Marcus Slaughter

Marcus Anthony Slaughter ( born March 18, 1985 in San Leandro, California) is an American professional basketball player. After studying in his native U.S. state Slaughter played professionally in Europe, particularly in France, Germany and Spain. After a season in the BBL season 2008/ 09 at the polar bear from Bremerhaven he won in the BBL season 2011/12 the German Double with Brose Baskets in Bamberg.

Career

During his studies at San Diego State University Slaughter was active for the high school team Aztecs in the NCAA Division I. The athletic and strong leap forward only played three years for the Aztecs, but one of the ten best of all time Reboundern this team. When winning the championship of the Mountain West Conference in 2006, he was elected Most Valuable Player of the Final Tournament. The following national finals, they lost in the first round against the Hoosiers of Indiana University. After the Conference Championship Slaughter gave up another college season and reported directly to the NBA Draft, where he was selected but by any professional club in the NBA. In the summer of 2006, he also participated in the NBA Summer League in part in the jersey of Los Angeles Lakers, but that does not also resulted in a season contract in the NBA.

Slaughter then moved to Europe as a professional and played in Izmir for Pınar Karşıyaka in the TBL. There, the professional novice could do with good statistics in the form of a double -double in points and rebounds average attention. In July 2007, he signed a long-term contract with the NBA club Miami Heat, but this was resolved a day before the season starts again. Slaughter then went to Israel and played for Hapoel Jerusalem in the Ligat ha Al. When Hapoel he was dismissed in December 2007 again, so he signed in January 2008 signed a contract with BCM Gravelines Dunkerque in French and there helped to secure the league in LNB Pro A.

For the season 2008/ 09 he moved to the German Basketball Bundesliga for the polar bears Bremerhaven. The former participants in the play-offs for the German championship came in that athletic season stumble, and found himself almost consistently end of the table again. Slaughter himself made in addition to his athletic spectacular play primarily by headlines that the club because of allegedly unprofessional conduct in November 2008 again separated from the player. The rumors about the supposed reason for the premature separation found even international attention. Slaughter returned to the French Pro A and played in Le Havre for Saint Thomas Basket, which could just save the league with his help also. With less than ten rebounds per game, he was still the best rebounder the LNB Pro A in that season. For the following season under a contract signed with the French champions in 2008 SLUC Basket from Nancy. In the play-offs in 2010 but it was eliminated in the first round.

2010 joined Slaughter in the Spanish ACB League on Blancos de Rueda Valladolid, with whom he almost missed the play-offs at the Spanish Championship. He was in the 2010/11 season, the player with the most dunks per game in the ACB league out by the statistics. For the season 2011/12 he returned to the German BBL back to defending champion Brose Baskets, where he was to compensate inter alia, the disposal of the MVPs of the previous finals series Kyle Hines, who moved to Olympiakos Piraeus. After re- double profit with the Bambergers he moved again to Spain, where he reinforced the runner-up Real Madrid in the 2012/13 season.

When the Spanish giants he began the 2012/13 season by winning the Spanish Super Cups, he also reached the final of the Euro Real Madrid League and ended the year with a victory in the championship.

Achievements and honors

Real Madrid

  • Spanish Cup: 2012/13
  • Spanish Supercup: 2012, 2013

Brose Baskets

  • German champions: 2011/12
  • German Cup: 2012
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