Marcus Norris

Marcus Norris is an American former basketball player, who played for 17 years in Europe.

Early life and education

Norris was born in Jackson, Michigan in 1974,[1] playing basketball at Jackson High School. He attended Lansing Community College and Ball State University.

Career

Norris played basketball in Tampere, Finland for Pyrbasket from 1996-1998. From 1998-2000 he played in Croatia for Svelost Brod. From 2000-2003 Norris went to Portugal to play for Portugal Telecom and from 2003-2004 he played in Israel for Beni Hasharon, a team in the suburb of Tel Aviv. From 2004-2005 Norris played in Kiev, Ukraine for BK KIE, a Team Owned by Sasha Volko. From 2005-2010 Norris went to CB Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Spain[2] in the ACB.[3] In 2010-2011 Norris went to Turkey to play for Erdimir in the TBL Turkish League for four months.

In the 2011-2012 season Norris went to Lleida, Spain[4] and in February signed in Portugal with Benfica,[5] before retiring in 2012.

References

  1. ↑ "Former Jackson stars enjoying professional basketball in Europe". MLive.com. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  2. ↑ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  3. ↑ "ACB.COM - Marcus Norris: "Sentíamos que podíamos ganarle a cualquiera en el CID"". www.acb.com. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  4. ↑ "ACB.COM - El base Marcus Norris ficha por el Lleida Basquetbol". www.acb.com. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  5. ↑ "Marcus Norris Basketball Player Profile, Sport Lisboa Benfica, Ball St., News, LPB stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards - eurobasket". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2017-07-30.


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