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{{Short description|American basketball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name            = Frankie King
| image           =
| image_size      = 
| caption         = 
| height_ft       = 6
| height_in       = 1
| weight_lb       = 185
| nationality     = American
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1972|06|06}}
| birth_place     = [[Baxley, Georgia]]
| high_school     = [[Appling County High School|Appling County]]<br/>(Baxley, Georgia)
| college         = 
*{{nowrap|[[College of Coastal Georgia]] (1991–1993)}}
*[[Western Carolina Catamounts men's basketball|Western Carolina]] (1993–1995)
| draft_year      = 1995
| draft_round     = 2
| draft_pick      = 37
| draft_team      = [[Los Angeles Lakers]]
| career_start    = 1995
| career_end      = 2007
| career_number   = 4, 20
| career_position = [[Point guard]] / [[shooting guard]]
| years1          = 1995
| team1           = [[Memphis Fire]]
| years2          = {{nbay|1995|full=y}}
| team2           = [[Los Angeles Lakers]]
| years3          = 1996–1997
| team3           = [[CB Granada|Covirán Granada]]
| years4          = {{nbay|1996|end}}
| team4           = [[Philadelphia 76ers]]
| years5          = 1997–1998
| team5           = [[Panionios B.C.|Panionios Athens]]
| years6          = 1998–1999
| team6           = [[P.A.O.K. B.C.|PAOK Thessaloniki]]
| years7          = 1999
| team7           = [[Alba Berlin]]
| years8          = 2000–2001
| team8           = [[Paris Basket Racing|Paris Racing]]
| years9          = 2001–2002
| team9           = [[Aris B.C.|Aris Thessaloniki]]
| years10         = 2002–2003
| team10          = [[BCM Gravelines]]
| years11         = 2003–2004
| team11          = [[Gary Steelheads]]
| years12         = 2004
| team12          = [[Galatasaray Medical Park (men's basketball)|Galatasaray]]
| years13         = 2004
| team13          = [[Toros de Aragua]]
| years14         = 2004–2006
| team14          = [[Proteas EKA AEL]]
| years15         = 2006
| team15          = [[Ironi Ramat Gan]]
| years16         = 2006–2007
| team16          = [[APOEL B.C.|APOEL]]
| highlights      = 
* [[FIBA EuroCup All-Star Day|FIBA EuroCup All-Star]] (2006)
* [[Greek Basketball Cup|Greek Cup]] winner (1999)
* [[Greek Basket League individual statistics|Greek League assists leader]] (1999)
* 2× [[HEBA Greek All Star Game|Greek League All-Star]] (1997, 1998)
* [[Greek Basketball Cup MVP|Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer]] (1999)
* 2× [[Cypriot Basket League|Cypriot League]] champion (2005, 2006)
* [[Cypriot Basket Super Cup|Cypriot Super Cup]] winner (2005)
* 2× [[Southern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|SoCon Player of the Year]] (1994, 1995)
* 2× [[Southern Conference|SoCon]] Top Scorer (1994, 1995)
* 2× First-team All-[[Southern Conference|SoCon]] (1994, 1995)
* [[Western Carolina Catamounts|Western Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame]] (2013)
* [[Southern Conference|SoCon]] 100th Anniversary Team (2021)
}}

'''Frankie Alexander King''' (born June 6, 1972) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player. During his pro [[sports club|club]] career, at a height of 6&nbsp;ft 1 (1.85 m) tall, and a weight of 185&nbsp;lbs. (84&nbsp;kg), he played at the [[point guard]] and [[shooting guard]] positions. King played in the [[NBA]], with the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] and [[Philadelphia 76ers]].

==College career==
King attended [[Appling County High School|Appling County High]], in [[Baxley, Georgia]], where he played high school basketball. After high school, King played [[college basketball]] at the former Brunswick College, which is now known as the [[College of Coastal Georgia]], from 1991 to 1993. He then played college basketball at [[Western Carolina University]]. At Western Carolina, he played with the school's men's team, the [[Western Carolina Catamounts men's basketball|Western Carolina Catamounts]], from 1993 to 1995.

King was inducted into the [[Western Carolina Catamounts|Western Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame]] in 2013.<ref>[https://catamountsports.com/honors/western-carolina-athletics-hall-of-fame/frankie-king/59 FRANKIE KING INDUCTION 2013.]</ref> In 2021, he was named to the [[Southern Conference]]'s men's basketball 100 years anniversary team.<ref>[https://soconsports.com/sports/2021/12/18/MBB_1218211536.aspx 100th Anniversary Men's Basketball Team (first season 1921-22).]</ref><ref>[https://catamountsports.com/news/2022/1/1/general-socon-caps-year-long-celebration-announces-100th-anniversary-teams.aspx SoCon Caps Year-Long Celebration, Announces 100th Anniversary Teams.]</ref>

==Professional career==
In the [[1995 NBA draft]], King was selected in the second round, with the 37th overall draft pick, by the [[Los Angeles Lakers]].<ref>[https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1995.html 1995 NBA Draft.]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2371 Frankie King TheDraftReview.com]</ref> He played with the Lakers, in the [[1995–96 NBA season|1995–96 season]], and with the [[Philadelphia 76ers]], in the [[1996–97 NBA season|1996–97 season]]. King's [[NBA]] career consisted of a total of thirteen games played, six with the Lakers and seven with the 76ers.<ref>[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/kingfr01.html Frankie King Per Game Regular Season.]</ref>

After playing in the NBA, King also played professionally in numerous European countries: [[Spain]], [[Greece]], [[Germany]], [[France]], [[Turkey]], and [[Cyprus]]. He also professionally played in [[Asia]] ([[Israel]]), and in [[South America]] ([[Venezuela]]).

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Basketballstats |nba= 701 |bbr= k/kingfr01 }}
*{{Eurobasket.com player|14383|}}
*[https://www.proballers.com/basketball/player/1819/frankie-king Frankie King] @ ProBallers.com
*[https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Frankie-King/Summary/1528 Frankie King] @ RealGM.com
*[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/frankie-king-1.html Frankie King] @ Sports-Reference.com
*[http://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2371 Frankie King] @ TheDraftReview.com
*[https://catamountsports.com/honors/western-carolina-athletics-hall-of-fame/frankie-king/59 Frankie King] @ CatamountSports.com

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