Joey Haywood
Haywood drives to the basket in 2015
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| No. 7 – Halifax Hurricanes | |
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| Position | Point guard |
| League | NBL Canada |
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| Born |
September 3, 1984 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Nationality | Trinidadian / Canadian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Magee (Vancouver, British Columbia) |
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| NBA draft | 2011 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2011–present |
| Career history | |
| 2011–2013 | Halifax Rainmen |
| 2013–2014 | Aalborg Vikings |
| 2014 | Grindavíkur |
| 2014–2015 | Halifax Rainmen |
| 2016–present | Halifax Hurricanes |
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Joel "Joey" Haywood (born September 3, 1984) is a Trinidadian-Canadian professional basketball player for the Halifax Hurricanes of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL). Due to his reputation as a streetball player and his ball-handling expertise, he is often nicknamed "King Handles".
Haywood was born on September 3, 1984 in Vancouver, British Columbia. His family—which included his father Zephryn and older brother Gary—moved from Trinidad and Tobago to the city of Burnaby in British Columbia in Canada. Gary, who regularly played basketball, would often take his younger sibling with him when he played. At age 7, Joey chose to stick with the sport instead of playing soccer, his father's favorite sport. He said, "In soccer, there's too many people on the field, and you don't get your time to shine."
In the area Haywood was brought up, he practiced playing in the same park that future Simon Fraser University star Jordan Mason would practice in. Haywood's ball-handling skills helped him get noticed by former Harlem Globetrotters member Mel Davis, with whom he would begin taking lessons. He eventually joined the Kits Youth Basketball League, a competition for young players from ages 13 to 16. His performance there helped him get chosen to play a role in the film Air Bud.
Haywood attended Magee Secondary School in his hometown of Vancouver, following his friends there. Instantly, he became a star on the school's basketball team and was considered the top player in every grade. At around this time, Haywood tried out for the British Columbia provincial under-16 team and was one of the top 20 players on its roster. However, his style of play made him a less appealing player. In his senior year, Magee failed to make the provincials round, but Haywood managed to score 38 points in a loss to Kitsilano Secondary School, the reigning AAA Provincial Champions, in what is sometimes considered one of his best performances at the high school level.
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