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Pete Mickeal
President/CEO of Mickeal Sports Group
Personal Info
President/CEO
MSG: Mickeal Sports Group
Certified NBA & FIBA Agent
17 Year Professional Basketball Career
Selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2000 NBA Draft with the 58th Pick
Career Highlights
EuroLeague champion (2010)
ABA MVP (2002)
3× Spanish League champion (2008,2011,2012)
ABA Finals MVP (2002)
Greek League Best Five (2005)
Spanish League Finals MVP (2008)
Spanish King's Cup MVP (2013)
2× First-team All-Conference USA (1999, 2000)
2000–2001:
Tampa Bay ThunderDawgs
2001–2002:
Kansas City Knights
2002:
Talk ‘N Text Phone Pals
2003–2004:
Peristeri
2004:
Dynamo Moscow
2004–2005:
Makedonikos
2005–2006:
Breogán
2006–2007:
Daegu Orions
2007–2009:
Saski Baskonia
2009–2013:
FC Barcelona
2014:
Murcia
2014:
Cangrejeros de Santurce
2015:
Bucaneros de La Guaira
2015–2017:
Atenas de Córdoba
Full Career History
From Wikipedia
High school career
Born in Rock Island, Illinois, Mickeal attended Rock Island High School, the same school attended by former NBA player and coach Don Nelson. In two full seasons of varsity basketball, Mickeal broke the school’s all-time scoring record.
College career
After high school, Mickeal played for two years as a small forward with Indian Hills Community College. As a sophomore at Indian Hills C.C., he was named National Junior College Player of the Year, after leading the team to its second straight national championship. For his junior year, he transferred to play at Cincinnati, where he played with the Cincinnati Bearcats. As a senior, he was named an Honorable Mention All-American by the Associated Press.
Professional career:
NBA
After two productive seasons with Cincinnati, Mickeal entered the 2000 NBA Draft. After being drafted by the Dallas Mavericks, Mickeal participated in training camp with them. He never played for them in an actual game.
His contract with the Mavs was waived, but he was soon signed as a free agent by the New York Knicks. He was on the injured reserve his entire time as a Knick, and was waived later in the season. In the 2002–03 season, he drew attention again from the NBA, being signed to a practice-squad contract with the Houston Rockets, before being waived a week later. He also played with the Orlando Magic in the Orlando Summer League and the Las Vegas Summer League in 2004.
American Basketball Association
After his unsuccessful run in the NBA, Mickeal went on to have great success in the ABA with the Tampa Bay ThunderDawgs, and particularly the Kansas City Knights. After leading the Knights to a 35–5 record in the 2001–02 season, Mickeal’s team won that year’s championship, and he was awarded the league MVP award and Final MVP award.
Asia
After the 2001–02 season in the ABA, Mickeal signed with the Talk ‘N Text Phone Pals team of the Philippine Basketball Association. He also played in the South Korean League during the 2006–07 season, playing with Daegu Orions.
Europe
After playing with the Houston Rockets practice-squad, Mickeal returned overseas for the 2003–04 season. He played in the Greek League with both Peristeri and Makedonikos, with a brief 2004 interlude in the Russian SuperLeague with Dynamo Moscow. In 2005, he moved to the Spanish League club Breogán. After a season there, he went to the South Korean League for the 2006–07 season, playing with Daegu Orions, before returning to the Spain to play with the Spanish League club TAU Cerámica.
On June 29, 2009, he signed with the Spanish League club FC Barcelona. During the EuroLeague 2009–10 season, Mickeal played at small forward for FC Barcelona, and he helped them win the EuroLeague 2010 Final. In 2012, he was named to the All-ACB Finals Team.
On January 10, 2014, he signed with UCAM Murcia. On February 23, 2014 he parted ways with Murcia after playing only 5 games in ACB League.
Latin America
On March 9, 2014, he signed with Cangrejeros de Santurce of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional. However, he was released on May 31, 2014, due to his knee injury.
On October 28, 2014, Mickael signed with Bucaneros de La Guaira of Venezuela for the 2015 LPB season.
On November 26, 2015, he signed with Atenas de Córdoba of the Argentine Liga Nacional de Básquet. On December 19, 2015, he parted ways with Atenas after appearing in five games. On May 9, 2016, he re-signed with Atenas.