Timothy Lang Explained

Timothy Lang
Position:Centre
Height Cm:206
Weight Kg:113
League:NBL1 South
Team:Kilsyth Cobras
Birth Date:1985 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
High School:Overnewton Anglican CC
(Melbourne, Victoria)
College:Stetson (2006–2009)
Draft Year:2009
Career Start:2004
Years1:2004–2006
Team1:Keilor Thunder
Years2:2009–2016
Team2:Kilsyth Cobras
Years3:2009–2010
Team3:Melbourne Tigers
Years4:2010–2011
Team4:Erdgas Ehingen/Urspringschule
Years5:2011–2012
Team5:Melbourne Tigers
Years6:2017–2019
Team6:Dandenong Rangers
Years7:2021–present
Team7:Kilsyth Cobras
Highlights:

Timothy John Lang (born 9 November 1985) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Kilsyth Cobras of the NBL1 South. He played three years of college basketball in the United States for the Stetson Hatters before playing the majority of his career in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) and NBL1 South. He also had two stints in the National Basketball League (NBL) with the Melbourne Tigers and won a championship in Germany with Erdgas Ehingen/Urspringschule.

Early life and career

Lang was born in Melbourne, Victoria,[1] where he attended Overnewton Anglican Community College. He also played for the Keilor Thunder in the Big V Division One between 2004 and 2006.[2]

On 1 June 2006, Lang signed a National Letter of Intent to play college basketball for Stetson University in the United States.[3]

College career

Lang joined the Stetson Hatters men's basketball program for the 2006–07 season with sophomore eligibility. In 31 games, he made six starts and averaged 5.4 points and 3.5 rebounds in 19.2 minutes per game. He had a 20-point game during the season.

As a junior in 2007–08, Lang appeared in all 32 games with 22 starts, averaging 4.3 points and 2.8 rebounds in 15.1 minutes per game.[4]

As a senior in 2008–09, Lang appeared in all 30 games with 27 starts, averaging 6.5 points and 5.2 rebounds in 21.6 minutes per game.[5] [6] He finished his three-year career at Stetson with a total of 81 blocked shots, placing him seventh all-time for the Hatters.[7]

Professional career

Lang debuted for the Kilsyth Cobras of the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) in 2009.[8] [9] He subsequently joined the Melbourne Tigers of the National Basketball League (NBL) for the 2009–10 season.[10] He played in 10 games for the Tigers between 30 September and 21 November.[11]

After returning to the Cobras for the 2010 SEABL season,[12] Lang moved to Germany for the 2010–11 season, where he joined Erdgas Ehingen/Urspringschule of the ProB.[13] The team won the ProB championship.[14]

Lang re-joined the Cobras for the 2011 season[15] and earned selection to the SEABL All-Star Team.[16]

On 25 November 2011, Lang signed with the Melbourne Tigers for the rest of the 2011–12 NBL season following a hamstring injury to Matt Burston.[17] In 15 games, he averaged 1.2 points in 5.1 minutes per game.[18]

Lang continued with the Cobras in 2012,[19] 2013,[20] 2014,[21] 2015,[22] and 2016.[23] He helped the team reach the SEABL South Conference Grand Final in 2014,[24] [25] and played his 200th SEABL game in 2016, becoming the fifteenth Cobra to have his jersey hung up at Kilsyth's Hugh McMenamin Court.[26]

Lang joined the Dandenong Rangers for the 2017 SEABL season.[27] [28] [29] He helped the Rangers reach the SEABL South Conference Grand Final,[30] where they defeated the Ballarat Miners.[31] The Rangers went on to lose to the Mount Gambier Pioneers in the SEABL Grand Final.[32]

Lang had a pre-season stint with the Perth Wildcats in the lead up to the 2017–18 NBL season.[33] [34] [35] [36]

Lang continued with the Rangers for the 2018 SEABL season[37] [38] and 2019 NBL1 season.[39] [40] [41]

