![]() Owens at the 2011 Ukrainian Superleague All-Star game | |||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Akron, Ohio | March 1, 1979||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school | Duncanville (Duncanville, Texas) | ||||||||||||||
College | |||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2002: 2nd round, 48th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2002–2015 | ||||||||||||||
Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||
Number | 20 | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Memphis Grizzlies | ||||||||||||||
2004 | Cedar Rapids River Raiders | ||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Banca Nuova Trapani | ||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Granada | ||||||||||||||
2006 | Sioux Falls Skyforce | ||||||||||||||
2006 | Panionios | ||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | ALBA Berlin | ||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Galatasaray | ||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Donetsk | ||||||||||||||
2010 | Panellinios | ||||||||||||||
2010 | BCM Gravelines | ||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Azovmash | ||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Cedevita Zagreb | ||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | KTP-Basket | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Argentino de Junín | ||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
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Haywood Christopher Owens (born March 1, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), he played the power forward position.
College career
[edit]Owens played one year at Tulane University[1] before moving at The University of Texas at Austin,[2] where he graduated in 2002.[3] On December 29, 2001, he suffered a season ending knee injury in a loss against Utah.[4][5]
Professional career
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Chris_Owens_defending_against_Dmytro_Zabirchenko.jpg/250px-Chris_Owens_defending_against_Dmytro_Zabirchenko.jpg)
Owens was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2nd round of the 2002 NBA draft,[6] but he was then traded to the Memphis Grizzlies. He played in one NBA game with the Grizzlies.
Owens' first and only NBA game was played on April 15, 2003 in a 86 - 97 loss to the Houston Rockets where he recorded 4 points and 1 rebound.
He then played in the United States Basketball League with the Cedar Rapids River Raiders. He arrived in Europe in 2004, signing with Banca Nuova Trapani, with whom he played 30 games, averaging 19.1 points and 9.1 rebounds per game.[7]
In 2005, he moved to CB Granada of the ACB League, but he was released in January 2006.[8] He spent the rest of the season in the Continental Basketball Association with the Sioux Falls Skyforce and in the Greek Basket League with Panionios.
For the 2006–07 season he signed with ALBA Berlin of Germany.[9] The following year, he moved to Galatasaray of the Turkish Basketball League.[10]
In 2008, he moved to BC Donetsk in Ukraine. He stayed there until February 2010, when he signed with Panellinios.[11]
In September 2010. Owens signed with Gravelines in France,[12] but he played only 4 games in the French League.[13] In November 2010, he returned to Ukraine and signed with Azovmash for the rest of the season.[14]
For the 2011–12 season he signed with KK Cedevita of Croatia.[15] In July 2013, he signed a one-year deal with KTP-Basket of Finland.[16]
In September 2014, he signed with Argentino de Junín of Argentina.[17]
Personal life
[edit]He is the great-nephew of 1930s African-American track and field star, Jesse Owens,[9] who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.[18]
Career statistics
[edit]NBA
[edit]GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Regular season
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2002–03 | Memphis | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | .667 | – | – | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
References
[edit]- ^ J. Douglas Foster (July 28, 1997). "Top stars in unison for game - Owens, Sasser lead North squad". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. 37. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Mark Rosner (December 5, 1999). "Mystery solved: Owens will be a force in debut season". Austin American-Statesman. p. C15. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Chris Owens at Texas Longhorns.
- ^ Jim Vertuno (January 5, 2002). "Bad timing - Horns limp into Big 12 season with Owens out". The Monitor. p. 4B. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Mike Jones (January 4, 2002). "Horns facing new test of will". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. 10D. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "NBA Draft Board". NBA.com. Archived from the original on March 9, 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
- ^ "Chris Owens at Legaduebasket.it". Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
- ^ "Granada splits with Chris Owens". Hoopbets.com. January 18, 2006. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
- ^ a b Jesse Owens's great-nephew to play in Berlin.
- ^ "Galatasaray signs Chris Owens". Eurocupbasketball.com. October 1, 2007. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
- ^ "Panellinios tabs Haywood Chris Owens". Sportando.net. February 18, 2010. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
- ^ "Gravelines Dunkerque land Haywood Owens". Eurobasket.com. September 5, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ^ Chris Owens at French League.
- ^ "AZOVMASH tabs veteran Owens". Eurocupbasketball.com. November 1, 2010. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
- ^ "KK Cedevita lands Chris Owens". Sportando.net. July 4, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
- ^ "Haywood Owens next to Finland". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
- ^ Haywood Chris Owens es el nuevo extranjero de Argentino
- ^ David Hancock (August 30, 2006). "An Owens Returns To Berlin". CBC News. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Personal Website Archived April 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- NBA.com Profile
- Eurocup Profile
- FIBA.com Profile
- Basketball-Reference.com Profile
- Eurobasket.com Profile
- Spanish League Profile (in Spanish)
- Greek League Profile (in Greek)
- Italian League Profile (in Italian)