Trajan Langdon

infobox Euroleague Player


name = Trajan Langdon
nickname =
position = Shooting guard
height_ft = 6
height_in = 3.5
weight_lbs = 200
league = Russian League
Euroleague
team = CSKA Moscow
jersey =| number = 21
nationality = American
birth_date = birth date and age|1976|5|13
birth_place = Anchorage, Alaska
highschool = East Anchorage
college = Duke
draft = 11^th overall
draft_year = 1999
draft_team = Cleveland Cavaliers
career_start = 1999
former_teams = Cleveland Cavaliers (1999–2002)
Benetton Treviso (2002–2003) Efes Pilsen (2003–2004) Dynamo Moscow (2004–2005)
awards = Euroleague Finals Most Valuable Player Award 2008

Trajan Shaka Langdon (born May 13, 1976 in Anchorage, Alaska) is an American professional basketball player. A 6 ft 3 ½ in (1.92 m) [ [http://www.cskabasket.com/team/?a=player&p=9371&season=56&lang=en CSKA Moscow official website player profile 6'3 3/4" 1.92m] ] [ [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=csk&pcode=BEB Euroleague.net official player profile 6'3 3/4" 1.92m] ] shooting guard, he gained fame in the U.S. while playing college basketball at Duke University. He currently plays in Russia with CSKA Moscow, the reigning Russian League and Euroleague champions.

Amateur career

During his high school career, Langdon attended Steller Secondary School and played for East Anchorage High School. He set the Alaska 4A Record of 2,200 career points and was a 3-Time Alaska Player of the Year. He led East Anchorage to the 1994 Alaska state championship and played in the prestigious McDonald's All American Game, where he won the 3-point shooting contest. He was also the recipient of the Dial Award, given to the nation's top male and female student-athlete. Langdon's win marked the second consecutive year a basketball player was so honored, as Jacque Vaughn had won the previous year. http://www.eurobasket.com/events/eluleb/06-07/eurol.asp EUROBASKET - Euroleague Men basketball ] ] After high school, Langdon moved on to play for the highly regarded Duke University basketball team, where he set the record for most career 3-point field goals made. [ [http://www.sportsstats.com/duke/player/players/tlangdon.html Trajan Langdon ] ] After graduating from Duke with degrees in mathematics and history, he played for the US national team in the 1998 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal. [ [http://www.usabasketball.com/history/mwc_1998.html 1998 USA Basketball] ]

Professional career

Langdon was selected by the San Diego Padres in the 6th round of the 1994 Major League Baseball draft, and was also drafted by the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1999 NBA Draft. When Langdon made his professional debut with the Cavaliers on November 2, 1999, he became the first Alaskan to play in the NBA.

Following a three-year stint with the Cavaliers, Langdon moved to Europe to play for Italian power Benetton Treviso for 2002-03. The following season, he moved to Turkish powerhouse Efes Pilsen. In 2004-05, he moved on to Russia, playing that season for Dynamo Moscow before moving across town to CSKA Moscow in 2005-06. Langdon was named to the All-Euroleague second team for the Euroleague 2005-06 season, the year CSKA Moscow won the Euroleague Championship. The following season he helped CSKA Moscow return to the Euroleague championship game, where they lost to Greek power Panathinaikos on the Greek team's home court. [The Euroleague determines the site for each year's Final Four shortly before the previous year's Final Four, before it can possibly be known who will advance. The 2008 event was held in Madrid.] In the process he was named to the All-Euroleague first team for the Euroleague 2006-07, a feat he repeated in the Euroleague 2007-08 season. On May 4, 2008, he was named Euroleague Finals MVP after winning the Euroleague title with CSKA Moscow. [Youtube|e9dcxJ8FEso|Euroleague feature: King of the Final Four]

On October 7, 2006 Langdon led his CSKA Moscow team to a 94-75 win over the Los Angeles Clippers in an exhibition game. He led all scorers with 17 points. [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2616198 ESPN - Langdon leads CSKA Moscow past Clippers - NBA ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=csk&pcode=BEB Euroleague.net Profile - Trajan Langdon]
* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/trajan_langdon/?nav=page NBA.com Profile - Trajan Langdon]
*basketball-reference|id=l/langdtr01|name=Trajan Langdon
* [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=BEB Trajan Langdon profile] provided by Euroleague
* [http://www.sportsstats.com/duke/player/players/tlangdon.html Trajan Langdon profile] provided by sportsstats.com
* [http://www.euroleague.net/item/31972 Trajan Langdon named Finals MVP]