Terrell Myers

Terrell Myers ( born August 28, 1974 in New Haven, Connecticut ) is a former American- British professional basketball player. After studying in his native country Myers played as a professional in the British Basketball League (BBL ), where he won with the Sheffield Sharks regular season 1998/ 99 and twice the cup competition " National Cup". He was honored in 1999 as the "Most Valuable Player " ( MVP ) of the BBL. After Myers had acquired British citizenship, he played six years in the BBL four years in Spain.

Career

Myers went from his home in Connecticut to study at the Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, where he played from 1993 for four years for the high school team Hawks in the Atlantic 10 Conference ( A- 10) of the NCAA. In his final college season in 1997 as a senior, the Hawks were able to win the championship tournament of the A-10 and will end the championship series of the Minutemen of the University of Massachusetts, who had five consecutive times won the tournament, including four times in the final against the " Philadelphia Big 5 ' rival Temple Owls. In the final of the Conference Championship in 1997 you defeated the Rams the University of Rhode Iceland, where among other things the German youth players David Arigbabu stood in the squad. In the nationwide NCAA finals the Hawks reached the knockout round of "Sweet Sixteen", in which one was eliminated by eventual finalists Wildcats, but not the Wildcats of archrival Villanova University, but the University of Kentucky. Myers stood in the shadow of his one years younger teammates Rashid Bey and could not be recommended for the NBA Draft.

After finishing his studies, Myers started a professional career in the British Basketball League (BBL ), where he won the League Cup BBL Trophy 1998 with the Sharks from Sheffield. The following year, you could not defend this title, but won the cup competition " National Cup". In the championship they won the regular season, was appointed in Myers named MVP of the BBL, but different in the play-off semi-final against eventual winners London Towers from. In the season 1999/2000 we defended the Cup title in the final against Manchester Giants, but retired in the first play-off round of the championship. A year later, you won the "Northern Conference " of the divided into regional groups BBL, but lost the final of the play-offs against the Leicester Riders. For the 2001/ 02 season, Myers moved to the Towers of London, who were also represented internationally. In European club competition ULEB Euro League 2001 /02, who had now finally replaced the competitions of FIBA Europe as the highest European club competition, but they lost all 14 preliminary round games often quite clearly. After winning the " Southern Conference " BBL, the Towers lost in the semifinals of the playoffs against Myers ' former club Sheffield Sharks. The final of the BBL Trophy 2002/ 03 they lost the following year with two points difference against defending Chester Jets and seventh of the regular season with a negative record this season would retire from the same in the first play-off round.

Myers used his British citizenship to play after 2003 and in lucrative southern European leagues. For the 2003/ 04 season, he got a contract with Casademont from Girona in the Spanish ACB League. Myers had a good start in the league ACB, when he was appointed as the most effective player of the sixth matchday player of the week. However, Girona missed on the 13th place in the final table at the end of the season to move into the play-offs for the championship by one victory. In the following season they even reached only the third to last place in the table at the end of the season. With a new name sponsor Akasvayu but succeeded in the 2005/06 season the leap into the top eight teams. As a seventh round one of the main difference in the first play-off round against runner- TAU Ceramica. For the 2006/ 07 Myers then got a contract with the newly promoted Premiership Polaris World Murcia. This managed at the 14th place in the league table at the end of the season. Myers ended his professional career and later became coach of the basketball team at St. Andrew's High School in Middletown (Delaware).