Kevin Punter

Kevin Punter
No. 0 – Virtus Bologna
Position Shooting guard / Point guard
League LBA
Champions League
Personal information
Born (1993-06-25) June 25, 1993
Bronx, New York
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 2.75 in (1.90 m)
Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft 2016 / Undrafted
Playing career 2016–present
Career history
2016–2017 Lavrio
2017 Antwerp Giants
2017–2018 Rosa Radom
2018 AEK Athens
2018–present Virtus Bologna
Career highlights and awards

Kevin Xavier Punter Jr. (born June 25, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). After two years each at State Fair Community College, and at Tennessee, Punter entered the 2016 NBA draft, but he was not selected in the draft's two rounds.

High school career

Following high school, Punter spent one year attending the Body of Christ Christian Academy, in Raleigh, North Carolina. In his lone season at Body of Christ, he averaged 24.2 points and 2.5 steals.

College career

After high school, Punter played college basketball at State Fair CC, from 2012 to 2014, and at the University of Tennessee, with the Tennessee Volunteers. In his senior year at Tennessee, Punter averaged 22.1 points per game, and 3.4 rebounds per game. Though he missed five games of SEC Conference play, he was named Second Team All-SEC, after finishing with the third-highest scoring average (22.1 points per game), and the fourth-highest free-throw percentage (.853), during conference league games.[1]

Professional career

Lavrio and Antwerp Giants (2016–2017)

After failing to be drafted in the 2016 NBA draft, Punter played with the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2016 NBA Summer League.[2] In 2016, he signed with Lavrio of the Greek Basket League.[3] He played in 21 games for Lavrio, averaging 12.2 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 0.9 assists per game. On March 27, 2017, he left Lavrio, and signed with the Antwerp Giants, until the end of the season.[4]

Rosa Radom (2017–2018)

In July 2017, he signed with Rosa Radom.[5] He played in 16 games with Rosa Radom, and went on to average 20.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game in the FIBA Basketball Champions League. His very good performances gained the interest of the Turkish Super League club Gaziantep, in February but the player didn't left the team.[6]

AEK Athens (2018)

On February 10, 2018, he moved to AEK Athens, for the rest of the season.[7] With AEK, he won the Greek Cup title, in 2018. On May 6, 2018, Punter won with AEK the Champions League. At the final, Punter was one of the best players for his team, scoring 16 points.[8]

Virtus Bologna (2018–present)

On July 6, 2018, Punter signed a deal with Virtus Bologna.[9]

Career statistics

Domestic Leagues

Regular season

Legend
  GP Games played  MPG  Minutes per game  FG%  Field goal percentage
 3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game
 PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high     Led the league

Note: Only games in the primary domestic competitions are included. Therefore, games in cup or European competitions are left out.

Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2017–18 A.E.K. GBL 1120.4.440.405.9092.3.8.90.111.4

Basketball Champions League

[10]

† Denotes seasons in which Kevin Punter won the Champions League
Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2017–18 Rosa Radom 1631.0.429.358.7853.41.71.4.120.6
2017–18† A.E.K. 623.1.470.419.6802.21.01.2.215.3

Awards and accomplishments

College career

  • Second-team All-SEC: (2016)

Pro career

References

  1. ↑ "Kevin Punter Named to All-SEC Team". Sportsradioknoxville.com. March 8, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Kevin Punter headed to NBA Summer League with Timberwolves". Wbir.com. June 27, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Former Vol Kevin Punter signs with Lavrio Basketball Club of Greece". Knoxnews.com. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Kevin Punter inks with Antwerp Giants". Sportando.com. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Kevin Punter nowym zawodnikiem Rosy Radom". echodnia.eu (in Polish). July 19, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Kevin Punter on Gaziantep's radar". eurohoops.net. February 1, 2018. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  7. ↑ "AEK signed Kevin Punter". eurohoops.net. February 10, 2018. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  8. ↑ "AEK Athens crowned Basketball Champions League Champions". sportando.com. May 7, 2018. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Virtus Bologna announce Kevin Punter". sportando.basketball. July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  10. ↑ http://www.championsleague.basketball/17-18/team/AEK#%7Ctab=statistics
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