Kyle Hines

Freshman season (2004–2005)

Hines started all 30 games and posted 13.6 points per game, a team-leading 8.6 rebounds per game, and shot a Southern Conference-leading 62.1 percentage the field (which also ranked seventh nationally). The first two games of Hines' collegiate career were double-doubles. Hines averaged a 3.5 blocks per game average (ranking fourth nationally). In the game against Georgia Southern on February 8, 2005, he set a Fleming Gymnasium record when he grabbed 18 rebounds. Hines was selected the Southern Conference's Player of the Month for January, as well as the SoCon Freshman of the Year. At the season's conclusion, he was selected to the All-Conference Team.^[1]

By the end of his first season, Hines had set several school records. His 259 rebounds and 175 field goals set new UNCG freshman records. He scored 408 points, which fell five short of the freshman record set by Jay Joseph.^[1]

Sophomore season (2005–2006)

Starting 30 of UNCG's 31 games (did not play the season-opener against UW-Green Bay), Hines led the team in scoring (19.3 points per game), rebounding (8.2 rebounds per game) and blocks (2.8 blocks per game). His scoring average and point total were the most in the Spartans' Division I-era history, and most ever by a sophomore. Showing his versatility, he ranked in the SoCon's Top 10 in steals (51; seventh) and minutes per game (34.0; fifth).^[1][5]

Hines recorded a school record 12 double-doubles during the 2005–06 campaign. His most impressive single-game performance came on December 31 against the #1 team in the nation, Duke, when he scored 20 points and grabbed five rebounds in the loss. Hines drew praise from legendary Duke Blue Devils head coach Mike Krzyzewski for his performance.^[6]

On December 3, Hines set a school sophomore record when he recorded 21 rebounds against the College of Charleston. Hines was named to the USBWA All-District Team and All-Southern Conference First Team.^[1][5]

Junior season (2006–2007)

After finishing as the runner-up for the Southern Conference Player of the Year award in his first two seasons, Hines won the award during his junior year campaign. Additionally, he became the first player in UNCG history to win the award.^[1]

In the 2006–07 season, Hines was one of only five players in all of men's college basketball to average 20+ points and 9+ rebounds per game. On November 11, 2006, he set a career-high of 38 points against Marshall, in an 82–80 overtime loss. His 605 total points scored set a new UNCG junior season record (second all-time). Another solid performance came against Duke. Hines scored 17 points and recorded 8 rebounds, both team-highs.^[1]

At the conclusion of the season, Hines had recorded at least one blocked shot in 83 out of his 89 career games played. His school record streak of 37 consecutive games with a block, started on February 19, 2005, was ended during an early season game against Penn State, on November 13, 2006.^[1]

Senior season (2007–2008)

In his senior college season, Hines averaged 19.2 points per game, and a career-high 9.1 rebounds per game.

NBA Summer League

After going undrafted in 2008, Hines was picked up by the Charlotte Bobcats to play at the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas and was later offered an NBA D league opportunity but he turned it down. In 2009, he was invited back to the Summer League and played on the Orlando Magic summer team. In 2010, he was invited again and played for the New Orleans Pelicans, but ultimately fell short of being offered an NBA contract.

Veroli Basket (2008–2010)

After not being selected in the 2008 NBA draft, Hines signed with Veroli Basket in Italy, where he played two seasons in the Italian second division, LegaDue Basket. With Veroli, he won 2 Italian Second Division Cups, in 2009 and 2010, and he was named the MVP of the Italian Second Division Cup in 2009.

Brose Bamberg (2010–2011)

In August 2010, Hines signed a one-year contract with the German Bundesliga club Brose Bamberg.^[7] With Bamberg, he won the German Supercup, BBL-Pokal, and the German League championship. Hines was awarded the Bundesliga Finals MVP in 2011.^[8] He was also named the MVP of the BBL All-Star Game that same season.

