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Byron Dinkins
Personal information
Born	June 15, 1967 (age 57); Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Listed height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight	170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school	East Mecklenburg; (Charlotte, North Carolina)
College	Charlotte (1985–1989)
NBA draft	1989: undrafted
Playing career	1989–2005
Position	Point guard
Number	9, 4, 5
Career history
1989–1990	Houston Rockets
1990	San Antonio Spurs
1990–1991	Rapid City Thrillers
1991	Indiana Pacers
1991–1992	Columbus Horizon
1992–1993	Brandt Hagen
1993–1995	Rapid City Thrillers
1995–1996	Panionios
1996–1997	Panathinaikos
1998–2000	Iraklis
2000–2002	Peristeri
2002–2003	Apollon Limassol
2004–2005	Carolina Thunder
Career highlights and awards
	FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (1996); 4× Greek League All-Star (1996 I, 1996 II, 1999, 2001); Greek League assists leader (1996); Sun Belt Player of the Year (1988); 2× First-team All-Sun Belt (1988, 1989); No. 4 retired by Charlotte 49ers;
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

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Byron Stewart Dinkins (born June 15, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player, who played two seasons in the NBA, from 1989 to 1991. He played college basketball for UNC Charlotte. After his stint in the NBA, Dinkins pursued a professional career in Greece.

College career

Dinkins, a 6'1" (1.85 m) tall point guard, that was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, attended and graduated from East Mecklenburg, where he played high school basketball. After high school, Dinkins was recruited to play college basketball by UNC Charlotte.^[1] He stayed with the Charlotte 49ers for four seasons, as he averaged 15.5 points per game, 2.8 rebounds per game, 4.8 assists per game, and 1.2 steals per game, in 107 games played.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Dinkins achieved a career-high in scoring, during his junior season, as he averaged 21.4 points per game.^[4] Dinkins led his school to the Sun Belt Conference Tournament title. He was also honored as the Sun Belt Player of the Year.^[6] Dinkins was also named to the All-Sun Belt Conference First Team in his junior and senior seasons.^[6]

Professional career

NBA

Dinkins played in the NBA, with the Houston Rockets, during the 1989–90 NBA season. He split time with the San Antonio Spurs and Indiana Pacers, during the 1990–91 season. In his NBA career, Dinkins played in a total of 45 games played, and he scored a total of 151 points, for a soring average of 3.4 points per game.

Greece

Although Dinkins never played for an NBA team after 1991, he did have a prosperous professional club basketball career playing in the Greek League for Peristeri Athens, Panionios Athens, Panathinaikos Athens, and Iraklis Thessaloniki.^[7] Dinkins led the Greek League in assists per game, in the 1995–96 season.^[8] In the 1996–97 season, he played with Panathinaikos, and in September 1996, he helped them win the 1996 edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup.^[9]

Personal life

After his basketball playing career ended, Dinkins returned to his birthplace of Charlotte, North Carolina. He now serves as the head coach of the Carmel Christian School varsity boys basketball team, and the middle school's gym teacher. Professional basketball player K. C. Rivers, is his nephew.

References

^ "Demery is Top Class!". Northside Christian Academy. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
^ "Final 1986 Division I Men's basketball statistics report UNC Charlotte" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
^ "Final 1987 Division I Men's basketball statistics report UNC Charlotte" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Final 1988 Division I Men's basketball statistics report UNC Charlotte" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
^ "Final 1989 Division I Men's basketball statistics report UNC Charlotte" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "2012-13 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball guide". 49ers Department of Athletics. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 27, 2008. Retrieved June 10, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Ο Γκάλης και οι άλλοι (Galis and the others)" (in Greek). Sport24.gr. October 9, 2006. Archived from the original on August 11, 2007. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
^ "Αφιερώματα - Η ιστορία του μπασκετικού Παναθηναϊκού - Η κατάκτηση του Διηπειρωτικού". Archived from the original on January 13, 2009. Retrieved June 10, 2008.

