Kevin Owens (basketball)

Kevin Owens (born (1980-06-09)June 9, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player, writer and podcaster.

Kevin Owens
Personal information
Born (1980-06-09) June 9, 1980
Haddonfield, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Listed height213 cm (7 ft 0 in)
Listed weight118 kg (264 lb)
Career information
High schoolCamden Catholic
(Cherry Hill, New Jersey)
CollegeMonmouth (1999–2003)
NBA draft2003 / Undrafted
Playing career2003–2010
PositionCenter
Number15
Career history
2003–2006Roanoke Dazzle
2006–2007Cairns Taipans
2007Daegu Orions
2008Wellington Saints
2009Sigal Prishtina
2010BC Kalev/Cramo

In 2009 Owens played with Sigal Prishtina of the Kosovo Super League.[1] Prior to that Owens played for the Wellington Saints in Wellington, New Zealand and the Ulsan Mobis Phoebus in Ulsan, South Korea of the Korean Basketball League.[2] In the 2006-2007 season Owens played for the Cairns Taipans in Cairns, Australia.[3] Before playing in Australia, Owens played three seasons with the Roanoke Dazzle in the NBA Development League, a minor league system for the National Basketball Association.

Born in Haddonfield, New Jersey, Owens attended Camden Catholic High School in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.[4] He played Division I college basketball at Monmouth University.

At the tail end of his career and immediately after, Owens was a basketball writer/contributor for a number of publications including SLAM Online and SB Nation.[5][6]

Owens is the host of "The Matchup Zone," a podcast in which he interviews recognizable names in overseas basketball and provides a behind the scenes look at what goes on with basketball abroad.[7]

References
  1. Eurobasket player profile: Kevin Owens
  2. Kevin Owens: player profile
  3. Kevin Owens: Player profile
  4. NBDL Player Profile: Kevin Owens Archived 2008-02-03 at the Wayback Machine, accessed December 24, 2006
  5. Owens, Kevin. "Kevin Owens, Author at SLAM". SLAM. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  6. "Kevin Owens Profile and Activity - SB Nation Philly". philly.sbnation.com. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  7. "Listen to The Matchup Zone on TuneIn". TuneIn. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
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