College career

Kinsey attended and played collegiately at the University of South Carolina where he helped lead the Gamecocks to two straight NIT championships; averaging 19.4 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 2.6 steals and shooting 53% from the field in the NIT Tournament.

NIT Championship Game 2005

While a junior at the University of South Carolina, Kinsey was an essential player on the Gamecocks basketball team. As the team made it to the NIT (National Invitation Tournament), they reached the championship game against St. Joseph's University. With less than 6 seconds remaining on the clock, St. Joe's sharpshooter Pat Carroll hit a 3-pointer to tie the game up, 57-57. Kinsey got the inbounds pass for USC, dribbled up court, and fired a 3-pointer that hit nothing but net with 1.3 seconds left to win the NIT for South Carolina, 60-57.

Collegiate statistics

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2002-03	South Carolina	20	3	8.8	.360	.071	.375	.8	.6	.2	.0	2.2
2003-04	South Carolina	33	25	21.9	.402	.318	.700	3.2	1.3	1.1	.2	8.3
2004-05	South Carolina	32	31	26.4	.394	.387	.667	3.4	1.6	1.3	.4	8.9
2005-06	South Carolina	38	37	34.8	.453	.378	.843	4.6	2.3	1.6	.3	15.8
Career		123	96	24.9	.421	.357	.817	1.3	.5	.0	.6	9.8

Professional career

Memphis Grizzlies

2006-2007

Undrafted out of college, Kinsey played the 2006-07 NBA season for the Memphis Grizzlies, averaging 7.7 points in 48 games. He started 12 games for the Grizzlies, averaging 18.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.

2007-2008

Kinsey took part in the 2007 NBA Europe Live Tour in Spain. He started the 2007-08 NBA season for the Memphis Grizzlies and played in 11 games for Memphis this season, averaging 3.6 points and 1.1 rebounds in limited action.

Fenerbahçe Ülker

After being released by the Grizzlies, Kinsey signed a contract to play in the TBL for the Fenerbahçe Ülker in Turkey. He averaged 9.2 points in 14 regular season games with Fenerbahce Ulker and helped the club to win the Beko Basketball League Finals (the final stage of the Turkish Basketball League playoffs).

Kinsey posted averages of 8.8 points on .492 shooting and 2.8 rebounds in 12 Euroleague games helping Fenerbahçe Ülker reach the quarterfinals of Euroleague 2007-08. Kinsey tied for team high in scoring with 12 points in the first game of the best of three game quarterfinal series against Montepaschi Siena.

Cleveland Cavaliers

On August 1, 2008, Kinsey signed a one-year contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

In the early part of the season, Kinsey usually only played during garbage time. After injuries to starting shooting guard Delonte West and top reserve Sasha Pavlović, Kinsey began playing more and even started a few games and played well until spraining his ankle in a game against Orlando. Kinsey returned following the All-Star game, and once again was the third-string shooting guard as West and Pavlović returned from injury.

Return to Europe

On August 25, 2009, Kinsey signed a contract with his former team Fenerbahçe Ülker. In July 2011, he signed a one-year deal with Anadolu Efes.

On September 26, 2012, Kinsey signed with the Golden State Warriors of the NBA. However, he did not make the team's final roster. On December 14, 2012, Kinsey signed with Victoria Libertas Pesaro in Italy's Lega Basket Serie A. On April 19, 2013, he left Pesaro and signed with Unicaja Malaga of Spain for the rest of the season.

Partizan Belgrade

On September 9, 2013, Kinsey signed a one-year deal with the Serbian team Partizan Belgrade. In the season-opener game victory against Igokea, he debuted by scoring 15 points with a couple of the attractive dunks. In a second week of December, his block on Fenerbahçe's Bogdanović was a top play. In the Euroleague game against Lokomotiv Kuban on January 31, he scored career-high 32 points, while also adding 5 rebounds and 3 steals. In March 2014, he had a season-ending injury in the game against Cibona, when he sprained ankle on his right leg. He had one of the best seasons of his career, averaging career-high 14.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, over 16 games in the Euroleague.

Nizhny Novgorod

On August 4, 2014, he signed a one-year deal with the Russian team Nizhny Novgorod. Nizhny Novgorod ended the competition in the VTB United League after being eliminated by CSKA Moscow with 3-0 in the semifinal series.

Trabzonspor

On July 22, 2015, Kinsey signed a one-year deal with the Turkish club Trabzonspor. On December 27, 2015, he parted ways with Trabzonspor after appearing in eleven league games and ten Eurocup games.

Crvena zvezda

On December 28, 2015, Kinsey signed with the Serbian club Crvena zvezda for the rest of the season.

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance Index Rating
Bold	Career high

Led the league

NBA

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2006-07	Memphis	48	12	20.1	.457	.283	.796	2.0	.9	1.1	.0	7.7
2007-08	Memphis	11	0	8.7	.421	.429	.833	1.1	.2	.3	.0	3.6
2008-09	Cleveland	50	3	5.5	.449	.389	.868	.8	.2	.2	.0	2.0
Career		109	15	12.3	.453	.324	.817	1.3	.5	.6	.0	4.7

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2009	Cleveland	9	0	1.2	.333	.000	1.000	.2	.0	.1	.0	.4
Career		9	0	1.2	.333	.000	1.000	.2	.0	.1	.0	.4

Euroleague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2007-08	Fenerbahçe	12	0	22.0	.402	.226	.727	2.8	.8	1.4	.2	8.8	7.6
2009-10	Fenerbahçe	10	8	24.7	.474	.400	.731	3.0	1.3	1.1	.1	10.1	9.9
2010-11	Fenerbahçe	14	2	22.3	.485	.250	.645	2.8	1.1	1.4	.1	8.4	8.0
2011-12	Anadolu Efes	9	7	25.0	.417	.278	.692	3.8	1.1	1.6	.4	8.2	8.0
2013-14	Partizan	16	13	31.6	.429	.355	.821	4.6	1.6	1.8	.4	14.8	14.2
2014-15	Nizhny Novgorod	17	16	30.9	.415	.370	.786	5.1	1.8	1.6	.2	13.8	13.6
Career		78	46	26.7	.433	.325	.758	3.8	1.3	1.5	.2	11.1	10.6

Domestic leagues

Season	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2007-08	Fenerbahçe Ülker	TBL	14	21.0	.415	.366	.727	4.8	.8	1.2	.1	9.2
2009-10			36	23.2	.488	.381	.728	3.8	1.3	1.5	.1	9.5
2010-11			20	20.4	.427	.225	.813	3.1	1.5	1.3	.0	5.9
2011-12	Anadolu Efes S.K.		28	21.8	.520	.373	.765	3.0	1.5	1.0	.2	8.1
2012-13	Scavolini Pesaro	Lega A	16	29.6	.466	.209	.875	6.6	1.0	2.1	.3	12.4
	Unicaja	Liga ACB	5	14.8	.286	.000	.750	3.2	.6	1.4	.2	2.2
2013-14	Partizan NiS	Adriatic League	20	30.0	.472	.357	.787	4.5	2.1	2.1	.4	13.2
2014-15	BC Nizhny Novgorod	VTB United League	32	26.6	.421	.453	.794	3.8	2.4	1.5	.2	12.6

Personal life

Kinsey is dating R&B singer Olivia.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]