Michael Meeks (basketball)
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Born | Kingston, Jamaica | February 23, 1972|||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Canadian / German | |||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | |||||||||||||||||
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High school | Cardinal Leger Secondary School (Brampton, Ontario) | |||||||||||||||||
College | Canisius (1992–1996) | |||||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1996: undrafted | |||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1996–2011 | |||||||||||||||||
Position | Power forward / Center | |||||||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||||||
As player: | ||||||||||||||||||
1996–1997 | Darüşşafaka | |||||||||||||||||
1997–1998 | Brandt Hagen | |||||||||||||||||
1998–2000 | Besançon | |||||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | UNICS Kazan | |||||||||||||||||
2001–2002 | Fabriano Basket | |||||||||||||||||
2002–2004 | Zadar | |||||||||||||||||
2004 | Central Dawgs | |||||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Viola Reggio Calabria | |||||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | |||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | ČEZ Nymburk | |||||||||||||||||
2007–2009 | Euphony Bree | |||||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | BG Göttingen | |||||||||||||||||
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2011–2012 | BG Göttingen | |||||||||||||||||
2012–present | S.Oliver Baskets (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||
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Michael Meeks (born February 23, 1972) is a Canadian former professional basketball player. Meeks currently work as assistant coach in S.Oliver Baskets. He is a former member of the Canadian national men's basketball team.
College career
A 6'9", 235 lb. centre-power forward, Meeks led Canisius College in his senior year in 1996 to the school's only NCAA Tournament appearance since the mid-1950s. They lost badly in the first round, however, to the Utah Utes. He finished his four-year career as the school's second all-time scorer and rebounder and was inducted in the Hall of Fame in January 2007.
National team career
Meeks played for Canada in the 2000 Summer Olympics and was central to the team winning their preliminary round group leading the team in scoring. (They lost in the quarter-finals however and finished 7th.) He also competed in two world championships, 1998 and 2002.
Personal
Meeks is a dual citizen, having acquired German citizenship whilst playing there. He is a native of Brampton, Ontario, having settled there as a youth after immigrating to Canada from Jamaica.
References
- 1972 births
- Living people
- ABA League players
- Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- BC UNICS players
- BG Göttingen players
- Besançon BCD players
- Black Canadian basketball players
- Bree BBC players
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in Belgium
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in Croatia
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in France
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in Germany
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in Italy
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in Russia
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Canadian men's basketball players
- Canadian people of Jamaican descent
- Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball players
- Centers (basketball)
- Basketball Nymburk players
- Darüşşafaka SK players
- Fabriano Basket players
- German expatriates in Belgium
- German expatriates in Croatia
- German expatriates in France
- German expatriates in Russia
- German expatriates in the Czech Republic
- German men's basketball players
- German people of Canadian descent
- German people of Jamaican descent
- Jamaican emigrants to Canada
- KK Zadar players
- Naturalized citizens of Canada
- Naturalized citizens of Germany
- Olympic basketball players of Canada
- Pan American Games competitors for Canada
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Sportspeople from Brampton
- Sportspeople from Kingston, Jamaica
- Telekom Baskets Bonn players
- Viola Reggio Calabria players
- 1998 FIBA World Championship players
- 2002 FIBA World Championship players