Keith MarQuez Haynes[1][2] (born December 19, 1986) is an American-Georgian professional basketball player for Paris Basketball of the LNB Pro B. Haynes is a naturalized citizen of Georgia, and he played with the senior men's Georgian national team at EuroBasket 2011.
A native of Irving, Texas, Haynes played college basketball at Boston College, with the Boston College Eagles (2005–2007), and at Texas–Arlington, with the Texas–Arlington Mavericks (2008–2010).
After going undrafted in the 2010 NBA draft, Haynes decided to pursue a professional basketball career in Europe, signing with Élan Chalon of the French Pro A League.[3] He later played with the Spanish ACB League club Gran Canaria (2011–12), the German League club Artland Dragons (2012–13), and then signed with the Italian League club Olimpia Milano.[4] He parted ways with Milano on December 29, 2013.[5] He then signed with the Italian League club Montepaschi Siena for the rest of the season. In July 2014, he signed a two-year deal with the Israeli Super League club Maccabi Tel Aviv.[6] On July 6, 2015, he left Maccabi and returned to Italy where he signed with Dinamo Sassari.[7] On January 29, 2016, he was bought out of Sassari by Panathinaikos, for an estimated price of $100k.[8][9] On July 5, 2016, he signed with Italian club Umana Reyer Venezia.[10] In his second season with Reyer, he won the European fourth-tier FIBA Europe Cup championship.[11]
Haynes represented the senior men's Georgian national basketball team at EuroBasket 2011, where he averaged 8 points per game, 1.6 rebounds per game, 1.2 assists per game, and 0.9 blocks per game.[12]