Pete Mickeal

Infobox Euroleague Player
name = Pete Mickeal
nickname =

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caption = Pete Mickeal warming up in the second game of the 2008 ACB Finals.
position = Small forward
height_ft = 6 | height_in = 6.25
weight_lbs = 225
league = ACB
Euroleague
team = TAU Cerámica
jersey =| number = 33
nationality = American
birth_date = birth date and age|1978|2|22
birth_place = Rock Island, Illinois
college = Cincinnati
draft = Round 2 (58th overall)
draft_year = 2000
draft_team = New York Knicks
career_start = 2000
career_end =
former_teams = Tampa Bay ThunderDawgs (2000–2001)
Kansas City Knights (2001–2002)
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals (2002) Peristeri (2003–2004) Dynamo Moscow (2004) Makedonikos (2004–2005) Breogán (2005–2006) Daegu Orions (2006–2007)
awards =
championships =

Fenton Pete Mickeal (born February 22, 1978, in Rock Island, Illinois) is a professional basketball player who was selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2nd round (58th pick) in the 2000 NBA Draft and currently plays for Saski Baskonia of Spanish ACB.

College & The NBA

He played two years as a small forward with Indian Hills Community College before transferring his junior year to play at Cincinnati. As a sophomore at Indian Hills C.C., he was named National Junior College Player of the Year after leading team to second straight national championship. After two productive seasons in Cincinnati, being named an Honorable Mention All-American by Associated Press as a senior, Mickeal entered the 2000 NBA Draft. After being selected, he participated in training camp with the Mavericks, but never played for them in an actual game. He was waived, but was soon signed as a free agent by the New York Knicks. He was on the injured reserve his entire time as a Knick and was waved later in the season.

The ABA

After his unsuccessful run in the NBA, Mickeal went on to have great success within the ABA with the Tampa Bay ThunderDawgs, and particularly the Kansas City Knights. Leading the Knights to a 32-5 record in 2002, Mickeal's team would win that years championship and he was awarded the league MVP award. [cite web|url=http://bearcatnews.com/wherenow/bio/6|title=Pete Mickeal - Your home for the UC Bearcats|publisher=bearcatnews.com|accessdate=2008-06-10]

International

After the 2002 season in the ABA, Mickeal signed with the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals team of the Philippine Basketball Association. He led the league in scoring his first season, as well as leading his team to the league championship. In 2002-03, he drew attention one last time from the NBA, being signed to a practice-squad contract with the Houston Rockets before being waived a week later. He would return overseas in 2004, this time playing in the Greek League for Peristeri BC and later Makedonikos BC, with a brief 2004 interlude in Russia with Dynamo Moscow. In 2005, he moved to Spain with Breogán. After a season there, he went to South Korea for the 2006-07 season, playing with Daegu Orions, before returning to Spain with TAU.

References

External links

* [http://thedraftreview.com/history/drafted2000/Mickeal-Pete.htm thedraftreview.com profile]
* [http://bearcatnews.com/wherenow/bio/6 University of Cincinnati profile]
* [http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=B8I ACB.com profile] es icon