Courtney Fells

Courtney Fells
No. 20 – Virtus Bologna
Position Shooting guard
League Lega Basket Serie A
Personal information
Born (1986-09-20) September 20, 1986
Shannon, Mississippi
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school Shannon (Shannon, Mississippi)
College NC State (2005–2009)
NBA draft 2009 / Undrafted
Playing career 2009–present
Career history
2009–2010 AEL Limassol
2010–2011 Keravnos
2011–2012 Hapoel Gilboa Galil
2011–2013 Metros de Santiago
2012–2013 Hapoel Jerusalem
2013 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
2013–2014 Austin Toros
2014 Bucaneros de La Guaira
2014–2015 Uşak Sportif
2015 San Lorenzo de Almagro
2015–present Virtus Bologna

Courtney Fells (born September 20, 1986) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Virtus Bologna of the Lega Basket Serie A.

College career

Fells played college basketball at North Carolina State University.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2009 NBA draft, Fells joined the Orlando Magic for the 2009 NBA Summer League. He later signed with AEL Limassol of Cyprus for the 2009–10 season.

In 2010, he signed with Keravnos of Cyprus for the 2010–11 season. In January 2011, he left Cyprus and signed with Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Super League on a multi-year deal.[1]

Following the conclusion of the 2010–11 season, he joined Metros de Santiago for the 2011 LNB season. He then re-joined Hapoel Gilboa Galil for the 2011–12 season. Following the conclusion of that season, he re-joined Metros de Santiago for the 2012 LNB season.

In August 2012, he signed with Hapoel Jerusalem of Israel for the 2012–13 season.[2] In December 2012, he was named Eurocup MVP for Round 5.[3]

Following the conclusion of the 2012–13 season, he again re-joined Metros de Santiago for the 2013 LNB season.[4] In September 2013, he signed with Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters as an import for the 2013 Governor's Cup.[5] He left after 3 games.

On September 30, 2013, he signed with the San Antonio Spurs.[6] However, he was later waived by Spurs on October 20, 2013.[7] On October 31, 2013, Fells was acquired by the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player.[8] In April 2014, he signed with Bucaneros de La Guaira of Venezuela.[9]

On July 25, 2014, he signed with Uşak Sportif of Turkey for the 2014–15 season.[10]

On June 28, 2015, it was announced that Fells would play for the New Orleans Pelicans in the 2015 NBA Las Vegas Summer League.[11] On August 19, 2015, he signed with San Lorenzo de Almagro of the Argentine Liga Nacional de Básquet.[12] On November 18, 2015, he left San Lorenzo and signed with Virtus Bologna of Italy for the rest of the season.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Courtney Fells moves to Gilboa Galil". Sportando.net. January 23, 2011. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Hapoel Jerusalem signs Courtney Fells". Sportando.net. August 9, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Eurocup regular season Game 5 MVP: Courtney Fells, Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem". Eurocupbasketball.com. December 6, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Courtney Fells debuta hoy por los Metros de Santiago". acento.com (in Spanish). August 11, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Courtney Fells signs in Philippines". Sportando.net. September 23, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Spurs Announce Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. September 30, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Spurs Waive Fells and Nwaelele". NBA.com. October 20, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Austin Toros Announce Trainig Camp Invitees". NBA.com. October 31, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Courtney Fells landed by Bucaneros". court-side.com. April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Usak announces Courtney Fells". Sportando.com. July 25, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Fells, Leslie, Williams to Play in Summer League". Pack Insider. Retrieved 2015-06-29.
  12. ↑ "San Lorenzo de Almagro signs Courtney Fells". Sportando.com. August 19, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Obiettivo Lavoro, ecco Fells: la presentazione oggi alle 19.15". virtus.it (in Italian). November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2015.

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