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Joe Burton
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Burton with Oregon State in 2012
Free Agent
Center / power forward
Personal information
Born (1990-11-02) November 2, 1990 (age 33)
San Jacinto, California, U.S.
High school West Valley (Hemet, California)
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight 288 lb (131 kg)
Career information
College Oregon State (2009–2013)
NBA Draft 2013 / Undrafted
Pro career 2013–present
Career history
2013–2014 Aalborg Vikings
2014–2015 Landstede Zwolle
2015–2016 ALM Évreux
2016–2017 Chorale Roanne
2017–2018 Aomori Wat's
2018–2019 ADA Blois
2019–2020 Chorale Roanne
2020 Souffelweyersheim
2020 Trepça
2020-2021 KTP Basket
2022-2023 BC Orchies
2023— ALM Évreux
Career highlights and awards
  • French Second Division MVP (2016)
  • French 2nd Division Cup winner (2017)
  • French Second Division Cup MVP (2017)
  • Dutch League Statistical Player of the Year (2015)
  • All-Dutch League Team (2015)
  • All-Dutch League Defense Team (2015)

Joseph William Burton (born November 2, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for, who lastly played for BC Orchies of the Nationale Masculine 1. He played four seasons collegiate for the Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team. He usually plays as center or a power forward.

College career

Burton played collegiate for the Oregon State Beavers. He is a member of the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, one of the Luiseño Native American tribes of southern California. He became the first Native American man to earn a basketball scholarship at a Pac-10 Conference (now Pac-12) school. In Burton's senior year at college he averaged 11.0 ppg and 6.4 rpg in 32 games. He is the only Oregon State player to record over 1,000 points, 700 rebounds and 300 assists.

Professional career

Burton started his career in 2013 with Aalborg Vikings. In the Danish Basketligaen, Burton averaged 22 points, 12.5 rebounds and 4 assists.

For the 2014–15 season, Burton signed with Landstede Basketbal. At the end of the regular season, Burton won the DBL Statistical Player of the Year Award and was named to the All-DBL Team and DBL All-Defense Team.

For the 2015–16 season, Burton signed with ALM Évreux Basket. He was named the Most Valuable Player of the LNB Pro B.

On August 4, 2016, Burton signed with Chorale Roanne Basket, another club from the LNB Pro B.

On July 10, 2018, Burton signed with ADA Blois of the French first tier Pro A.

On August 13, 2019, he has signed with his old team Chorale Roanne Basket.

On August 17, 2020, he has signed with KTP Basket of the Finnish first tier Korisliiga

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