Kenny Hall (basketball)

Kenneth Hall
Born	(1990-04-10) April 10, 1990 Georgia, United States
Occupation	Professional basketball player
Years active	2009–present
Known for	Playing for Tennessee Volunteers, Atenas de Córdoba, and various international teams

Kenneth Michael Hall (born April 10, 1990) is a professional American basketball athlete currently playing for Atenas de Córdoba in the Liga Nacional de Básquet. He competed at the collegiate level with the Tennessee Volunteers representing the University of Tennessee from 2009 through 2013. Hall declared for the 2013 NBA draft but was not chosen.

High school career

During his high school tenure at Redan, where Dalton Greene served as his coach, Hall earned recognition as a four-star recruit by Scout.com. He was ranked ninth among power forwards and 29th overall nationwide in the 2009 graduating class. In his junior year (2008), Hall averaged 25 points and 13 rebounds per game, leading Redan to a total of 14 victories. That summer, he took part in the USA Basketball Under-18 Trials held in Washington, D.C. As a senior, he posted averages of 21 points and 10 rebounds per contest, helping Redan secure an 18–4 record and receiving second-team Class 5A All-State accolades.

University of Tennessee

Hall’s college basketball career spanned from 2009 to 2013 at the University of Tennessee, where he played under coach Bruce Pearl for the Volunteers. In his freshman season, he appeared in 35 games with three starts, averaging 3.6 points and 3.0 rebounds per game while leading the team with a .578 field goal percentage (.617 within SEC matchups). His sophomore year saw him participate in 25 games with one start, posting averages of 2.0 points and 1.8 rebounds in limited playing time. As a junior, Hall led the Volunteers in blocks (1.0 per game) and ranked third on the team in rebounds (4.5 per game). During his senior year, he started in 21 out of 31 games and averaged 5.6 points along with 4.1 rebounds across 19.4 minutes per contest.

Professional career

Following the 2013 NBA draft, where he went undrafted, Hall signed with Rieker Komárno competing in the Slovak League. There, he averaged 14.5 points, 6.7 rebounds, and contributed 0.5 blocks per game, ranking as the team’s leading shot-blocker.

In the subsequent year’s NBA Development League Draft (2014), Hall was picked by the Delaware 87ers in the fourth round as their first selection. He posted averages of 7.3 points and 4.3 rebounds before being released on March 10, 2015. Shortly after, on March 12, he signed with the Santa Cruz Warriors, playing a role in their capture of the 2015 NBA D-League championship.

On August 23, 2016, Hall inked a deal with Koroivos Amaliadas competing in Greece’s top-tier league, the Greek Basket League. Over an 18-game span, he averaged 13.4 points, grabbed 6.7 rebounds, and blocked an average of 0.4 shots per contest; notably delivering a standout performance scoring 25 points against Kymis. His impressive output garnered attention from prominent European clubs such as Pallacanestro Reggiana of Italy’s Lega Basket Serie A and Muratbey Uşak Sportif from Turkey’s Super League. On February 11, 2017, Hall confirmed his transfer to ČEZ Nymburk for the remainder of that season.

Hall joined Faros Larissas within the Greek Basket League on August 18, 2017. Later that year, on November 29, he signed with Israeli National League team Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin.

External links

• University of Tennessee biography
• Profile at RealGM
• Profile on Eurobasket.com