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词条 Rod Benson
释义

  1. Career

     High school  College career  Professional career 

  2. Art

  3. Media coverage and blog

  4. BOOMTHO!

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Infobox NBA biography
| image = Rod Benson.jpg
| caption =
| name = Rod Benson
| position = Power forward / Center
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 10
| weight_lbs = 235
| nationality = American
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1984|10|10}}
| birth_place = Fairfield, California
| highschool = Torrey Pines
(San Diego, California)
| college = California (2002–2006)
| draft_year = 2006
| career_start = 2006
| career_end =
| years1 = 2006–2007
| team1 = Austin Toros
| years2 = 2007–2008
| team2 = Dakota Wizards
| years3 = 2008
| team3 = SLUC Nancy
| years4 = 2008–2009
| team4 = Dakota Wizards
| years5 = 2009–2010
| team5 = Reno Bighorns
| years6 = 2010
| team6 = Atléticos de San Germán
| years7 = 2010–2012
| team7 = Wonju Dongbu Promy
| years8 = 2012–2013
| team8 = Changwon LG Sakers
| years9 = 2013–2014
| team9 = Ulsan Mobis Phoebus
| years10 = 2014
| team10 = Bank of Taiwan
| years11 = 2015
| team11 = GlobalPort Batang Pier
| years12 = 2015
| team12 = Indios de San Francisco
| years13 = 2015–2018
| team13 = Wonju DB Promy
| awards =
  • KBL Champion 2013, 2014
  • KBL All-Star 2012, 2013, 2014
  • NBA D-League Player of the Week
  • D-League All Star (2007)

}}

Rodrique Zsorryon Benson (born October 10, 1984 in Fairfield, California, USA) is a former American professional basketball player with the Wonju DB Promy team of the Korean Basketball League in the South Korea. He is a notable blog writer and a fine artist.

Career

High school

Benson attended Torrey Pines High School, and averaged 14 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.8 blocks while leading the basketball team to a 25-4 record in his senior year. He was named first team all-league and second team All-CIF San Diego Section. He was rated the No. 3 center on the West Coast by TheInsiders.com. He also played three years of varsity volleyball, earning first team league honors in 2002.[1]

College career

Benson graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and majored in political science. After a huge improvement in his basketball from his sophomore to his junior year, Benson's senior year was marred by heel and knee injuries, which forced him to miss 11 games, impacting his future career heavily.

Professional career

In the summer of 2006, Benson played for the Sacramento Kings Summer League team. He was noticed by many NBA scouts, but was never offered a contract by any team.

When Benson left California, he started the 2006-2007 NBDL year with the Austin Toros. He had a game high of eight points on November 25, but averaged 2.4 points per game and was released by the team on January 3, 2007.

He was subsequently signed by the Dakota Wizards on January 9, 2007. In one of his first contests with the Wizards, he scored 17 points in 17 minutes. He ended the year with an average of 10.8 PPG. On March 17, 2007, he scored a personal high 27 points in a 126-100 win over the Arkansas Rimrockers. After training with the NBA's New Jersey Nets during the summer of 2007, Benson was re-signed by the Wizards for the 2007-2008 season and recorded averages of 13.6 points and a league best 12.1 rebounds per game.[2]

On August 25, 2008, he was signed by defending French Pro-A league champion SLUC Nancy. He requested and was granted a release on December 12, 2008. Not soon after, he signed a deal with the NBDL's Dakota Wizards, his former D-League team.

On March 4, 2009, he was traded to the Reno Bighorns for Jesse Smith.[3]

Benson has played for the Utah Jazz in the Orlando Pro Summer League, and later for the Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA Summer League in 2010.[4]

From 2010 to 2014 he played for three different teams of the Korean Basketball League winning back-to-back championships in 2013 and 2014 with the Ulsan Mobis Phoebus.[5][6] Towards the end of the 2013-2014 season the relationship with the team turned sour and he was cut shortly before the start of the new season under allegations of demanding more money, which Benson himself denied.[7]

After three months of preparation in his home of California Rod Benson was picked up by the team of Bank of Taiwan of the Taiwanese Super Basketball League in December 2014.[8]

Having played just five games in the SBL, averaging 18 points and 11 rebounds, Rod Benson signed a deal with GlobalPort Batang Pier of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) in early January 2015.[9] Among four prospects he had been selected as the team's import player in hopes to lead them to the PBA Commissioner's Cup,[10] only to measure over the team's 6'9" height limit and being replaced shortly after.[11]

In early June 2015 Benson was signed by the Dominican National League's Indios de San Francisco de Macorís.[12] In his first game after the short hiatus he scored 8 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists in 25 minutes.[13]

