Curtis Kitchen

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1964)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{BLP sources|date=October 2023}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Curtis Kitchen

| image =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 235

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|1|30}}

| birth_place = Cape Coral, Florida

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality = American

| high_school = Cape Coral (Cape Coral, Florida)

| college = South Florida (1982–1986)

| draft_year = 1986

| draft_round = 6

| draft_pick = 122

| draft_team = Seattle SuperSonics

| career_start =

| career_end =

| career_number = 42, 12

| career_position = Power forward

| years1 = 1986–1987

| team1 = Albany Patroons

| years2 = {{nbay|1986|end}}

| team2 = Seattle SuperSonics

| years3 = 1987–1992

| team3 = Mulhouse

| years4 = 1992–1993

| team4 = Cholet

| years5 = 1994–1996

| team5 = Yakima Sun Kings

| highlights =

• LNB All-Star (1992)
• CBA champion (1995)
• CBA All-Defensive First Team (1987)

| medal_templates =

{{MedalSport | Men's Basketball}}

{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Summer Universiade}}

{{MedalSilver| 1985 Kobe | National team}}

}}

Curtis Kitchen (born January 30, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player. He was a {{convert|6|ft|9|in|m|adj=on}}, {{convert|235|lb|kg|adj=on}} power forward. Born in Cape Coral, Florida, he played collegiately at the University of South Florida for four seasons (1982–1986).

Kitchen was selected with the 6th pick of the sixth round (122nd pick overall) in the 1986 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. He played for the Sonics for altogether 14 games in 1986–87 (6 games in the regular season and 8 games in playoffs), averaging 1.5 points and 1.5 rebounds per contest in the regular season.

Kitchen also played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for three seasons. He played the 1986–87 season for the Albany Patroons and was selected to the CBA All-Defensive First Team.{{cite web |title=Curtis Kitchen minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-kitchcur001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 22, 2025}} He was signed by the Sonics, then played the 1994–95 and 1995–96 seasons with the Yakima Sun Kings. He won a CBA championship with the Sun Kings in 1995.{{cite web |title=1994-95 Yakima Sun Kings Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBAYSK/y-1994 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 12, 2025}} In 134 CBA games, Kitchen averaged 5.5 points and 7.7 rebounds per game.{{cite magazine |author= |title= 1996–97 Continental Basketball Association Official Guide, page 284|publisher= Continental Basketball Association|date= Fall 1996}}