Lang returned to the Kilsyth Cobras for the 2021 NBL1 South season,[42] where he was named team captain.[43] With the Cobras in 2022, he played his 300th SEABL/NBL1 game.[44] He re-signed with the Cobras for the 2023 NBL1 South season.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tim Lang – 2008–09 Men's Basketball Roster . GoHatters.com . 18 April 2017.
  2. Web site: Player statistics for Tim Lang – Big V . FoxSportsPulse.com . 9 December 2015.
  3. Web site: Stetson Men's Basketball Adds A.J. Smith and Tim Lang . GoHatters.com . 1 June 2006 . 18 April 2017.
  4. Web site: Stetson 2007–08 Season Statistics . GoHatters.com . 18 April 2017.
  5. Web site: Stetson 2008–09 Season Statistics . GoHatters.com . 18 April 2017.
  6. Web site: Tim Lang Game-by-Game Stats – 2008–09 . ESPN.com . 9 December 2015.
  7. Web site: Stetson's Tim Lang Goes Pro in Australia . GoHatters.com . 26 May 2009 . 18 April 2017.
  8. Web site: Cobras sign Stetson Uni Graduate Tim Lang . KilsythBasketball.com.au . 18 May 2009 . 9 December 2015.
  9. Web site: Player statistics for Tim Lang – SEABL . FoxSportsPulse.com . 9 December 2015.
  10. Web site: Lang signs with Tigers for 09-10 NBL Season . KilsythBasketball.com.au . 17 September 2009 . 9 December 2015.
  11. Web site: Timothy John LANG | Season 2009/2010 . FIBA.com . 9 December 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170419195011/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gameCent/p/leagueid//ot//pid/6046700/season/2010/tid/0/tidstat//playerView.html . 19 April 2017.
  12. Web site: Cobras sign Bathie and Lang . KilsythBasketball.com.au . 3 March 2010 . 9 December 2015.
  13. Web site: Vargas und Lang für Ehingen . schoenen-dunk.de . 20 September 2010 . 9 December 2015 . German.
  14. Web site: Team Ehingen Urspring – German League Games/Schedule (2010-2011) . eurobasket.com . 27 December 2023.
  15. Web site: 2011 SEABL TEAM PREVIEW – KILSYTH COBRAS . KilsythBasketball.com.au . 15 March 2011 . 9 December 2015.
  16. Web site: 2011 SEABL ALL-STAR TEAMS . SEABL.com.au . 14 September 2011 . 9 December 2015 . dead . https://archive.today/20170411005336/http://www.seabl.com.au/index.php?id=303&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3132&cHash=5526355289 . 11 April 2017 . dmy-all .
  17. Web site: Ward . Roy . Tigers rue a week of horrors . SMH.com.au . 25 November 2011 . 9 December 2015.
  18. Web site: Timothy John LANG | Season 2011/2012 . FIBA.com . 9 December 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306034133/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/pid/6046700/playerview.html . 6 March 2016.
  19. Web site: SWINBURNE KILSYTH COBRAS RE-SIGN STARTING TRIO . KilsythBasketball.com.au . 28 November 2011 . 9 December 2015.
  20. Web site: STARTING TRIO RE-SIGN . KilsythBasketball.com.au . 5 December 2012 . 17 April 2017.
  21. Web site: Tim Lang and Joel Naburgs re-sign . KilsythBasketball.com.au . 22 October 2013 . 9 December 2015.
  22. Web site: COBRA MEN HOPE TO RETURN CORE FOR 2015 . KilsythBasketball.com.au . 19 December 2014 . 9 December 2015.
  23. Web site: TIM LANG RETURNS WITH CHAMPIONSHIP ASPIRATIONS IN 2016 . KilsythBasketball.com.au . 8 December 2015 . 9 December 2015.
