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This is “Kyle Hines Week”, the week in which the induction into the club’s Hall of Fame of one of the symbolic players of the last decade is celebrated (during halftime of the game on Sunday 3 May, at 5:00 p.m., against Trieste: buy your tickets here)<\/a>. This is his story<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coach Mike Dement, his coach at UNC-Greensboro (the city where, incidentally, Bob McAdoo was born), called Kyle Hines one day to let him know what he was doing. He was about to become the sixth player in history to accumulate at least 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, and 300 blocks for his career. The other five? Four No. 1 draft picks (Pervis Ellison, David Robinson, Tim Duncan, and Derrick Coleman) and one No. 2 pick (Alonzo Mourning). Not bad for a kid from Sicklerville (\u201cJust a Kid From Sicklerville\u201d is the title of a self-produced documentary series), New Jersey, but in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, who, despite a great high school career, had two offers to play college ball, only. One was from Rider and the other from UNC-Greensboro, the school he ultimately attend.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Kyle Hines while at UNC-Greensboro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

When coach Fran McCaffery left after his first year with the Spartans (Mike Dement was his replacement), Hines, as the rules dictated, could have done the same, but despite a great season and a few offers, he decided to stay. As a junior, he became the Southern Conference Player of the Year, and as a senior, he finished runner-up. Not so much for averaging two fewer points per game, but because the award went to a player named Steph Curry of Davidson College. But it was nothing compared to what happened next: four EuroLeague trophies, nine consecutive Final Four appearences, three-time Defensive Player of the Year awards, the icon of teamwork, a sort of modern-day Dino Meneghin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kyle Hines was a young star in small-town Veroli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kyle and his younger brother Tyler (who played at Maryland-Eastern Shore and then in Europe) received a piece of information from their mother, Deidre, when they were both very young. They should go to college, but they should do so on a scholarship, not on loans that would only be repaid after years of work and sacrifice. The two kids listened, and in fact secured their own athletic scholarships. At Timber Creek, the high school they both attended, Kyle wore number 42. This, too, is a story worthy to be remembered: his coach was Gary Saunders, who at Roosevelt High School, in Long Island in the 1960s, had been a teammate of Julius Erving, the legendary Doctor J: at the time, Erving wore the number 42. Saunders decided that Hines had a similar personality and wanted him to wear 42, too. His number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kyle Hines in Bamberg against the great Ioannis Bourousis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kyle Hines was an excellent player at Timber Creek, but when you’re secluded to a small town in southern New Jersey, far from the eyes of major schools, it’s not easy to attract big college scouts and received the so-called “exposure.” Hines was built like a linebacker, but his game was reserved for 6-foot-11 players at the time (in reality, that wasn’t exactly the case: many have always overlooked Hines’ incredible ball-handling abilities, his knack for keeping his dribble low). Mitch Buonaguro, an assistant coach at UNC-Greensboro, was the first to notice him and brought him to the attention of his head coach, Fran McCaffery, who is from Philadelphia. That’s how Kyle was recruited. His Spartans immediately became a powerhouse in the Southern Conference. Ricky Hickman was the point guard, Kyle Hines was the center. Five European titles on one team. At UNC-Greensboro, Hines set all sorts of school records, including being the conference player of the year as a junior and finishing second to Steph Curry as a senior after the departure of McCaffrey and Buonaguro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kyle Hines during his Olympiacos days<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

His draft should have been in 2008. He had played at a small school, in a conference considered weak, but with impressive numbers on his resume and during a period dominated by Steph Curry’s Davidson. Hines showed up in Portsmouth, at the pre-draft camp in Virginia, turning on lights with his energy and amazing athleticism. When they measured him, he had an unusually low 3.8 percent of body fat. But his height immediately became a problem. With shoes on, he was 6-foot-5, though his wingspan was 7-foot-2. Othello Hunter and James Gist, to name two players who later made EuroLeague history, were part of that draft too. But Hines was labeled, on the NBA’s official website, as a small forward\/power forward. No one had the courage to tag as a center a guy so small. Yet, in Portsmouth, Hines was devastating. Over three days of games, he shot 22 of 28 from the field, 78.6 percent, an all-time tournament record. He averaged 17.3 points per game, fourth overall. He had 10 total blocks, grabbed 7.3 rebounds and added 2.3 steals per game. But he went undrafted. After the draft, he tried out for Oklahoma City and Charlotte in the NBA, attended Cleveland’s minicamp, but ultimately opted to begin his professional career in Europe, playing for two years in Veroli. Over two years, he won the Legadue Italian Cup twice and lost the promotion to the majord division in the final series, in his second year. His general manager at the time was Antonello Riva, an Italian shooting legend, and the coaches were Andrea Trinchieri and Massimo Cancellieri. “We saw him for the first time, playing as a small forward, and it was a disaster, but when they moved him to his natural position at center, he was a revelation. At that moment, I told Coach Trinchieri, let’s sign him before it’s too late,” Riva recalls. “I owe a lot to Veroli: it was my first time abroad. It was a small town, but I knew everyone, and they all adopted me. I wouldn’t have become what I have became if I hadn’t spent time in Veroli,” he admits. “During his two years in Veroli, he was always the first to arrive and the last to leave the gym. He built his career by himself because he always showed professionalism, focus, and tenacity,” Riva recalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kyle Hines with CSKA