Keenan Evans

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Keenan Evans
File:Keenan Evans.jpg
Evans during the 2016 NCAA Basketball Tournament
No. 2 – Maccabi Tel Aviv
Position Point guard
League Israeli Premier League
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1996-08-23) August 23, 1996 (age 27)
Richardson, Texas
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school Berkner (Richardson, Texas)
College Texas Tech (2014–2018)
NBA draft 2018 / Undrafted
Playing career 2018–present
Career history
2018–2019 Grand Rapids Drive
2019 Delaware Blue Coats
2019–2020 Igokea
2020–2021 Hapoel Haifa
2021–present Maccabi Tel Aviv
Career highlights and awards

Keenan Evans (born August 23, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball at Texas Tech University.

College career

A 6’3” point guard, Evans starred at Lloyd V. Berkner High School in Richardson, Texas and committed to Texas Tech to play for coach Tubby Smith.[1] When Smith left Texas Tech to become head coach at Memphis, Evans stayed to play for Chris Beard, Smith's replacement.[2]

As a junior, Evans averaged 15.4 points and 3 assists a game and was named third-team All-Big 12 Conference for the 2016–17 season.[3]

As a senior in 2017–18, Evans emerged as the primary scoring option for the Red Raiders and led them to a top ten ranking during the season.[4] He scored one of the most memorable baskets of the Red Raiders’ season as he hit a game-winner against in-State rival Texas on February in a game where he scored a career-high 38 points.[5] Evans was named to the late-season watch lists for the Wooden Award[6] and the Bob Cousy Award.[7]

Professional career

Grand Rapids Drive (2018–2019)

After going undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft, Evans signed a contract with the Golden State Warriors for their summer league team.[8] He later signed a two-way contract with the Detroit Pistons.[9] On January 15, 2019, Evans was waived by the Pistons, but was retained on the Drive roster.[10]

Delaware Blue Coats (2019)

On January 22, 2019, Evans was traded to the Delaware Blue Coats along with the returning player rights to Chris Horton in exchange for the returning player rights to Shawn Long and Devondrick Walker.[11]

Igokea

On July 26, 2019, Evans signed a one-year contract for Igokea of the Adriatic League.[12]

Hapoel Haifa

In July 2020 he joined Hapoel Haifa of the Israel Basketball Premier League.[13]

Maccabi Tel Aviv

On July 6, 2021, he has signed with Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[14]

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  Bold  Career high

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2014–15 Texas Tech 32 3 18.2 .369 .302 .716 2.0 1.4 .8 .3 5.8
2015–16 Texas Tech 32 31 25.1 .412 .375 .756 2.9 2.9 1.0 .3 8.7
2016–17 Texas Tech 31 30 30.4 .464 .432 .849 2.8 3.0 1.0 .2 15.4
2017–18 Texas Tech 36 35 29.5 .471 .320 .817 3.0 3.2 1.1 .3 17.6
Career 131 99 25.9 .444 .360 .797 2.7 2.6 1.0 .3 12.0

Personal life

Evans is the son of Olympic high jumper Kenny Evans.[1]

References

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