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Keith Damon Appling (born February 13, 1992) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for
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.


High school career

Appling played high school basketball at Pershing High School in Detroit. In 2009, as a junior, he led his team to win the
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Class A Basketball Championship. During the title game, he set a MHSAA Championship Game record by scoring 49 points beating the previous record of 47 established by
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in 1983. The next year, as a senior, he was the
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award winner. At the end of his high school career, he was considered a high level recruit and was the 34th ranked player using the RSCI (Recruiting Services Consensus Index) rankings. In his senior campaign, Appling averaged 28 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. He was selected to play in the
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during which he scored 10 points.


College career

As a freshman at MSU, Appling averaged 6.4 points and 2.8 rebounds per game while shooting over 41% from three-point range. In his sophomore year, he averaged 11.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. He earned All-Big Ten third team honors while leading the Spartans to the Big Ten regular season and tournament championship. In his junior year, he started every game and led the Spartans in scoring with 13.4 points a game and assists with 3.3 per game while earning All-Big Ten second team honors. In his senior year, he averaged 11.2 points, 3.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game.


Professional career

After going undrafted in the
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, Appling joined the Portland Trail Blazers for the
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. On September 23, 2014, he signed with the
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, but was later waived on October 20. On November 1, he was acquired by the
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as an affiliate player of the Lakers. On March 7, 2015, he was traded to the Erie BayHawks in exchange for the returning player rights to Cleveland Melvin. In 38 D-League games in 2014–15 (28 for Los Angeles, 10 for Erie), Appling averaged 10.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and 3.9 assists in 24.4 minutes per game. In July 2015, Appling joined the
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white team for the
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. On September 24, he signed with the Magic, but was later waived by the team on October 19 after appearing in five preseason games. On October 31, he was reacquired by the Erie BayHawks. On January 18, 2016, he signed a 10-day contract with the Magic. He made his NBA debut that night in a 98–81 loss to the Atlanta Hawks, recording two points and one steal in eight minutes of action. On January 29, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Magic. That same day, he was named in the East All-Star team for the 2016
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. On February 8, after his contract expired, he was reacquired by the BayHawks. At the season's end, he earned NBA D-League All-Defensive Team honors. After two years away from the game due to a jail term, Appling returned to basketball for the 2018–19 season, signing with
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of the Dominican Republic. He later joined the Abejas de León of the Mexican league. He signed with Pallacanestro Piacentina in Italy on March 19, 2019.


Personal life

Appling is the son of Tottie Williams and majored in Sociology. In July 2017, Appling was sentenced to one year in county jail and four years of probation for carrying a concealed weapon and resisting a police officer. In February 2020, Appling was charged with delivery or manufacture of 19 grams of heroin in a car he was attempting to sell. In May 2021, Appling was arrested for the shooting death of a 66-year-old man in Detroit.


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NBA D-League profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Appling, Keith 1992 births Living people Abejas de León players African-American basketball players American expatriate basketball people in the Dominican Republic American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Mexico American men's basketball players Basketball players from Detroit Erie BayHawks (2008–2017) players Los Angeles D-Fenders players McDonald's High School All-Americans Michigan State Spartans men's basketball players Orlando Magic players Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball) Point guards Pershing High School alumni Undrafted National Basketball Association players 21st-century African-American sportspeople