Kevin Dillard | |
Position: | Point guard |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 0 |
Weight Lb: | 182 |
Team: | Free Agent |
Birth Date: | 15 October 1989 |
Birth Place: | Homewood, Illinois |
Nationality: | American |
High School: | Homewood-Flossmoor (Flossmoor, Illinois) |
College: |
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Draft Year: | 2013 |
Career Start: | 2013 |
Years1: | 2013–2014 |
Team1: | Novipiù Casale Monferrato |
Years2: | 2014 |
Team2: | VEF Rīga |
Years3: | 2014–2015 |
Years4: | 2015 |
Years5: | 2015–2016 |
Years6: | 2016 |
Team6: | Antwerp Giants |
Years7: | 2016 |
Team7: | Pınar Karşıyaka |
Years8: | 2017 |
Team8: | New Zealand Breakers |
Years9: | 2017 |
Team9: | Maccabi Ashdod |
Years10: | 2017 |
Years11: | 2018 |
Years12: | 2019–2020 |
Team12: | Sigortam.net İTÜ BB |
Years13: | 2020–2021 |
Team13: | Soproni KC |
Years14: | 2021 |
Team14: | CS Dinamo București |
Years15: | 2021–2022 |
Team15: | KK Gostivar |
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Kevin Andre Dillard (born October 15, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for KK Gostivar of the Macedonian First League.
Dillard attended and played high school basketball Homewood-Flossmoor High School, in Flossmoor, Illinois, where he was named the 2008 Illinois Mr. Basketball.[1]
After graduating from Homewood-Flossmoor High, Dillard played two years of college basketball for Southern Illinois University. After the 2009–10 season, Dillard transferred to Dayton.[2] He had to sit out one season under NCAA rules.[3] He was named to the All-Atlantic 10 Second Team, as a junior[4] and senior.
[5] |-| style="text-align:left;"| 2008–09| style="text-align:left;"| Southern Illinois| 31 || || 30.9 || .441 || .452 || .727 || 2.0 || 4.2 || 1.3 || 0.2 || 12.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2009–10| style="text-align:left;"| Southern Illinois| 29 || || 28.9 || .423 || .320 || .773 || 3.1 || 5.0 || 1.1 || 0.1 || 12.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2011–12| style="text-align:left;"| Dayton Flyers| 33 || || 32.7 || .412 || .325 || .827 || 2.7 || 6.0 || 1.4 || 0.4 || 13.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13| style="text-align:left;"| Dayton Flyers| 31 || || 33.0 || .405 || .396 || .892 || 1.9 || 4.5 || 1.1 || 0.1 || 15.3
Dillard failed to be drafted at the 2013 NBA draft. On August 7, 2013, he signed with A.S. Junior Casale of Italy, for the 2013–14 season.[6]
On July 4, 2014, he signed with VEF Rīga of Latvia.[7] On November 8, 2014, he parted ways with VEF Rīga.[8] On December 8, 2014, he signed with Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez of France, for the rest of the season.[9]
On August 1, 2015, he signed with MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg of Germany, for the 2015–16 season.[10] However, on September 4, 2015, he parted ways with Ludwigsburg, before appearing in a game for them.[11]
On October 27, 2015, he signed with Cholet Basket of France.[12] On November 25, 2015, he left Cholet, and signed with the Greek club Apollon Patras.[13] On April 2, 2016, he signed with the Belgian club Antwerp Giants, for the rest of the season.[14]
On July 27, 2016, Dillard signed with Turkish club Pınar Karşıyaka.[15] On December 4, 2016, he was excused from the team, with poor playing performance being cited as the reasons for the decision.[16] [17] In the wake of the falling out with his club, he did not re-join the team at all during the rest of December, while instead looking for another gig elsewhere.[18]
On January 7, 2017, he signed with the New Zealand Breakers, for the rest of the 2016–17 NBL season.[19] On February 22, 2017, he signed with Israeli club Maccabi Ashdod.[20]
On July 8, 2017, Dillard signed with PAOK Thessaloniki of the Greek League.[21] On November 4, 2017, he parted ways with PAOK.[22] On January 18, 2018, he signed with Hungarian club EGIS Körmend.[23]
On October 10, 2019, he has signed with Sigortam.net İTÜ BB of the Basketball Super League. [24] Dillard averaged 10 points and 5.6 assists per game. On July 27, 2020, he signed in Hungary with Soproni KC.[25]
Dillard played one game for CS Dinamo București in 2021. On February 27, 2022, he signed with KK Gostivar of the Macedonian First League.[26]