External links

[1] "Demery is Top Class!". Northside Christian Academy. Retrieved April 6, 2015.

[2] "Final 1986 Division I Men's basketball statistics report UNC Charlotte" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 6, 2015.

[3] "Final 1987 Division I Men's basketball statistics report UNC Charlotte" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 6, 2015.

[1988season-4] "Final 1988 Division I Men's basketball statistics report UNC Charlotte" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 6, 2015.

[5] "Final 1989 Division I Men's basketball statistics report UNC Charlotte" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 6, 2015.

[2013guide-6] "2012-13 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball guide". 49ers Department of Athletics. Retrieved April 6, 2015.

[7] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 27, 2008. Retrieved June 10, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[8] "Ο Γκάλης και οι άλλοι (Galis and the others)" (in Greek). Sport24.gr. October 9, 2006. Archived from the original on August 11, 2007. Retrieved April 6, 2015.

[9] "Αφιερώματα - Η ιστορία του μπασκετικού Παναθηναϊκού - Η κατάκτηση του Διηπειρωτικού". Archived from the original on January 13, 2009. Retrieved June 10, 2008.

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-| birth_place     = [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]
+| birth_place     = [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], U.S.
-| nationality     = American
 | high_school     = [[East Mecklenburg High School|East Mecklenburg]]<br/>(Charlotte, North Carolina)
 | college         = [[Charlotte 49ers men's basketball|Charlotte]] (1985–1989)
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 | career_end      = 2005
 | career_position = [[Point guard]]
-| career_number   =
+| career_number   = 9, 4, 5
+| years1          = {{nbay|1989|full=y}}
-| coach_start     =
-| years1          = 1989–1990
 | team1           = [[Houston Rockets]]
-| years2          = 1990
+| years2          = {{nbay|1990|start}}
 | team2           = [[San Antonio Spurs]]
 | years3          = 1990–1991
-| team3           = [[Rapid City Thrillers]]  ([[Continental Basketball Association|CBA]])
+| team3           = [[Rapid City Thrillers]]
-| years4          = 1991
+| years4          = {{nbay|1990|end}}
 | team4           = [[Indiana Pacers]]
 | years5          = 1991–1992
-| team5           = [[Columbus Horizon]] (CBA)
+| team5           = [[Columbus Horizon]]
 | years6          = 1992–1993
-| team6           = [[Brandt Hagen]] ([[Basketball Bundesliga|Germany]])
+| team6           = [[Brandt Hagen]]
 | years7          = 1993–1995
-| team7           = Rapid City Thrillers (CBA)
+| team7           = Rapid City Thrillers
 | years8          = 1995–1996
-| team8           = [[Panionios B.C.|Panionios]] ([[Greek Basket League|Greece]])
+| team8           = [[Panionios B.C.|Panionios]]
 | years9          = 1996–1997
-| team9           = [[Panathinaikos B.C.|Panathinaikos]] (Greece)
+| team9           = [[Panathinaikos B.C.|Panathinaikos]]
 | years10         = 1998–2000
-| team10          = [[Iraklis B.C.|Iraklis]]  (Greece)
+| team10          = [[Iraklis B.C.|Iraklis]]
 | years11         = 2000–2002
-| team11          = [[Peristeri B.C.|Peristeri]] (Greece)
+| team11          = [[Peristeri B.C.|Peristeri]]
 | years12         = 2002–2003
-| team12          = [[Apollon Limassol BC|Apollon Limassol]] ([[Cyprus Basketball Division 1|Cyprus]])
+| team12          = [[Apollon Limassol BC|Apollon Limassol]]
 | years13         = 2004–2005
-| team13          = [[Carolina Thunder]]  ([[ABA 2000|ABA]])
+| team13          = [[Carolina Thunder]]
 | highlights      =
-* [[FIBA Intercontinental Cup]] ([[1996 FIBA Intercontinental Cup|1996]])
+* [[FIBA Intercontinental Cup]] champion ([[1996 FIBA Intercontinental Cup|1996]])
-* 2× [[Greek Basket League stats leaders|Greek League assists leader]] (1996, 2000)
+* 4× [[HEBA Greek All-Star Game|Greek League All-Star]] (1996 I, 1996 II, 1999, 2001)
+* [[Greek Basket League stats leaders|Greek League assists leader]] (1996)
