Pete Mickeal
Fenton Pete Mickeal ( born February 22, 1978 in Iceland skirt, Illinois ) is an American professional basketball player. Mickeal was selected after studying in the NBA Draft, but completed in the squad of the New York Knicks and the Houston Rockets no play in the most highly endowed professional league, but then played in the " minor league " ABA and Asian professional leagues. Having already played between 2003 and 2006 in Greece and Spain, took his career once again ride on, when he was obliged by the top European club TAU Ceramica 2007. He then played for this club and FC Barcelona in the Spanish ACB league and won three Spanish championships and four cups in the Copa del Rey. His greatest success was probably the success of the top-ranked European club competition ULEB Euro League 2009/10 with FC Barcelona. After a second pulmonary embolism his career seemed to have ended in 2013, but in early 2014 he signed a new contract in Spain with UCAM Murcia.
Career
Mickeal went from his home in 1996 to study in the west adjacent to the State of Iowa Indian Hills Community College, the Warriors basketball team in Division I of the " National Junior Collegiate Athletic Association " ( NJCAA ) plays. With the team he has been twice in 1997 and 1998 nationwide master of the NJCAA and the second triumph for a " Perfect Season " award as the " Most Valuable Player " ( MVP ) of the Finals Tournament. For further studies Mickeal then went in 1998 to the University of Cincinnati, the Bearcats basketball team played in the Conference USA NCAA. Together with Mickeal could the Bearcats within their respective Conference the team with the best record, but could not defend the title at the 1998 won before Mickeal championship tournament. With the U.S. student selection Mickeal won the gold medal at the Summer Universiade in 1999. 's Nationwide NCAA finals twice would retire early from in the second round. Nevertheless, were selected with Kenyon Martin in the first position, DerMarr Johnson among the " Top Ten" and finally Mickeal itself as the last "pick " in the " Entry Draft " three players on the team in NBA Draft 2000.
Selected by the Dallas Mavericks Mickeal was released soon after the draft in 2000 from its obligations and committed by the New York Knicks, where he however in the NBA 2000/ 01 does not use graduated and was eventually released from his contract at the beginning of 2001. Then Mickeal played in the minor league "American Basketball Association " for the ThunderDawgs from Tampa Bay, the einstellten their gaming operations after one season at the end of the season. In the 2001 /02 season Mickeal played for the former league rivals from Kansas City Knights, who won the championship of the ABA in 2002. Mickeal also picked up the prize awarded as MVP. After the end of the season Mickeal played in the Philippines for the Talk'n'Text Phone Pals from Quezon City, with whom he entered into the finals of the Commissioner 's Cup of the Philippine Basketball Association. In the pre-season for the NBA 2002/ 03 Mickeal then got back a contract in the NBA with the Houston Rockets, but this was disbanded again in early January 2003 that without Mickeal had completed an insert in the NBA.
After the ABA completely exposed in the season 2002/ 03 from the game, Mickeal signed after a two-week stint in the CBA for the Yakima Sun Kings in November 2003 exclusively for the rest of the season 2003/ 04 a contract with GS Peristeri in Athens in Greek A1 Ethniki. With Peristeri he achieved in the 2003/04 season in seventh round main place play-off for the championship, in which one was eliminated in the first round against GS Marousi. The following 2004/05 season began Mickeal the first Russian club Dynamo Moscow before he played in November 2004 to Greece for the club Makedonikos in Kozani. With this club he reached the second most important European club competition ULEB Cup 2004 / 05, in which he was three times the most effective players in a match day, the final match, which was however lost against Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius, despite 24 points and nine rebounds from Mickeal with 74:78. The following season, 2005/ 06 Mickeal was then in the Spanish ACB League for Leche Río Breogán from the Galician Lugo active, but were relegated at the end of the season as Table. Nevertheless Mickeal won six out of 34 match days, the most effective player in the league ACB and three times as the most effective player as a player of the month. For the following season Mickeal went but first back to Asia and played in the Korean Basketball League for the Orion from Daegu.
For the 2007 /08 season of Europe's top club TAU Ceramica Vitoria-Gasteiz Mickeal swung back in the ACB league. The highest ranking European club competition ULEB Euro League 2007 /08 they reached the fourth time in a row the " Final Four " tournament and finished after two narrow defeats, each with four points difference in fourth place. The main round of the Fourth ACB league you entered the Spanish Championship play-offs, and remained there until unbeaten on a first round defeat against Pamesa Valencia. In the final series to smooth defeated runner-up FC Barcelona, who had conquered the year before the main round TAU Ceramica First in the semifinals. Mickeal was named MVP of the finals series for the second championship win of the Basque club. A year later, they lost in a rematch of the finals series as the defending champion, cup winners in the Copa del Rey and main round first the Catalans, who had the Basque team closely defeated in the quarter-final play-offs ULEB Euro Cup 2008/ 09. Mickeal was as the most effective player MVP of the 22nd matchday of the league ACB. After the season he moved to Barcelona in 2009 itself to the master, where he was directly appointed in November 2009 as the " Player of the Month " of the ULEB Euro League 2009/10. At the end you could win this competition with only two losses overall superior, where they won the two games at the Final Four with no less than ten points difference. This was only the second title win at the highest European club competition for the club since its premiere in 2003. Too, in the final series of the Spanish Cup was pulled after just three season defeats pretty much unchallenged as the main round first and cup winners in the Copa del Rey. In the final series, it was the third time in a row clash with former club Mickeals from Vitoria- Gasteiz, which could decide this in three close games for himself, so that Barcelona missed the Triple.
In the season 2010/11 Mickeal fought in December 2010, initially with a knee injury that had to be treated surgically, and finally suffered a pulmonary embolism in February 2011, which meant an early end of the season for him. His team was able to successfully defend the title in the Copa del Rey, but in the ULEB Euro League 2010/11 they lost as defending the quarter-final play-off series against the eventual champions Panathinaikos Athens. For retaliated in the national championship in the semifinal series against the defending champion Caja Laboral Vitoria -Gasteiz and won superior to the final series against the surprise finalist Bizkaia Bilbao Basket. At the end they remained in the national play-offs without defeat and won the title back. In the season 2011/12 Mickeal returned with 33 years back on the playing field and in the cup competition was the third time in a row, the final pairing FC Barcelona against Real Madrid, which this time had the better end for themselves and for the first time since 1993, the Copa del Rey for the spoiled by success club from the capital won. In the final series of the championship to Barcelona could retaliate and defend his title in five games against the " Royal " from the capital. In the ULEB Euro League 2011/ 12, the Catalans were among the top favorites and lost to the " Final Four " just a game. In the semifinals, there was but a defeat against the eventual champions Olympiakos Piraeus, so that the victory over defending champion Panathinaikos Athens in the small final for third place was only a small consolation. In the Copa del Rey in 2013 you could take back the title and Mickeal was first appointed in his personal fourth title win the MVP of the Spanish cup. Later, there was an altercation with coach Xavi Pascual, which was publicized. After it was already speculated on a leave of Mickeal, finally made shortly after a new pulmonary embolism for the end of his time in Barcelona. After the second lung embolism this farewell was initially interpreted as a career end, but Mickeal signed in early January 2014, a contract with UCAM Murcia and returned with nearly 36 years again back onto the field. After one month and five championship stakes Mickeal again left the team and continued his career at the Cangrejeros of Santurce in the Puerto Rican Baloncesto Superior Nacional continued.