Tyler Stone (basketball)

Tyler Stone (born September 8, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Nanterre 92 of the LNB Pro A. He played college basketball for the University of Missouri and Southeast Missouri State University before playing professionally in Turkey, Greece, Japan, Israel, Russia and Italy.

Tyler Stone
No. 33 – Nanterre 92
PositionPower forward
LeagueLNB Pro A
Personal information
Born (1991-09-08) September 8, 1991
Memphis, Tennessee
NationalityAmerican
Listed height2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight104 kg (229 lb)
Career information
High schoolCentral (Memphis, Tennessee)
College
NBA draft2014 / Undrafted
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014–2015Denizli Basket
2015–2016Rethymno Cretan Kings
2016–2017Chiba Jets
2017Hapoel Gilboa Galil
2017–2018Shimane Susanoo Magic
2018Enisey
2019Pallacanestro Cantù
2019Piratas de Quebradillas
2019–2020New Basket Brindisi
2020–presentJSF Nanterre
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-OVC (2014)
  • 2× Second-team All-OVC (2012, 2013)
  • OVC All-Newcomer Team (2012)

High school career

Stone attended Central High School in Memphis, Tennessee.[1] As a senior, he averaged 15 points and eight rebounds, leading the Warriors to a 25-4 record, and earning All-Area, All-Region and District 16 AAA Most Valuable Player honors. He also earned All-Metro honors as a junior and a senior.[2]

College career

In his freshman season at Missouri, Stone played sparingly for the Tigers. In 12 games, he averaged just 1.8 points per game.[2]

In April 2010, he transferred to Southeast Missouri State[3] and subsequently sat out the 2010–11 season due to NCAA transfer rules.

In his sophomore season, he was named to the All-OVC second team, OVC All-Newcomer team and NABC All-District first team. In 31 games (29 starts), he averaged 14.7 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.1 blocks in 29.6 minutes per game.[2][4]

In his junior season, he was named to the All-OVC second team for the second straight year. In 33 games (29 starts), he averaged 15.5 points, 7.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.3 blocks in 32.2 minutes per game.[2][4]

In his senior season, he was named to the All-OVC first team, and became the 23rd player at Southeast to score over 1,000 points in his career when he finished with 24 at Ball State on November 18, 2013.[5] In 30 games (26 starts), he averaged 19.3 points, 9.5 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.5 blocks in 33.5 minutes per game.[4]

Professional career

2014–15 season

After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Stone joined the Indiana Pacers for the 2014 NBA Summer League.[6] On July 9, 2014, he signed with Beşiktaş for the 2014–15 Turkish Basketball League season.[7] However, on October 11, he was loaned to Denizli Basket of the Turkish Second League before appearing in a game for them.[8] In 28 games for Denizli, he averaged 14.5 points, 7.6 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.3 steals per game.

2015–16 season

In July 2015, Stone joined the Minnesota Timberwolves for the 2015 NBA Summer League. He later signed with Hapoel gilboa galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[9] On October 29, 2015 he signed with Rethymno Cretan Kings of the Greek Basketball League.[10]

2016–17 season

On August 5, 2016, Stone signed a one-year deal with the Japanese team Chiba Jets.[11] In 57 games played during the 2016–17 season, he averaged 17.9 points, 7.1 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game.

2017–18 season

On August 16, 2017, Stone signed with the Israeli team Hapoel Gilboa Galil for the 2017–18 season.[12] On November 6, 2017, Stone recorded a career-high 36 points, shooting 14-of-21 from the field, along with eleven rebounds in a 92–73 win over Ironi Nahariya. He was subsequently named Israeli League Round 5 MVP.[13] In 7 games played for Gilboa Galil, he averaged 20.2 points, 9.4 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.

On November 21, 2017, His contract was bought out by the Shimane Susanoo Magic of the top-tier Japanese B.League.[14]

2018–19 season

On July 24, 2018, Stone joined the Russian team Enisey of the VTB United League.[15] On February 27, 2019, Stone signed with the Italian team Pallacanestro Cantù for the rest of the season.[16]

2019–20 season

On July 31, 2019, he has signed with New Basket Brindisi of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). [17] He averaged 14.8 points and 7.1 rebounds per game.[18]

2020–21 season

On July 12, 2020, Stone signed with Nanterre 92 of the French LNB Pro A.[18]

Personal

Stone is the son of James Bradley and Sharon Stone. His father played collegiately at the University of Memphis and was drafted 35th overall by the Atlanta Hawks in 1979. His cousin, Jarekious Bradley, joined him at Southeast Missouri State in 2013.[2]

References
  1. Scantlebury, Pete (May 5, 2009). "Stone etches his name as a Tiger". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  2. "Tyler Stone - 2013-14 Men's Basketball". GoSouthEast.com. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  3. "Men's Basketball Gets Missouri Transfer Tyler Stone". GoSouthEast.com. April 19, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  4. "Tyler Stone Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  5. "Redhawks Open Play at Cure UCD Classic Friday". GoSouthEast.com. November 28, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  6. "Rookie/Free Agent Camp Update". NBA.com. July 3, 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  7. "Besiktas brings in rookie Tyler Stone". Eurocupbasketball.com. July 9, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  8. "Besiktas sends rookie Tyler Stone to Denizli Basket". Sportando.com. October 11, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  9. "Tyler Stone close to Maccabi Rishon LeZion". Sportando.com. July 23, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  10. "Rethymno Cretan Kings signed Tyler Stone". A1basket.gr. April 24, 2016. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  11. "2016-2017シーズン タイラー・ストーン選手契約基本合意のお知らせ". chibajets.jp (in Japanese). August 5, 2016. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
  12. "טיילר סטון חתם בהפועל גלבוע/גליל". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). August 16, 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  13. "מצטיין המחזור החמישי: טיילר סטון". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  14. "Tyler Stone, Japonya'ya Dönüyor". Sportando (in Turkish). November 21, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  15. "Enisey adds Stone to their roster, ex Shimane SM". eurobasket.com. August 2, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  16. "Cantù inks Tyler Stone". Sportando.basketball. February 27, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  17. "Tyler Stone signs with Brindisi". Sportando. July 31, 2019. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  18. "Nanterre announces Tyler Stone". Sportando. July 12, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
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