Bobby Dixon

Bobby Dixon
No. 35 – Fenerbahçe Istanbul
Position Point guard
League Turkish Basketball Super League
Euroleague
Personal information
Born (1983-04-10) April 10, 1983
Chicago, Illinois
Nationality American / Turkish
Listed height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight 160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High school Sullivan (Chicago, Illinois)
College
NBA draft 2006 / Undrafted
Playing career 2006–present
Career history
2006–2007 Saint-Étienne Basket
2007 BCM Gravelines
2007–2008 Polpak Świecie
2008–2009 Benetton Treviso
2009 Le Mans Sarthe Basket
2009–2010 ASVEL Basket
2010 Benetton Treviso
2010–2011 New Basket Brindisi
2011–2012 JDA Dijon Basket
2012–2015 Pınar Karşıyaka
2015–present Fenerbahçe
Career highlights and awards

Robert Lee Dixon (born April 10, 1983) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). He also holds Turkish citizenship. His Turkish name is Ali Muhammed.

College career

He played college basketball at Troy University. In his two-year career with the Trojans, he played 59 games, averaging 16.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game. He was also named to the 2005-06 All-Sun Belt 1st Team.

Professional career

Dixon started his professional career in France with Saint-Étienne Basket. In May 2007, he signed a contract with the French League team Gravelines until the end of the season. In the summer of 2007, he signed a contract with Polpak Świecie of the Polish Basketball League. He led the 2007-08 season Polish League in assists, averaging 5.1 per game. In the summer of 2008, he signed a contract with the Italian League team Pallacanestro Treviso. In February 2009, he moved to the France again, signed by Le Mans Sarthe Basket. In the summer of 2009, he signed a contract with the French League team ASVEL Basket. In 2010, he moved to the Italy, signed by Pallacanestro Treviso again. In the summer of 2010, he signed a contract with the Italian League team New Basket Brindisi. In the summer of 2011, he signed a contract with the French League team Dijon Basket.

Turkey

In July 2012, he signed a contract with Pınar Karşıyaka of the Turkish Basketball League.[1] On February 9, 2014, he was named the MVP with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists in Turkish Cup final game against Anadolu Efes.[2] He helped to lead them to a Turkish President's Cup victory against Fenerbahçe in 2014. He was named to the All-Eurocup Second Team in the 2014-15 Eurocup season.[3] On June 19, 2015, he won the Turkish League with Karşıyaka, after beating Anadolu Efes 4–1 in the Finals. Dixon was named the Turkish League Finals MVP.[4]

On July 21, 2015, Dixon signed a two-year contract with Fenerbahçe.[5] On 28 March 2016, he played with 23 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assist performance against Beşiktaş Sompo Japan which he did his first triple double in the team.[6] This triple double is third in Turkish Basketball League history after Mark Dickel played with 16 points, 13 rebouns and 11 assists performance with Fenerbahçe against Galatasaray in 2002-03 season [7] and Emir Preldžić played with 10 points, 15 rebouns and 10 assist performance with Fenerbahçe against Olin Edirne in 2010-11 season.[8]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Domestic leagues

Season Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2006–07 Saint-Étienne Basket LNB Pro B 34 31.9 .393 .358 .798 5.0 4.2 1.9 .0 17.0
BCM Gravelines LNB Pro A 3 31.7 .340 .273 1.000 6.0 4.0 1.7 .0 7.7
2007–08 Polpak Świecie PLK 42 32.8 .498 .358 .750 4.7 5.1 2.1 .0 16.6
2008–09 Benetton Treviso Lega A 17 31.5 .418 .381 .833 2.9 3.8 3.1 .1 12.4
Le Mans LNB Pro A 17 31.5 .400 .382 .782 4.7 5.8 2.1 .0 15.4
2009–10 ASVEL Basket 18 24.8 .525 .314 .682 3.3 3.4 1.6 .0 10.4
Benetton Treviso Lega A 9 29.2 .500 .375 .737 4.0 2.8 1.4 .1 11.8
2010–11 Enel Brindisi 29 30.6 .455 .321 .780 4.3 2.9 2.0 .0 12.6
2011–12 JDA Dijon LNB Pro A 30 31.0 .447 .326 .753 4.1 5.1 1.6 .1 12.4
2012–13 Pinar Karşıyaka TBL 33 29.8 .421 .402 .744 4.5 4.7 1.2 .1 15.3
2013–14 35 32.4 .485 .349 .766 3.5 4.7 1.3 .1 14.0
2014–15 42 33.3 .478 .387 .838 3.8 4.5 1.9 .0 17.3
2015–16 Fenerbahçe TBL 30 31.0 .507 .436 .833 4.1 5.1 1.6 .1 12.4

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2009–10 ASVEL Basket 10 10 28.0 .451 .353 .750 2.6 3.1 1.4 .0 11.5 9.8
2015–16 Fenerbahçe 28 21 24.7 .405 .379 .895 3.3 3.6 1.0 .1 10.8 11.4
Career 38 31 25.6 .417 .373 .845 3.1 3.5 1.1 .1 11.0 11.0

Personal

In June 2015, Dixon received a Turkish passport, which changed his name to Ali Muhammed.[9][10] He was subsequently chosen to play for the senior men's Turkish national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2015.

References

  1. ↑ Karşıyaka lands Bobby Dixon
  2. ↑ Pinar Karsiyaka beat Anadolu Efes to win Turkish Cup
  3. ↑ Dixon named to All Eurocup Second Team
  4. ↑ TBL playoffs: the MVP is Bobby Dixon
  5. ↑ Fenerbahce Ulker adds playmaker Dixon
  6. ↑ "Fenerbahçe 100-80 Beşiktaş Sompo Japan". Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü Resmi İnternet Sitesi. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ Bozkurt K. Yılmaz. "Fenerinbahçesi: Triple Double yapacak diye not düşüyorum...". Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Olin Edirne 78-83 Fenerbahçe Ülker". Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü Resmi İnternet Sitesi. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  9. ↑ Turkish passport for Bobby Dixon-Muhammad Ali Archived June 18, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ Bobby Dixon gets Turkish passport and becomes Ali Muhammed
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