Lyons with the Hapoel Jerusalem
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Born |
Topeka, Kansas |
May 6, 1987 ||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | ||||||||||||
Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
High school |
Piper (Kansas City, Kansas) Coastal Christian (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
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College | Missouri (2005–2009) | ||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2009 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||
Playing career | 2009–2017 | ||||||||||||
Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Hapoel Jerusalem | ||||||||||||
2010 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | ||||||||||||
2010–2012 | Austin Toros | ||||||||||||
2012 | Dakota Wizards | ||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Budivelnyk Kyiv | ||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Pınar Karşıyaka | ||||||||||||
2014 | Nizhny Novgorod | ||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Seoul Samsung Thunders | ||||||||||||
2015 | Goyang Orions | ||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Ulsan Mobis Phoebus | ||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Jeonju KCC Egis | ||||||||||||
2017 | Akita Northern Happinets | ||||||||||||
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Leo Lyons (born May 6, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player. Lyons was born in Topeka, Kansas, and went to high school at Coastal Christian Academy and Piper High School. At both of these high schools, he excelled on the basketball teams. He went to the University of Missouri for college and played three seasons of basketball before going undrafted in the 2010 NBA Draft.
As a junior at Piper High School in Kansas City, Kansas, Lyons averaged 18 points and 10 rebounds per game while earning second-team all-state honors. Lyons transferred to Coastal Christian Academy in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he averaged 21 points and 8 rebounds per game.
Lyons played four years for the University of Missouri. After his junior season, where he averaged 13.1 points and 5.7 rebounds per game, Lyons was named to the Big 12 All-Improved team. As a senior, Lyons earned third team All Big 12 honors, averaging 14.6 points and 6.1 rebounds per game.
Lyons played the 2009-2010 season with Israeli basketball team, Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem. He played thirty-seven games with Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem, averaging seven points and one assist in eighteen minutes per game. For the first half of the 2010-2011 season, he played for Altshuler Saham Galil Gilboa, another Israeli team. Through eleven games with Altshuler Saham Galil Gilboa, Lyons averaged five points in fifteen minutes. Lyons signed with the Austin Toros in early 2011.
During the 2010-2011 season, Lyons started 27 games for the Toros, averaging 14.9 points and 6 rebounds per game.
On October 20, 2011, Lyons was named to the Team USA roster for the 2011 Pan American Games.
Lyons appeared in 26 games with the Toros during the 2011-2012 season, averaging 16.2 points and 8.9 rebounds per game. On March 6, 2012, Lyons was traded to the Dakota Wizards.
In 2012-13 season, while playing with Budivelnyk Kyiv, he averaged 14.6 points and 7.3 rebounds over 16 games in the Eurocup.