The 6 ft 7 inch
Edmonton native played
college basketball at the
University of Richmond. Further, he gained experience with the
French basketball teams
Limoges CSP Elite, Étoile Sportive Saint-Michel Le Portel Côte d'Opale (aka ESSM Le Portel),
Aix-Maurienne Savoie Basket and
Stade Clermontois Basket Auvergne, and
Polish team
Polpak Świecie. Starting in 2012, he played for
TBB Trier in the German
Basketball Bundesliga. In 2014, he extended his contract with the Trier team for two more years. Following stints in
Belgium and
Argentina, Bucknor returned to the city of Trier, signing with the
Gladiators Trier. Chronic knee pain and a hip injury forced him to retire in June 2021. Bucknor opted to start a career in coaching. ==Coaching career==