Chris Warren (basketball, born 1981)

Chris Warren
No. 4 – Karpoš Sokoli
Position Shooting guard
League Macedonian First League
Personal information
Born January 19, 1981
Garland, Texas
Nationality Panamanian / American
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school Lakeview Centennial
(Garland, Texas)
College Collin CC (1999–2001)
South Carolina (2001–2003)
NBA draft 2003 / Undrafted
Pro career 2003–present
Career history
2003 Panteras de Aguascalientes
2004 Deportivo Universidad Católica
2004 Panteras de Aguascalientes
2005 Oliveirense
2005 Reflex Železnik
2005 Mineros de Cananea
2006 Tiburones Mazatlán
2006–2008 Cibona Zagreb
2008–2009 Scandone Avellino
2009–2011 Bilbao Basket
2011–2012 Cedevita Zagreb
2012 Scandone Avellino
2013–2014 Bnei Herzliya
2015–present Karpoš Sokoli
Career highlights and awards
  • Mexican LNBP champion (2003)
  • 2× Croatian League champion (2006–2008)
  • Croatian Supercup champion (2011)
  • Croatian All-Star (2008)
  • Adriatic League All-Star (2007)

Christopher Levour "Chris" Warren (born January 19, 1981) is a Panamanian-American professional basketball player who plays for Karpoš Sokoli of the Macedonian First League. He is a 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) tall shooting guard.

College career

As a junior, Warren averaged 4.1 points per game off the bench for a University of South Carolina team that was the National Invitation Tournament runner up in the 2001–02 season. He increased his numbers the following year reaching 9.6 points per game. His game was not spectacular, but he earned the reputation of a solid defensive player who could also run the floor well and had a good first step. The latter offensive skill would prove to be more than accurate during his career in the Euroleague.

Professional career

Not being drafted by any NBA team and being unknown in Europe, Warren signed for the 2003–04 season with the Mexican League club Panteras de Aguascalientes and won the Mexican championship. He started the following season with Chilean League club Deportivo Universidad Católica and then went back to Panteras de Aguascalientes. In January 2005 he played in Portugal four games for Oliveirense. In February 2005, he moved to Serbia and signed with Reflex Železnik for the rest of the season. After that, he went back again to Mexico where he played for Mineros de Cananea and Tiburones Mazatlán of the CIBACOPA.

Warren's big opportunity came on February 2006, when he moved to Croatia for traditional powerhouse KK Cibona and played there until the end of the 2007–08 championship. With Cibona he won back to back Croatian Championships and had two great Euroleague seasons, averaging 13.7 and 15.6 points per game.

In July 2008, he signed a with Scandone Avellino of Italy for the 2008–09 season.[1] In June 2009, he signed with Bilbao Basket of Spain.[2] He stayed with Bilbao till the summer of 2011, when he signed with Cedevita Zagreb of Croatia for the 2011–12 season.[3]

In August 2012, he returned to his former team Scandone Avellino.[4] In November 2011, Avellino waived him after he had some problems with injuries.[5] In September 2013, he signed with Bnei Herzliya of Israel for the 2013–14 season.[6]

In January 2015, Warren signed with Karpoš Sokoli of the Macedonian First League.[7]

Panamanian national team

Warren is a member of the Panama national basketball team and won the bronze medal at the 2003 Centrobasket. He also played at the 2005 FIBA Americas Championship, finishing fifth.

References

  1. ↑ "Avellino tabs Chris Warren". Euroleague.net. July 9, 2008. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Bilbao lands Chris Warren". Talkbasket.net. June 24, 2009. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  3. ↑ "KK Cedevita tabs Chris Warren". Sportando.com. August 4, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Sidigas Avellino officially signs Chris Warren". Sportando.com. August 19, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Chris Warren, Sidigas Avellino set to part ways". Sportando.com. November 27, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Bnei Hertzeliya sign Levour Chris Warren". Sportando.com. September 8, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  7. ↑ Oconnell, Robert (January 4, 2015). "Levour Warren inks with Karpos Sokoli 2000 Skopje in Macedonia". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved March 9, 2015.

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