Antwain Barbour

Antwain Barbour
Position Shooting guard
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
League Adriatic League
A-1 Liga
Team Cibona Zagreb
Born July 17, 1982 (1982-07-17) (age 29)
Kentucky, United States
Nationality American, Lebanese
Pro career 2004–present
Career history Kentucky Colonels (2004–05)
Yakima Sun Kings (2005–06)
UB La Palma (2006)
Tenerife Baloncesto (2006–09)
Erdemir SK (2009, 2010–11)
Gipuzkoa BC (2010–11)
Awards 2001 Universiade Bronze medal

Antwain La'Mar Barbour is a basketball player who plays for Cibona Zagreb.[1]

Career

After playing for Kentucky Wildcats at NCAA, Barbour joined Kentucky Colonels of ABA league on 2004.

Next season he played at Chinese league with Yakima Sun Kings and on 2006 he arrives to Spain for finishing the 2005–2006 LEB season with UB La Palma. He only played four games, but it was sufficient for signing for Tenerife Rural.

On the team of the island of Tenerife, Barbour played during two seasons and a half becoming one of the most spectacular players of the LEB League. He has got the scoring record at this league, with 50 points against CB Lucentum Alicante.[2]

After two seasons reaching the promotion playoffs to Liga ACB and a half of another one, he leaves Tenerife for signing for Erdemir SK of the Turkish Basketball League.[3] In this first season in Turkey, he becomes runner-up of the Turkish Cup Basketball and finishes the 2008–09 season saving the spot in the TBL. When he arrived, the team was in the 15th position.[4]

On 2009, he returns to Spain to play at Lagun Aro GBC, team of the Liga ACB, the top Spanish basketball league.[5] One year later, Barbour comes back to Zonguldak for playing again at Erdemir SK.

For the 2011–12 season, Antwain Barbour signs for KK Cibona.

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