James Florence

James Brian Florence (born May 31, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for Sigortam.net İTÜ BB of the Basketball Super League. Standing at 1.86 m, he plays the point guard position.

James Florence

Florence with TED Ankara Kolejliler in 2024.
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Position	Point guard
League	Basketball Super League
Personal information
Born	(1988-05-31) May 31, 1988 (age 36) Marietta, Georgia, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	186 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Joseph Wheeler (Marietta, Georgia)
College	Mercer (2006–2010)
NBA draft	2010: undrafted
Playing career	2010–present
Career history
2010–2011	Igokea
2011–2013	Kryvbas
2013	Szolnoki Olaj
2013–2014	New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig
2014–2015	Zadar
2015	TED Ankara Kolejliler
2015	Paris-Levallois
2015–2016	Cibona
2016–2018	Stelmet Zielona Góra
2018–2019	Arka Gdynia
2019	Champville
2019–2020	Astana
2020–2022	Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
2022–2023	Arka Gdynia
2024–present	Sigortam.net İTÜ BB
Career highlights and awards
Polish Cup winner (2022) 2× Polish League champion (2017, 2021) Polish League MVP (2019) All-PLK Team (2019) Polish League Finals MVP (2017)

College career

Florence played college basketball for the Mercer Bears from 2006–2010. ^[1]

Professional career

Florence has also played professionally in the basketball leagues of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Hungary and Germany as well as in the EuroChallenge and Adriatic League competitions with Szolnoki Olaj.

In August 2014 he signed a one-year contract with the Croatian side KK Zadar.^[2] On March 15, 2015, he left Zadar.^[3] Three days later he signed with TED Ankara Kolejliler of Turkey for the rest of the 2014–15 Turkish Basketball League season.^[4]

On July 6, 2015, Florence signed a one-year contract with Paris-Levallois of the French LNB Pro A.^[5] On October 15, 2015, he parted ways with Paris after appearing in four league games.^[6] The next day, he signed with the Croatian club Cibona Zagreb for the rest of the season.^[7]

On July 21, 2016, Florence signed a one-year deal with Polish club Stelmet Zielona Góra.^[8] With Zielona Góra he won the 2016–17 PLK championship and was named the PLK Finals MVP, after averaging 16.4 points and 3.2 assists per game over the series.^[9] On June 30, 2017, he re-signed with Zielona Góra for one more season.^[10]

On July 28, 2018, Florence signed with Asseco Gdynia in Poland.^[11]

On August 18, 2019, Florence signed with Champville SC of the Lebanese League.^[12]

On December 11, 2019, Florence signed with BC Astana of the VTB United League.^[13]

On June 24, 2020, Florence signed with Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski of the Polish Basketball League (PLK).^[14]

On July 30, 2022, he has signed with Arka Gdynia of the Polish Basketball League for a second stint.^[15]

References

1. "James Florence – Men's Basketball". Mercer University Athletics. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
2. "James Florence potpisao za KK Zadar!" (in Croatian). 057info.hr. August 9, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
3. "James Florence (26) napustio Zadar: Nisam želio ovako otići". 24sata.hr (in Croatian). March 14, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
4. "TED Kolejliler Ankara lands James Florence". Sportando.com. March 18, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
5. "James Florence signe une saison au Paris Levallois". parislevallois.com (in French). July 6, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
6. "James Florence quitte le Paris Levallois pour Zagreb". parislevallois.com (in French). October 15, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
7. "Cibona jača za dva igrača – Nebojša Joksimović i James Florence". cibona.com (in Croatian). October 16, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
8. "James Florence nowym rozgrywającym Stelmetu BC!". basketzg.pl (in Polish). July 21, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
9. "Stelmet Zielona Gora beats Torun for the fourth PLK title". Sportando.com. June 11, 2017. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
10. "Stelmet Zielona Gora re-signs James Florence". Sportando.com. June 30, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
11. "Arka Gdynia signs James Florence". Sportando. July 28, 2018. Archived from the original on July 31, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
12. Skerletic, Dario (August 18, 2019). "James Florence to join Champville". Sportando. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
13. Carchia, Emiliano (December 11, 2019). "Astana agreed to terms with James Florence to replace Isaiah Whitehead". Sportando. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
14. Skerletic, Dario (June 24, 2020). "James Florence joins BM Slam Stal Ostrów on two-year deal". Sportando. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
15. "Jimmy Florence znów w Gdyni". assecoarkagdynia.pl (in Polish). July 30, 2022. Retrieved August 20, 2022.

External links

• James Florence at fiba.com
• James Florence at eurobasket.com