Cadarian Raines Explained

Cadarian Raines
Position:Power forward / center
Height Ft:6
Height In:9
Weight Lb:237.6
League:Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto
Team:Panteras de Miranda
Number:44
Birth Date:12 October 1990
Birth Place:Petersburg, Virginia, U.S.
High School:Petersburg
(Petersburg, Virginia)
College:
Draft Year:2014
Career Start:2014
Years1:2014
Team1:Villa Angela
Years2:2015
Team2:Mono Vampire
Years3:2015
Years4:2016
Team4:IRT Tanger
Years5:2016–2017
Years6:2017
Years7:2017
Team7:Sagesse
Years8:2017–2018
Team8:USK Praha
Years9:2018–2019
Team9:Enosis Neon Paralimni
Years10:2019
Team10:Knox Raiders
Years11:2019–2020
Team11:Tallinna Kalev
Years12:2020–2022
Team12:Beroe
Years13:2022–2023
Team13:Trepça
Years14:2023–2024
Team14:Beroe
Years15:2024–present
Team15:Panteras de Miranda
Highlights:

Cadarian Raines (born October 12, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Panteras de Miranda of the Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto. Standing at 2.06m (06.76feet), he plays the power forward and the center positions. After playing four years of college basketball at Virginia Tech, Raines entered the 2014 NBA draft, but he was not selected in the draft's two rounds.

High school career

Raines played high school basketball at Petersburg High School, where he was coached by Bill Lawson. Raines led the Crimson Wave to a 30–1 record and a 14–0 in district action. As a senior, he averaged 15.6 points, 9.8 rebounds, 3.8 blocks and 1.6 assists per game. He also earned First-team All-State and first team All-Metro as a senior and was the MVP of the Fort Lee Tournament[1]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Raines joined Villa Angela of the Argentine second division.[2] He left the club until December 31, 2014, after averaging 8.8 points and 6.5 rebounds per game.[3] He then joined Mono Vampire at Thailand. With Mono Vampire, he won the Thailand League.

The following season, Raines joined Al-Arabi of the Qatari Basketball League.[4] Due to his poor performances, he was released from the Qatari team on November. On February 23, 2016, he signed with IRT Tanger of the Moroccan League until the end of the season.[5]

On November 12, 2016, Raines signed with Apollon Limassol of the Cypriot League.[6] With Apollon, Raines played at the Cypriot League All-Star Games of both 2017 and 2018.

On January 24, 2017, Raines signed with Apollon Patras of the Greek Basket League, replacing Michael Cobbins on the team's squad.[7] On April 14, 2017, Raines signed with the Lebanese team Club Sagesse.[8]

Raines has since played for USK Praha of the NBL among other teams.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Tech Bio. hokiesports.com. January 25, 2017.
  2. News: Petersburg product Raines to play in Argentina. January 25, 2017. Progress-index.com. October 12, 2014.
  3. News: Cadarian Raines departs Villa Angela. January 25, 2017. Court-side.com. December 31, 2014.
  4. News: Al Arabi inks Cadarian Raines, ex Mono Vampire. January 25, 2017. Asia-basket.com. September 1, 2015.
  5. News: Cadarian Raines signs with IRT Tanger. January 25, 2017. Sims-basketball.com. February 23, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202021003/https://www.sims-basketball.com/single-post/2016/02/23/Cadarian-Raines-signs-with-IRT-Tanger. February 2, 2017. dead.
  6. News: Apollon adds Raines to their roster, ex IRT Tanger. January 25, 2017. Eurobasket.com. November 12, 2016.
  7. News: Apollon Patras lands Michael Stockton and Cadarian Raines. Sportando.com. January 24, 2016. January 25, 2016.
  8. News: Cadarian Raines signs with Sagesse Club. 14 April 2014. 14 April 2014.