Tyrus Bresdon McGee (born March 14, 1991) is an American professional

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player who last played for

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of the French

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. He has previously played for

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College career

The Oklahoma native played collegiately for Arkansas City,

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, of the

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in the

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from 2009. He transferred to

of the

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in 2011. With Iowa State he got averaging 7.9 points, 3.3 rebounds and 0.6 assists in the 2011–12 season, and 13.1 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists in the 2012–13 season.

College statistics

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Professional career

In 2013 McGee began his

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an experience. He joined the second league of the Spanish basketball league system

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side Club Baloncesto Breogán. In July 2014, McGee signed with

Eisbären Bremerhaven Eisbären Bremerhaven () is a professional basketball club from Bremerhaven, Germany, that competes in the ProA. The team was established as the professional section of the club BSG Bremerhaven and played in the first-tiered Basketball Bundesliga ...

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, Germany. The following year, he went to

Orlandina Basket Orlandina Basket, known as Infodrive Capo d'Orlando for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Capo d'Orlando, Sicily. It plays in the second tier Serie A2 Basket. Founded in 1978, it was one of the you ...

in highest league of the Italian basketball league system LBA, from March 2015 till the end of the 2014–15 season. The American player signed with

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on July 24, 2015. In the 2015-16 LBA season he placed 4th in the League Table and reached the playoffs. On July 22, 2016, McGee signed with

Reyer Venezia S.S.P. Reyer Venezia Mestre, commonly known as Reyer Venezia or simply Reyer, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Venice, Veneto. The club currently plays in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the highest tier of basketball i ...

for the 2016–17 season. During this season with Reyer he won an Italian Championship. On August 9, 2017, McGee signed with Pistoia Basket. On July 28, 2018, McGee left Italy after three years and signed with the Turkish Afyon Belediye. On August 7, 2019, he has signed a contract with

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of the French

. McGee averaged 13.8 points per game. On August 5, 2020, he signed with

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of the

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San Pablo Burgos

On July 16, 2021, he signed with San Pablo Burgos of the Spanish

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. San Pablo Burgos also plays in the

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. McGee averaged 10.5 points, 2.1 assists, and 1.7 rebounds per game but left the team in January 2022.

Hapoel Holon

On January 28, 2022, he signed with

of the

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, winning the Israeli league championship with the team at the end of that season, and qualifying for the BCL Final Four tournament.

Galatasaray

On November 8, 2022, he signed with Galatasaray Nef of the Turkish

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Hapoel Eilat

On August 3, 2023, he signed with Hapoel Eilat of the

SIG Strasbourg

On December 12, 2023, he signed with

of the French

Honours

;Reyer Venezia * LBA champion: 2016–17 ;Dinamo Sassari *

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: 2018–19

References

External links

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