Nate Renfro

Nate Renfro
No. 35 – Dinamo Sassari
PositionCenter
LeagueLBA
Personal information
Born (1996-12-11) December 11, 1996 (age 27)
Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High schoolSahuaro (Tucson, Arizona)
College
NBA draft2019: undrafted
Playing career2020–present
Career history
2020–2022Austin Spurs
2022–2023PAOK
2023–2024Peristeri
2024–presentDinamo Sassari
Career highlights and awards
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Nathaneal Jordan Renfro (born December 11, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for Dinamo Sassari of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball at the University of San Francisco.

Early life and high school career

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Renfro was born in Tucson, Arizona, in the United States. He attended Sahuaro High School, in Tucson. While at Sahuaro, he played high school basketball with the school's boys team. During his high school playing career, he was selected to AllSportsTucson.com's The Five Boys Division II All-Stars team, the Arizona Daily Star's All-Southern Arizona First Team, and to AZSsports360.com's All-Section First Team.[1]

College career

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After high school, Renfro attended the University of San Francisco, where he played college basketball at the NCAA Division I level. He played with the school's men's basketball team, the San Francisco Dons, from 2015 to 2019. In 2017, Renfro was named to the Las Vegas Classic's All-Tournament Team.

Renfro averaged 7.3 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 0.9 steals, and 1.0 blocks per game in his senior college season.[2] Renfro finished his college playing career with the Dons, in fifth place on the school's all-time blocked shots list, and he also played in a total of 132 games, which is a school record.[3]

Professional career

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Austin Spurs (2020–2022)

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After college, Renfro began his professional career in the 2020–21 season, with the Austin Spurs of the NBA G League. He averaged 4.4 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.4 steals, and 1.9 blocks per game, during the NBA G League 2020–21 season.[4] Renfro then played in the 2021 NBA Summer League with the San Antonio Spurs' summer league team.[5][6][7] On 1 October 2021, Renfro signed an Exhibit 10 training camp contract with the NBA's San Antonio Spurs.[8][9] However, he was waived by the Spurs on 4 October 2021.[10][11]

He then returned to the Spurs' NBA G-League affiliate, the Austin Spurs, for the 2021–22 season. He averaged 3.6 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 0.7 steals, and 1.0 blocks per game, during the NBA G League 2021–22 season.[12]

PAOK Thessaloniki (2022–2023)

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Renfro signed with the Greek Basket League club PAOK Thessaloniki, on 3 April 2022.[13][14] He averaged 6.1 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.0 steals, and 2.0 blocks per game, in 7 games played in the Greek Basket League 2021–22 season. Renfro re-signed with PAOK, for the 2022–23 season.[15] He averaged 6.7 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.5 steals, and 1.5 blocks per game, in 30 games played in the Greek Basket League 2022–23 season, and 6.0 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.5 steals, and 1.3 blocks per game, in 8 games played in the FIBA Champions League 2022–23 season.[16] Renfro was named the Greek Basket League 2022–23 season's Most Spectacular Player,[17][18][19] which is an award that is given to the player that was voted to have had the most impressive highlight plays of the season, which are usually slam dunk highlights.

Peristeri (2023–2024)

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Renfro appeared in the 2023 NBA Summer League with the Los Angeles Clippers summer league team.[20][21][22] On 28 July 2023, Renfro signed with the Greek club Peristeri, of the European-wide secondary competition, the FIBA Champions League.[23][24]

Dinamo Sassari (2024–present)

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On June 19, 2024, he signed with Dinamo Sassari of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[25]

References

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  1. ^ "15 Nate Renfro". usfdons.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Nate Renfro Position: Forward 6–8". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  3. ^ "15 Nate Renfro". usfdons.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  4. ^ "#35 Nate Renfro F AUSTIN SPURS". nba.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  5. ^ "2021 MGM RESORTS NBA SUMMER LEAGUE ROSTER". nba.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  6. ^ Jeff Garcia (KENS) (3 September 2021). "Q&A Part 1: Spurs Summer League forward Nate Renfro on being in the Spurs' system, possibly returning to the Austin Spurs, and more". kens5.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  7. ^ Javier Morales (9 August 2021). "Sahuaro grad Nate Renfro starts in Spurs' first NBA Summer League game". allsportstucson.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  8. ^ Jeff Garcia (KENS) (1 October 2021). "REPORT: Spurs sign F Nate Renfro to Exhibit 10 deal". kens5.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  9. ^ Noah Magaro-George (1 October 2021). "The Spurs sign Nate Renfro to a non-guaranteed contract". poundingtherock.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  10. ^ Paul Garcia / Project Spurs (4 October 2021). "Spurs Waive Aric Holman, Nate Renfro". realgm.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  11. ^ Luke Adams (4 October 2021). "Spurs Release Nate Renfro, Aric Holman". hoopsrumors.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  12. ^ "#35 Nate Renfro F AUSTIN SPURS". nba.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  13. ^ "PAOK mateco agreed with Nate Renfro". paokbc.gr. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  14. ^ "PAOK BC lands Nate Renfro". sportando.basketball. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  15. ^ Eurobasket News (16 July 2022). "Renfro re-signs at PAOK Thessaloniki". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Nate RENFRO Birth: 11 Dec 1996 Height: 203cm / 6'8" Nationality: USA". championsleague.basketball. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  17. ^ "Ο Νέιτ Ρένφρο Πιο Θεαματικός Παίκτης της Basket League 2022–23". esake.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  18. ^ Stefanos Makris (8 July 2023). "ΠΑΟΚ: Ο Νέιτ Ρένφρο αναδείχθηκε πιο θεαματικός παίκτης της Basket League για την σεζόν 2022/23". sport24.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  19. ^ Nikos Mastrogiannopoulos (8 July 2023). "Ο Ρένφρο του ΠΑΟΚ ο πιο θεαματικός παίκτης της Basket League 2022–23, δεύτερος ο ΜακΚίσικ (video)". eurohoops.net (in Greek). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  20. ^ "LA Clippers Announce Summer League Roster". nba.com. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  21. ^ Lucas Hann (5 July 2023). "Clippers Release Summer League Roster". 213hoops.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  22. ^ "LA CLIPPERS ANNOUNCE SUMMER LEAGUE ROSTER". culvercityobserver.com. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  23. ^ Cesare Milanti (28 July 2023). "Nate Renfro officially joins Peristeri from PAOK". eurohoops.net. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  24. ^ Stefanos Makris (28 July 2023). "Περιστέρι bwin μεταγραφές: Ανακοίνωσε τον Νέιτ Ρένφρο". sport24.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  25. ^ "La Dinamo Salta Con Renfro". dinamobasket.com (in Italian). June 28, 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
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