Billy Keys

Billy Keys
Personal information
Born (1977-10-26) October 26, 1977
Chicago, Illinois
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight 210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school Hugh Manley (Chicago, Illinois)
College Northeastern Illinois (1995–1998)
New Mexico State (1998–2000)
NBA draft 2000 / Undrafted
Playing career 2000–present
Position Point guard
Career history
2000–2001 New Mexico Slam (IBL)
2001 U.M.F. Grindavík (Iceland)
2001 Florida Sea Dragons (USBL)
2001–2002 Fargo-Moorhead Beez (CBA)
2002 Cocodrilos de Caracas (Venezuela)
2002–2003 Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel)
2003–2004 Roseto (Italy)
2004 Dakota Wizards (CBA)
2004 Cocodrilos de Caracas (Venezuela)
2004–2005 Dakota Wizards (CBA)
2005 Gran Canaria (Spain)
2005–2006 Zaragoza (Spain)
2006–2007 Varese (Italy)
2007–2008 AEL 1964 (Greece)
2008–2010 Maroussi (Greece)
2010–2011 Budivelnik (Ukraine)
2011–2013 Panionios (Greece)
2013–2014 Nilan Bisons (Finland)

William Amar "Billy" Keys (born on October 26, 1977) is a retired American professional basketball player. He is 6'2" (1.88 m) and weighs 210 lbs. (95 kg), and played the point guard position. He currently coaches Mayfield High School in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

College career

After playing high school basketball at Hugh Manley High School in Chicago, Illinois, Keys played college basketball at Northeastern Illinois University, with the Northeastern Illinois Golden Eagles, from 1995–98, and at New Mexico State University, with the New Mexico State Aggies, from 1998-00. He was named to the 1999-00 season's All-Big West Conference First Team.

Professional career

Keys played with the Miami Heat during their 2002-03 NBA season training camp, but he did not play in any official NBA games with the club. He then played with the New York Knicks' NBA Summer League team, in the summer of 2003. Keys then won the 2004 CBA championship with the Dakota Wizards.

In the summer of 2004, he played with the NBA Summer League teams of both the Detroit Pistons and the Denver Nuggets. He then played with Nuggets during their 2004-05 NBA season training camp, but he did not play in any official NBA games with the club. He next played with the NBA Summer League teams of both the Portland Trail Blazers and the Houston Rockets, in the summer of 2005.[1]

Keys has also played in the major European domestic basketball leagues, the Italian A League, the Spanish ACB League, and the Greek Basket League. In 2009, he extended his contract with the Euroleague club Maroussi.[2]

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