Antwain Barbour facts for kids
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| Born | June 17, 1982 Elizabethtown, Kentucky |
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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||
| High school | Elizabethtown (Elizabethtown, Kentucky) |
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| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | |||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | |||||||||||||
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| NBA Draft | 2004 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||
| Pro career | 2004–2016 | |||||||||||||
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| 2004 | Kentucky Reach | |||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Kentucky Colonels | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | Guaros de Lara | |||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Yakama Sun Kings | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | UB La Palma | |||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Tenerife Baloncesto | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | Erdemirspor | |||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Lagun Aro GBC | |||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Erdemirspor | |||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Cibona Zagreb | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Scavolini Siviglia Pesaro | |||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Mersin BB | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | King Wilki Morskie | |||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Mersin BB | |||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Hoops Club | |||||||||||||
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Antwain La'Mar Barbour (born June 27, 1982) is an American who used to play professional basketball. He last played for Hoops Club in the Lebanese Basketball League.
Antwain was a champion in high school basketball. He won the Kentucky High School Sweet 16 State Championship in 2000 with Elizabethtown. He was also named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of that tournament in 2000.
Did you know he is a cousin of the famous NBA superstar, Kevin Durant?
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Antwain Barbour's Basketball Journey
Antwain Barbour started his professional basketball career in 2004. He played for the Kentucky Wildcats in college. After that, he joined the Kentucky Colonels in the ABA league.
Playing in Different Leagues
In the next season, Antwain played in the Continental Basketball Association with the Yakama Sun Kings. In 2006, he moved to Spain. He finished the 2005–06 LEB season playing for UB La Palma. Even though he only played four games, he did well enough to sign with Tenerife Rural.
Success in Spain
Antwain played for the Tenerife team for two and a half seasons. He became one of the most exciting players in the LEB League. He even set a scoring record in that league, scoring 50 points in one game against CB Lucentum Alicante.
After two seasons where his team almost made it to the top Spanish league, Liga ACB, he left Tenerife. He then signed with Erdemir SK in the Turkish Basketball League. In his first season in Turkey, his team was the runner-up in the Turkish Cup Basketball. He also helped the team stay in the TBL league for the 2008–09 season. When he joined, the team was in 15th place, but he helped them improve.
Moving Between Teams
In 2009, Antwain returned to Spain. He played for Lagun Aro GBC, which is a team in the Liga ACB, Spain's top basketball league. A year later, Barbour went back to Zonguldak to play for Erdemir SK again.
For the 2011–12 season, Antwain Barbour signed with KK Cibona.
On July 3, 2013, Barbour signed with Mersin BB. He later played a short time in Poland. Then, he came back to Mersin BB on December 10, 2014. He finished his professional career in 2016.
See also
In Spanish: Antwain Barbour para niños
