Frankie King
American former NBA and international professional basketball player.
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Frankie Alexander King is an American former professional basketball player who played in the NBA and across Europe, Asia, and South America. Born June 6, 1972, King stood 6 ft 1 (1.85 m) and weighed 185 lbs. (84 kg), playing both point guard and shooting guard.
He was selected 37th overall in the second round of the 1995 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers. King's NBA career spanned two seasons, with six games for the Lakers and seven for the Philadelphia 76ers, totaling 13 games. After the NBA, he built a long international career, suiting up for clubs in Spain, Greece, Germany, France, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, and Venezuela.
College career
King attended Appling County High in Baxley, Georgia, then played college basketball at Brunswick College (now College of Coastal Georgia) from 1991 to 1993. He transferred to Western Carolina University, where he played for the Western Carolina Catamounts from 1993 to 1995. In 2013, King was inducted into the Western Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame. In 2021, he was named to the Southern Conference's men's basketball 100 years anniversary team.
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