Steve Leven
Steven "Steve" Leven (born October 15, 1982 in Sydney, Australia) is a British-Australian professional basketball player.
College career
Leven, a 6-foot 5¾-inch (1.97m) tall combo guard started his college basketball career with Auburn University in 2002, then transferred to the University of Wyoming, due to Auburn being found guilty of NCAA violations.[1]
Professional career
Leven started his professional career after an declaring an early entry into the 2006 NBA Draft. He then participated in the Las Vegas NBA Summer League and the Rocky Mountain NBA Summer League.
He signed with the Perth Wildcats in 2006,[2] but left the club early in the season.[3] He then obtained a British passport, allowing him to count as a Bosman player in Europe. He then joined Unicaja Málaga in Spain's top level Liga ACB, but he was released after an injury. He also played in the UK, Russia, Greece, Germany, and in the Netherlands.
Career
- 2001–2002: Auburn University (Auburn Tigers)
- 2002–2003: University of Wyoming (Wyoming Cowboys) (NCAA) transfer year, did not play
- 2003–2004: Wyoming (NCAA)
- 2004–2005: Wyoming (NCAA): 20 games: 8.5ppg, 2.1rpg, 1.6apg, FGP: 37.7%, 3Pts: 32.9%
- 2005–2006: Wyoming (NCAA): 32 games: 11.7ppg, 1.8rpg, 1.2apg, 1.0spg, FG: 36.5%, 3PT: 34.1%, FT: 81.8%
- 2006, May: 2006 NBA Draft Early Entry (not drafted)
- 2006, summer: individual work-outs with NBA teams San Antonio Spurs, Washington Wizards, Charlotte Bobcats, Boston Celtics, New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets, Utah Jazz
- 2006, summer: Rocky Mountain Review NBA Summer League (San Antonio Spurs team)
- 2006, summer: Boston NBA Summer League (Cleveland Cavaliers team)
- 2006–2007: Perth Wildcats (NBL), left in Oct.'06
- 2007–2008: Newcastle Eagles (United Kingdom-BBL): 17 games: 16.2ppg, 2.0rpg, 1.4apg, 1.1spg, FGP: 59.8%, 3PT: 32.3%, FT: 76.1%
- 2008–2009: Unicaja Málaga (Spain-ACB) 5 games: 7.1ppg, 2.0apg, 2reb, left in Jan.'09, then moved to AB Cosmetics Pezinok (Slovakia-Extraliga)
- 2010: SEFA Arkadikos (Greece-Greek A2 League)