Kyle James Barone (born September 12, 1989) is an American basketball player who played for the Saga Ballooners of the B2 League. He was the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year as a senior in 2012–13 after leading the WAC in scoring (18.2) and rebounding (10.9) in conference games.[1] Barone became the first player from the University of Idaho to be named the men's basketball player of the year in the WAC.
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| Free agent | |
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| Position | Center |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 12, 1989 Orange County, California, U. S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Listed weight | 250 lb (113 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | |
| College | Idaho (2009–2013) |
| NBA draft | 2013: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2013–present |
| Career history | |
| 2013 | PGE Turów Zgorzelec |
| 2014 | Alba Fehérvár |
| 2014–2015 | Link Tochigi Brex |
| 2015–2016 | Kingman Kaoliang Liquor |
| 2016–2018 | Aomori Wat's |
| 2018–2019 | Saigon Heat |
| 2019 | Columbian Dyip |
| 2019 | San-en NeoPhoenix |
| 2019–2020 | Osaka Evessa |
| 2020 | Koshigaya Alphas |
| 2020 | Alvark Tokyo |
| 2020 | Aomori Wat's |
| 2020–2021 | Earthfriends Tokyo Z |
| 2021 | Kumamoto Volters |
| 2021–2022 | Gunma Crane Thunders |
| 2022 | Saga Ballooners |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
In Barone's four-year career between 2009–10 and 2012–13 he appeared in a school record 125 games.[1] He graduated with 1,414 points—the fourth highest total in school history—as well as 864 rebounds, which ranks second.[1] Heading into his senior season he was suspended indefinitely by head coach Don Verlin for violating team rules but was re-instated before the first regular season game.[2] For his career, Barone averaged 11.4 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.0 blocks and 0.4 steals.[3] He plays the center position.[3]
Professional career
editOn October 24, 2013, Barone signed with PGE Turów Zgorzelec in Poland.[4] After 5 games, Barone left PGE Turów, after averaging 2.4 points and 1.8 rebounds per game.[5] In November 2015, Barone signed with Kingman Kaoliang Liquor in Taiwan's Super Basketball League.[6] While with Link Tochigi Brex, Barone averaged 10.4 points and 8.0 rebounds per game.[6]
In April 2019, Barone signed with the Columbian Dyip of the Philippine Basketball Association as the team's import for the 2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Idaho center Kyle Barone named WAC Player of the Year". KREM.com. Idaho Athletics. March 10, 2013. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
- ^ Johnson, Matt (October 8, 2012). "Idaho suspends Kyle Barone indefinitely". KLEWTV.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
- ^ a b "Kyle Barone stats". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. March 25, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
- ^ "Barone z kontraktem". PGE Turów Zgorzelec (in Polish). October 24, 2013. Archived from the original on November 25, 2015. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
- ^ "PGE Turow Zgorzelec, Kyle Barone to part ways". Sportando.net. January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- ^ a b "Kyle Barone pens with KKL". court-side.com. November 24, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
- ^ "ABL veteran Kyle Barone tapped as Columbian Dyip import". Spin.ph.
External links
edit- Kyle Barone @ sports-reference.com
- Kyle Baron's Idaho profile
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