Kris Lang

Kris Lang
	Lang in 2011
Personal information
Born	December 12, 1979 (age 44); Gastonia, North Carolina, U.S.
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight	246 lb (112 kg)
Career information
High school	Hunter Huss; (Gastonia, North Carolina)
College	North Carolina (1998–2002)
NBA draft	2002: undrafted
Playing career	2002–present
Position	Center
Career history
2002–2003	Anwil Włocławek
2003–2004	Asheville Altitude
2004–2005	Seoul SK Knights
2005	Unicaja Málaga
2005–2007	Virtus Bologna
2007	Azovmash Mariupol
2007–2008	Austin Toros
2008–2010	Türk Telekom
2010–2011	Enel Brindisi
2011–2012	Virtus Bologna
2013–2016	Cocodrilos de Caracas
2015	Metros de Santiago
2016	Regatas Corrientes
2016	Defensor Sporting
2017	Bucaneros de La Guaira
2018	Panteras de Miranda
Career highlights and awards
	LPB champion (2013); Turkish Presidential Cup winner (2008); Turkish Cup winner (2008); KBL All-Star (2005); NBDL champion (2004); PLK champion (2003); ACC All-Freshman Team (1999); Fourth-team Parade All-American (1998); McDonald's All-American (1998); North Carolina Mr. Basketball (1998);

Kristoffer Douglas Lang (born December 12, 1979) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for North Carolina between 1998 and 2002 before playing professionally in Poland, NBA D-League, South Korea, Spain, Italy, Ukraine, Turkey, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Argentina, and Uruguay.

College career

Lang played college basketball for North Carolina between 1998 and 2002. In 128 career games, he averaged 10.9 points and 5.3 rebounds per game.^[1]

Professional career

Lang made his professional debut in Poland, spending the 2002–03 season with Anwil Włocławek and winning the PLK championship.^[2] For the 2003–04 season, he returned to the U.S. and helped the Asheville Altitude win the NBDL championship. For the 2004–05 season, he moved to South Korea to play for the Seoul SK Knights. He finished the season in Spain with Unicaja Málaga. The next two seasons were spent in Italy with Virtus Bologna.^[2]

After spending preseason with the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA in October 2007,^[3] Lang moved to Ukraine for a short stint with Azovmash Mariupol.^[2] He returned to the U.S. in December 2007 to join the Austin Toros.^[3] He left the Toros in February 2008 and moved to Turkey to play for Türk Telekom. He continued on with Türk Telekom for the 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons.^[2] Lang returned to Italy for the 2010–11 season to play for Enel Brindisi. He remained in Italy for the 2011–12 season, re-joining Virtus Bologna.^[2]

In 2013, Lang began what would be a six-year stint in South America. He played six seasons in the Venezuelan LPB (Cocodrilos de Caracas 2013–16; Bucaneros de La Guaira 2017; Panteras de Miranda 2018), a season in the Dominican Republic (Metros de Santiago 2015), half a season in Argentina (Regatas Corrientes 2016), and half a season in Uruguay (Defensor Sporting 2016).^[2]

References

^ "Kris Lang College Stats". sports-reference.com. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Kristoffer Lang". latinbasket.com. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Kris Lang". realgm.com. Retrieved April 28, 2020.

External links

[1] "Kris Lang College Stats". sports-reference.com. Retrieved April 28, 2020.

[latinbasket-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Kristoffer Lang". latinbasket.com. Retrieved April 28, 2020.

[realgm-3] "Kris Lang". realgm.com. Retrieved April 28, 2020.

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