Tarence Anthony Kinsey (born March 21, 1984) is an American former professional

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player. He played for the

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and the

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of the

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. He also played for several teams in

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. He played

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for

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College career

Kinsey attended and played collegiately at the

where he helped lead the Gamecocks to two straight NIT championships; averaging 19.4 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 2.6 steals and shooting 53% from the field in the NIT Tournament.

NIT Championship Game 2005

While a junior at the University of South Carolina, Kinsey was an essential player on the Gamecocks basketball team. As the team made it to the NIT (National Invitation Tournament), they reached the championship game against St. Joseph's University. With less than 6 seconds remaining on the clock, St. Joe's sharpshooter

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hit a 3-pointer to tie the game up, 57–57. Kinsey got the inbounds pass for USC, dribbled up court, and fired a 3-pointer that hit nothing but net with 1.3 seconds left to win the NIT for South Carolina, 60–57.

Professional career

Memphis Grizzlies (2006–2008)

Undrafted out of college, Kinsey played the

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for the

, averaging 7.7 points in 48 games. He started 12 games for the Grizzlies, averaging 18.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. Kinsey took part in the

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in Spain. He started the

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for the Memphis Grizzlies and played in 11 games for Memphis this season, averaging 3.6 points and 1.1 rebounds in limited action.

Fenerbahçe Ülker (2008)

After being released by the Grizzlies, Kinsey signed a contract to play in the TBL for the Fenerbahçe Ülker in Turkey. He averaged 9.2 points in 14 regular season games with Fenerbahce Ulker and helped the club to win the Beko Basketball League Finals (the final stage of the Turkish Basketball League playoffs). Kinsey posted averages of 8.8 points on .492 shooting and 2.8 rebounds in 12 Euroleague games helping Fenerbahçe Ülker reach the quarterfinals of

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. Kinsey tied for team high in scoring with 12 points in the first game of the best of three game quarterfinal series against

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Cleveland Cavaliers (2008–2009)

On August 1, 2008, Kinsey signed a one-year contract with the

. In the early part of the season, Kinsey usually only played during

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. After injuries to starting

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and top reserve Sasha Pavlović, Kinsey began playing more and even started a few games and played well until spraining his ankle in a game against

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. Kinsey returned following the

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, and once again was the third-string shooting guard as West and Pavlović returned from injury.

Return to Fenerbahçe (2009–2011)

On August 25, 2009, Kinsey returned to Fenerbahçe Ülker for a second stint, signing a two-year deal.

Anadolu Efes (2011–2012)

In July 2011, he signed a one-year deal with

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Pesaro / Unicaja Malaga (2012–2013)

On September 26, 2012, Kinsey signed with the

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of the NBA. However, he did not make the team's final roster. On December 14, 2012, Kinsey signed with

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in Italy's

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. On April 19, 2013, he left Pesaro and signed with

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of Spain for the rest of the season.

Partizan Belgrade (2013–2014)

On September 9, 2013, Kinsey signed a one-year deal with the Serbian team

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. In the season-opener game victory against Igokea, he debuted by scoring 15 points with a couple of the attractive dunks. In a second week of December, his block on Fenerbahçe's

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was a top play. In the

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game against

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on January 31, he scored career-high 32 points, while also adding 5 rebounds and 3 steals. In March 2014, he had a season-ending injury in the game against

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, when he sprained ankle on his right leg. He had one of the best seasons of his career, averaging career-high 14.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, over 16 games in the

Nizhny Novgorod (2014–2015)

On August 4, 2014, he signed a one-year deal with the Russian team

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. Nizhny Novgorod ended the competition in the

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after being eliminated by

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with 3–0 in the semifinal series.

Trabzonspor (2015)

On July 22, 2015, Kinsey signed a one-year deal with the Turkish club

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. On December 27, 2015, he parted ways with Trabzonspor after appearing in eleven

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games and ten EuroCup games.

Crvena zvezda (2015–2016)

On December 28, 2015, Kinsey signed with the Serbian club

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for the rest of the season.

Hapoel Jerusalem (2016–2018)

On July 23, 2016, Kinsey signed a two-year deal with Israeli club

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. In his first season with Jerusalem, Kinsey helped the team to win the 2016 Israeli League Cup and 2017 Israeli League Championship, as well as reaching the 2017 EuroCup Semifinals.

Breogán (2018)

On September 1, 2018, Kinsey signed with Cafés Candelas Breogán of the

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for the 2018–19 season.

Dijon (2018–2019)

On December 3, 2018, Kinsey signed with

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of the Pro A for the rest of the 2018–19 season.

Orlandina Basket (2019–present)

On September 11, 2019, he has signed with

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of the

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Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

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Playoffs

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Euroleague

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, 9 , , 7 , , 25.0 , , .417 , , .278 , , .692 , , 3.8 , , 1.1 , , 1.6 , , .4 , , 8.2 , , 8.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2013–14 , style="text-align:left;", Partizan , 16 , , 13 , , 31.6 , , .429 , , .355 , , .821 , , 4.6 , , 1.6 , , 1.8 , , .4 , , 14.8 , , 14.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , style="text-align:left;",

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, 16 , , 15 , , 23.4 , , .413 , , .129 , , .878 , , 2.2 , , 1.1 , , 1.4 , , .2 , , 9.6 , , 8.1 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 94 , , 61 , , 26.1 , , .430 , , .296 , , .776 , , 3.5 , , 1.4 , , 1.4 , , .2 , , 10.9 , , 9.7

College

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Personal life

Kinsey has dated R&B singer

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