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Victor Bernard King, Jr. (born July 24, 1981) is an American former star college basketball guard for Texas A&M University who has played in the NBA Development League and is currently playing for Olympique Antibes. King holds numerous Big 12 Conference and Texas A&M records. King left A&M as the top scorer in Big 12 conference history, as well as third in the league for all-time career assists. He led the Aggies in scoring and assists in all four of his seasons, and ranks among Texas A&M's all-time leaders in points (first), three-point field goals made (first), and assists (second). ==Early years== Bernard King was born in Gibsland, Louisiana, the son of Victor King, a former LaTech basketball player and second round NBA draft pick by the Los Angeles Lakers from Newellton, LA] and Vernita King.〔 〕 From the time young Bernard learned to walk, he would accompany his father to the gym, and began to express an interest in playing with the basketball too.〔 When he was eight, King's parents brought him to basketball camps run by LA Tech and the Dallas Mavericks. Organizers of those camps realized quickly that King played at a much higher level than others in his age group, and recommended that he instead play in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). By the time he was in eighth grade, King was playing alongside high school juniors and seniors. When given the opportunity to play in place of a guard who had fouled out, King sank three three-pointers in a row, helping his team to win the game.〔 As a fourteen-year-old, he played on an AAU team for seventeen-year-olds, scoring six three-pointers in one game in the state playoffs before helping the team to win a national championship.〔 King played with the varsity all four years of his career at Gibsland Coleman High School, helping them to a 143-34 record in that time period. In his career, he accumulated 4,018 points, more than 1000 rebounds, and 1348 assists.〔 In his senior year, King averaged 28.9 points, 8.3 rebounds, 11.2 assists, 5.4 steals, and 3.7 blocks, leading the team to the state championship,〔 the school's first since 1984.〔 He earned 1998 AAU All-America honors,〔 and was named Louisiana Mr. Basketball by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. Despite the time involved in maintaining his dual basketball careers, King made sure to devote enough time to his academic career, graduating from high school with a 3.8 GPA.〔 Bob Gibbons named King the 33rd best prospect in the country, and almost every major recruiting service ranked him as one of the top 75 prospects. Although he was recruited by Purdue University, University of Minnesota, Seton Hall, LSU, University of Wyoming, and Tulane University, King chose to attend Texas A&M University to play under coach Melvin Watkins〔 and attempt to turn around the program. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bernard King (basketball, born 1981)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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