# Kevin Palmer (basketball)

Kevin Palmer (born June 21, 1987) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Akita Northern Happinets of the B.League.

## College career

Palmer began his college career at Cecil College. After leading the team with 18 points per game and 80 3-pointers for the season he decided to transfer to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
During his senior year with the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi he averaged 19.7 points per game, 5.4 rebounds per game, and 2.4 steals per game.

### College statistics

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2008–09 | Tx A&M-CC | 33 | 33 | 29.9 | .427 | .310 | .809 | 5.15 | 2.85 | 2.61 | 0.55 | 18.15 |
| 2009–10 | Tx A&M-CC | 32 | 32 | 32.9 | .463 | .321 | .760 | 5.44 | 2.75 | 2.41 | 0.28 | 19.72 |
| Career | Career | 65 | 65 | 31.4 | .445 | .315 | .783 | 5.29 | 2.80 | 2.51 | 0.42 | 18.92 |

### NCAA Special Events Stats

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2010 | Portsmouth Invitational Tournament | 3 | | 25.20 | .366 | .267 | .833 | 7.7 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 13.0 |

### NCAA Awards & Honors

* NABC All-District (23) First Team - 2009, 2010
* All-Southland First Team - 2009, 2010
* Southland All-Tournament Team - 2009
* Southland Newcomer of the Year - 2009

## Professional career

On July 15, 2013, Palmer signed to play with Hapoel Eilat after playing for KAO Dramas during the 2012–13 season.
On June 6, 2015, Palmer re-signed with Hapoel Eilat after playing the 2014–2015 season with the team after that he moved to Maccabi Rishon Lezion.
On August 15, 2016, Palmer signed with the Akita Northern Happinets in Japan, replacing Richard Roby.
In the summer of 2017, Palmer played in The Basketball Tournament on ESPN for team A Few Good Men (Gonzaga Alumni). He competed for the $2 million prize, and helped take team A Few Good Men to the Super 16 round, where they then lost to Team Challenge ALS 77–60.

## Career statistics
### NBA Summer League Stats

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2010–11 | WAS | 4 | 1 | 17.2 | .571 | .500 | .500 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |

### NBA Preseason Stats

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2010–11 | WAS | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |

### Regular season

| † | Denotes seasons in which Palmer won an championship |
| * | Led the league |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2010–11 | AUS | 50 | 18 | 25.4 | .459 | .270 | .846 | 5.04 | 1.34 | 1.38 | 0.56 | 12.72 |
| 2011–12 | Fukuoka | 52 | 51 | 30.6 | .492 | .321 | .722 | 7.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 21.6 |
| 2012–13 | KAOD | 26 | 26 | 29.3 | .429 | .238 | .792 | 8.31* | 2.00 | 2.38* | 0.35 | 12.73 |
| 2013–14 | Eilat | 37 | 28 | 29.2 | .472 | .326 | .735 | 7.86 | 2.68 | 2.81 | 0.62 | 12.43 |
| 2014–15 | Eilat | 34 | 28 | 29.2 | .460 | .377 | .798 | 6.00 | 1.97 | 1.74 | 0.35 | 11.06 |
| 2015-16† | Rishon LeZion/Eilat | 48 | 15 | 21.5 | .408 | .340 | .733 | 4.02 | 1.52 | 1.48 | 0.23 | 7.08 |
| 2016–17 | Akita | 29 | 11 | 19.0 | .433 | .346 | .667 | 5.0 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 12.0 |

### Playoffs

| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2011-12 | Fukuoka | 2 | 34.5 | .488 | .333 | .615 | 10.0 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 26.0 |
| 2013-14 | Eilat | 8 | 34.0 | .487 | .343 | .875 | 9.1 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 15.4 |
| 2014-15 | Eilat | 11 | 25.5 | .366 | .351 | .882 | 6.1 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 9.4 |
| 2015-16 | Rishon LeZion | 7 | 13.0 | .300 | .308 | .583 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 3.3 |

### International Awards & Honors

* Greek HEBA A1 Round 20 MVP - 2012–2013
* Greek HEBA A1 Round 22 MVP - 2012–2013
* Israeli BSL 1st Team - 2013–2014

## Trivia

* His hero is Carmelo Anthony.
* He is honored to be decorated on the wall at the new arena of Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders.

## Personal life

Palmer is the cousin of Juan and Jermaine Dixon, basketball players.