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Alex Legion
Free agent
Position	Guard
Personal information
Born	(1988-11-16) November 16, 1988 (age 36) Detroit, Michigan
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school	Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Virginia)
College	Kentucky (2007–2008) Illinois (2008–2010) FIU (2010–2011)
NBA draft	2011: undrafted
Playing career	2012–present
Career history
2012–2013	PVSK Panthers
2013–2014	Roseto Sharks
2014	Sagesse Beirut
2014	Veroli Basket
2014–2015	Pallacanestro Trapani
2015–2016	Al Jaysh Doha
2016	Arkadikos
2016–2017	Viola Reggio Calabria
2017–2018	Fortitudo Bologna
2018	Pallacanestro Mantovana
2018–2019	Valdivia

Career highlights and awards
Fourth-team Parade All-American (2007)

Alex Legion (born November 16, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who last played for CD Valdivia of the Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile before ending his career in 2019.

College career

He signed out of high school with the University of Michigan, but withdrew his commitment when Wolverine head coach Tommy Amaker was fired.^[1] He then enrolled at the University of Kentucky but transferred to the University of Illinois during his first college semester.^[2] Legion enrolled for the second semester, making him eligible to play after the conclusion of the fall semester of 2008. He played his sophomore year and half of his junior year with the Illinois, but after averaging only 2.7 points in 10 minutes per game at the beginning of the 2009 season, he decided not to return to the team after winter break.^[3] Legion then transferred to Florida International University, to be coached by Isiah Thomas.^[4] In February 2011, Legion was dismissed from Florida International University for a violation of team rules.^[5]

College statistics


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2007–08	Kentucky	6	2	17.5	.417	.333	.556	1.8	1.3	1.5	.2	6.7
2008–09	Illinois	22	0	11.1	.289	.240	.750	1.5	0.5	.4	.0	3.5
2009–10	Illinois	11	1	9.9	.297	.211	.667	0.9	0.5	.3	.1	2.7
2010–11	Florida International	10	2	28.1	.462	.431	.636	5.1	1.3	1.0	.4	13.0
Career		49	5	15.1	.373	.323	.657	2.1	0.8	.6	.1	5.7

Professional career

After one year workout he signed with PVSK Panthers of Hungary for the 2012–13 season.

In September 2013, he signed with Roseto Sharks of Italy for the 2013–14 season.^[6] In May 2014, he joined Sagesse Beirut of Lebanon for one game.^[7] In July 2014, he returned to Italy and signed with Veroli Basket.^[8]^[9] On December 4, 2014, he left Veroli and signed with Pallacanestro Trapani for the rest of the season.^[10]

On July 18, 2015, Legion signed with Al Jaysh Doha of the Qatari Basketball League.^[11] On January 26, 2016, he signed with Arkadikos of Greece for the rest of the 2015–16 Greek Basket League season.^[12]

On July 29, 2016, Legion signed with Viola Reggio Calabria of Italy for the 2016–17 season.^[13] On January 23, 2017, he left Reggio Calabria and signed with Fortitudo Bologna for the rest of the season.^[14] On June 20, 2017, he re-signed with Fortitudo for one more season.^[15] On February 1, 2018, he left Fortitudo and signed with Pallacanestro Mantovana for the rest of the 2017–18 season.^[16]

On November 25, 2018, Legion signed with CD Valdivia^[17] but his contract was not renewed.

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