Amin Stevens

Amin Khalil Stevens
No. 3 – Maccabi Ramat Gan
PositionForward / center
LeagueIsraeli Basketball Premier League
Personal information
Born (1990-10-26) 26 October 1990 (age 34)
Roswell, Georgia, U.S.
Listed height203 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight98 kg (216 lb)
Career information
High schoolMount Vernon Presbyterian
(Sandy Springs, Georgia)
CollegeFlorida A&M (2009–2012)
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2013MBK Rieker Komárno
2013–2014Fürstenfeld Panthers
2014–2015BC Vienna
2015–2016Löwen Braunschweig
2016–2017Keflavík
2017–2018Rouen Métropole Basket
2018–2019Brussels
2019–2020Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin
2020–2021Rouen Métropole Basket
2021–2024Ironi Kiryat Ata
2024–presentMaccabi Ramat Gan
Career highlights and awards

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.[1] In his senior season he averaged 20 points, 11 rebounds, three assists, two steals, and 1.5 blocks per game.[1] 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.[1]

College career

Stevens joined Florida A&M in 2009.[2] He played three seasons for the school.[3] In his junior season, he averaged 17.1 points, 10.4 rebounds, and 1.5 steals per game.[4] In 84 games with Florida A&M in his career, he averaged 11.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 1.0 steal per game.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6]

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.[6]

Stevens signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club Keflavík ahead of the 2016–17 season.[7] He went on to average 29.5 points and 15.3 rebounds per game, leading the league in both categories,[8] with 1.8 steals per game (4th) and a .589 field goal percentage (2nd), and was named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year.[9][10]

He played for Rouen Métropole Basket during the 2017–18 Pro B season[11] where Stevens led the league in both scoring (18.1) and rebounding (9.1), with 1.2 steals per game.[12]

He spent the next two seasons with Brussels (second in the league with 7.4 rebounds per game in 2018-19)[6] and Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin.

2020-present

Stevens returned Rouen in June 2020.[13] In 2020-21 he averaged 12.6 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 1.0 steals per game.[4]

In the summer of 2021, he signed with Ironi Kiryat Ata of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Amin Stevens - 2011-12 - Men's Basketball". Florida A&M.
  2. ^ St. Clair Murraine (July 9, 2009). "Stevens offers a lot to FAMU". Tallahassee Democrat. p. 2B. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  3. ^ St. Clair Murraine (March 14, 2013). "Johnson seeks 'big' changes for Rattlers". Tallahassee Democrat. p. 6D. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Amin Stevens Player Profile, Florida A&M - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
  5. ^ "Slovakian Extraliga Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
  6. ^ a b c "Austrian A Bundesliga Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
  7. ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (September 27, 2016). "Kanaleit Keflvíkinga loksins lokið". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  8. ^ "Einu víti frá því að missa stigatitilinn". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). March 11, 2017. p. 19. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  9. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (July 16, 2019). "Ekkert til í því að Stjarnan sé að semja við Amin Stevens". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  10. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (November 9, 2020). "Völdu bestu erlendu leikmennina í sögu Domino´s Körfuboltakvölds". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  11. ^ François Verly; Patrice Cornily (February 17, 2018). "Basket: rencontre avec Amin Stevens meilleur marqueur de Pro B". France Info (in French). Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  12. ^ "LNB Pro B - Stats Joueurs". lnb.fr (in French). Ligue nationale de basket. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  13. ^ Antonie Bodelet (June 12, 2020). "Amin Stevens de retour au Rouen Métropole Basket". bebasket.fr (in French). Retrieved May 7, 2021.