Art

After retiring from basketball in 2018, Benson began painting. Painting was one of the hobbies he took on to fill his new found free time, but he didn't take himself seriously as a fine artist. It wasn't until July 2018 when that began to change. While out one night in Las Vegas, he found himself the victim of racially charged police brutality. The next day, badly shaken, he locked himself in his hotel room and didn't leave. That night, he ordered 3 huge canvases.  It was the breaking point that crystallized the purpose of his paintings; he realized he was painting a positive reflection of his own life, one not bound by the biases or expectations of anyone, one that was bigger and brighter than any pair of handcuffs could contain. Rod questions: can we relieve minorities of this burden simply by adding some vibrancy to their identity? He'd like to think the answer is yes. To be dark does not necessitate a need to be represented as dangerous.[14]

He has his debut solo show entitled "Neon Black" in September 2018 and received critical acclaim for his efforts.

Media coverage and blog

Benson writes a personal blog titled Too Much Rod Benson, as well as contributing to the Ball Don't Lie blog on Yahoo! Sports.

He wrote an autobiographical feature article that was published in SLAM Magazine in April 2008.[15] He has also been featured in ESPN The Magazine,[16] and was profiled on the ESPN television series 60 by Bill Simmons in April 2008.[17]

Benson's blogging has actually been viewed in a negative light by some NBA executives, however, who actually call it a "red flag"—not only because they see him spending time writing and filming instead of working on his game (a notion Benson disputes, citing his 2007-08 NBDL All-Star status), but also because they fear the free-spirited Benson will break the "locker room code" and write candidly about coaches, teammates, & the front office.[18] But Benson maintains that he still has to "keep it real": "What you get is a blog that chronicles the ridiculousness that I call my life, complete with photos, videos, and whatever else may be necessary for you to get the point."[19]

BOOMTHO!

BOOMTHO! is the California-based lifestyle brand founded by Benson in 2006. It's devoted to the philosophy of "having fun, being ridiculous, and being yourself"[20] with bright, fun styles that epitomize West Coast culture.[21][22]

The phrase "Boom Tho" was started by Benson (founder & CEO) while attending UC Berkeley. In addition to being a catchphrase, BOOMTHO! grew from a blog and T-shirt line to a full men and women's clothing line featuring T-shirts, tank tops, hats, swim gear, and sweatshirts. Currently, BOOMTHO! is a lifestyle brand covering clothing and accessories, music, videos, and athletics. Benson also designs all BOOMTHO! merchandise.[23]

BOOMTHO! products are sold worldwide via BoomThoShop.com and have gained support by famous actors, athletes, and musicians. Some notable fans are Blake Griffin, Juelz Santana, Gordon Hayward, and The Rej3ctz, amongst many others.