 * [[Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|Sun Belt Player of the Year]] (1988)
-* 2× First-team All-[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]] (1988–1989)
+* 2× First-team All-[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]] (1988, 1989)
-* No. 4 retired by [[Charlotte 49ers men's basketball#Retired Jerseys|UNC Charlotte]]
+* No. 4 [[Charlotte 49ers men's basketball#Retired numbers|retired by Charlotte 49ers]]
 }}
-'''Byron Stewart Dinkins''' (born June 15, 1967) is a retired American professional [[basketball]] player who played two seasons in the [[NBA]], from 1989 to 1991. He played [[college basketball]] for [[Charlotte 49ers men's basketball|UNC Charlotte]]. After his stint in the NBA Dinkins pursued a professional career in [[Greek Basket League|Greece]].
+'''Byron Stewart Dinkins''' (born June 15, 1967) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player, who played two seasons in the [[NBA]], from 1989 to 1991. He played [[college basketball]] for [[Charlotte 49ers men's basketball|UNC Charlotte]]. After his stint in the NBA, Dinkins pursued a professional career in [[Greek Basket League|Greece]].
 ==College career==
-After graduating [[East Mecklenburg High School|East Mecklenburg]] Dinkins was recruited by [[Charlotte 49ers men's basketball|UNC Charlotte]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncaknights.com/2012/12/27/demery-is-top-class/|title=Demery is Top Class!|publisher=Northside Christian Academy|accessdate=April 6, 2015}}</ref> He stayed with the 49ers for four seasons averaging 15.5 [[points per game]], 2.8 rebounds per game, 4.8 assists per game and 1.2 steals per game in 107 games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/A/Men%27s%20Basketball_Men%27s_Division%20I_1986_458_University%20of%20North%20Carolina,%20Charlotte.pdf|title=Final 1986 Division I Men's basketball statistics report UNC Charlotte|publisher=NCAA|accessdate=April 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/A/Men%27s%20Basketball_Men%27s_Division%20I_1987_458_University%20of%20North%20Carolina,%20Charlotte.pdf|title=Final 1987 Division I Men's basketball statistics report UNC Charlotte|publisher=NCAA|accessdate=April 6, 2015}}</ref><ref name="1988season">{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/A/Men%27s%20Basketball_Men%27s_Division%20I_1988_458_University%20of%20North%20Carolina,%20Charlotte.pdf|title=Final 1988 Division I Men's basketball statistics report UNC Charlotte|publisher=NCAA|accessdate=April 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/A/Men%27s%20Basketball_Men%27s_Division%20I_1989_458_University%20of%20North%20Carolina,%20Charlotte.pdf|title=Final 1989 Division I Men's basketball statistics report UNC Charlotte|publisher=NCAA|accessdate=April 6, 2015}}</ref> Dinkins achieved career-high in scoring during his [[Junior (education)|junior]] season averaging 21.4 points per game.<ref name="1988season"/> Dinkins led his school to winning the [[Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament|Sun Belt Tournament]] and earned himself the honors of [[Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|Sun Belt Player of the Year]].<ref name="2013guide">{{cite web|url=http://catalog.e-digitaleditions.com/i/96059-2012-13-charlotte-49ers-mens-basketball-guide/114|title=2012-13 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball guide|publisher=49ers Department of Athletics|accessdate=April 6, 2015}}</ref> He was also named in the All-Sun Belt first team in his junior and [[Senior (education)|senior]] seasons.<ref name="2013guide"/>
