Tim Blue (born July 10, 1984) is an American professional basketball player. He is mostly known for his stint with the Antibes Sharks of the French LNB Pro A. Blue usually played as power forward or small forward. In his professional career, he has played in the Netherlands, Germany, Finland and France.
Blue playing for GasTerra Flames in 2010 | |
| No. 4 – Free Agent | |
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| Position | Power forward / small forward |
| Personal information | |
| Born | July 10, 1984 Palm Beach Gardens, Florida |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Palm Beach Gardens (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida) |
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| NBA draft | 2007: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2007–present |
| Career history | |
| 2007–2009 | West-Brabant Giants |
| 2009–2010 | GasTerra Flames |
| 2010–2011 | Mitteldeutscher BC |
| 2011 | West-Brabant Giants |
| 2011–2012 | KTP |
| 2012–2020 | Antibes Sharks |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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College
editBlue played at Palm Beach Gardens High School before enrolling at Indian River State College in 2003. He spent the 2003-04 campaign with The River, before heading to Middle Tennessee State University,[1] where he played from 2005 to 2007. In his two years with the Blue Raiders, he averaged 9.0 points and 4.9 rebounds a contest.[2]
Professional career
editBlue won the Dutch basketball championship with the GasTerra Flames Groningen in 2010. In August 2010, he was signed by German Basketball Bundesliga side Mitteldeutscher BC.[3] After returning to the Netherlands and a brief stint in Finland,[4] Blue moved to France.[5]
Antibes Sharks (2012–2020)
editIn the 2013–14 season, Blue played in the French Pro A with Antibes. Antibes team finished 16th and relegated back to the second division Pro B.
In the 2014–15 season, Blue finished 6th in the regular season with Antibes Sharks. In the Playoffs, Antibes won the Finals 2–0 over ASC Denain-Voltaire PH. After averaging 20 points per game in the Finals, Blue won his second LNB Pro B Finals MVP Award.[6] In his eight years with the club, Blue scored a total of 3990 points and grabbed 1699 rebounds in league play.[7] He had his jersey number retired at Antibes in March 2021.[8]
Following eight years with the Antibes Sharks, he joined lower-league team Azuréa Golfe-Juan, just outside of Antibes.[9]
Honours
editWith club
edit- Dutch Basketball League champion (1): 2009–10
Individual
edit- French 2nd Division Finals MVP[11] (2): 2013, 2015
- DBL All-Star[12] (3): 2008, 2010, 2011
- LNB Pro A All-Star (2): 2016, 2017
References
edit- ^ "Tim Blue - Men's Basketball". Middle Tennessee State University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ "Tim Blue College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ "MBC VERPFLICHTET NIEDERLÄNDISCHEN MEISTER TIM BLUE ALS NEUEN SMALL FORWARD". MBC (in German). 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ "Tim Blue". Suomen Koripalloliitto ry. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ "Joueur emblématique d'Antibes, le basketteur Tim blue quitte les Sharks". France 3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ UN DEUXIÈME TROPHÉE DE MVP DE LA FINALE POUR TIM BLUE
- ^ "Tim Blue : un palmarès exceptionnel | Sharks Antibes". www.sharks-antibes.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ Chiramberro, Théo (2022-03-10). "[Vidéo] Retour sur la cérémonie du retrait du maillot de Tim Blue à Antibes". BeBasket (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ "Basket: Tim Blue rejoint les rangs de l'Azuréa Golfe-Juan". Nice-Matin (in French). 2021-06-12. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ "Tim Blue, ex-Donar, champion of French Pro B". Worldbasketballnews.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
- ^ "Tim Blue MVP de la Finale". Sharks-Antibes.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
- ^ "All-Star Galas" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2014-06-21.