leikmennina í sögu Domino´s Körfuboltakvölds . 7 May 2021 . . 9 November 2020 . Icelandic.
  11. News: François Verly . Patrice Cornily . Basket: rencontre avec Amin Stevens meilleur marqueur de Pro B . 7 May 2021 . . 17 February 2018 . French.
  12. Web site: LNB Pro B - Stats Joueurs . lnb.fr . . 26 June 2022 . French.
  13. News: Antonie Bodelet . Amin Stevens de retour au Rouen Métropole Basket . 7 May 2021 . bebasket.fr . 12 June 2020 . French.