Lijah Perkins in Birmingham, United Kingdom is a professional basketball player, currently signed to Worthing Thunder, playing as a Power forward or Centre.
Education
Perkins and the Bullets were to regain the Play-off title two years later in 1998 with a close 78-75 victory over Thames Valley Tigers, capping off another successful season where the team finished as Runners-up in the League Championship.
Career
Known as somewhat of a journeyman in British basketball, Perkins started his career playing for his hometown team Birmingham Bullets in 1995, making his professional debut against the Sheffield Sharks on 9 September 1995. He has since then gone on to play for no fewer than 7 British teams and over 9 European teams in his career as well as earn 6 appearances for the England national team Perkins enjoyed most of his success with the famous Bullets team of the mid-nineties.
Perkins left the United Kingdom that year to pursue dreams of a career in Europe, finding himself in the Icelandic league where he was the league leader of Blocked Shots for 1998-1999.
After stints at several other European clubs, the Small/Power forward returned home to sign for National Basketball League side Teesside Mohawks, one of the frontrunners of the lower leagues. He was named in the All-Star 1st Team & All-Bosman Team for the 2004-2005 Season.
His stats caught the attention of Brighton Bears coach Nick Nurse who promptly signed up Perkins, leading the way for another return home and back into the BBL. His stint did not last long however and he was soon transferred to London Towers, where within a few months of being at the club, he helped the team to the Final of the 2006 BBL Cup, eventually losing to Newcastle Eagles, 83-69. Following the closure of the Towers that summer, Perkins was again on the lookout for a team and moved on to the Scottish Rocks for a brief period before travelling through Switzerland, Spain and France and eventually ending up back in London under the command of Steve Bucknall at BBL rookies London Capital, where he signed on a temporary basis.
After the end of a shambolic first season for London, Perkins opted to sign for another rookie team Worthing Thunder, who had just joined the BBL from the English Basketball League.
After retiring from the game of basketball in November 2008, Perkins has decided to revitalise his career and get back to playing and has journeyed back to Europe to France once again. 2010-2011 Caen Basket Calvados
2008 Worthing Thunder
2007-2008 London Capital
2007 Etoile d"Or Street-Leonard
2006-2007 Grupo Salmerón Guadix
2006 Union Neuchâtel
2006 Scottish Rocks
2005-2006 London Towers
2005 Brighton Bears
2004-2005 Forssan Koripojat
2003-2004 Coruna
2001-2003 Teesside Mohawks
2001 Werkendam
2000-2001 Hasselt
1999-2000 KR Basket
1998-1999 Thorlakshofn
1995-1998 Birmingham Bullets.