American basketball player
Haywood Christopher Owens
(born March 1, 1979) is an American former professional
basketball
player. Standing at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), he played the
power forward
position.
College career
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Owens played one year at
Tulane University
[1]
before moving at
The University of Texas at Austin
,
[2]
where he graduated in 2002.
[3]
On December 29, 2001, he suffered a season ending knee injury in a loss against Utah.
[4]
[5]
Professional career
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Owens was selected by the
Milwaukee Bucks
in the 2nd round of the
2002 NBA draft
,
[6]
but he was then traded to the
Memphis Grizzlies
. He played in one
NBA
game with the Grizzlies.
Owens' first and only NBA game was played on April 15, 2003 in a 86 - 97 loss to the
Houston Rockets
where he recorded 4 points and 1 rebound.
He then played in the
United States Basketball League
with the Cedar Rapids River Raiders. He arrived in
Europe
in 2004, signing with Banca Nuova Trapani, with whom he played 30 games, averaging 19.1 points and 9.1 rebounds per game.
[7]
In 2005, he moved to
CB Granada
of the
ACB League
, but he was released in January 2006.
[8]
He spent the rest of the season in the
Continental Basketball Association
with the
Sioux Falls Skyforce
and in the
Greek Basket League
with
Panionios
.
For the 2006?07 season he signed with
ALBA Berlin
of Germany.
[9]
The following year, he moved to
Galatasaray
of the
Turkish Basketball League
.
[10]
In 2008, he moved to
BC Donetsk
in Ukraine. He stayed there until February 2010, when he signed with
Panellinios
.
[11]
In September 2010. Owens signed with
Gravelines
in France,
[12]
but he played only 4 games in the
French League
.
[13]
In November 2010, he returned to Ukraine and signed with
Azovmash
for the rest of the season.
[14]
For the 2011?12 season he signed with
KK Cedevita
of Croatia.
[15]
In July 2013, he signed a one-year deal with
KTP-Basket
of Finland.
[16]
In September 2014, he signed with
Argentino de Junin
of Argentina.
[17]
Personal life
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He is the great-nephew of 1930s
African-American
track and field
star,
Jesse Owens
,
[9]
who won four gold medals at the
1936 Berlin Olympics
.
[18]
Career statistics
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Regular season
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References
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J. Douglas Foster (July 28, 1997).
"Top stars in unison for game - Owens, Sasser lead North squad"
.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
. p. 37
. Retrieved
March 22,
2022
– via
Newspapers.com
.
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Mark Rosner (December 5, 1999).
"Mystery solved: Owens will be a force in debut season"
.
Austin American-Statesman
. p. C15
. Retrieved
March 22,
2022
– via
Newspapers.com
.
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Chris Owens at Texas Longhorns.
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Jim Vertuno (January 5, 2002).
"Bad timing - Horns limp into Big 12 season with Owens out"
.
The Monitor
. p. 4B
. Retrieved
March 22,
2022
– via
Newspapers.com
.
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Mike Jones (January 4, 2002).
"Horns facing new test of will"
.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
. p. 10D
. Retrieved
March 22,
2022
– via
Newspapers.com
.
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"NBA Draft Board"
.
NBA.com
. Archived from
the original
on March 9, 2011
. Retrieved
January 29,
2011
.
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"Chris Owens at Legaduebasket.it"
. Archived from
the original
on July 22, 2011
. Retrieved
March 10,
2010
.
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"Granada splits with Chris Owens"
.
Hoopbets.com
. January 18, 2006. Archived from
the original
on March 4, 2016
. Retrieved
July 21,
2013
.
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a
b
Jesse Owens's great-nephew to play in Berlin.
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"Galatasaray signs Chris Owens"
.
Eurocupbasketball.com
. October 1, 2007. Archived from
the original
on July 21, 2013
. Retrieved
July 21,
2013
.
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"Panellinios tabs Haywood Chris Owens"
.
Sportando.net
. February 18, 2010
. Retrieved
July 21,
2013
.
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"Gravelines Dunkerque land Haywood Owens"
.
Eurobasket.com
. September 5, 2010
. Retrieved
December 17,
2014
.
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Chris Owens at French League.
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"AZOVMASH tabs veteran Owens"
.
Eurocupbasketball.com
. November 1, 2010. Archived from
the original
on July 21, 2013
. Retrieved
July 21,
2013
.
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"KK Cedevita lands Chris Owens"
.
Sportando.net
. July 4, 2011
. Retrieved
July 21,
2013
.
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"Haywood Owens next to Finland"
. Eurobasket.com
. Retrieved
August 17,
2013
.
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Haywood Chris Owens es el nuevo extranjero de Argentino
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David Hancock (August 30, 2006).
"An Owens Returns To Berlin"
.
CBC News
. Retrieved
March 22,
2022
.
External links
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