Elijah Minnie (ex Halc.Rojos) is a newcomer at Sulaibikhat

- November 21, 2024

POSTED BY: Yusuf Abduljalil

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Elijah Minnie

Elijah Minnie

Al Sulaibikhat (D1) added to their roster 30-year old American 203cm power forward Elijah Minnie (college: EMU, agency: Elevate Sports Alliance). Minnie played this summer at Halc.Rojos in Mexican LNBP. In four games just recently he recorded 8.8ppg, 3.0rpg and 1.3spg. He also played for Airs that season where in 22 New Zealand games he averaged 15.0ppg, 4.6rpg, 1.1spg and 1.5bpg. Minnie helped them to make it to the semifinals.
He is a very experienced player. Thanks to his pro career he managed to play on five different continents (Europe, Asia, Latin America, Australia and of course North America) in seven different countries. Minnie has played previously professionally in Iraq (Al Hilla and Al-Quwa), Switzerland (Lugano), United Kingdom (Gladiators), Uruguay (Goes), Venezuela (Panteras), New Zealand (Jets) and TBL (Syracuse S.).
Among many awards Minnie's team won TBL East Division Regular Season in 2021. He was voted to All-MAC Honorable Mention back in 2019.
Worth to mention he played also at Eurobasket Summer League, which helped him to get the job in pro basketball.
Minnie graduated from Eastern Michigan University in 2019 and it will be his sixth season in pro basketball. He played also for Robert Morris University for 2 years.