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Taking a Look at How OSU Basketball Alums Did Overseas This Season

Checking in with a slew of former Pokes across the globe.

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Basketball has quickly become a global game, and former Oklahoma State players are taking advantage of that.

There are enough Cowboy hoops alums sprinkled around Europe and Asia to make quite the team. Here’s a look at how they performed this season. Note: I didn’t include anyone who went to another college after OSU.

Tavarius Shine, BC Lulea, Sweden

Stats (Sweden’s Basketligan): 12.6 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 26.4 minutes per game

Overview: Shine’s squad finished fourth in Sweden’s Basketligan at 24-12. BC Lulea fell in the quarterfinal round of the playoffs in a five-game series. In that playoff series, Shine averaged 19.4 points, four rebounds and two assists a game. BC Lulea was also +31 with Shine on the court in those five games.

Shine recently landed a pre-draft workout with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Kendall Smith, Crelan Okapi Aalstar, Belgium

Stats (Belgium’s Euromillions League): 11.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 22.4 minutes per game
Stats (with CEZ Nymburk in Czech Republics’s NBL): 12.4 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.7 assists,

Overview: After finishing seventh in the Euromillions League (what a name for a league by the way), Smith’s Okapi Aalstar team fell 2-0 in a best of three series in the quarterfinal round of the playoffs.

Smith also played seven games with the Czech Republic’s CEZ Basketball Nymburk before transferring over to Belgium.

Yankuba Sima, Baxi Manresa, Spain

Stats (Spain’s Liga Endesa): 2.2 points, 2 rebounds, 0.1 assists, 8.2 minutes per game

Overview: Although his stats to this point aren’t incredibly impressive, the Spain-Liga Endesa is one of the tougher leagues in Europe. Manresa finished eighth in the league and played Real Madrid in the quarterfinal round of the playoffs. Sima played only eight minutes in the two playoff games, both Real Madrid victories. Real Madrid hosted the likes of Luca Doncic, Serge Ibaka, Bojan Bogdanovic and Nikola Mirotic, all who now play in the NBA.

Manresa sees the potential in the 6-11 center. Sima recently re-upped with Manresa through 2022.

Leyton Hammonds, Egis Kormend, Hungary

Stats (Hungary-A Division): 13.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1 assist, 26.6 minutes per game
Stats (Alpe-Adria Cup): 14.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 23.4 minutes per game

Overview: Egis Kormend was quite successful in Leyton Hammonds’ first season with the club. The team finished tops in the Hungary-A Division standings and is currently in the finals of the league’s playoffs, where Kormend is down 2-0. Hammonds will play Friday in hopes to claw back into the series.

Egis Kormend won the Alpe-Adria Cup in April. Across the two cup final games, Hammonds scored 37 points and brought in 17 rebounds and was named the final’s MVP.

Here is Hammonds’ list of accolades in the Alpe-Adria Cup:

• Finals MVP
• Player of the Year
• Forward of the Year
• All-League First Team

Jeff Newberry, Al Shamal Doha, Qatar

Stats (Qatar-D1 with Qatar Sports Club): 21.7 points, 7.1 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 38.8 minutes per game
Stats (Asia Champions Cup with Al Shamal Doha): 18.5 points, 7.3 rebounds, 4 assists, 1.7 steals, 37.7 minutes per game

Overview: Jeff Newberry has been on two teams this year, and he has lit up the scoreboard on both. It seems like Newberry likes Qatar, and Qatar likes Newberry.

Chris Olivier, Tokyo Cinq Reves, Japan

Stats (Japan-B League D3): 25.4 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1.5 blocks, 30 minutes per game

Overview: Olivier is quite the force in the Japan-B League D3. In the team’s final win of the season, Olivier scored 34 points off 67-percent shooting, and he ripped down 13 rebounds.

Anthony Allen, PEA, Thailand

Stats (Thailand’s TBSL): 17.2 points, 12.6 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 34.2 minutes per game

Overview: Thailand’s TBSL might have to put a height limit on its league because Anthony Allen’s 7-foot frame is a cheat code. In his team’s most recent game, Allen scored 26 points and brought in 20 rebounds.

The music on these highlights is NSFW.

Le’Bryan Nash, Tokyo Hachioji Trains, Japan

Stats (Japan-B2 League): 19.7 points, 8.2 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 30.7 minutes per game

Overview: Le’Bryan Nash played only 11 games with his Japan-B2 League team before his season was cut short with injury. The Trains were 3-8 in games Nash played in and finished the season 11-49, at the bottom of the Central Division standings.

Michael Cobbins, KK Split, Croatia

Stats (Croatia A1): 11.1 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist, 24.8 minutes per game
Stats (ABA League): 11.1 points, 7.7 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 24.9 minutes per game

Overview: Cobbins’ team made it to the semifinal round of Croatia’s Premijer Liga playoffs in May, where the team fell in three straight games. KK Split finished the regular season third in the league.

Based on his highlights, Cobbins doesn’t pass up on too many opportunities to dunk.

Marek Soucek, Sokol Slapanice, Czech Republic

Stats (Czech Republic’s 1Liga): 5.3 points, 3.9 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 18.6 minutes per game

Overview: Marek Soucek appeared in only 11 games for Sokol Slapanice this season, but he started three of the team’s final four games. At 9-17, Sokol Slapanice finished the year second from bottom in the Czech Republic’s 1Liga.

Anthony Hickey, Rethymno Cretan Kings, Greece

Stats (with Cretan Kings): 12.9 points, 3.9 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 31.1 minutes per game
Stats (with Poland’s PGE Spojnia Stargard): 21.1 points, 5 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 33 minutes per game

Overview: Anthony Hickey played in Greece and Poland this past season. The Cretan Kings were 2-12 when Hickey got to Greece in late January. From then on, the Hickey-led team went 6-6, including winning five straight to end the year. Hickey had a 14-point, 10-rebound, 16-assist triple-double April 10.

Markel Brown, Darussafaka Istanbul, Turkey

Stats (Turkey’s BSL): 10.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 24.3 minutes per game
Stats (Euroleague): 4.9 points, 1.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 17 minutes per game

Overview: Markel Brown plays in the top flight of European basketball, the Euroleague. Brown and Darussafaka Istanbul finished last in the Euroleague this season at 5-25. The team fared a bit better in the Turkish League, though, going 13-15.

Marshall Moses, Artvin Belediye, Turkey

Stats (Turkey’s TBL): 12.3 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 26.7 minutes per game

Overview: Artvin Belediye finished 13th in the TBL this season after going 11-19. Moses scored 13 points to go with 12 rebounds in his team’s final victory of the season.

James Anderson, Anadolu Efes Istanbul, Turkey

Stats (Turkey’s BSL): 9.6 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 24.8 minutes per game
Stats (Euroleague): 4.8 points, 2 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 14.4 minutes per game

Overview: Playing in the same league as Brown, James Anderson’s Anadolu Efes squad finished first in the BSL this season and is currently in the league’s finals. Anderson’s squad also made it to the Euroleague finals in May, where it fell to Russia’s CSKA. Anderson came off the bench to score seven points in the final. As far as the BSL finals go, the championship-deciding Game 7 is Friday.

Anderson is 30 now, but he still has bunnies.

Marcus Dove, FOS Provence Basket, France

Stats (France-Jeep Elite ProA): 6.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 24.9 minutes per game

Overview: At 34, Marcus Dove is the oldest former OSU hooper I found who is still playing overseas. Dove’s team finished 9-25 this season, second-worst in its league.

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