Free agent | |
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Position | Point guard / shooting guard |
Personal information | |
Born | Bellwood, Illinois | February 21, 1989
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | St. Joseph (Westchester, Illinois) |
College | Illinois (2007–2011) |
NBA draft | 2011: undrafted |
Playing career | 2011–present |
Career history | |
2011 | Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi |
2011–2012 | Hapoel Jerusalem |
2012 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers |
2012–2013 | Erie BayHawks |
2013 | Fort Wayne Mad Ants |
2013–2014 | Cairns Taipans |
2014–2015 | Oita Heat Devils |
2015–2017 | Austin Spurs |
2017–2018 | Fortitudo Bologna |
2018–2019 | Austin Spurs |
Career highlights and awards | |
Demetri McCamey Jr. (born February 21, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Austin Spurs of the NBA G League. His prior professional experience includes time with the NBA Development League's Erie BayHawks, Rio Grande Valley Vipers and Fort Wayne Mad Ants, as well as time abroad with Hapoel Jerusalem, Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi, Oita Heat Devils and Cairns Taipans. He played college basketball for the University of Illinois where he completed his senior season in 2010–11 and was the 2009–10 Big Ten assists champion (7.06) and the 2009–10 NCAA runner-up.
He played high school basketball with Big Ten Conference foe Evan Turner on the St. Joseph High School (in Westchester) basketball team. He was a first-team All-state selection according to numerous publications.
As a sophomore, he led the 2008–09 team in scoring average, and he was chosen as a third team 2008–09 All-Big Ten Conference player by both the coaches and the media. During his junior season, he led the big ten in assists per game.[1] He holds the Illinois single-season assist/game (7.06) and single-game assists (16) records. Following the 2009–10 All-Big Ten Conference regular season, he was named a first-team All-conference selection by both the coaches and the media. He became the first Fighting Illini to average over seven assists per game over the course of a season during the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. As a senior, he was a third team All-Big Ten selection for the 2010–11 Big Ten season. As a senior his assist numbers fell, but his shooting percentages rose.