Derek Needham

Quick Facts

Full Name	Derek Needham
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Oct 20, 1990(1990-10-20)
Age	34
Birthplace	Dolton
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Libra

Derek Needham Biography

Derek Needham is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on October 20, 1990 in Dolton, Illinois, United States. Derek Needham (born October 20 in 1990) is a professional American- Montenegrin basketball player with Mornar Bar of the ABA League as well as the Montenegrin League. At 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) He plays at the point guard position. Needham played in the NCAA basketball tournament for Fairfield University where he was selected to the CollegeInsider.com All-America team for Freshman in 2010. He was also named to the MAAC All-Star team for four consecutive years between the years of 2010 and 2013. Since the year 2017, Needham is a member of in the seniors of Montenegrin nation’s basketball squad at international tournaments.

In the 2014-2015 campaign, Needham led BC Khimik to a perfect season of 36-0 as well as the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague championship. It was his team’s player with the highest value of the tournament.

Needham is a citizen of Montenegro and is a member of the Montenegro national basketball team since the 2017 European Basketball Championship. He was part of the Montenegro team that qualified for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Following the 2017-2018 season, EuroBasket.com named Needham to its FIBA All- Imports team after finishing 5th in scoring (17.2 ppg) and leading Mornar to the quarterfinals of 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup Play-offs.

In the 2013-2014 basketball year, Needham participated with BC Siauliai in the Lithuanian Basketball League and Baltic Basketball League.

Derek Needham Net Worth

Derek Needham is one of the richest Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Derek Needham 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Needham is from Dolton, Illinois and attended the De La Salle Institute in Chicago, Illinois. In his senior year of 2009 Needham contributed to with the Meteors basketball team make it to the sectional finals of the Class 4A sectional final , while also receiving All-Chicago Catholic League and All- State second team accolades. Needham was also awarded the George Eastman Young Leaders Award and was selected as a member of the Chicago Catholic League All- Academic team.

Needham played in college basketball at Fairfield University located in Fairfield, Connecticut from 2010 until 2013. The first year he played for Fairfield Stags Fairfield Stags, Needham earned MAAC Rookie of the Year status after receiving league records of 10-rookie-of-theweek awards as well as breaking Fairfield records for freshman with 543 points as well as 172 assist. He was also selected to the CollegeInsider.com Freshman All-America team. Needham is third in the list of all-time scoring at Fairfield and has 1 875 assists and 535 points. He set a new mark for three-pointers during a season, scoring 74 during the final year of his career. He was awarded All-MAAC recognition throughout his four seasons. He also was selected to the NABC Division I All-District 1 and All-Metropolitan Basketball Writers’ Association (MBWA) and All-Jesuit teams.

During the 2015-2016 season, Needham first played for Basketball Löwen Braunschweig in the Basketball Bundesliga and then joined Pallacanestro Reggiana in the Lega Basket Serie A. He helped lead Pallacanestro Reggiana to the Lega Basket Serie A championship game where he competed against his former Fairfield Stags teammate Rakim Sanders of Olimpia Milano.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Facts & Trivia

Derek Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Derek Needham celebrates birthday on October 20 of every year.