Tim Blue Explained

Tim Blue
Number:4
Position:Power forward / small forward
Height Ft:6
Height In:9
Weight Lb:220
Team:Free Agent
Birth Date:1984 7, mf=yes
Birth Place:Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Nationality:American
High School:Palm Beach Gardens
(Palm Beach Gardens, Florida)
College:
Draft Year:2007
Career Start:2007
Years1:20072009
Years2:2009–2010
Team2:GasTerra Flames
Years3:2010–2011
Team3:Mitteldeutscher BC
Years4:2011
Team4:West-Brabant Giants
Years5:2011–2012
Team5:KTP
Years6:2012–2020
Team6:Antibes Sharks
Highlights:

Tim Blue (born July 10, 1984) is an American professional basketball player. He is mostly known for his stint with the Antibes Sharks of the French LNB Pro A. Blue usually played as power forward or small forward. In his professional career, he has played in the Netherlands, Germany, Finland and France.

College

Blue played at Palm Beach Gardens High School before enrolling at Indian River State College in 2003. He spent the 2003-04 campaign with The River, before heading to Middle Tennessee State University,[1] where he played from 2005 to 2007. In his two years with the Blue Raiders, he averaged 9.0 points and 4.9 rebounds a contest.[2]

Professional career

Blue won the Dutch basketball championship with the GasTerra Flames Groningen in 2010. In August 2010, he was signed by German Basketball Bundesliga side Mitteldeutscher BC.[3] After returning to the Netherlands and a brief stint in Finland,[4] Blue moved to France.[5]

Antibes Sharks (2012–2020)

In the 2013–14 season, Blue played in the French Pro A with Antibes. Antibes team finished 16th and relegated back to the second division Pro B.

In the 2014–15 season, Blue finished 6th in the regular season with Antibes Sharks. In the Playoffs, Antibes won the Finals 2–0 over ASC Denain-Voltaire PH. After averaging 20 points per game in the Finals, Blue won his second LNB Pro B Finals MVP Award.[6] In his eight years with the club, Blue scored a total of 3990 points and grabbed 1699 rebounds in league play.[7] He had his jersey number retired at Antibes in March 2021.[8]

Following eight years with the Antibes Sharks, he joined lower-league team Azuréa Golfe-Juan, just outside of Antibes.[9]

Honours

With club

GasTerra Flames
Antibes Sharks

Individual

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tim Blue - Men's Basketball . 2022-03-11 . Middle Tennessee State University Athletics . en.
  2. Web site: Tim Blue College Stats . 2022-03-11 . College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com . en.
  3. Web site: 2010-08-11 . MBC VERPFLICHTET NIEDERLÄNDISCHEN MEISTER TIM BLUE ALS NEUEN SMALL FORWARD . 2022-03-11 . MBC . de-DE.
  4. Web site: Tim Blue . 2022-03-11 . Suomen Koripalloliitto ry.
  5. Web site: Joueur emblématique d'Antibes, le basketteur Tim blue quitte les Sharks . 2022-03-11 . France 3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur . fr-FR.
  6. http://www.bebasket.fr/a/51548-un-deuxieme-trophee-de-mvp-de-la-finale-pour-tim-blue UN DEUXIÈME TROPHÉE DE MVP DE LA FINALE POUR TIM BLUE
  7. Web site: Tim Blue : un palmarès exceptionnel Sharks Antibes . 2022-03-11 . www.sharks-antibes.com . fr.
  8. Web site: Chiramberro . Théo . 2022-03-10 . [Vidéo] Retour sur la cérémonie du retrait du maillot de Tim Blue à Antibes ]. 2022-03-11 . BeBasket . fr.
  9. Web site: 2021-06-12 . Basket: Tim Blue rejoint les rangs de l'Azuréa Golfe-Juan . 2022-03-11 . Nice-Matin . fr.
  10. News: Tim Blue, ex-Donar, champion of French Pro B . Dutch . 2014-06-21 . Worldbasketballnews.nl . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131224105337/http://worldbasketballnews.nl/tim-blue-ex-donar-kampioen-van-franse-pro-b/ . 2013-12-24 .
  11. News: Tim Blue MVP de la Finale . 2014-06-21 . fr . Sharks-Antibes.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131224140307/http://www.sharks-antibes.com/index.php/actus/news/news/item/333-tim-blue-mvp-de-la-finale . 2013-12-24 .
  12. Web site: All-Star Galas . Dutch. 2014-06-21 .