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Rod Camphor

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Rod Camphor
Camphor with Spójnia Stargard
Free agent
PositionPoint guard / shooting guard
Personal information
Born (1992-03-10) March 10, 1992 (age 32)
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight206 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High schoolPaul Laurence Dunbar
(Baltimore, Maryland)
College
NBA draft2014: undrafted
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014–2015Nevėžis
2015–2016Bayer Giants Leverkusen
2016KTE-Duna Aszfalt
2016–2017Hamburg Towers
2017Leuven Bears
2017–2018Turów Zgorzelec
2018Kymis
2019Spójnia Stargard
2019–2020Rosa Radom
2020–2021Krka
2021US Monastir
2021–2022Astoria Bydgoszcz
2022Al-Karamah
2022–2023Karditsa
Career highlights and awards
  • Slovenian Cup winner (2021)
  • GAC Player of the Year (2014)
  • First-team All-GAC (2014)

Rod Camphor (born March 10, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Karditsa of the Greek Basket League.[1] He played college basketball at Highland Community College and at Southwestern Oklahoma State. He is a 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) tall[2] shooting guard.

High school

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Camphor attended Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, in Baltimore, Maryland, where he played high school basketball.

College career

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Coming from Baltimore, Maryland, Camphor left his hometown after high school and went to Highland Community College. With the local university team, he went to the NJCAA, the league of two-year universities, at the start. In 2012, he moved to Southwestern Oklahoma State University at the NCAA Division II.[3] During his senior year, Camphor averaged 17.7 points per game, being the best scorer of the team.

Professional career

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After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Camphor joined Nevėžis of the Lithuanian League. In December 2015, Camphor signed with Bayer Giants Leverkusen.[4] He went on to average 15.5 points, 3.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game. Leverkusen missed this season's relegation in the Bundesliga ProA.

The next season, he joined KTE-Duna Aszfalt in Hungary, but he left the team in order to return to Germany for Hamburg Towers.[5]

On July 12, 2017, he joined Leuven Bears of the Pro Basketball League. He played nine games for his former team registered averages of 8.4 points and 3.8 assists per game. On November, he left the club and joined Turów Zgorzelec.[6]

On June 11, 2018, he joined Kymis of the Greek League.[7] On December 31, 2018, Camphor was amicably released from the Greek team, citing personal reasons.

Camphor spent the 2019–20 season in Poland with Rosa Radom, averaging 16.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game. On July 27, 2020, he has signed with Krka of the Slovenian League.[8] Camphor averaged 8.2 points, 1.8 assists and 1.7 rebounds per game. On October 7, 2021, he signed with US Monastir of the Championnat National A.[9]

Later in the same month he went back to Poland and joined Astoria Bydgoszcz.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Al-Karamah, Current roster season 2021-2022". asia-basket. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  2. ^ Rod Camphor at Eurobasket.com
  3. ^ "Rod Camphor – 2013–14". swosuathletics.com. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  4. ^ "Roderick Camphor verstärkt die Bayer Giants". giants-leverkusen.de. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  5. ^ "Hamburg Towers verpflichten Roderick Camphor". landespressedienst.de. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  6. ^ "Rod Camphor heads to PGE Turow". court-side.com. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  7. ^ "Kymis tab Rod Camphor, ex PGE Turow". eurobasket.com. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  8. ^ "Krka Novo mesto officially signs Rod Camphor". Sportando. July 27, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  9. ^ Addasi, Abdul (October 7, 2021). "Roderick Camphor (ex Krka) joins US Monastir". Eurobasket. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  10. ^ Siemieniecki, Dawid (30 October 2021). "Kolejny powrót do EBL. Astoria stawia na sprawdzonego gracza". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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