References

1. ^Cal Bears (2008). Rod Benson {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071229081223/http://calbears.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/benson_rod00.html |date=2007-12-29 }}. Retrieved May 1, 2008.
2. ^{{cite news | last=Babiarz | first=Lou | title=WIZARDS: Plenty of local flavor on All-D-League team | date=April 7, 2008 | publisher=The Bismarck Tribune | url=http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2008/04/07/news/sports/local/152803.txt | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120730202036/http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2008/04/07/news/sports/local/152803.txt | archivedate=July 30, 2012 | df= }}
3. ^{{cite news | date= March 6, 2009 | title= Bighorns trade Smith for forward Benson | publisher= The Reno Gazette Journal | url= http://rgj.com/article/20090306/SPORTS10/903060447/1018/SPORTS }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
4. ^http://www.ridiculousupside.com/2010/6/28/1540775/nba-summer-league-rosters-vegas NBA Summer League Rosters - Vegas
5. ^{{cite news | date= April 17, 2013 | title= Playoff perfection, Mobis Phoebus crowned 2013 KBL champions | publisher= Basketball Buddha blog | url= http://basketballbuddha.com/playoff-perfection-mobis-phoebus-wins-2013-kbl-championship/}}
6. ^{{cite news | date= September 22, 2014 | title= KBL Hoops Star Responds to Club Allegations, 'I Didn't get the Proper Respect' | publisher= BUSAN HAPS Magazine | url= http://busanhaps.com/rod-benson-responds-being-cut}}
7. ^{{cite news | date= September 22, 2014 | title= KBL Hoops Star Responds to Club Allegations, 'I Didn't get the Proper Respect' | publisher= BUSAN HAPS Magazine | url= http://busanhaps.com/rod-benson-responds-being-cut}}
8. ^{{cite news | date= December 26, 2014 | title= Rod Benson inks deal with SBL's Bank of Taiwan | publisher= Basketball Budda blog | url= http://basketballbuddha.com/rod-benson-inks-deal-with-sbls-bank-of-taiwan/}}
9. ^{{cite news | date= January 14, 2015 | title= Rod Benson is heading to the Philippines | publisher= Basketball Budda blog | url= http://basketballbuddha.com/rod-benson-is-heading-to-the-philippines/}}
10. ^{{cite news | date= January 13, 2015 | title= GlobalPort taps NBA D-League vet Rod Benson as Commissioner's Cup import | publisher= Interaksyon - The Online News Portal of TV5 | url= http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/globalport-taps-nba-d-league-vet-rod-benson-as-commissioners-cup-import | access-date= 2015-03-27 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150120151225/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/globalport-taps-nba-d-league-vet-rod-benson-as-commissioners-cup-import | archive-date= 2015-01-20 | dead-url= yes | df =}}
11. ^{{cite news | date= January 19, 2015 | title= Michael Dunigan to make PBA return as Ginebra import; GlobalPort's Benson measures over height limit | publisher= Interaksyon - The Online News Portal of TV5 | url= http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/michael-dunigan-to-make-pba-return-as-ginebra-import-globalports-benson-measures-over-height-limit | deadurl= yes | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150120233710/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/michael-dunigan-to-make-pba-return-as-ginebra-import-globalports-benson-measures-over-height-limit | archivedate= January 20, 2015 | df =}}
12. ^{{cite news | date= June 1, 2015 | title= Rodrique Benson (ex Bank of Taiwan) is a newcomer at Indios de San Francisco | publisher= EUROBASKET NEWS | url= http://www.latinbasket.com/Dominican%20Republic/news/405775/Rodrique-Benson-(ex-Bank-of-Taiwan)-is-a-newcomer-at-Indios-de-San-Francisco}}
13. ^{{cite news | date= June 3, 2015 | title= Indios vs Metros Live Stats | publisher= FIBA | url= http://www.fibalivestats.com/u/DRL/124004/index_en_AU.html}}
14. ^{{Cite web|url=https://rodbensonart.com/pages/about-rod|title=About Rod|website=Art and Apparel by Rod Benson|access-date=2019-02-24}}
15. ^{{cite news | last=Whitaker | first=Lang | title=Links: Rod Benson is McLovin | date=April 21, 2008 | publisher=Slam Online | url=http://slamonline.com/online/2008/04/the-links-rod-benson-is-mclovin/}}
16. ^{{cite news | last=Westerberg | first=Scott | title=Life With Rod | date=April 8, 2008 | publisher=KFYR-TV Sports | url=http://www.kfyrtv.com/sports_Stories.asp?news=17361 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
17. ^ESPN (2008). E:60 - The Sports Guy Visits Rod Benson. Retrieved May 1, 2008.
18. ^{{cite news| url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/web/COM1143820/3/index.htm | work=CNN | title=Video | first1=Luke | last1=Winn | date=August 8, 2008 | accessdate=May 22, 2010}}
19. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.toomuchrodbenson.com/page3/page3.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122110454/http://toomuchrodbenson.com/page3/page3.html |archive-date=2009-01-22 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
20. ^{{cite web|last=Atashian|first=Byron|title=Boom Boom Pow|url=http://www.dailycal.org/2011/09/21/boom-boom-pow/|work=The Daily Californian|publisher=The Independent Berkeley Student Publishing Co., Inc.|accessdate=2 May 2012}}
21. ^{{cite web|last=McKynzie|first=Amber|title=BOOM THO! CLOTHING: "IF YOU LIKE TO PARTY YOU'LL LIKE US; IF YOU'RE THE LIFE OF THE PARTY YOU'LL LOVE US!"|url=http://www.sohh.com/2012/04/boom_tho_clothing_if_you_like_to_party_y.html|work=SOHH.com|publisher=4CONTROL Media, Inc.|accessdate=2 May 2012}}
22. ^{{cite web|last=XXL Staff|title=Rod Benson Creates BOOMTHO! Clothing LIne|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/lifestyle/2011/11/rob-benson-creates-boomtho-clothing-line/#7|work=XXL Magazine|publisher=Harris Publications Inc.|accessdate=2 May 2012}}
23. ^{{cite web|last=Benson|first=Rod|title=About|url=http://www.boomthoshop.com/about/about.html|accessdate=2 May 2012}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20071213232337/http://www.nba.com/dleague/playerfile/index.jsp?player=rod_benson NBDL player profile]
  • [https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie?author=Rod+Benson Ball Don't Lie] - articles by Benson
  • [https://www.youtube.com/user/rzb0 Benson's YouTube channel]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20071229081223/http://calbears.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/benson_rod00.html University of California Athletics profile]
  • ESPN college profile
  • Sports Illustrated piece about Benson's popularity on the internet
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