DeAndre Kane

DeAndre Kane (born June 10, 1989) is an American-born naturalized Hungarian professional basketball player who last played for Peristeri of the Greek Basket League and the BCL. He played college basketball at Marshall University and Iowa State University before playing professionally in Russia, Belgium, Germany, Israel, Spain and Serbia.

DeAndre Kane
Kane with Maccabi Tel Aviv in March 2018
Free agent
PositionShooting guard / Small forward
Personal information
Born (1989-06-10) June 10, 1989
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican / Hungarian
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High schoolSchenley (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
The Patterson School
(Lenoir, North Carolina)
College
NBA draft2014 / Undrafted
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014Krasny Oktyabr
2014–2015Antwerp Giants
2015Ulm
2016Hapoel Eilat
2016–2017Nizhny Novgorod
2017Real Betis
2017–2019Maccabi Tel Aviv
2020Mega Basket
2020Peristeri
Career highlights and awards

College career

A 6'5" shooting guard from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Kane spent his first three collegiate seasons at Marshall University. After sitting out the 2009–10 season as a partial academic qualifier, Kane was named the Conference USA Freshman of the Year in 2010–11 after averaging 15.1 points and 3.4 assists per game. For the next two years, Kane was named to the All-conference second team. In 2011-12, he helped the Herd to the championship game in Conference USA, including setting a record of 40 points scored in a second-round, triple-overtime win over Tulsa, before the Herd fell to the Memphis Tigers at the FedEx Forum in Memphis under Coach Tom Herrion.[1]

After graduating from Marshall, he was immediately eligible to play as a transfer at Iowa State. Kane was named to the midseason Wooden Award top 25 watch list for National Player of the Year.[2] On February 13, he was named one of the 30 finalists for Naismith College Player of the Year.[3] The Sporting News named him a third team All-American.[4]

Professional career

2014–15 season

Despite impressive workouts and a solid college career, Kane went undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft. In July 2014, he joined the Los Angeles Lakers for the 2014 NBA Summer League.[5] On September 11, 2014, he signed with Krasny Oktyabr of Russia for the 2014–15 season.[6] On November 5, 2014, he was released by Krasny Oktyabr after appearing in just six games.[7] On November 17, 2014, he signed with Antwerp Giants of Belgium for the rest of the season.[8]

2015–16 season

In July 2015, Kane joined the Atlanta Hawks for the 2015 NBA Summer League.[9][10] On July 30, he signed with ratiopharm Ulm of Germany for the 2015–16 season.[11] On December 8, he parted ways with Ulm after appearing in eleven league games and eight EuroCup games.[12] On January 2, 2016, he signed with the Israeli club Hapoel Eilat for the rest of the season.[13]

2016–17 season

On July 26, 2016, Kane signed with Russian club Nizhny Novgorod for the 2016–17 season.[14] On January 4, 2017, Kane recorded a career-high 31 points, shooting 13-of-16 from the field, along with nine rebounds and two assists in a 113–105 win over Zenit Saint Petersburg.[15] On March 3, 2017, he parted ways with Nizhny.[16] The next day, he signed with Spanish club Real Betis Energía Plus for the rest of the 2016–17 ACB season.[17]

2017–18 season

On July 24, 2017, Kane signed with Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv for the 2017–18 season.[18] On March 22, 2018, Kane recorded a season-high 19 points, shooting 7-of-9 from the field, along with nine rebounds, five assists, and three steals in a 75–76 loss to Panathinaikos.[19] Kane went on to win the 2017 Israeli League Cup and the 2018 Israeli League Championship titles with Maccabi.

2018–19 season

On July 8, 2018, Kane signed a one-year contract extension with Maccabi.[20] Kane won the 2019 Israeli League Championship with Maccabi, winning his second straight Israeli League title in the process.

