Bo McCalebb

Bo McCalebb

McCalebb with Macedonia
No. 4 – Limoges CSP
Position Point guard
League LNB Pro A
Eurocup
Personal information
Born (1985-05-04) May 4, 1985
New Orleans, Louisiana
Nationality American / Macedonian
Listed height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight 183 lb (83 kg)
Career information
High school O. Perry Walker
(New Orleans, Louisiana)
College New Orleans (2003–2008)
NBA draft 2008 / Undrafted
Playing career 2008–present
Career history
2008–2009 Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi
2009–2010 Partizan Belgrade
2010–2012 Montepaschi Siena
2012–2014 Fenerbahçe Ülker
2014–2015 Bayern Munich
2016–present Limoges
Career highlights and awards

Lester "Bo" McCalebb (Macedonian: Лестер „Бо“ МекКејлеб; born May 4, 1985) is an American-Macedonian professional basketball player for Limoges of the LNB Pro A. He represents internationally the Macedonian national team. Standing at 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in), he plays at the point guard position. Born and raised in New Orleans, he attended the University of New Orleans. A two-time All-Euroleague selection, McCalebb was part of the All-Tournament Team at Eurobasket 2011.

High school and college career

McCalebb attended O. Perry Walker High School in New Orleans, Louisiana. He played college basketball at the University of New Orleans. McCalebb was named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year in 2007. In his five-year career with the Privateers, he played 128 games, averaging 20.9 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3 assists per game.[1]

Professional career

Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi

McCalebb started his professional career in Turkey with Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi. He had a lot of success in Mersin, averaging 17.4 points and 4.7 assists per game during the 2008–09 season. He was also the Turkish Basketball League leader in steals with 2.7 per game.

Partizan Belgrade

McCalebb playing for Partizan in Euroleague in December 2009.

On October 16, 2009, McCalebb signed a one-year contract with the Serbian club Partizan Belgrade, a week after the team released former point guard Milt Palacio for failure to join the team on time.[2] He had an amazing season with Partizan winning the regional ABA League, Basketball League of Serbia and Cup titles. He also helped the team to reach the Euroleague Final Four, earning the All-Euroleague Second Team selection.

Montepaschi Siena

In July 2010, McCalebb signed a three-year deal with the Italian club Montepaschi Siena.[3][4] In his first season in Italy, he had even more success, helping his team to the Euroleague Final Four, and winning the Italian League, Cup and Supercup. In 2012, he was named the Italian League MVP.[5] In April 2012, McCalebb won the Euroleague Alphonso Ford Trophy, the annual award given to the Euroleague's top scorer of the season. He averaged 16.9 points, 2.6 assists and 2.2 rebounds per game during the season, while shooting .613 from the field and .526 on three-pointers.[6][7] He also earned selection for the All-Euroleague Second Team second time in his career.[8]

Fenerbahçe Ülker

During the summer of 2012, San Antonio Spurs were interested in signing McCalebb, but they didn't reach a buyout agreement with Montepaschi Siena.[9] In August 2012, McCalebb signed a three-year contract with the Turkish club Fenerbahçe Ülker.[10][11] In June 2014, he left Fenerbahçe and became a free agent.[12]

Bayern Munich

On November 19, 2014, McCalebb signed a one-month deal with the German club Bayern Munich.[13][14] Over 5 regular season Euroleague games he played for the team, he averaged 9.8 points and a career-high 3.6 assists per game. On December 26, 2014, he extended his contract with the club until the end of January 2015.[15] On January 10, 2015, he tore ligaments in a thumb, which sidelined him off the court for several weeks.[16] He eventually never played again for Bayern until the end of the season.

Pelicans / Limoges

On October 15, 2015, McCalebb signed with the New Orleans Pelicans.[17] However, he was later waived by the Pelicans on October 24, after appearing in four preseason games.[18] On January 3, 2016, McCalebb signed with Limoges of the LNB Pro A.[19]

Macedonian national team

McCalebb in the game against the Spanish national team.

In 2010, McCalebb accepted to play for the senior men's Macedonian national basketball team, after which he received a Macedonian passport.[20][21] The "Macedonian MVP" was the second leading scorer in the qualifying for the EuroBasket 2011, with a strong showing against Great Britain and the NBA star Luol Deng.[22]

EuroBasket 2011

On August 31, in the first tournament game for Macedonia, McCalebb scored 17 points in an overtime loss against Montenegro. On September 1, Macedonia played Croatia with McCalebb scoring 19 points. He had another strong showing versus Greece on September 3, scoring game-high 27 points and leading the team to a 72–58 win. On September 4, McCalebb scored 18 points against Finland in a 72–70 win. On September 5, McCalebb scored 22 points in a 75–63 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina, which qualified them to the second phase as the first place team in Group C. Then, on September 8 (Macedonia Independence Day), he led the team with 27 points in their 65–63 win over Georgia and thus placed Macedonia to the quarter-finals. In the last two games of the second phase, McCalebb scored 19 points in Macedonian victory against Slovenia, and 16 points in the dramatic loss against Russia. On September 14, Macedonia defeated the host nation Lithuania to qualify to the semi-finals. McCalebb scored 23 points. In the semi-finals Macedonia was defeated 92–80 by Spain, with McCalebb scoring 25 points. In the bronze medal battle, McCalebb scored 22 points, but Macedonia was defeated by Russia, in another dramatic game, 72–68. McCalebb earned All Tournament Team selection.[23] He averaged 21.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists for 34.2 minutes a contest.[24] With 235 points, McCalebb was the best scorer in the tournament, but in averaged points per game only behind Tony Parker who played one game less.[25]

