Samme Givens
![]() Givens with Maccabi Ra'anana in January 2017 | |
No. 34 – Kauhajoki Karhu | |
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Position | Small forward / Power forward |
League | Korisliiga |
Personal information | |
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | August 9, 1989
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Academy of the New Church (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
College | Drexel (2008–2012) |
NBA draft | 2012: undrafted |
Playing career | 2012–present |
Career history | |
2012–2013 | Aris Leeuwarden |
2013–2014 | ALM Évreux |
2014–2015 | S.Oliver Würzburg |
2015–2018 | Maccabi Ra'anana |
2018–2019 | Maccabi Haifa |
2019–present | Kauhajoki Karhu |
Career highlights and awards | |
Samme Givens (born August 9, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Kauhajoki Karhu of the Korisliiga. He played college basketball for Drexel University before playing professionally in the Netherlands, France, Germany and Israel.
Professional career
In his first season as a professional basketball player, Givens played for Aris Leeuwarden in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL). The website Eurobasket.com named him the most valuable player of the regular season, however Givens did not win the official award. With Aris, Givens reached the league finals, after surprising top-seeded EiffelTowers Den Bosch in the semi-finals. On June 19, 2013, Givens signed with ALM Évreux Basket of the Pro B in France.[1]
On September 15, 2015, Givens signed with the Israeli team Maccabi Ra'anana of the Liga Leumit.[2] In his third season with Ra'anana, Givens averaged 18.3 points, 9.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.6 steals per game and earned a spot in the All-Liga Leumit Second Team by the Eurobasket.com website.[3]
On July 3, 2018, Givens signed a two-year deal with Maccabi Haifa, joining his former head coach Barak Peleg.[4] Givens won the 2019 Israeli National League Championship with Haifa.
On August 15, 2019, he has signed with Kauhajoki Karhu of the Korisliiga.[5]
The Basketball Tournament (TBT)
In the summer of 2017, Givens played in The Basketball Tournament on ESPN for the Broad Street Brawlers. He competed for the $2 million prize, and for the Brawlers, he averaged 14.8 points per game while also averaging 7.5 rebounds per game. Givens helped the Brawlers reach the second round of the tournament, losing then to Team Colorado 111-95.
In TBT 2018, Givens suited up for the Talladega Knights. In 4 games, he averaged 11 points, 10.3 rebounds, and 1.5 steals per game. The Talladega Knights reached the Northeast Regional Championship before falling to the Golden Eagles.[6]
Honors
- Israeli National League champion (2019)
References
- ^ Samme Givens leaves Aris at omropfryslan.nl
- ^ "עירוני רעננה פותחת את טורניר קדם העונה - ומשלימה את הסגל". ironiraanana.goop.co.il (in Hebrew). September 15, 2015.
- ^ "Eurobasket.com All-Israeli National League Awards 2018". eurobasket.com. June 1, 2018.
- ^ "מכבי Hunter חיפה מחתימה את הפורוורד סאם גיבנס על חוזה לשנתיים". mhbasket.co.il (in Hebrew). July 3, 2018.
- ^ "Karhu sign Samme Givens, Alex Thompson". Sportando. August 15, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- ^ "Bracket | The Basketball Tournament". www.thetournament.com. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
External links
- 1989 births
- Living people
- ALM Évreux Basket players
- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Germany
- American expatriate basketball people in Israel
- American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands
- American men's basketball players
- Aris Leeuwarden players
- Basketball players from Pennsylvania
- Drexel Dragons men's basketball players
- Dutch Basketball League players
- Maccabi Haifa B.C. players
- Maccabi Ra'anana players
- Power forwards (basketball)
- S.Oliver Würzburg players
- Small forwards
- Sportspeople from Philadelphia