Tim Blue (born July 10, 1984) is an American professional

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player. He is mostly known for his stint with the Antibes Sharks of the French

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. Blue usually played as power forward or

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. In his professional career, he has played in the

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and

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College

Blue played at Palm Beach Gardens High School before enrolling at Indian River State College in 2003. He spent the 2003-04 campaign with ''The River'', before heading to

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, where he played from 2005 to 2007. In his two years with the Blue Raiders, he averaged 9.0 points and 4.9 rebounds a contest.

Professional career

Blue won the Dutch basketball championship with the

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in 2010. In August 2010, he was signed by German

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side

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. After returning to the Netherlands and a brief stint in Finland, Blue moved to France.

Antibes Sharks (2012–2020)

In the 2013–14 season, Blue played in the French Pro A with Antibes. Antibes team finished 16th and

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back to the second division

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. In the 2014–15 season, Blue finished 6th in the regular season with Antibes Sharks. In the Playoffs, Antibes won the Finals 2–0 over ASC Denain-Voltaire PH. After averaging 20 points per game in the Finals, Blue won his second LNB Pro B Finals MVP Award. In his eight years with the club, Blue scored a total of 3990 points and grabbed 1699 rebounds in league play. He had his jersey number retired at Antibes in March 2021. Following eight years with the Antibes Sharks, he joined lower-league team Azuréa Golfe-Juan, just outside of Antibes.

Honours

With club

; GasTerra Flames *

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champion (1): 2009–10 ; Antibes Sharks *

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champion (1): 2012–13

Individual

* French 2nd Division Finals MVP (2): 2013, 2015 *

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(3): 2008, 2010, 2011 * LNB Pro A All-Star (2): 2016, 2017

References

External links

Profile at eurobasket.comProfile at real-gm.comProfile at draftexpress.comFinnish league bio
at basket.fi {{DEFAULTSORT:Blue, Tim 1984 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Finland American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands Basketball players from Florida Donar (basketball club) players Dutch Basketball League players Indian River State Pioneers men's basketball players KTP-Basket players Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball players Mitteldeutscher BC players Olympique Antibes basketball players People from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Power forwards (basketball) Small forwards Sportspeople from the Miami metropolitan area West-Brabant Giants players American men's basketball players