Kenny Redfield
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 1, 1969 Chicago |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Weber High School (Chicago) |
| College | Michigan State (1986–1990) |
| NBA draft | 1990 / Undrafted |
| Position | Forward |
| Number | 3 |
| Career history | |
| 1990–1991 | Sioux Falls Skyforce (CBA) |
| 1991–1992 | La Crosse Catbirds (CBA) |
| 1991–1992 | Tulsa Zone (CBA) |
| 1991–1992 | Sioux Falls Skyforce (CBA) |
| 1992–1993 | Pepsi Mega Bottlers (PBA) |
| 1993–1994 | Chorale Roanne Basket (LNB Pro B) |
| 1994 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs (PBA) |
| 1994–1995 | JDA Dijon Basket (LNB Pro A) |
| 1994–1995 | Besançon BCD (LNB Pro B) |
| 1994–1995 | Grand Rapids Mackers (CBA) |
| 1994–1995 | Hartford Hellcats (CBA) |
| 1994–1995 | Rockford Lightning (CBA) |
| 1995 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs (PBA) |
| 1995–1996 | Grand Rapids Mackers (CBA) |
| 1996 | Formula Shell Zoom Masters (PBA) |
| 1996-97 | Hapoel Tel Aviv (Ligat HaAl) |
| 1997 | Sta. Lucia Realtors (PBA) |
| 1998 | Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies (PBA) |
| 1998-99 | Fort Wayne Fury (CBA) |
| 2000 | Uberlândia Tênis Clube (Brazilian Championship) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Kenny Redfield (born January 01, 1969) is a retired American professional basketball player.
Basketball career[edit]
Redfield was one of the toughest players coming out of Chicago. He attended Weber high school, an all state player, first team All-Catholic league. After his high school career, Redfield had a stellar collegiate career with Michigan State playing four years for the Spartans from the 1986–87 to 1989–90 season.
The 6-foot-6 Redfield was a defensive specialist for the Spartans, and was critical to the Steve Smith-led 1990 Big Ten championship, which was then their first Big Ten title in 11 years.. That season Redfield won the Defensive Player of the Year in the Big Ten and was also the Spartans' leading rebounder. He averaged better than 11 points per game in each of his final three seasons, his career-best 13.9 as junior in 1988-89, when he also led MSU in assists. Redfield remains in the top eight all-time in steals.
In his final year for Michigan State, he averaged 11.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.3 steals, but those numbers weren't enough to impress NBA teams, and he went undrafted in the 1990 NBA Draft.
Redfield ended up playing for the Sioux Falls Skyforce in the now-defunct Continental Basketball Association, the forerunner of the NBA G League, where he averaging 18.7 points, 6.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.9 steals in 55 games in his league debut, and was included in the CBA All-Rookie Team.
Redfield have played a total of five seasons in the Continental Basketball Association from the 1990 season to the 1998 campaign, averaging 15.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.5 steals per game in his 157-game career with the Sioux Falls Skyforce, La Crosse Catbirds, Tulsa Zone, Grand Rapids Mackers, Hartford Hellcats, Rockford Lightning, Fort Wayne Fury and Quad City Thunder.
He later went overseas, and played in France, Israel, Brazil, and most notably in the Philippines for Pepsi Bottlers, Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs, Formula Shell Zoom Masters and Sta. Lucia Realtors of the Philippine Basketball Association.
Philippine stint[edit]
Redfield began a career overseas in the Philippines, making his PBA debut with Pepsi Mega Bottlers in 1992. He become one of the legendary imports to play in the PBA after stints with Pepsi, Purefoods, Shell, and Sta. Lucia in the 1990s.
In the PBA he played virtually all positions (from center to point guard) on the floor, and had Magic Johnson-like statline in the league. He was dubbed as "Mr. Triple-Double" of the PBA in the '90s after averaging 31.6 points, 15.8 rebounds and 10.8 assists playing in two conferences for Pepsi in 1993. He had one of the most number of triple doubles registered in the PBA by pulling off 27 triple-double performances.
Redfield came to be known in the PBA as a do-it-all guard and an ultimate team player, one who made people around him better. He led Purefoods to the championship in the 1994 Commissioner's Cup and was also voted as the Commissioner's Cup Best Import.
Redfield moved over to Formula Shell after his former team Purefoods decided not to rehire his services during the 1996 PBA Commissioner's Cup. During a sudden death game against Ginebra San Miguel, Redfield catapulted Shell to the 1996 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals after converting a desperation triple that went in at the final buzzer. His buzzer-beating three-pointer led Shell to a stunning 89-86 win and shocked the pre-dominantly Ginebra crowd. The underdog Shell squad ended up as runners-up to Alaska Milk, the team that would win a Triple Crown in the PBA that year. After his heroic performance for Shell, he received his 2nd Commissioner's Cup Best Import award, joining other legendary PBA imports like Bobby Parks, Billy Ray Bates and Norman Black as the 4th player in league history to win multiple Best Import awards.
Redfield played with his fourth PBA team with the Sta. Lucia Realtors, scored his 27th triple-double performance of 34 points, 18 rebounds and 12 assists in July 22, 1997. Sta.Lucia advance in the Commissioners Cup semifinals with a 100-92 overtime victory over Purefoods Cowboys, but were later relegated to the third-place playoff after the semifinal round. They eventually lost to the San Miguel Beermen 95-96 in the third-place playoff.
Redfield was back as the import for the Hotdogs in the 1998 Commissioner's Cup, but was later replaced after three games. That eventually came to be his last stint in the PBA. He finished his 7-year PBA career with over 3,000 points, over 1,500 rebounds and nearly 1,000 assists in 123 games, twice named as PBA Best Import (1994, 1996), powered Purefoods to the 1994 Commissioner's Cup championship and a runner-up finish for Shell in the 1996 Commissioner's Cup, set a league record 27 triple-doubles and had other impressive individual accomplishments during his colorful 7-year PBA career.
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- 1969 births
- Basketball players from Chicago
- Michigan State Spartans men's basketball players
- Philippine Basketball Association imports
- American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines
- Small forwards
- TNT Tropang Giga players
- Magnolia Hotshots players
- Shell Turbo Chargers players
- Sta. Lucia Realtors players
- American men's basketball players
