Sean Cunningham (basketball)

Sean Cunningham
Cunningham with Donar in 2016
Free agent
PositionPoint guard / shooting guard
Personal information
Born (1986-12-20) December 20, 1986 (age 37)
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican / Dutch
Listed height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight88 kg (194 lb)
Career information
High schoolDaniel Murphy
(Los Angeles, California)
CollegeUC Riverside (2005–2010)
NBA draft2010: undrafted
Playing career2010–present
Career history
2010–2011Tindastóll
2011–2014ZZ Leiden
2014–2019Donar
Career highlights and awards

Sean Kingsley Cunningham (born December 20, 1986) is an American-Dutch professional basketball player.[1] Cunningham usually plays the point guard or shooting guard position. He is a former member of the Dutch national basketball team.

Career

Cunningham started his professional career with Tindastóll in 2010,[2] where he averaged 15.5 points and 4.9 assists in 17 Úrvalsdeild karla games.[3] In 2011, he signed with ZZ Leiden of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL). In the 2012–13 season, he won his first DBL championship after beating Aris Leeuwarden 4–0 in the finals.

In 2014, Cunningham transferred to DBL side Donar,[4] after winning one DBL championship and one Dutch Cup title with Leiden.[5] In 2016, he won his first DBL title with Donar. In the 2017–18 season, Cunningham was named the DBL Defensive Player of the Year.[6]

National team career

Although born in the United States, Cunningham has been a Dutch citizen since birth.[7] In 2013, two of Netherlands' national team wins in the EuroBasket 2015 qualification where voided as FIBA counted him and Mohamed Kherrazi as naturalized players. Both players appeared in both the games and under FIBA rules only one naturalized player could be on the roster for any given game.[8]

Personal life

Cunningham was born and raised in Los Angeles to a Dutch mother and American father, David Cunningham.[9][10] His father died in November 2017, at the age of 82.[11] After Donar's third national championship in a row in May 2018, Cunningham dedicated the victory to his father.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Sean Cunningham". RealGM. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  2. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (31 October 2010). "Miklar breytingar hjá Tindastól: Þrír útlendingar út og tveir inn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  3. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (5 August 2015). "Íslandsvinir á ferð með hollenska landsliðinu". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  4. ^ Hielke Biemond (1 January 2016). "Sean Cunningham (Donar): 'Leiden heeft een plek in mijn hart'". Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Sean Cunningham vertrekt naar Groningen". ibasketball.nl (in Dutch). 28 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Cunningham beste verdediger" (in Dutch). DBL. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Winst wordt verlies door 'foute' paspoorten". Volkskrant (in Dutch). 15 August 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  8. ^ Matthijs Stapel (16 August 2013). "Eén 'buitenlander' te veel opgesteld". nrc.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  9. ^ Steven Verseput (5 March 2018). "Als je de NBA niet haalt, moet je een beetje nederig zijn". nrc.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  10. ^ Matthijs Stapel (16 August 2013). "Eén 'buitenlander' te veel opgesteld". nrc.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Donar-speler Sean Cunningham moet de feestdagen in zonder zijn vader". Dagblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 15 December 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Cunningham: 'Deze titel draag ik op aan mijn vader'". RTV Noord (in Dutch). 29 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

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