Desmond Penigar
Desmond Penigar (born 16 July 1981 in DeQuincy, Louisiana ) is an American professional basketball player. After the end of the study Penigar stood as "Rookie of the Year" 2004 NBA Development League shortly before a permanent contract in the most highly endowed professional league NBA in which he completed 10 games for the Orlando Magic. After he failed the permanent jump to the NBA, he played for a season in South Korea two seasons in the German and Austrian top flight. Most recently, he was active in the season 2011 /12 in Lebanon.
Career in the U.S.
Penigar went after his high school graduation in Upland California at the " Ventura College ", a community college located in the same place in the same U.S. state. The most famous graduate of the college, who was a professional basketball player, is the former NBA All-Star Cedric Ceballos. The Pirates of the college basketball team plays in the "California Community College Athletic Association " ( CCCAA ).
After two years at the community college Penigar fell in 2001 to the Utah State University in Logan, whose Aggies basketball team playing in the Western Athletic Conference of NCAA Division I. 2002 they won the regular season of the Conference and the 2003 final tournament of the Conference, in which Penigar was named MVP of the finals tournament. In the ensuing national finals you missed to eventual runner-up, to the point 2 of the regional seedings highly favored Jayhawks of the University of Kansas, after a three-point defeat in the first round barely a surprise. Penigar even missed as top scorer with 25 points, versus 22 points from Keith Langford in the winning team, and rebounder of the game with 9 rebounds just under a double-double and led his team in all statistics except the assists on.
In NBA Draft 2003 Penigar was disregarded, but could be recommended for a place in the D- League team Asheville Altitude. In February 2004, he was pulled for two so-called ten-day contracts in the NBA team Orlando Magic, where he graduated ten games. Then he returned to the team of Altitude and was appointed at the end of NBDL - season 2003 /04 Rookie of the Year this league. In addition, he was twice appointed ( German player of the month ) as well as in the " All- NBDL - First Team " of the season for "player of the month" and was at the end of the season top scorer in the league. During the final match that his team in extra time won with 108:106 after a clear mid-term residue and Master was to Penigar injured his elbow, so he could no longer participate in the extension. During the summer break, he completed individual Preseason games in the jersey of Denver Nuggets, but did not get a contract for the following season.
Professional in Asia and Europe
After he was excluded from the 2004/ 05 in the NBA, Penigar hired during the season in South Korea. After the end of the season he finally changed for the following season in the German Basketball Bundesliga for the EWE Baskets Oldenburg from. However, after a knee operation in the summer of the rehabilitation phase lasted longer and he completed during the regular season just four games. In the play-offs in 2005/ 06, the eighth straight so just reached Oldenburg, Penigar could participate fully back and force with his teammates the main round First Alba Berlin in a fifth and decisive game, but lost. In the following season 2006/ 07 Penigar was indeed used in all games and scored with 16.7 points and 6.7 rebounds per game best values in his team, so he was among the best ten of these categories within the league, the team However, even just missed out in ninth place the new entry into the play-offs for the German championship.
After the end of the season 2006/ 07 Penigar was without a contract and took care of its own words, a store opening in his home country, until the end of January 2009, he was making a comeback at the Austrian champion Panthers from Fürstenfeld in the ABL. The Panthers had recently won the Cup victory, among other things, with the support of Bryan Lucas, against the Penigar in the NBDL semi-final in 2004 still played and defeated on the way to the championship with the Asheville Altitude. Penigar even achieved in connection with 20.3 points and 9.3 rebounds per game, team, internal best values that ranged respectively to third place in these categories the league. However, the defending champion Panthers lost the play-off semi-final series against the eventual champion WBC Wels and could not defend his title. For this you hit the Welser as before in the Cup final at the start of the following season in the Supercup. At the start of this season, the new team captain Penigar had to dismount an eight - game ban and scored on the season with 19.3 points and 7.3 rebounds slightly weaker personal statistics, but the Panthers were able to as top-seeded team after the main rounds until the final series move, where they lost in the fifth and deciding game at home the Allianz Swans Gmunden.
In the season 2011/12 Penigar was in the Lebanese Byblos under contract, where he was top scorer in the league, while his team did not reach the top places. For the following games time he moved to Kuwait, where he plays for the runner-up Al- Kuwait SC.