Marcus Norris

Marcus Norris
Personal information
Born (1974-08-20) August 20, 1974 (age 50)
Jackson, Michigan
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
High schoolJackson High School
College
PositionGuard
Career highlights and awards

Marcus Anthony Norris (born August 20, 1974) is an American former basketball player, who played for 17 years in Europe, in the guard position. He was the 2003-04 Israeli Basketball Premier League Defensive Player of the Year.[1]

Early life and education

Norris was born in Jackson, Michigan, in 1974,[2] playing basketball at Jackson High School.[3] He attended Lansing Community College and Ball State University.[3]

Career

Norris played basketball in Tampere, Finland, for Pyrbasket from 1996 to 1998. From 1998 to 2000, he played in Croatia for Svjetlost Brod. From 2000 to 2003, Norris went to Portugal to play for Portugal Telecom.[4]

From 2003 to 2004, he played in Israel for Beni Hasharon, a team in the suburb of Tel Aviv. He was the 2003-04 Israeli Basketball Premier League Defensive Player of the Year.[1]

From 2004 to 2005, Norris played in Kyiv, Ukraine, for BK KIE, a team owned by Sasha Volko. From 2005 to 2010, Norris went to CB Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Spain[5] in the ACB.[6] In 2010-2011, Norris went to Turkey for four months to play for Erdimir in the TBL Turkish League.[7]

In the 2011-2012, season Norris went to Lleida, Spain,[8] and in February signed in Portugal with Benfica,[9] before retiring in 2012.

References

  1. ^ a b "Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings". www.eurobasket.com. Archived from the original on October 10, 2016.
  2. ^ "Former Jackson stars enjoying professional basketball in Europe". MLive.com. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  3. ^ a b "Marcus Norris Player Profile, Ball State, NCAA Stats, International Stats, Game Logs, Awards - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
  4. ^ "Kalise Gran Canaria keeps Marcus Norris". Welcome to 7DAYS EuroCup.[dead link‍]
  5. ^ "ACB.COM". ACB (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  6. ^ "Marcus Norris: "Sentíamos que podíamos ganarle a cualquiera en el CID"". ACB (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  7. ^ Anidos, Roberto (January 5, 2011). "EL ERDEMIR TURCO CORTA A MARCUS NORRIS". Piratas del Basket.
  8. ^ "El base Marcus Norris ficha por el Lleida Basquetbol". ACB (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  9. ^ "Marcus Norris Basketball profile". Eurobasket. Retrieved 2017-07-30.