Kris Lang Explained

Kris Lang
Position:Center
Height Ft:6
Height In:11
Weight Lb:246
Nationality:American
Birth Date:12 December 1979
Birth Place:Gastonia, North Carolina
Highschool:Hunter Huss
(Gastonia, North Carolina)
College:North Carolina (1998–2002)
Draft Year:2002
Career Start:2002
Years1:2002–2003
Team1:Anwil Włocławek
Years2:2003–2004
Team2:Asheville Altitude
Years3:2004–2005
Team3:Seoul SK Knights
Years4:2005
Team4:Unicaja Málaga
Years5:2005–2007
Team5:Virtus Bologna
Years6:2007
Team6:Azovmash Mariupol
Years7:2007–2008
Team7:Austin Toros
Years8:2008–2010
Team8:Türk Telekom
Years9:2010–2011
Team9:Enel Brindisi
Years10:2011–2012
Team10:Virtus Bologna
Years11:2013–2016
Team11:Cocodrilos de Caracas
Years12:2015
Team12:Metros de Santiago
Years13:2016
Team13:Regatas Corrientes
Years14:2016
Team14:Defensor Sporting
Years15:2017
Team15:Bucaneros de La Guaira
Years16:2018
Team16:Panteras de Miranda
Highlights:

Kristoffer Douglas Lang (born December 12, 1979) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for North Carolina between 1998 and 2002 before playing professionally in Poland, NBA D-League, South Korea, Spain, Italy, Ukraine, Turkey, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Argentina, and Uruguay.

College career

Lang played college basketball for North Carolina between 1998 and 2002. In 128 career games, he averaged 10.9 points and 5.3 rebounds per game.[1]

Professional career

Lang made his professional debut in Poland, spending the 2002–03 season with Anwil Włocławek and winning the PLK championship.[2] For the 2003–04 season, he returned to the U.S. and helped the Asheville Altitude win the NBDL championship. For the 2004–05 season, he moved to South Korea to play for the Seoul SK Knights. He finished the season in Spain with Unicaja Málaga. The next two seasons were spent in Italy with Virtus Bologna.

After spending preseason with the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA in October 2007,[3] Lang moved to Ukraine for a short stint with Azovmash Mariupol. He returned to the U.S. in December 2007 to join the Austin Toros. He left the Toros in February 2008 and moved to Turkey to play for Türk Telekom. He continued on with Türk Telekom for the 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons. Lang returned to Italy for the 2010–11 season to play for Enel Brindisi. He remained in Italy for the 2011–12 season, re-joining Virtus Bologna.

In 2013, Lang began what would be a six-year stint in South America. He played six seasons in the Venezuelan LPB (Cocodrilos de Caracas 2013–16; Bucaneros de La Guaira 2017; Panteras de Miranda 2018), a season in the Dominican Republic (Metros de Santiago 2015), half a season in Argentina (Regatas Corrientes 2016), and half a season in Uruguay (Defensor Sporting 2016).

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kris Lang College Stats. sports-reference.com. April 28, 2020.
  2. Web site: Kristoffer Lang. latinbasket.com. April 28, 2020.
  3. Web site: Kris Lang. realgm.com. April 28, 2020.