Moscow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Bamberg’s scout was Brandon Rooney. He was the one who suggested him to general manager Wolfgang Heyder. “They had won the German title and decided to take a kid from the Italian second division. No one else would have done it,” he recalls gratefully. The coach was Canadian Chris Fleming, who eventually spent time as an assistant coach in the NBA, who built the team around him. He stayed in Germany for a year, won the German title as MVP, and showed that he could play at the EuroLeague level. He scored 20 points in his debut in Rome, the very place he had daydreamed of playing at that level one day while in Veroli watching his first EuroLeague ever. The second game was a resounding home win against Olympiacos. Maybe that was when they decided to sign him. The Greeks were fighting for the title, and the coach was the great Dusan Ivkovic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was great skepticism. The answer was two EuroLeague titles in two years. In his first year, he didn’t have a great Final Four apperance, but he was crucial in the quarterfinals, which Olympiacos won prevailing over Siena. In Olympiacos’ three wins, he scored 49 points and grabbed 20 rebounds. The following season, at the Final Four in London, he had 13 points and 10 rebounds in the semifinal victory against CSKA, and 12 points (4-for-4 from the field, 4-for-5 from the line), five rebounds, three steals, and three blocks in the championship game against Real Madrid. By then, he was already a legend. But what he accomplished went beyond wins. In his two years in Piraeus, Hines paved the way for a generation of players, demonstrating that undersized centers can go a long way in Europe, and can do so even without being great outside shooters was not essential. \u201cI think Michael Batiste at Panathinaikos was the first to indicate the way. Basketball has evolved in such a way that it has allowed me to have the career I had, despite my size, for example on defense where now you switch on every screen. This has helped me a lot,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kyle Hines has won four EuroLeague championships<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kyle Hines won the EuroLeague twice more times in Moscow, in 2016 and again in 2019 when he played alongside Sergio Rodriguez. At CSKA, coached in his first year by Ettore Messina, he twice became EuroLeague Defensive Player of the Year and was eventually named to the All-EuroLeague Team of the Decade. He won his third Defensive Player of the Year award in Milan. \u201cWhen I started playing in the EuroLeague, in Bamberg, I never imagined anything like this, such a long career, all the victories and all the Final Fours,\u201d he confessed. \u201cDuring my career, I’ve been lucky: I’ve played near Rome and seen the Colosseum, I’ve been in Athens and walked the track of the first modern Olympics, I’ve been in Moscow, regularly passing by the Red Square. And basketball has taken me to places I would never have seen otherwise,\u201d he confessed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March 2018, through the EuroLeague, he penned a letter to his younger self, the one who had just come out of UNC-Greensboro, but had not heard his name called in the NBA draft. \u201cI know you’re sorry,\u201d he said to himself, \u201cbut you shouldn’t be. In fact, you should smile because you’re about to embark on an adventure that will change your life forever. My first piece of advice: get your passport ready, because over the next 10 years, you’ll need it and it’ll be full of stamps. We’ll start in a small town, where the fans are crazy about basketball; you’ll learn to be a professional and win. From there, you’ll go to Olympiacos, where you’ll find a legendary coach like Dusan Ivkovic. He’ll be a professor and will teach you everything you’ll need for the future. And then you’ll meet Vassilis Spanoulis: just watching him will tell you how to be a champion. And then Georgios Printezis, with whom you’ll battle every day in practice. You’ll see his strange shot, but don’t laugh, because it’s one of the most effective shots in basketball and it will give you a European title. With them, you’ll actually win two European titles; they’ll spoil you because that just doesn’t happen. And then CSKA Moscow, where you will feel comfortable because you’ll be there for a while. Dimitris Itoudis will teach you how to be a true professional, he’ll help you understand how to be a better leader, a better player, and a better person. And there you’ll play with great champions, Andrei Kirilenko, Sasha Kaun, Viktor Khryapa, Milos Teodosic, Nenad Krstic, Nando De Colo, and Sergio Rodriguez. They will push you to reach another level, one where you fight every day. You’ll have to raise your game just to keep up. My best advice is to have fun: enjoy every moment. As an athlete, every year your goal is to be better than the previous one. But make sure you enjoy every moment, keep working and fighting. And finally, say thank you, thank the players, the fans, all the people you’ll meet in the coming years. Without their support, you’ll have nothing. Smile and be happy.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In Milano chased by Walter Tavares, along with Chacho Rodriguez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“Looking back,” he reflects, “I have no regrets. I’ve gotten to know Europe, I’ve played in the EuroLeague, I’ve had so many experiences, I’ve won so much, I’ve played with great players and for great coaches, for some of the most historic clubs in the world. I’ve always dreamed of playing in the NBA, but today I’m happy it didn’t come true. I realized at a certain point that my real dream was something else, and it was here in Europe. During my first four years in Europe, I thought it was a path and that I would end up playing there at the end. But after four seasons, I was in Athens, I stopped thinking about it,” he says. Kyle Hines came tp Milan in the summer of 2020 and there he extended his streak of Final Four appearances. In his final chapter on the court, he won three Italian league championships. No American has played in as many Final Fours or won as many titles as he did. He always did it with class, style, manners, and appreciation for what he found in Europe. He finished his professional career where he began it, in Italy. In the pantheon of great Americans in our history, he ranks there, alongside the best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kyle Hines and his last triumph as a player in 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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