Tim Blue

Tim Blue
	Blue playing for GasTerra Flames in 2010
No. 4 – Free Agent
Position	Power forward / small forward
Personal information
Born	July 10, 1984 (age 40); Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Palm Beach Gardens; (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida)
College	Indian River State (2002–2004); Middle Tennessee (2005–2007);
NBA draft	2007: undrafted
Playing career	2007–present
Career history
2007–2009	West-Brabant Giants
2009–2010	GasTerra Flames
2010–2011	Mitteldeutscher BC
2011	West-Brabant Giants
2011–2012	KTP
2012–2020	Antibes Sharks
Career highlights and awards
	No. 4 retired by Antibes Sharks; Dutch League champion (2010); 3× Dutch All-Star Game (2008, 2010, 2011); French 2nd Division champion (2013); 2× French 2nd Division Finals MVP (2013, 2015); French 2nd Cup winner (2015); French 2nd Cup MVP (2015); 2× French League All-Star (2016, 2017);

Tim Blue (born July 10, 1984) is an American professional basketball player. He is mostly known for his stint with the Antibes Sharks of the French LNB Pro A. Blue usually played as power forward or small forward. In his professional career, he has played in the Netherlands, Germany, Finland and France.

College

Blue played at Palm Beach Gardens High School before enrolling at Indian River State College in 2003. He spent the 2003-04 campaign with The River, before heading to Middle Tennessee State University,^[1] where he played from 2005 to 2007. In his two years with the Blue Raiders, he averaged 9.0 points and 4.9 rebounds a contest.^[2]

Professional career

Blue won the Dutch basketball championship with the GasTerra Flames Groningen in 2010. In August 2010, he was signed by German Basketball Bundesliga side Mitteldeutscher BC.^[3] After returning to the Netherlands and a brief stint in Finland,^[4] Blue moved to France.^[5]

Antibes Sharks (2012–2020)

In the 2013–14 season, Blue played in the French Pro A with Antibes. Antibes team finished 16th and relegated back to the second division Pro B.

In the 2014–15 season, Blue finished 6th in the regular season with Antibes Sharks. In the Playoffs, Antibes won the Finals 2–0 over ASC Denain-Voltaire PH. After averaging 20 points per game in the Finals, Blue won his second LNB Pro B Finals MVP Award.^[6] In his eight years with the club, Blue scored a total of 3990 points and grabbed 1699 rebounds in league play.^[7] He had his jersey number retired at Antibes in March 2021.^[8]

Following eight years with the Antibes Sharks, he joined lower-league team Azuréa Golfe-Juan, just outside of Antibes.^[9]

Honours

With club

GasTerra Flames

Dutch Basketball League champion (1): 2009–10

Antibes Sharks

LNB Pro B champion^[10] (1): 2012–13

Individual

French 2nd Division Finals MVP^[11] (2): 2013, 2015
DBL All-Star^[12] (3): 2008, 2010, 2011
LNB Pro A All-Star (2): 2016, 2017

References

^ "Tim Blue - Men's Basketball". Middle Tennessee State University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
^ "Tim Blue College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
^ "MBC VERPFLICHTET NIEDERLÄNDISCHEN MEISTER TIM BLUE ALS NEUEN SMALL FORWARD". MBC (in German). 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
^ "Tim Blue". Suomen Koripalloliitto ry. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
^ "Joueur emblématique d'Antibes, le basketteur Tim blue quitte les Sharks". France 3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-11.
^ UN DEUXIÈME TROPHÉE DE MVP DE LA FINALE POUR TIM BLUE
^ "Tim Blue : un palmarès exceptionnel | Sharks Antibes". www.sharks-antibes.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-11.
^ Chiramberro, Théo (2022-03-10). "[Vidéo] Retour sur la cérémonie du retrait du maillot de Tim Blue à Antibes". BeBasket (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-11.
^ "Basket: Tim Blue rejoint les rangs de l'Azuréa Golfe-Juan". Nice-Matin (in French). 2021-06-12. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
^ "Tim Blue, ex-Donar, champion of French Pro B". Worldbasketballnews.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
^ "Tim Blue MVP de la Finale". Sharks-Antibes.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
^ "All-Star Galas" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2014-06-21.

External links

[1] "Tim Blue - Men's Basketball". Middle Tennessee State University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-03-11.

[2] "Tim Blue College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2022-03-11.

[3] "MBC VERPFLICHTET NIEDERLÄNDISCHEN MEISTER TIM BLUE ALS NEUEN SMALL FORWARD". MBC (in German). 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2022-03-11.

[4] "Tim Blue". Suomen Koripalloliitto ry. Retrieved 2022-03-11.

[5] "Joueur emblématique d'Antibes, le basketteur Tim blue quitte les Sharks". France 3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-11.

[6] UN DEUXIÈME TROPHÉE DE MVP DE LA FINALE POUR TIM BLUE

[7] "Tim Blue : un palmarès exceptionnel | Sharks Antibes". www.sharks-antibes.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-11.

[8] Chiramberro, Théo (2022-03-10). "[Vidéo] Retour sur la cérémonie du retrait du maillot de Tim Blue à Antibes". BeBasket (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-11.

[9] "Basket: Tim Blue rejoint les rangs de l'Azuréa Golfe-Juan". Nice-Matin (in French). 2021-06-12. Retrieved 2022-03-11.

[10] "Tim Blue, ex-Donar, champion of French Pro B". Worldbasketballnews.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2014-06-21.

[11] "Tim Blue MVP de la Finale". Sharks-Antibes.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2014-06-21.

[12] "All-Star Galas" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2014-06-21.

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