Craig Victor II
 Victor playing with Köping Stars in 2021 | |
| Aias Evosmou | |
|---|---|
| Position | Small forward |
| League | Greek A2 Basket League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | February 27, 1995 New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nevada) |
| College | |
| NBA draft | 2017: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2017–present |
| Career history | |
| 2017–2018 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers |
| 2019–2020 | Djurgårdens IF Basket |
| 2020 | Sloboda Tuzla |
| 2020–2021 | Köping Stars |
| 2021–2022 | Jindřichův Hradec |
| 2022–2023 | Psychiko |
| 2023–present | Aias Evosmou |
Craig Victor II (born February 27, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Aias Evosmou of the Greek A2 Basket League. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats and the LSU Tigers.
High school and college career
[edit]After averaging 13.7 points and 8.6 boards a game for Findlay Prep in 2013–14, Victor spent his college freshman year at the University of Arizona, compiling averages of 3.1 points and 1.1 rebounds in eight contests wearing a Wildcat uniform.
He transferred to LSU in January 2015[1] and had to sit out until the end of the 2015 fall semester before making his debut for the Tigers in December 2015. Until the remainder of the 2015–16 season, he saw the court in 25 contests, averaging 11.5 points and 5.6 rebounds for LSU.
Victor missed the three opening games of the 2016-17 campaign due to suspension (violation of team rules)[2] and then averaged 10.5 points as well as 7.6 rebounds in eight games. In late December 2016, he was dismissed from the LSU squad for another violation of team rules.[3]
Professional career
[edit]In April 2017, Victor declared for the 2017 NBA draft,[4] but was not selected by any team. He then joined the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA G League for the 2017–18 season.[5] He spent the 2019–20 season in Sweden with Djurgårdens IF Basket, averaging 27 points and 11.4 rebounds per game.[6]
On August 12, 2020, Victor signed with Sloboda Tuzla of the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the ABA League Second Division.[7] On October 8, Victor parted ways with the team.[8] The same day, he signed with the Köping Stars in Sweden.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Arizona transfer Victor decides to join LSU". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
- ^ Mickles, Sheldon. "LSU forward Craig Victor to miss exhibition game, beginning of regular season". The Advocate. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
- ^ "LSU dismisses F Victor for team rules violation". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
- ^ "Former LSU guard Antonio Blakeney signs with agent; Craig Victor declares for NBA draft". NOLA.com. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
- ^ "Craig Victor - NBA G League". NBA G League. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
- ^ a b "Craig Victor joins Koping Stars". Sportando. October 8, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
- ^ "OKK Sloboda Tuzla sign Craig Victor, Darrell Davis". Sportando. August 12, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
- ^ "Prvi otkaz u Slobodi". bhbasket.ba. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
External links
[edit]- 1995 births
- Living people
- American men's basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- American expatriate basketball people in Sweden
- Arizona Wildcats men's basketball players
- Basketball players from New Orleans
- Findlay Prep alumni
- OKK Sloboda Tuzla players
- LSU Tigers men's basketball players
- Rio Grande Valley Vipers players
- Köping Stars players
- Djurgårdens IF Basket players
- Forwards (basketball)
- 21st-century American sportsmen