Eugene Spates
Personal information
Born (1987-01-11) January 11, 1987
Dallas, Texas
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High schoolHillcrest (Dallas, Texas)
College
NBA draft2009: undrafted
Playing career2009–2015
PositionSmall forward
Number24
Career history
2009–2010BC Mess
2010–2011Maine Red Claws
2011–2012Springfield Armor
2012–2013Al-Nweidrat
2013–2014Al Gharafa Doha
2014–2015Al-Nweidrat
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 Al-Nweidrat 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 Al-Nweidrat for the 2014–15 season.

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