Amin Stevens
{{Short description|American basketball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Amin Khalil Stevens
| image =
| caption =
| height_cm = 203
| weight_kg = 98
| league = Israeli Basketball Premier League
| team = Maccabi Ramat Gan
| number = 3
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|10|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Roswell, Georgia, U.S.
| high_school = Mount Vernon Presbyterian
(Sandy Springs, Georgia)
| college = Florida A&M (2009–2012)
| career_start = 2012
| career_end =
| years1 = 2012–2013 | team1 = MBK Rieker Komárno
| years2 = 2013–2014 | team2 = Fürstenfeld Panthers
| years3 = 2014–2015 | team3 = BC Vienna
| years4 = 2015–2016 | team4 = Löwen Braunschweig
| years5 = 2016–2017 | team5 = Keflavík
| years6 = 2017–2018 | team6 = Rouen Métropole Basket
| years7 = 2018–2019 | team7 = Brussels
| years8 = 2019–2020 | team8 = Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin
| years9 = 2020–2021 | team9 = Rouen Métropole Basket
| years10 = 2021–2024 | team10 = Ironi Kiryat Ata
| years11 = 2024–present | team11 = Maccabi Ramat Gan
|highlights =
- Liga Leumit champion (2022)
- Slovak Basketball Cup winner (2013)
- Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year (2017)
- PBL All-Offensive team (2019)
- Úrvalsdeild karla scoring leader (2017)
- Úrvalsdeild karla rebounding leader (2017)
- LNB Pro B scoring leader (2018)
- LNB Pro B rebounding leader (2018)
}}
Amin Khalil Stevens (born October 26, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Maccabi Ramat Gan of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. Before his professional career, he played college basketball for Florida A&M. In 2013 he won the Slovak Basketball Cup with MBK Rieker Komárno. In 2017, he was named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year after leading the league in scoring and rebounds.
High school
Stevens played basketball at Mount Vernon Presbyterian School in Atlanta, Georgia.{{Cite web|url=https://famuathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/amin-stevens/545|title=Amin Stevens - 2011-12 - Men's Basketball|website=Florida A&M}} In his senior season he averaged 20 points, 11 rebounds, three assists, two steals, and 1.5 blocks per game. He was named All-State, All-Region, to the NACA All-tournament team, the conference's Most Valuable Player, the Regional Tournament Most Valuable Player, and the Garden City Classic Most Valuable Player.
College career
Stevens joined Florida A&M in 2009.{{cite news |author1=St. Clair Murraine |title=Stevens offers a lot to FAMU |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/249911324/ |access-date=7 May 2021 |work=Tallahassee Democrat |date=9 July 2009 |page=2B}} He played three seasons for the school.{{cite news |author1=St. Clair Murraine |title=Johnson seeks 'big' changes for Rattlers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/116371200/ |access-date=7 May 2021 |work=Tallahassee Democrat |date=14 March 2013 |page=6D}} In his junior season, he averaged 17.1 points, 10.4 rebounds, and 1.5 steals per game.{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Amin-Stevens/Summary/19221|title=Amin Stevens Player Profile, Florida A&M - RealGM|website=basketball.realgm.com}} In 84 games with Florida A&M in his career, he averaged 11.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 1.0 steal per game.
Professional career
=2012-20=
After leaving college, Stevens in 2012-13 joined MBK Rieker Komárno, with whom he won the Slovak Basketball Cup. In 37 games, he averaged 15.2 points (4th in the league), 7.0 rebounds (4th), 0.5 blocks (11th), and 1.1 assists.{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/international/league/29/Slovakian-Extraliga/stats/2013/Averages/Qualified/All/blocks/All/desc|title=Slovakian Extraliga Stats - RealGM|website=basketball.realgm.com}}
In 2013-14 he played for Fürstenfeld Panthers, where he averaged 20.0 points (2nd in the league), 7.7 rebounds (5th), and 1.8 steals (3rd) in 29 games.{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/international/league/51/Austrian-A-Bundesliga/stats/2014/Averages/Qualified/All/points/All/desc/1/Regular_Season|title=Austrian A Bundesliga Stats - RealGM|website=basketball.realgm.com}}
In 2014-15 he played for BC Vienna, averaging 18.2 points (leading the league), 9.1 rebounds (3rd), 1.7 steals (4th), and 1 assist in 46 games.
Stevens signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club Keflavík ahead of the 2016–17 season.{{cite news |author1=Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson |title=Kanaleit Keflvíkinga loksins lokið |url=https://www.visir.is/g/2016160928924/kanaleit-keflvikinga-loksins-lokid |access-date=7 May 2021 |work=Vísir.is |date=27 September 2016 |language=Icelandic}} He went on to average 29.5 points and 15.3 rebounds per game, leading the league in both categories,{{cite news |title=Einu víti frá því að missa stigatitilinn |url=https://timarit.is/page/6817171 |access-date=7 May 2021 |work=Fréttablaðið |date=11 March 2017 |page=19 |language=Icelandic}} with 1.8 steals per game (4th) and a .589 field goal percentage (2nd), and was named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year.{{cite news |author1=Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson |title=Ekkert til í því að Stjarnan sé að semja við Amin Stevens |url=https://www.visir.is/g/20191342466d |access-date=7 May 2021 |work=Vísir.is |date=16 July 2019 |language=Icelandic}}{{cite news |author1=Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson |title=Völdu bestu erlendu leikmennina í sögu Domino´s Körfuboltakvölds |url=https://www.visir.is/g/20202034957d |access-date=7 May 2021 |work=Vísir.is |date=9 November 2020 |language=Icelandic}}
He played for Rouen Métropole Basket during the 2017–18 Pro B season{{cite news |author1=François Verly |author2=Patrice Cornily |title=Basket: rencontre avec Amin Stevens meilleur marqueur de Pro B |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/normandie/seine-maritime/rouen/basket-rencontre-amin-stevens-meilleur-marqueur-pro-b-1425135.html |access-date=7 May 2021 |work=France Info |date=17 February 2018 |language=French}} where Stevens led the league in both scoring (18.1) and rebounding (9.1), with 1.2 steals per game.{{cite web |title=LNB Pro B - Stats Joueurs |url=https://www.lnb.fr/pro-b/stats-center/ |website=lnb.fr |publisher=Ligue nationale de basket |access-date=26 June 2022 |language=French}}
He spent the next two seasons with Brussels (second in the league with 7.4 rebounds per game in 2018-19) and Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin.
=2020-present =
Stevens returned Rouen in June 2020.{{cite news |author1=Antonie Bodelet |title=Amin Stevens de retour au Rouen Métropole Basket |url=https://www.bebasket.fr/championnat-pro-b/amin-stevens-de-retour-au-rouen-metropole-basket.html |access-date=7 May 2021 |work=bebasket.fr |date=12 June 2020 |language=French}} In 2020-21 he averaged 12.6 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 1.0 steals per game.
In the summer of 2021, he signed with Ironi Kiryat Ata of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.
References
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External links
- {{Eurobasket.com player|199853}}
- [https://www.proballers.com/basketball/player/60469/amin-stevens Profile] at Proballers.com
- [https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/amin-stevens-1.html College statistics] at Sports Reference
- [https://famuathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/amin-stevens/545 Florida A&M Bio]
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Category:Sportspeople from Roswell, Georgia
Category:Basketball players from Fulton County, Georgia