Chris Dade (born April 5, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Cal State Fullerton and later professionally in Argentina, Iceland and Israel.

Chris Dade
Personal information
Born (1974-04-05) April 5, 1974 (age 50)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Career information
High school
CollegeCal State Fullerton (1994–1998)
NBA draft1998: undrafted
Playing career1998–2004
PositionGuard
Career history
1998–1999Hapoel Zfat
1999Haukar
2000–2001Hamar
2003–2004Hamar
Career highlights and awards
Career Úrvalsdeild karla statistics
Points1,220 (23.5 ppg)
Rebounds256 (4.9 rpg)
Assists126 (2.4 apg)

Early life edit

Dade grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Before his freshman year in high school, his family moved to the San Diego area where he attended Vista High School. He later transferred to San Diego El Camino High.[1] He was the schools most valuable player as a junior. As a senior, he averaged 16.5 points, shot 58% from the field and led his team to the San Diego Section Division II championship with a 25–5 record. He was chosen player of the year in the division.[2]

College career edit

Dade played for Cal State Fullerton from 1994 to 1998.[3] He redshirted his first year due to an injury.[4]

Professional career edit

In 1999, Dade signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club Haukar.[5] He was released by the club in December 1999 after appearing in 10 games where he averaged 20.6 points and 5.9 rebounds per game.[6]

The following season, Dade signed with Hamar.[7][8] In January 2001, he was selected for the Icelandic Basketball Association All-Star Game[9] where he scored 11 points.[10] In February, he helped Hamar to the Icelandic Cup finals where it lost to ÍR.[11] For the season, he averaged 26.5 points per game, second best in the league behind KFÍ's Dwayne Fontana,[12] and 3.86 steals per game, also second best in the league.[13] In the Úrvalsdeild playoffs, Hamar lost to Keflavík in the first round 0–2.

In July 1993, Dade returned to Hamar.[14] In 20 games, he averaged 21.6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.

References edit

  1. ^ Craig Handel (16 March 1993). "Separate paths lead to similar success". North County Times. p. C1. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  2. ^ Lon Eubanks (21 January 1995). "Dade Makes the Best of Breaks He Gets : Basketball: Cal State Fullerton redshirt freshman has had a lot of support from his mother, stepfather". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  3. ^ Lon Eubanks (14 November 1997). "Guard Chris Dade will be starting for the fourth season at Cal State Fullerton". Los Angeles Times (in Icelandic). p. C12. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  4. ^ Lon Eubanks (28 December 1994). "Dade Quickly Making Up for His Lost Basketball Season". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Útlendingar til Hauka og Njarðvíkur". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 5 August 1999. p. C1. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Boseman til Hauka - Chris Dade var rekinn". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 21 December 1999. p. 27. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Peebles í Skallagrím - Bush til Þórsara". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 5 September 2000. p. 2B. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  8. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (17 January 2001). "Epson deildin - Chris Dade". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). p. 16. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Sigurður og Valur Völdu sterk lið". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 11 January 2001. p. 16. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Skemmtun í Njarðvík". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 15 January 2001. p. 25. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  11. ^ Guðmundur Hilmarsson (27 February 2001). "Gott fyrir íþróttalífið í Breiðholti". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 8B. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Heildartölfræði einstaklinga á einu tímabili - Meðaltöl". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  13. ^ "Heildartölfræði einstaklinga á einu tímabili - Meðaltöl". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  14. ^ "Dade aftur til Hamars". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 18 July 2003. p. 36. Retrieved 30 November 2020.

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