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League
  
Greek Basket League

Listed height
  
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)

NBA draft
  
2015 / Undrafted

Weight
  
86 kg

Nationality
  
American

Listed weight
  
190 lb (86 kg)

Height
  
1.98 m

Parents
  
Dorothy Smack

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Born
  
May 11, 1992 (age 24) Santa Rosa, California (
1992-05-11
)

High school
  
College Park (Pleasant Hill, California)

Education
  
City College of San Francisco

Number
  
13 (UTEP Miners men's basketball / Guard)

Position
  
Guard, Point guard, Shooting guard

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McKenzie Moore (born May 11, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League. After a troubled college tenure, Moore began his professional career with New Zealand's Nelson Giants in 2015. He returned to New Zealand in 2016 and won the NBL's Most Valuable Player Award after leading the Canterbury Rams to the regular season title.

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High school career

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Moore attended College Park High School in Pleasant Hill, California. As a senior at College Park in 2010–11, he averaged 18 points, six rebounds and 11 assists en route to being tabbed MVP of the Diablo Valley Athletic League. He led College Park to a 22–3 record and earned MVP honors at three tournaments, including the Jim Stephenson Invitational. Prior to his senior year, he gave an oral commitment to Saint Mary's but never signed a letter of intent.

College career

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Due to a sub-par academic record, Moore was unable to sign with a Division I program coming out of high school. He instead enrolled at City College of San Francisco for the 2011–12 season and played for the Rams as a freshman.

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Moore enrolled at UTEP for the spring 2012 semester and joined the Miners men's basketball team in December 2012 for the rest of the 2012–13 season. He appeared in 25 games with 15 starts as a sophomore, averaging 8.6 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.4 steals in 24.4 minutes per game. He rated among the Conference USA leaders in blocked shots and steals, finishing 13th in both categories. On January 30, 2013, he scored a season-high 18 points against UAB. He was named to the 2013 Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average) and was named a Conference USA Men's Basketball All-Academic Team honoree.

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After a promising sophomore season for the Miners, Moore ran into controversy as a junior in 2013–14. He missed the team's fifth game of the season on November 23 with a concussion, and the team's tenth game of the season on December 16 due to suspension. His December 16 suspension was imposed by head coach Tim Floyd after Moore sat near the end of the team bench after being subbed off against Sacramento State on December 7, and refusing to head to the locker room upon being told to do so by Floyd. He played three further games for UTEP before he and teammate Jalen Ragland were suspended from the team indefinitely starting with the December 28 game against Western Illinois. He was later dismissed from the program on January 7, along with Ragland and Justin Crosgile, for gambling on sporting events. He appeared in just 11 games for UTEP in 2013–14 and made nine starts, averaging a team-high 13.1 points, as well as 4.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 27.3 minutes per game.

Nelson Giants

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In January 2015, Moore signed with the Nelson Giants for the 2015 New Zealand NBL season. He teamed up with fellow 6'6" guard DeRonn Scott, as the pair looked to take advantage of their size and quickness. Moore earned three Player of the Week awards during the season, with his third one coming after scoring a career-high 35 points against the Taranaki Mountainairs on June 6. He helped the Giants finish second on the ladder following the regular season with a 13–5 win/loss record, and faced the third-seeded Wellington Saints in the semi-finals where they lost 97–85. In the semi-final loss, he fractured the sesamoid bone in his foot, but chose not to have an MRI scan. He appeared in all 19 games for the Giants in 2015, averaging 21.7 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 2.1 steals and 1.7 blocks per game. He subsequently earned NBL All-Star Five honors.

Milwaukee Bucks

Upon the conclusion of the Nelson Giants' season on July 4, Moore returned to the United States and joined the Milwaukee Bucks for the 2015 Las Vegas Summer League. Moore appeared in three of the Bucks' six summer league games, recording his best game of the tournament on July 16 with two rebounds, two assists and two steals in 11 minutes of action against the Phoenix Suns.

Leuven Bears

On November 19, 2015, Moore signed a try-out contract with the Leuven Bears of the Belgian Basketball League. He made his debut for the club on November 21, recording four points, two rebounds and two steals in 13 minutes against VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster. Later that month, he was released by Leuven after being ruled out for four to six weeks with a broken toe, the same toe injury he suffered with Nelson.

Canterbury Rams

On April 4, 2016, Moore signed with the Canterbury Rams as an injury replacement for Jamie Adams. He made his debut for the Rams four days later, recording 32 points, a career-high 13 rebounds, five assists and three steals in a 91–78 win over the Southland Sharks. He subsequently earned Player of the Week honors for Round 5. In his second game for the Rams on April 15, he recorded 16 points, 10 assists, five steals, three rebounds and one block in a 97–72 win over the Wellington Saints. On April 30, he had his second 32-point outing of the season in a 107–97 loss to his former team, the Nelson Giants. On May 8, he recorded 16 points, a career-high 13 assists and nine rebounds in a 95–82 win over the Hawke's Bay Hawks. Six days later, he recorded his first career triple-double with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in a 106–78 win over Hawke's Bay, booking the Rams a spot in the playoffs for the first time since 2002. The Rams finished the regular season in first place with a 13–5 record. In their semi-final match-up with the fourth-seeded Super City Rangers, the Rams were outclassed despite a 35-point effort from Moore. He played the entire 40 minutes of the game, as the Rams were defeated 104–85. For his efforts during the season, he was named the league's Most Valuable Player. In 13 games for the Rams, he averaged 22.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 8.0 assists and 3.4 steals per game.

Dallas Mavericks

After attending NBA mini-camps held by the Brooklyn Nets and the Dallas Mavericks, Moore accepted an offer by the Mavericks to join their summer league team for the 2016 NBA Summer League. In six games for the Mavericks, he averaged 6.3 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.7 assists in 18.0 minutes per game.

Promitheas Patras

On August 16, 2016, Moore signed with Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League.

References

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