Roderick Blakney

Roderick Blakney
Personal information
Born	August 6, 1976 (age 48); Hartsville, South Carolina
Nationality	American / Bulgarian
Listed height	6 ft 1.25 in (1.86 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Hartsville (Hartsville, South Carolina)
College	South Carolina State (1994–1998)
NBA draft	1998: undrafted
Playing career	1998–2013
Position	Point guard
Career history
1998	Sioux Falls Skyforce
1998–1999	Dakota Wizards
1999–2001	Cincinnati Stuff
2001	Los Prados
2001–2002	Iraklis
2002–2003	AEK Athens
2003–2006	Maroussi
2006–2007	Dynamo Moscow
2007–2008	Olympiacos
2008–2009	Türk Telekom
2009–2010	Panellinios
2010–2011	Unicaja Málaga
2011–2012	Lokomotiv Kuban
2012–2013	Cajasol Sevilla
Career highlights
	Greek League Assist Leader (2002); 2x Greek League Best Five (2004, 2006); MEAC Player of the Year (1997);

Roderick Bertrand Blakney (born August 6, 1976) is a naturalized Bulgarian former professional basketball player.

College career

Blakney, a 6 ft 1 ¼ in (1.86 m) point guard played college basketball at South Carolina State University, averaging 20.6 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 4.7 assists in his senior year during the 1997-98 season.

Since college, Blakney has played for numerous teams, including Greek League clubs such as Iraklis Thessaloniki (2001–02), AEK Athens (2002–03), Maroussi (2003–06), Olympiacos Piraeus (2007–08). He has also played with the Russian Superleague club Dynamo Moscow during the 2006-07 season.

In 2008 he joined the Turkish League team Türk Telekom. In 2009, he moved to Panellinios.

In November 2010 he signed a two-month contract with Unicaja Málaga in Spain,^[1] that was later extended until the end of the 2010-11 season.^[2]

In October 2011 he signed with Lokomotiv Kuban in Russia.^[3] In December 2012, he returned to Spain and signed with Cajasol Sevilla until the end of the season.^[4]

Blakney is also a former member of the senior Bulgarian national basketball team.