+Dinkins, a 6'1" (1.85 m) tall [[point guard]], that was born in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], attended and graduated from [[East Mecklenburg High School|East Mecklenburg]], where he played high school basketball. After high school, Dinkins was recruited to play [[college basketball]] by [[University of North Carolina at Charlotte|UNC Charlotte]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncaknights.com/2012/12/27/demery-is-top-class/|title=Demery is Top Class!|publisher=Northside Christian Academy|accessdate=April 6, 2015}}</ref> He stayed with the [[Charlotte 49ers men's basketball|Charlotte 49ers]] for four seasons, as he averaged 15.5 [[points per game]], 2.8 rebounds per game, 4.8 assists per game, and 1.2 steals per game, in 107 games played.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/A/Men%27s%20Basketball_Men%27s_Division%20I_1986_458_University%20of%20North%20Carolina,%20Charlotte.pdf|title=Final 1986 Division I Men's basketball statistics report UNC Charlotte|publisher=NCAA|accessdate=April 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/A/Men%27s%20Basketball_Men%27s_Division%20I_1987_458_University%20of%20North%20Carolina,%20Charlotte.pdf|title=Final 1987 Division I Men's basketball statistics report UNC Charlotte|publisher=NCAA|accessdate=April 6, 2015}}</ref><ref name="1988season">{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/A/Men%27s%20Basketball_Men%27s_Division%20I_1988_458_University%20of%20North%20Carolina,%20Charlotte.pdf|title=Final 1988 Division I Men's basketball statistics report UNC Charlotte|publisher=NCAA|accessdate=April 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/A/Men%27s%20Basketball_Men%27s_Division%20I_1989_458_University%20of%20North%20Carolina,%20Charlotte.pdf|title=Final 1989 Division I Men's basketball statistics report UNC Charlotte|publisher=NCAA|accessdate=April 6, 2015}}</ref>
+Dinkins achieved a career-high in scoring, during his [[Junior (education year)|junior]] season, as he averaged 21.4 points per game.<ref name="1988season"/> Dinkins led his school to the [[Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament|Sun Belt Conference Tournament]] title. He was also honored as the [[Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|Sun Belt Player of the Year]].<ref name="2013guide">{{cite web|url=http://catalog.e-digitaleditions.com/i/96059-2012-13-charlotte-49ers-mens-basketball-guide/114|title=2012-13 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball guide|publisher=49ers Department of Athletics|accessdate=April 6, 2015}}</ref> Dinkins was also named to the All-Sun Belt Conference First Team in his junior and [[Senior (education)|senior]] seasons.<ref name="2013guide"/>
-==Professional career==
+==Professional career==
 ===NBA===
-A 6'1" (1.86 m) guard born in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]] and from the [[University of North Carolina at Charlotte]], Dinkins played for the [[Houston Rockets]] during the [[1989–90 NBA season]] and split time with the [[San Antonio Spurs]] and [[Indiana Pacers]] during the [[1990–91 NBA season|1990–91 season]]. In his NBA career, Dinkins played in 45 games and scored a total of 151 points.
+Dinkins played in the [[NBA]], with the [[Houston Rockets]], during the [[1989–90 NBA season]]. He split time with the [[San Antonio Spurs]] and [[Indiana Pacers]], during the [[1990–91 NBA season|1990–91 season]]. In his NBA career, Dinkins played in a total of 45 games played, and he scored a total of 151 points, for a soring average of 3.4 points per game.
 ===Greece===
-Although Dinkins never played for an NBA team after 1991, he did have a prosperous basketball career playing professionally in the [[Greek Basket League|Greek League]] for [[Peristeri BC|Peristeri Athens]], [[Panionios Forthnet|Panionios Athens]], [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos Athens]] (1996–1997), and [[Iraklis BC|Iraklis Thessaloniki]].<ref>http://www.basketpedya.com/Acc002InfJug.php?idjug=650&idioma=3</ref> In the 1996–97 season he played with [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] and in September 1996, he helped them win the [[FIBA Intercontinental Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sansimera.gr/archive/articles/show.php?id%3D245%26sid%3D3%26feature%3DPAO_BC |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-06-10 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113060817/http://www.sansimera.gr/archive/articles/show.php?id=245&sid=3&feature=PAO_BC |archivedate=2009-01-13 |df= }}</ref> He [[Greek Basket League statistical leaders#Assists leaders .28since the 1986-87 season.29|led the Greek League in assists per game]] in 1996 and 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sport24.gr/html/ent/926/ent.143926.asp|title=Ο Γκάλης και οι άλλοι ''(Galis and the others)''|publisher=Sport24.gr|language=Greek|date=October 9, 2006|accessdate=April 6, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811063034/http://www.sport24.gr/html/ent/926/ent.143926.asp|archivedate=August 11, 2007}}</ref>