  24. Web site: SEABL MEN'S SOUTH CONFERENCE FINAL PREVIEW . SEABL.com.au . 3 September 2014 . 9 December 2015 . dead . https://archive.today/20170327131417/http://www.seabl.com.au/index.php?id=257&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=9958&cHash=a7f19d2cd5 . 27 March 2017 . dmy-all .
  25. Web site: Hustwaite . Megan . Kilsyth Cobras lose the lead with 10 seconds to go in South-East Australian Basketball League grand final . HeraldSun.com.au . 8 September 2014 . 9 December 2015.
  26. Web site: TIM LANG SET TO PLAY 200TH SEABL GAME WITH KILSYTH . KilsythBasketball.com.au . 29 July 2016 . 7 December 2016.
  27. Web site: 2016/17 SEASON PREVIEW: KILSYTH . SEABL.com.au . 20 March 2017 . 18 April 2017 . live . https://archive.today/20170418083407/http://seabl.com.au/201617-season-preview-kilsyth/ . 18 April 2017 . dmy-all .
  28. Web site: 2016/17 SEASON PREVIEW: DANDENONG RANGERS . SEABL.com.au . 17 March 2017 . 18 April 2017 . live . https://archive.today/20170418083208/http://seabl.com.au/201617-season-preview-dandenong-rangers/ . 18 April 2017 . dmy-all .
  29. Web site: Player statistics for Tim Lang – 2017 . SportsTG.com . 9 September 2017.
  30. Web site: CONFERENCE FINALS PREVIEW- MEN'S . SEABL.com.au . 24 August 2017 . 24 August 2017 . live . https://archive.today/20170824115615/http://seabl.com.au/conference-finals-preview-mens/ . 24 August 2017 . dmy-all .
  31. Web site: Calafiore . Siobhan . Basketball: Heartbreak for Miners after losing south conference crown in overtime . TheCourier.com.au . 27 August 2017 . 29 August 2017.
  32. Web site: PIONEERS DYNASTY CLINCH THIRD CHAMPIONSHIP IN FOUR YEARS . SEABL.com.au . 2 September 2017 . 2 September 2017.
  33. Web site: Perth Wildcats . Introducing Tim Lang . Twitter . 9 September 2017 . 9 September 2017.
  34. Web site: GUTSY BLITZ WIN FOR UNDERMANNED WILDCATS . Wildcats.com.au . 9 September 2017 . 9 September 2017 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170910033709/http://www.wildcats.com.au/perth-wildcats/gutsy-blitz-win-undermanned-wildcats/ . 10 September 2017.
  35. Web site: Wildcats vs Breakers . FIBALiveStats.com . 9 September 2017 . 9 September 2017.
  36. Web site: Wildcats vs United . FIBALiveStats.com . 10 September 2017 . 10 September 2017.
  37. Web site: 2018 SEASON PREVIEW: DANDENONG RANGERS . SEABL.com.au . 23 March 2018 . 29 March 2018.
  38. Web site: Player statistics for Tim Lang – 2018 . SportsTG.com . 7 October 2018.
  39. Web site: McCallum . Jordan . NBL1 Tiers: A look at each team's early form . pickandroll.com.au . 2 May 2019 . 29 March 2020.
  40. Web site: Williams . Peter . NBL1 Men's finals preview: Qualifying and Elimination finals . basketball.draftcentral.com.au . 25 July 2019 . 29 March 2020.
  41. Web site: Tim Lang . basketball.draftcentral.com.au . 29 March 2020.
  42. Web site: LONG-TIME COBRA TIM LANG RETURNS HOME . kilsythbasketball.com.au . 5 March 2021 . 6 April 2021.
  43. Web site: VETERAN CENTRE TIM LANG SET TO RETURN IN 2022 . kilsythbasketball.com.au . 15 December 2021 . 11 July 2022.
  44. Web site: COBRA CAPTAIN RE-UPS FOR 2023 . kilsythbasketball.com.au . 1 March 2023 . 7 March 2023.

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