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

Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Led the league

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2003–04 New Orleans 31 15 26.1 .441 .311 .606 3.5 2.0 1.4 .1 13.1
2004–05 New Orleans 30 30 34.9 .480 .260 .567 4.3 3.7 1.8 .2 22.6
2005–06 New Orleans 4 4 33.3 .379 .300 .657 2.5 1.5 3.8 .5 19.0
2006–07 New Orleans 31 31 34.5 .478 .333 .710 6.8 3.3 2.0 .2 25.0
2007–08 New Orleans 32 32 33.3 .506 .405 .772 4.5 3.1 2.4 .1 23.2
Career 128 112 32.2 .476 .333 .667 4.7 3.0 2.0 .1 20.9

Domestic leagues

Season Team League GP MPG FG% 3PT FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–09 Mersin B.B. TBL 30 33.9 .584 .303 .729 3.3 4.6 2.7 .1 17.4
2009–10 Partizan NIS Adriatic League 26 24.6 .541 .296 .759 2.6 2.8 2.2 .1 12.1
KLS 17 22.8 .667 .219 .853 3.0 3.4 2.1 .0 14.3
2010–11 Montepaschi Siena Lega A 32 23.3 .660 .391 .816 2.8 2.8 2.4 .1 13.2
2011–12 43 26.0 .630 .390 .780 2.8 3.4 1.3 .1 14.2
2012–13 Fenerbahçe Ulker TBL 25 24.6 .557 .359 .812 2.6 3.2 1.6 .0 13.3
2013–14 40 22.5 .624 .309 .756 2.5 3.4 1.3 .1 10.4
2014–15 Bayern Munich German BBL 8 26.6 .667 .368 .800 2.3 5.6 1.1 .0 13.6

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2009–10 Partizan 22 22 30.1 .457 .232 .759 2.9 3.4 2.0 .0 13.4 12.7
2010–11 Montepaschi 15 9 20.8 .549 .438 .880 2.0 2.1 1.8 .0 11.5 13.1
2011–12 Montepaschi 17 17 27.7 .613 .526 .809 2.2 2.6 1.3 .0 16.9 17.3
2012–13 Fenerbahçe 23 20 27.6 .481 .255 .847 2.7 2.4 1.9 .0 13.0 13.2
2013–14 Fenerbahçe 24 15 27.0 .595 .359 .741 3.2 2.5 1.4 .1 11.9 14.1
2014–15 Bayern 5 5 23.4 .345 .357 .833 2.4 3.6 .6 .0 9.8 6.0
Career 106 88 26.8 .521 .336 .798 2.7 2.7 1.6 .0 13.1 13.5

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bo McCalebb". sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Partizan adds playmaker McCalebb". Euroleague.net. October 16, 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Montepaschi Siena lands Bo McCalebb". Euroleague.net. July 25, 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Bo knows Italy: All-Euroleague second-teamer McCalebb gets with Montepaschi Siena". ballineurope.com. 26 July 2010. Archived from the original on February 18, 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "Bo McCalebb named Serie A MVP, Meo Sacchetti is the best coach". Sportando.com. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "Montepaschi Siena's Bo McCalebb wins Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy". Euroleague. August 12, 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "Euroleague – Montepaschi Siena's Bo McCalebb wins Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy". mlbb.gr. August 12, 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  8. ↑ "Euroleague Basketball 2011–12 All-Euroleague Team nominees". schoenen-dunk.de. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  9. ↑ "Spurs interested in Bo McCalebb". Sportando. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  10. ↑ "Bo McCalebb Fenerbahçe Ülker’de". Fenerbahce.org. August 2, 2012. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
  11. ↑ "FENERBAHCE ULKER signs Ford Trophy winner McCalebb". Euroleague. 2 August 2012. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  12. ↑ "Bo McCalebb leaves Fenerbahce, is officially free agent". Sportando.com. June 30, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Bayern Munich signs Bo McCalebb to a one-month deal". Sportando.com. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  14. ↑ "FC Bayern brings Bo McCalebb to Munich". Euroleague.net. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  15. ↑ "BO MCCALEBB EXTENDS DEAL WITH BAYERN". fcb-basketball.de. 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  16. ↑ "Injury to Bo McCalebb". fcb-basketball.de. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  17. ↑ "Pelicans Sign Bo McCalebb". NBA.com. October 15, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Pelicans waive Jeff Adrien, Bryce Dejean-Jones, Bo McCalebb". NBA.com. October 24, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Limoges CSP lands Bo McCalebb". Sportando.com. January 3, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  20. ↑ Helin, Kurt. "How New Orleans’ Bo McCalebb became a Macedonian hero". probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  21. ↑ "Green and McCalebb to get passport from Macedonia". Sportando. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  22. ↑ "Macedonia defeat puts Great Britain's EuroBasket qualification on hold". The Daily Telegraph. 24 August 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  23. ↑ "Another Masterpiece For MVP 'La Bomba'". eurobasket2011.com. 18 September 2011. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  24. ↑ "Bo McCalebb". EuroBasket2011.com. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  25. ↑ "Section Scoring Leaders". eurobasket2011.com. Retrieved 29 September 2012.

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