Bill Amis | |
Number: | 4 |
Position: | Power forward |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 9 |
Weight Lb: | 231 |
League: | Belgian League |
Team: | Crelan Okapi Aalstar |
Birth Date: | 25 October 1987 |
Birth Place: | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Nationality: | American |
High School: | Putnam City (Warr Acres, Oklahoma) |
College: | |
Draft Year: | 2011 |
Career Start: | 2011 |
Career End: | 2019 |
Years1: | 2011–2012 |
Team1: | Tartu |
Years2: | 2013–2014 |
Team2: | Keravnos |
Years3: | 2014–2016 |
Team3: | Steaua București |
Years4: | 2016–2019 |
Team4: | Okapi Aalstar |
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Wilburn Davis "Bill" Amis IV (pronounced A-miss) (born October 25, 1987) is a former American professional basketball player who last played for Crelan Okapi Aalstar of the Euromillions Basketball League in Belgium.
Amis was born in Oklahoma City and graduated from Putnam City High School in 2006. He enrolled at Pratt Community College in Kansas and transferred to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa after one year.
Amis played in the forward position with the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors. In his senior season, Amis was team co-captain with Hiram Thompson and was a second-team All-Western Athletic Conference selection. He averaged 15.2 points and 7.8 rebounds.[1] After graduating from Hawaii, Amis tried out with his hometown NBA team Oklahoma City Thunder.[2]
For the 2011–12 season he signed with Tartu Ülikool Korvpallimeeskond of Estonia.
In July 2013, Amis signed with Eisbären Bremerhaven of Germany.[3] However, he did not passed the tryout period so he was released before the season began.[4] He then moved to Cyprus and signed with Keravnos.
In July 2014, he signed with Steaua București of Romania.[5]
In June 2016, Amis signed with Crelan Okapi Aalstar of the Euromillions Basketball League in Belgium.