Stanley Burrell (basketball)
Dewayne Stanley Burrell Jr. ( born September 16, 1984 in Indianapolis, Indiana ) is an American professional basketball player. After completing his studies in his home country Burrell first played at KK Bosna and in the NBA Development League (D -League ) before he again went to Europe in 2009 and played in Belgium and Poland. In the season 2012/13 Burrell played in the German Basketball Bundesliga for the polar bears Bremerhaven, before joining Royal Halı Gaziantep to the following season in the Türkiye Ligi Basketbol.
Career
After high school graduation Burrell went first to the preparation of the study on the " Prep School " Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham (Virginia) 2004, he enrolled at Xavier University of Cincinnati in Ohio, where he was the for the high school team Musketeers in Atlantic 10 Conference ( A- 10) of the NCAA played. The Musketeers were among the most successful basketball teams in the A-10 and were once in Burrell's season to win the championship tournament of the Conference. After the tournament success in 2006, they lost in the next two years as the best team in the main round twice as top-seeded team in the semifinals of the A-10 Championship. In the nationwide NCAA finals, however, could be increased continuously. After a first round defeat in 2006 and a second-round defeat after extra time in 2007 against eventual finalists Buckeyes of Ohio State University was reached in 2008, the Regional Final or " Elite Eight ", which went against the UCLA Bruins lost.
After Burrell was selected in the 2008 NBA Draft by any club and could earn no contract also about the training camp of the NBA teams, he moved early in the season 2008/ 09 for Bosnian champions KK Bosna Sarajevo. The association, which also took part in any continental competition, but had financial problems and so agreed this with the professional newcomer Burrell in January 2009 to terminate the contract. Burrell then went back to his home country and played for the Austin Toros in the D- League. At the farm team of the San Antonio Spurs but he could not recommend for a sample contract in the NBA itself. Then went Burrell again in 2009 to Europe and played in the Belgian Ethias League for the RBC from Pepinster. The-table preseason missed only because of the poorer direct comparison of qualifying for the play-offs at the Belgian Championship. In the following season 2010/11 Burrell moved to league rivals Okapi Aalstar from Aalst. After the second place in the main round you also pulled into the final series, in which one, however, against the former series champion Spirou Charleroi BC had no chance and could only be runner-up. In the season 2011/12 Burrell joined the Polish Tauron League to Energa Czarni from Slupsk, the opposite of the preseason but could not improve and already were eliminated in the quarter finals of the Championship play-offs.
In the season 2012/13 Burrell received a contract with the polar bears from Bremerhaven in the Basketball Bundesliga 2012/13. The Polar Bears, who had again missed in the preseason for the first time in two years the Championship play-offs, also could not improve during the season and had to fight to avoid relegation. After the league was reached, they parted and Burrell signed a contract in Turkey at Royal Halı from Gaziantep for Türkiye Basketbol Ligi 2013/14.