Joe Binion

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Joe Binion

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 235

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|03|26}}

| birth_place = Rochester, New York, U.S.

| high_school = Madison (Rochester, New York)

| college = North Carolina A&T (1980–1984)

| draft_year = 1984

| draft_round = 3

| draft_pick = 57

| draft_team = San Antonio Spurs

| career_start = 1984

| career_end = 1995

| career_number = 50

| career_position = Power forward

| years1 = 1984–1986

| team1 = Sarasota / Florida Stingers

| years2 = 1985–1987

| team2 = Kansas City / Topeka Sizzlers

| years3 = {{nbay|1986|end}}

| team3 = Portland Trail Blazers

| years4 = 1987–1988

| team4 = Maccabi Haifa

| years5 = 1988–1991

| team5 = Libertas Livorno

| years6 = 1991–1992

| team6 = Sidis Reggio Emilia

| years7 = 1992–1994

| team7 = Kleenex Pistoia

| years8 = 1994–1995

| team8 = Buckler Bologna

| highlights =

CBA Most Valuable Player (1987)
All-CBA First Team (1987)
CBA rebounding leader (1987)
3× MEAC Player of the Year (1982–1984)
3× First-team All-MEAC (1982–1984)

}}

Joe Binion (born March 26, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player who played briefly in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the North Carolina A&T Aggies, where he was a three-time conference player of the year.

College career

Born in Rochester, New York, Binion played college basketball with the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

Professional career

Binion was selected by the San Antonio Spurs, in the 3rd round (57th pick overall) of the 1984 NBA draft. He played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Sarasota Stingers and Kansas City / Topeka Sizzlers from 1984 to 1987.{{cite web |title=Joe Binion minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-biniojoe001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 22, 2025}} Binion was selected as the CBA Most Valuable Player and named to the All-CBA First Team in 1987.

Binion played for the Portland Trail Blazers (1986–87) in the NBA, in 11 games. After that, he played overseas.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBt4J_xwIXk Binon at Pistoia]

External links

[http://195.56.77.208/player/BIN-JOE-61/binion_joe Lega Basket Serie A profile] Retrieved 15 June 2015 {{in lang|it}}
[http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/76167/ NBA profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401124428/http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/76167/ |date=2016-04-01 }} Retrieved 15 June 2015
[https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Joe-Binion/Summary/51358 REALGM.com profile]
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