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Player Profile: Mike English

Statistics: Mike English

Position: Point Guard/Small Forward/Shooting Guard

Shooting Hand: Right

Height: 193cm

Weight: 98kg

Birthdate: Dec 13/1982

Passport: USA

College: UMKC - Division 1 NCAA

Available: Yes

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Outlook

Fantastic do everything player. Has steadily improved his 3pt shot. A great rebounder for his size can challenge underneath to get boards. Plays much bigger and stronger than his size. His real strength is slashing to the basket where he can take the contact and finish the shot. Has amazing strength on the floor and causes nightmares for opposing coaches with his mismatch. Easily overpowers other small forwards and will blow by most power forwards finishing above the rim for teeth rattling dunks. An excellent athlete he can easily adapt to a wide open run and gun style or show a very disciplined side with mastery of half court execution. Has been called upon to step in at the PF spot when needed because he can post up bigger players and definitely cover them defensively at the other end. Draws the opposition into many fouls and gets to the line consistently.

Scouting

VIDEO: Click to check out these jaw dropping highlights!

GAME 1: 2009-10 - Watch Mike in Hungary and he destroys Kormend in only 23min of playing time posting 26pts, 5ass, 4rebs and 5 stls. CLICK HERE

GAME 2: 2008-09 - Watch Mike show his all around game and his extreme productivity in only limited minutes vs Illescas in LEB Gold Spain finishing with 18pts, 5 assists and shooting 3-3 from the 3pt line. CLICK HERE

Previous Teams

Atomeromu - HUN 2009

Caceres 2016 - ESP 2008

Dombovar - HUN 2007-08

Arkaida Lions - AUT 2005-06, 2007

Oresundskraft Basket 2006

Univeristy of Missouri-Kansas City - NCAA1 2002-05

Career

2009-10: Resigned with Atomeromu in Hungary to defend his championship. Again showed his great versatility and lead the team to the top of the standings. Just after the mid way point of the season Mike and the team had to part ways over a considerable financial dispute. Scored a season high 26pts vs Kormend in an astounding 23 minutes! (10/30/09) Grabbed a season best 7rebs to go along with 19pts and 4assits in a win over Kecskemeti (11/08/09). Dished out 9 assists twice vs Kaposvari (10/16/09) and Szolnok (11/21/09).

2008-2009:

Signed with Caceres 2016 of LEB Gold in Spain. Played a great roll for them getting court time at the guard spot right through the PF position. Posted a season high and astounding 18pts in 16 minutes to go along with 5 rebounds on 3-3 shooting from the 3pt line on 10/17/08. After the Christmas break moved back over to Atomeromu in the Hungarian top league to reunite with his coach from the season before for a chance at the Championship. Another balanced team saw 5 players averaging double figures including Mike! Third on the team in rebounding, first on the team in assists. Went for a season high 18pts also in Hungary vs the top team Albacomp on 2/25/09. Posted a season high 10 rebounds against his old squad Dombovar on 3/21/09. Dished out a season high 8 assists on 2 separate occasions . Stepped up in the playoffs recording 2 games of near triple doubles.....could not be stopped in the post season upping his production and finally winning the championship in Hungary with Atomeromu.

2007-2008:

Has really had an outstanding season. Signed in Hungary with Dombovar where he quickly led his team to the top of the standings. Established himself as one of the premier players in the backcourt and led the league in assists. Posted 10 triple doubles on the season. Had a fantastic shooting display on April 9, 2008 when he went 6-10 3pt for a 30 point season high to go along with 8 rebounds and 8 assists. Showed his all around full game on several occasions and had a game of 18 assists, 11 rebounds, and 16 points versus NYKK or January 2, 2008. Led the league in assists and steals.

2006-07:

Signed and joined the Swedish side Oresundskraft Basket for 5 games prior to rejoining his previous club in Austria Arkadia. He arrived with only 4 games to go in Bundeliga and again showed his form by leading the team with 3 wins out of the last 4 games. The different make up of the team pushed him into several games of pulling duty in different positions. Found himself having to play some PF, SF and even PG! Showed he is very capable while narrowly missing a triple double with 14pts, 15 assists and 8 rebs vs Kapfenberg (9/4/07). Immediately followed that with 13pts, 10 assists and 7 rebs vs Worthersee (14/4/07). Had to sacrifice some of his game to make the team win by doing all the little things that are valuable to a team. Came up just short of advancing to the final playoff round at the end of the season. But Mike showed flashes of a very mature game and well rounded at several positions.

2005-06:

Simply put . Amazing personal season. Coming out of UMCK Mike didn't draw a lot of interest but when he got his chance he showed everybody what he could do. He was signed by the Arkadia Lions to basically come and do everything in the top league in Austria and he did JUST that,..everything.

Was first in the league in scoring and showed his complete game while going on to be named the BEST IMPORT player in the country. There was nothing that he did not do last season in Austria. He played out of 4 positions and only did not line up at the center spot. The team had financial trouble and did not have the personnel domestically to compete but Mike took the team on his back and brought them to a top 4 finish and a berth to the semi-Finals of the league losing to the eventual champs Gmunden Swans. Had several 40 pt games during the season. Named to the Eurobasket All-Imports team, All-League First team, Eurobasket import forward of the year and named as the starting forward in the 2006 Austrian All-Star game.

2004-05:

Kangaroos' leading scorer (averaging 15.6 points per game), scored in double figures in five straight games and 22 times on the season. Had 43 career double-figures scoring games, which ranks seventh in school history. Ranked second on the team in assists for the season with 85, a 3.3 per game average. English was named the Mid-Con Player-of-the-Week for Jan. 17 after averaging 17.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 1.3 blocked shots in three contests that week. He was 11-for-18 from the field for 24 points and had eight rebounds in a victory at Western Illinois Jan. 15 and scored a career-high 26 points at Valparaiso Feb. 13. English recorded a double-double in points and rebounds against Centenary Jan. 24, scoring 17 points and snaring 13 rebounds. He also has recorded 31 blocked shots on the season, including four occasions in which he had three in a game. One of his blocks against Oral Roberts' Caleb Green Feb. 22 was an ESPN "Play of the Day." English ranks fifth all-time at UMKC in blocks with 62. He also ranks eighth in career scoring, seventh in double-doubles and 12th in rebounding.

2003-04:

Grabbed 211 rebounds, the fifth-best single season total in UMKC history ... recorded five double-doubles during the season ... scored a career high 22 points versus SMS (12-17-03) ... grabbed career best 17 rebounds at IUPUI (2-28-04) ... notched a career high eight assists vs. Western Illinois (1-10-04) .. . made a career high 12 free throws (on 14 attempts) vs. Kansas State (12-30-03) ...led or tied for team lead in rebounding 16 times...led or tied for team lead in scoring five times...led or tied for team lead in steals nine times.

2001-03: (Kaskaskia College)

Averaged 19.7 points, 7.8 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game in 2002-03...also blocked a team-high 22 shots...named an all-conference performer...also earned National Junior College Athletic Association Division I all-Region 24 honors...played for John Cooksey.