Eugene Spates

Eugene Spate
Personal information
Born (1987-01-11) January 11, 1987
Dallas, Texas
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight 235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school Hillcrest (Dallas, Texas)
College
NBA draft 2009 / Undrafted
Playing career 2009–present
Position Small forward
Career history
2009–2010 BC Mess
2010–2011 Maine Red Claws
2011–2012 Springfield Armor
2012–2013 Nuwaidrat
2013–2014 Al Gharafa Doha
2014–2015 Nuwaidrat
Career highlights and awards

Eugene Spates (born January 11, 1987) is an American professional basketball player. A Dallas, Texas native, Spates played collegiately with the Northeastern University Huskies in Boston, Massachusetts from 2006 to 2009. With Northeastern, Spates averaged 7.5 points in 95 career games.

In 2009, Spates signed with BC Mess of Luxembourg where he averaged 34.6 points and 13.2 rebounds per game during the 2009–10 season.[1] On November 1, 2010, he was selected by the Maine Red Claws in the seventh round of the 2010 NBA Development League Draft. On February 14, 2011, he was traded to the Springfield Armor in exchange for Vernon Goodridge.[2] In 52 games for Maine and Springfield in 2010–11, he averaged 7.3 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. He returned to the Armor for the 2011–12 season and averaged 5.4 points and 3.4 rebounds in 34 games.[3]

In 2012, Spates joined Nuwaidrat of the Bahraini Premier League. In 2013, he moved to Qatar where he joined Al Gharafa Doha for the 2013–14 season. He then returned to Nuwaidrat for the 2014–15 season.

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