+Although Dinkins never played for an [[NBA]] team after 1991, he did have a prosperous professional [[sports club|club]] basketball career playing in the [[Greek Basket League|Greek League]] for [[Peristeri BC|Peristeri Athens]], [[Panionios BC|Panionios Athens]], [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos Athens]], and [[Iraklis BC|Iraklis Thessaloniki]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.basketpedya.com/Acc002InfJug.php?idjug=650&idioma=3 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-06-10 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080227131756/http://www.basketpedya.com/Acc002InfJug.php?idjug=650&idioma=3 |archive-date=2008-02-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Dinkins led the Greek League [[Greek Basket League statistical leaders#Assists leaders .28since the 1986-87 season.29|in assists per game]], in the 1995–96 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sport24.gr/html/ent/926/ent.143926.asp|title=Ο Γκάλης και οι άλλοι ''(Galis and the others)''|publisher=Sport24.gr|language=Greek|date=October 9, 2006|accessdate=April 6, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811063034/http://www.sport24.gr/html/ent/926/ent.143926.asp|archivedate=August 11, 2007}}</ref> In the 1996–97 season, he played with [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]], and in September 1996, he helped them win the [[1996 FIBA Intercontinental Cup|1996 edition]] of the [[FIBA Intercontinental Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sansimera.gr/archive/articles/show.php?id%3D245%26sid%3D3%26feature%3DPAO_BC |title=Αφιερώματα - Η ιστορία του μπασκετικού Παναθηναϊκού - Η κατάκτηση του Διηπειρωτικού |accessdate=2008-06-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113060817/http://www.sansimera.gr/archive/articles/show.php?id=245&sid=3&feature=PAO_BC |archivedate=2009-01-13 }}</ref>
+==Personal life==
-== Present Day ==
-Dinkins returned to his birthplace of Charlotte, North Carolina and now serves as the Head Coach of the Carmel Christian School varsity boys basketball team.
+After his basketball playing career ended, Dinkins returned to his birthplace of [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]. He now serves as the [[head coach]] of the Carmel Christian School varsity boys basketball team, and the middle school's gym teacher. Professional basketball player [[K. C. Rivers]], is his [[nephew]].
 ==References==
+{{reflist}}
-<references/>
 ==External links==
-*[http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/dinkiby01.html Career stats at basketball-reference.com]
+*[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/dinkiby01.html Career stats at basketball-reference.com]
 *[http://basketball.usbasket.com/player/Byron_Dinkins/USA/Augusta_Groove/12138 Eurobasket.com Profile]
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-[[Category:African-American basketball players]]
 [[Category:American expatriate basketball people in Cyprus]]
 [[Category:American expatriate basketball people in Germany]]
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-[[Category:Basketball players from North Carolina]]
+[[Category:American men's basketball players]]
+[[Category:Basketball players from Charlotte, North Carolina]]
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-[[Category:Undrafted National Basketball Association players]]
+[[Category:Undrafted NBA players]]
-[[Category:American men's basketball players]]
+[[Category:21st-century African-American sportsmen]]
+[[Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen]]