Nationality American Role Basketball player Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Height 1.91 m | Listed weight 185 lb (84 kg) Weight 84 kg Name Marcus Denmon Parents Marcus Denmon | |
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Position Point guard / Shooting guard League Turkish Basketball Super League Born March 20, 1990 (age 34)
Kansas City, Missouri ( 1990-03-20 ) High school Hogan Preparatory Academy
(Kansas City, Missouri) Current team Elan Chalon (#12 / Point guard, Shooting guard) Siblings Morgan Smith, Malik Denmon, Martane Freeman, Markayla Denmon Education University of Missouri, Hogan Preparatory Academy Profiles | ||
Denmon's Comeback
Marcus Edward Denmon II (born March 20, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. He played for the University of Missouri. He was taken 59th overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2012 NBA Draft.
Contents
- Denmons Comeback
- 2012 nba draft marcus denmon talks about his predraft workout for the trail blazers
- High school career
- College career
- Europe
- NBA draft rights
- Personal life
- References
2012 nba draft marcus denmon talks about his predraft workout for the trail blazers
High school career
In his senior season at Hogan Preparatory Academy, Denmon averaged 28.5 points and 5.8 rebounds while leading Hogan Prep to the Class 3 State Championships. He won the 2008 DiRenna Award as the top high school player in Kansas City.
College career
Denmon committed to attend the University of Missouri on August 20, 2007.
A reserve his freshman and sophomore seasons, Denmon started 33 out of 34 games his junior season. As a junior, Denmon averaged 16.9 points per game while earning All-Big 12 First Team, NABC All-District, and USBWA All-District honors.
On August 3, 2011, Denmon was named to the 2011 USA Basketball Men’s World University Games roster.
As a senior, Denmon 17.7 points per game and 5 rebounds per game, earning second-team Consensus All-American, All-Big 12 First team, and USBWA All-District honors. Denmon was also a finalist for the John R. Wooden Award.
With 107 victories, teammates Denmon, Kim English, Laurence Bowers, and Steve Moore won more games than any senior class in Mizzou basketball history.
Europe
On July 25, 2012, Denmon signed a one-year contract with the French Pro A League club Élan Chalon. On October 5, 2012, Denmon suffered a broken foot in the team's opening game against ASVEL Basket. After undergoing surgery, Denmon returned to play on January 26, 2013 against JDA Dijon Basket. After the season, he then signed a 1-year contract with the Tofas S.K. of the Turkish Basketball League.
On August 16, 2014 Denmon was signed by Italian team New Basket Brindisi.
On August 3, 2015 Denmon returned to Turkey and signed with İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor.
On September 27, 2016 Denmon signed with Gaziantep Basketbol.
On July 12, 2017, Denmon signed a two-year (1+1) contract with Greek club Panathinaikos.
NBA draft rights
Denmon was drafted on June 28, 2012 by the San Antonio Spurs with the 59th selection in the draft. The Spurs retained his draft right since then.
On September 23, 2016, the Spurs renounced his draft rights.
Personal life
On December 7, 2010, Denmon's cousin, Marion, known as "Lil Daddy" died three days after being shot while riding in a car.