Kevin Owens (basketball)

Personal information
Born (1980-06-09) June 9, 1980 (age 44)
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Listed height213 cm (7 ft 0 in)
Listed weight118 kg (264 lb)
Career information
High schoolCamden Catholic
(Cherry Hill, New Jersey)
CollegeMonmouth (1999–2021)
NBA draft2003: undrafted
Playing career2003–2010
PositionCenter
Number8
Career history
2003–2006Roanoke Dazzle
2006–2007Cairns Taipans
2007Ulsan Mobis Phoebus
2008Wellington Saints
2009Sigal Prishtina
2012BC Kalev/Cramo

Kevin Owens (born (1980-06-09)June 9, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player, author and podcaster.

In 2009 Owens played with Sigal Prishtina of the Kosovo Super League.[1] Prior to that Owens played for the Wellington Saints in Wellington, New Zealand and the Ulsan Mobis Phoebus in Ulsan, South Korea of the Korean Basketball League.[2] In the 2006–2007 season Owens played for the Cairns Taipans in Cairns, Australia.[3] Before playing in Australia, Owens played three seasons with the Roanoke Dazzle in the NBA Development League, a minor league system for the National Basketball Association.

Born in Haddonfield, New Jersey, Owens attended Camden Catholic High School in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.[4] He played Division I college basketball at Monmouth University.

At the tail end of his career and immediately after, Owens was a basketball writer/contributor for a number of publications including SLAM Online and SB Nation.[5][6]

In August 2021, Owens published a collection of stories about his overseas basketball experiences titled Overseas Famous, forwarded by former NBA star and Owens' former coach Chucky Brown, with advanced praise by Lang Whitaker.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ Eurobasket player profile: Kevin Owens
  2. ^ Kevin Owens: player profile
  3. ^ Kevin Owens: Player profile
  4. ^ NBDL Player Profile: Kevin Owens Archived 2008-02-03 at the Wayback Machine, accessed December 24, 2006
  5. ^ Owens, Kevin. "Kevin Owens, Author at SLAM". SLAM. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  6. ^ "Kevin Owens Profile and Activity - SB Nation Philly". philly.sbnation.com. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  7. ^ McGurk, Tom. "South Jersey hoops star Owens pens book on life as a true globetrotter". Courier-Post. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  8. ^ "From NCAAs to fearing for his life on the court, Kevin Owens has seen it all in basketball". www.audacy.com. 2022-03-09. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  9. ^ Owens, Kevin (2021-08-16). Overseas Famous: The Travels and Tribulations of a Basketball Globetrotter (1st ed.). Overseas Famous LLC.