| Intro | American-Georgian professional basketball player |
| Is |
Athlete Basketball player |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 19 December 1986, Irving |
| Age: | 33 years |
| Star sign | Sagittarius |
Keith MarQuez Haynes (born December 19, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for Umana Reyer Venezia of the Italian Serie A. Haynes is also a naturalized citizen of Georgia, and he played with the senior men’s Georgian national team at FIBA EuroBasket 2011.
College career
A native of Irving, Texas, Haynes played college basketball at Boston College, with the Boston College Eagles (2005–2007), and at Texas–Arlington, with the Texas–Arlington Mavericks (2008–2010).
Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2010 NBA draft, Haynes decided to pursue a professional basketball career in Europe, signing with Élan Chalon of the French Pro A League. He later played with the Spanish ACB League club Gran Canaria (2011–12), the German League club Artland Dragons (2012–13), and then signed with the Italian League club Olimpia Milano. He parted ways with Milano on December 29, 2013. He then signed with the Italian League club Montepaschi Siena for the rest of the season. In July 2014, he signed a two-year deal with the Israeli Super League club Maccabi Tel Aviv. On July 6, 2015, he left Maccabi and returned to Italy where he signed with Dinamo Sassari. On January 29, 2016, he was bought out of Sassari by Panathinaikos, for an estimated price of $100k. On July 5, 2016, he signed with Italian club Umana Reyer Venezia.
Career statistics
| Legend | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | ||
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage | ||
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | ||
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating | ||
| Bold | Career high | ||||||
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
Euroleague
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–14 | Milano | 10 | 0 | 13.5 | .250 | .273 | 1.000 | .9 | .4 | .2 | .2 | 3.0 | -.1 |
| 2014–15 | Maccabi | 25 | 5 | 17.5 | .383 | .301 | .571 | 1.5 | 1.2 | .4 | .1 | 4.6 | 3.1 |
| 2015–16 | Dinamo Sassari | 10 | 10 | 29.4 | .408 | .417 | .833 | 1.4 | 3.2 | .4 | .5 | 13.0 | 10.3 |
| Career | 45 | 15 | 20.1 | .375 | .342 | .721 | 1.3 | 1.6 | .3 | .3 | 6.1 | 4.4 |
Georgian national team
Haynes represented the senior men’s Georgian national basketball team at FIBA EuroBasket 2011, where he averaged 8 points per game, 1.6 rebounds per game, 1.2 assists per game, and 0.9 blocks per game.