Marcus Norris
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Marcus Norris is an American former basketball player, who played for 17 years in Europe.
Early life and education
Norris was born in Jackson, Michigan, in 1974,[1] playing basketball at Jackson High School. He attended Lansing Community College and Ball State University.[citation needed]
Career
Norris played basketball in Tampere, Finland, for Pyrbasket from 1996 to 1998. From 1998 to 2000, he played in Croatia for Svjetlost Brod. From 2000 to 2003, Norris went to Portugal to play for Portugal Telecom and, from 2003 to 2004, he played in Israel for Beni Hasharon, a team in the suburb of Tel Aviv. From 2004 to 2005, Norris played in Kiev, Ukraine, for BK KIE, a team owned by Sasha Volko. From 2005 to 2010, Norris went to CB Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Spain[2] in the ACB.[3] In 2010-2011, Norris went to Turkey for four months to play for Erdimir in the TBL Turkish League.
In the 2011-2012, season Norris went to Lleida, Spain,[4] and in February signed in Portugal with Benfica,[5] before retiring in 2012.
References
- ^ "Former Jackson stars enjoying professional basketball in Europe". MLive.com. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ^ "ACB.COM". ACB (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ^ "Marcus Norris: "Sentíamos que podíamos ganarle a cualquiera en el CID"". ACB (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ^ "El base Marcus Norris ficha por el Lleida Basquetbol". ACB (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ^ "Marcus Norris Basketball profile". Eurobasket. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- 1974 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Croatia
- American expatriate basketball people in Finland
- American expatriate basketball people in Israel
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- American expatriate basketball people in Ukraine
- American expatriate basketball people in Portugal
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Michigan
- Ball State Cardinals men's basketball players
- CB Gran Canaria players
- People from Jackson, Michigan
- Tampereen Pyrintö players