2019–20 season

On February 5, 2020, Kane signed with the Serbian team Mega Bemax of the ABA League.[21] Two days later, he made a debut for Mega in a 87–76 win over Cibona, recording 14 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.[22] On February 8, Kane parted ways with Mega to join the Greek BCL side Peristeri for the rest of the season.[23]

The Basketball Tournament

Kane has been a member of Overseas Elite since 2016, a professional team competing in The Basketball Tournament (TBT), a winner-take-all single-elimination tournament. In TBT 2016, Kane averaged 9.2 PPG and 4.0 RPG as Overseas Elite took home the $2 million prize. In TBT 2017, Kane averaged 9.3 PPG and 3.3 RPG as Overseas Elite successfully defended their title, defeating Team Challenge ALS in the championship game, 86–83. In TBT 2018, Kane averaged 6.0 PPG and 3.3 RPG on 54 percent shooting. Overseas Elite reached the championship game and defeated Eberlein Drive, 70–58, again claiming the $2 million prize. In TBT 2019, Kane and Overseas Elite advanced to the semifinals where they suffered their first-ever defeat, losing to Carmen's Crew, 71–66.[24]

Personal life

On June 1, 2017, Kane became a Hungarian dual citizen.[25]

Career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

EuroLeague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2017–18 Maccabi 301823.3.511.289.5154.02.1.9.37.49.8
2018–19 Maccabi 252425.7.433.310.4073.82.61.1.18.08.6
Career 554224.3.471.303.4673.92.31.0.27.79.2

College statistics
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010–11 Marshall 343431.6.428.318.6335.63.4.9.115.1
2011–12 Marshall 343334.414.250.5995.43.51.4.316.5
2012–13 Marshall 282537.1.403.248.5214.47.01.8.215.1
2013–14 Iowa State 363634.4.483.398.6356.85.91.2.317.1
Career 13212834.2.432.301.6025.64.91.3.216.0

Source: Sports-Reference

References
  1. Winn, Luke (February 5, 2014). "Iowa State's DeAndre Kane making the most of his second chance". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  2. "DeAndre Kane of Iowa State named to Wooden Award list". Des Moines Register. January 22, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  3. "2013-14 Men's Naismith Trophy Midseason 30". Naismith Awards. February 13, 2014. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
  4. "Sporting News' college basketball All-Americans for 2013-14". SportingNews.com. March 10, 2014. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  5. "Lakers Announce 2014 Summer League Invitees and Schedule". NBA.com. September 19, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  6. "Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd picks up rookie guard Kane". Eurocupbasketball.com. September 11, 2014. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  7. "DeAndre Kane released by Krasny Oktyabr". Sportando.com. November 5, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  8. "Antwerp Giants land DeAndre Kane". Sportando.com. November 17, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  9. Hawks, DeAndre Kane Commit To Summer League, Plan To Discuss Possible Deal In July
  10. "Edy Tavares, Mike Muscala Headline Hawks' Summer League Roster". NBA.com. July 6, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  11. "ratiopharm Ulm inks playmaker Kane". Eurocupbasketball.com. July 30, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  12. "Kane left Ratiopharm". Eurobasket.com. December 9, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  13. "Hapoel Eilat announces DeAndre Kane". Sportando.com. January 2, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  14. "DeAndre Kane moves to Nizhny Novgorod". Sportando.com. July 26, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  15. "Nizhny Novgorod vs. Zenit St Petersburg - Game". eurocupbasketball.com. January 4, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  16. "Nizhny Novgorod and DeAndre Kane agreed to terminate the contract". Sportando.com. March 3, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
  17. "Real Betis Energia Plus land DeAndre Kane and Aleksandar Marelja". Sportando.com. March 4, 2017. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  18. "Maccabi adds Kane in backcourt". EuroLeague.net. July 24, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  19. "Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv vs. Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens - Game". EuroLeague.net. March 22, 2018. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  20. "Maccabi adds Kane in backcourt". EuroLeague.net. July 8, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  21. "Mega Bemax inks DeAndre Kane". Eurobasket. February 5, 2020. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  22. "Cibona Zagreb 76-87 Mega Bemax". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  23. "DeAndre Kane signs with Peristeri". Sportando. February 8, 2020. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  24. "#1 Carmen's Crew 71, #1 Overseas Elite 66". thetournament.com. August 4, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  25. Zoltan, Fazekas (June 1, 2017). "Férfi kosár: "Óriási lehetőség, hogy válogatott lehetek"". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). Retrieved June 2, 2017.
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