Antwain Barbour Explained

Antwain Barbour
Position:Shooting guard
Height Ft:6
Height In:5
Weight Lbs:195
Team:Free agent
Nationality:American
Birth Date:17 June 1982
Birth Place:Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Highschool:Elizabethtown
(Elizabethtown, Kentucky)
College:
Draft Year:2004
Career Start:2004
Career End:2016
Years1:2004
Team1:Kentucky Reach
Years2:2004–2005
Team2:Kentucky Colonels
Years3:2005
Team3:Guaros de Lara
Years4:2005–2006
Team4:Yakama Sun Kings
Years5:2006
Team5:UB La Palma
Years6:2006–2008
Team6:Tenerife Baloncesto
Years7:2009
Team7:Erdemirspor
Years8:2009–2010
Team8:Lagun Aro GBC
Years9:2010–2011
Team9:Erdemirspor
Years10:2011–2012
Team10:Cibona Zagreb
Years11:2012–2013
Team11:Scavolini Siviglia Pesaro
Years12:2013–2014
Team12:Mersin BB
Years13:2014
Team13:King Wilki Morskie
Years14:2014–2015
Team14:Mersin BB
Years15:2015–2016
Team15:Hoops Club
Highlights:

Antwain La'Mar Barbour (born June 27, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Hoops Club of the Lebanese Basketball League.

Kentucky High School Sweet 16 State Champion 2000 (Elizabethtown).

MVP Kentucky High School State Tournament 2000.

Career

After playing for Kentucky Wildcats at NCAA, Barbour joined Kentucky Colonels of ABA league in 2004.

Next season he played in the Continental Basketball Association with Yakima Sun Kings and on 2006 he arrives to Spain for finishing the 2005–06 LEB season with UB La Palma. He only played four games, but it was sufficient for signing for Tenerife Rural.

On the team of the island of Tenerife, Barbour played during two seasons and a half becoming one of the most spectacular players of the LEB League. He has got the scoring record at this league, with 50 points against CB Lucentum Alicante.[1]

After two seasons reaching the promotion playoffs to Liga ACB and a half of another one, he leaves Tenerife for signing for Erdemir SK of the Turkish Basketball League.[2] In this first season in Turkey, he becomes runner-up of the Turkish Cup Basketball and finishes the 2008–09 season saving the spot in the TBL. When he arrived, the team was in the 15th position.[3]

On 2009, he returns to Spain to play at Lagun Aro GBC, team of the Liga ACB, the top Spanish basketball league.[4] One year later, Barbour comes back to Zonguldak for playing again at Erdemir SK.

For the 2011–12 season, Antwain Barbour signed with KK Cibona.[5]

On July 3, 2013, Barbour signed with Mersin BB.[6] After a stint in Poland he came back with Mersin BB on December 10, 2014.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. http://archivo.marca.com/edicion/marca/baloncesto/basket_feb/es/desarrollo/1186293.html Barbour mete 50 puntos para acabar con la condición de invicto del Lucentum
  2. http://www.tubasket.com/news/details/3403 Antwain Barbour desvela la incógnita y ficha por el Erdemir, penúltimo clasificado en la Liga Turca
  3. http://www.solobasket.com/contenidos/barbour/pone/equipo/pie/medio/objetivo/permanencia/liga/turca/c-21109.html Barbour pone a su equipo con pie y medio en el objetivo de la permanencia en la liga turca
  4. http://www.marca.com/2009/07/01/baloncesto/acb/1246451604.html Barbour y Detrick, primeros fichajes del Gipuzkoa Basket
  5. http://www.court-side.com/news/news2/E79F3F448A711142C12578E7005255CF?open&tp=2 Barbour signs with Cibona Zagreb
  6. Web site: Mersin signs Antwain Barbour. Sportando.net. July 14, 2013.
  7. http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/turkey/144305/antwain-barbour-signs-with-mersin.html Antwain Barbour signs with Mersin