Olympiacos (2011–2013)

In July 2011, Hines signed with Olympiacos Piraeus of the Greek Basket League.^[9] With Olympiacos, he won the EuroLeague championship at both the 2012 EuroLeague Final Four and the 2013 EuroLeague Final Four, and the Greek League championship in 2012. He contributed substantially to his team in all competitions, with both scoring and defensive skills. He made notable appearances at the top level of the European game, considering his rather low height for a center-forward. On June 24, 2013, Hines opted out of his contract with Olympiacos.^[10]

CSKA Moscow (2013–2020)

On June 28, 2013, Hines signed two-year deal with the Russian powerhouse CSKA Moscow.^[11] In the 2014–15 season, CSKA Moscow managed to advance to the EuroLeague Final Four for the fourth straight season, after eliminating Panathinaikos Athens for the second straight season in their EuroLeague quarterfinal series, with a 3–1 series win.^[12]

However, in their EuroLeague semifinals game, despite being dubbed by the media as an absolute favorite to advance, CSKA once again lost to Olympiacos Piraeus. The final score was 70–68, after a great Olympiacos comeback in the 4th quarter, which was led by Vassilis Spanoulis.^[13] CSKA Moscow eventually won the EuroLeague third place game, after defeating Fenerbahçe, by a score of 86–80.^[14] In his second EuroLeague season with CSKA Moscow, Hines averaged EuroLeague career-lows up until that point, of 6.8 points and 4.3 rebounds per game, over 30 games played. CSKA Moscow finished the season by winning the VTB United League, after eliminating Khimki Moscow region with a 3–0 series sweep in the league's finals series.^[15]

On June 17, 2015, Hines signed a two-year contract extension with CSKA Moscow.^[16] With CSKA Moscow, Hines won the EuroLeague championship at the 2016 EuroLeague Final Four. In the summer of 2017, Hines competed in The Basketball Tournament on ESPN, for the number one seeded FCM Untouchables. While competing for the $2 million grand prize, he averaged 10.7 points, 11.0 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game. Hines, whose 11.0 rebounds per game ranked second among all competing players, was one of only two players to average a double-double throughout the tournament. The Untouchables advanced to the Super 16 Round, where they were defeated by a score of 85–71 by Team FOE, a Philadelphia based team that was coached by the NBA brothers duo Markieff and Marcus Morris. Hines finished the game with 12 points and a game-high 10 rebounds.^[17]

On June 16, 2017, Hines signed a new two-year contract with CSKA Moscow.^[18] In May 2018, he was named the EuroLeague Best Defender for the 2017–18 season.^[19] Hines also won the EuroLeague championship with CSKA Moscow, at the 2019 EuroLeague Final Four.

Olimpia Milano (2020–2024)

In May 2020, Hines signed a two-year contract with the Italian League club Olimpia Milano, after spending the previous 7 seasons with the Russian VTB United League club CSKA Moscow.^[20] On July 6, 2023, he renewed his contract for another year.

On June 27, 2024, Kyle Hines announced his retirement from professional basketball via his personal Instagram account.^[21]

EuroLeague

Domestic leagues

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Year	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2008–09	Veroli	LegaDue	34	31.9	.646	.000	.585	8.6	.9	2.9	1.8	16.9
2009–10	Veroli	LegaDue	40	30.7	.625	.188	.578	8.1	.9	3.5	1.7	23.1
2010–11	Bamberg	BBL	46	20.1	.608	.333	.524	4.6	.9	.7	1.2	10.4
2011–12	Olympiacos	HEBA A1	34	18.5	.571	.000	.644	3.7	1.0	1.0	1.0	8.6
2012–13	Olympiacos	HEBA A1	33	17.0	.635	—	.608	4.8	.7	.8	.7	7.5
2013–14	CSKA Moscow	VTBUL	26	16.6	.566	.000	.611	3.1	.8	.5	.6	4.9
2014–15	CSKA Moscow	VTBUL	39	15.6	.648	—	.606	3.9	.6	.5	.6	6.7
2015–16	CSKA Moscow	VTBUL	39	15.6	.648	—	.606	3.9	.6	.5	.6	6.7
2016–17	CSKA Moscow	VTBUL	32	18.3	.699	—	.629	3.4	1.3	.8	.6	7.7
2017–18	CSKA Moscow	VTBUL	21	20.2	.709	.000	.765	4.6	1.2	.9	.4	9.3
2018–19	CSKA Moscow	VTBUL	22	20.4	.606	.500	.690	3.4	1.5	.7	1.0	7.4
2019–20	CSKA Moscow	VTBUL	16	18.1	.684	—	.680	4.4	1.6	.6	.5	5.9
2020–21	Olimpia Milano	LBA	23	22.0	.576	.000	.738	5.5	1.7	1.3	.7	7.6
2021–22	Olimpia Milano	LBA	24	23.0	.592	—	.571	4.8	2.5	.9	1.1	7.0
2022–23	Olimpia Milano	LBA	28	17.7	.649	.000	.611	3.4	1.6	.8	.4	5.5
2023–24	Olimpia Milano	LBA	29	16.9	.753	1.000	.692	3.7	1.0	.2	.5	5.2

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College

Philanthropy

In 2011, Kyle co-founded the Team Hines 42 Foundation, which promotes and provides programs for youth athletes.^[26]

College career

Note: All college records and awards were at the time of his college graduation, in May 2008. Since then, some of the records may have been broken. (Compiled from the following sources:)^{[27][28][29][30][31][32][33]}

Awards

• UNC Greensboro Spartans Athletics Hall of Fame (2025)
• Southern Conference Player of the Year (2007)
• Southern Conference Rookie of the Year (2005)
• 3× First-team All-SoCon (2006–2008)
• All-Freshman Team SoCon (2005)
• AP Honorable mention All-American (2007)
• Southern Conference Player of the Week (twice): (January 23, 2007, February 25, 2008)
• Southern Conference Player of the Month (four times): (January 2005, January 2006, December 2006, January 2007)
• Named Dick Vitale's "Diaper Dandy of the Week", at one point during freshman season (2005)
• USBWA All-District Selection three consecutive times (2006–2008)
• Named to three Mid-Major All-American squads (2007): (CNN SI, CollegeInsider.com, CollegeHoops.net)
• Featured in the October issue of Basketball Times Magazine, as one of five "Under the Radar" players nationally (2007)
• First UNCG player to have his/her jersey number retired while still active (#42) (2008)

Career highs

• 43 minutes played versus East Tennessee State (OT), on January 18, 2005
• 38 points versus Marshall University (OT), on November 11, 2006
• 21 rebounds versus College of Charleston, on December 3, 2005
• 6 assists versus Montreat College, on January 11, 2006
• 5 steals, in six games
• 7 blocks, in four games

Records

• First UNCG player to start career with back-to-back double-doubles (2005)

• Tied UNCG single game blocked shots (7) (four times)

• UNCG single game rebounds (21) (2005)

• Fleming Gymnasium rebounds record (18) (2005)

• UNCG freshman season rebounds (259) (2005)

• UNCG freshman field goals made (175) (2005)

• UNCG sophomore single season points (578) (2006)

• UNCG junior single season points (605) (2007)

• UNCG senior single season points (596) (2008)

• UNCG single season double-doubles (12) (2006)

• UNCG single season 30+ point games (5) (2007)

• UNCG single season free throw makes

• UNCG single season free throw attempts (Div-I era) (230) (2007)

• First player in school history to record back to back 500-point seasons (2006–2007)

First player to then achieve it three straight times (2006–2008)

• First UNCG duo (along with Ricky Hickman) to both score 500 points in a single season (2007)

• First player in school history to record three straight 400-point seasons (2005–2007)

First player to then achieve it four straight times (2005–2008)

• UNCG consecutive games with at least one block (37) (2005–2006)

• UNCG all-time leading scorer (2,187)

• UNCG all-time leading rebounder (1,047)

• Only UNCG player to join the 2000 / 1000 club

• NCAA DI – one of only six players to ever record 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, and 300 blocks in a career

• Southern Conference all-time leading shot blocker (349)

• Southern Conference single season blocked shots (106) (2005)

• Southern Conference leader in blocks for four consecutive seasons (2005–2008)

• Southern Conference consecutive double-digit scoring games (81) (2005–2008)

Professional career

• 2× Italian Second Division Cup Winner: (2009, 2010)
• Italian Second Division Cup MVP: (2009)
• German Supercup Winner: (2010)
• German League All-Star Game MVP: (2011)
• German Cup Winner: (2011)
• German League Champion: (2011)
• German League Finals MVP: (2011)
• 4× EuroLeague Champion: (2012, 2013, 2016, 2019)
• Greek League Champion: (2012)
• 6× VTB League Champion: (2014–2019)
• 3× EuroLeague Best Defender: (2016, 2018, 2022)
• VTB United League Defensive Player of the Year: (2016)
• 3× LBA champion (2022, 2023, 2024)
• 2× Italian Cup winner (2021, 2022)
• Italian Super Cup winner (2020)
• 2× LBA Best Defender (2021, 2022)
• EuroLeague 2010–20 All-Decade Team: (2020)