Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

Caldwell-Pope with the Pistons
No. 5 – Detroit Pistons
Position Shooting guard
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1993-02-18) February 18, 1993
Thomaston, Georgia
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school Greenville (Greenville, Georgia)
College Georgia (2011–2013)
NBA draft 2013 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8th overall
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Playing career 2013–present
Career history
2013–present Detroit Pistons
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Kentavious Tannell Caldwell-Pope (born February 18, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was one of the top high school basketball players in the class of 2011. He was selected with the eighth overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons.[1] Caldwell-Pope played college basketball for the University of Georgia for two years before declaring for the 2013 NBA draft on April 15, 2013.[2]

High school career

Caldwell-Pope was a highly heralded player in high school. As a senior, he averaged 31 points and 8.2 rebounds per game at Greenville High School in Greenville, Georgia. He led the Patriots to the State Class A Final Four in 2011 and to consecutive Sweet 16 berths in 2009–10.

He was named to several prominent high school All-America teams as a senior, including being selected to play in the 2011 McDonald's All-American Game[3] and the Jordan Brand Classic.[4]

As a senior, he was rated the nation's No. 3 shooting guard prospect, the No. 12 prospect overall, by recruiting analysts for Rivals.com.

College career

Caldwell-Pope chose Georgia to play for Mark Fox and Cody Anderson over scholarship offers from Alabama, Florida State, Georgia Tech, and Tennessee among others.

Name Home town High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
G		 Greenville, Georgia Greenville 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jul 17, 2010 
Scout:5/5 stars   Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 97
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Freshman season

As a freshman, Caldwell-Pope was named to the Coaches' Freshman All-SEC Team, which also included NBA lottery picks Bradley Beal, Anthony Davis, and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. His highest output as a freshman was 25 points vs. Ole Miss, which was the most by a UGA freshman in almost 13 years.[5]

Sophomore season

As a sophomore, Caldwell-Pope was named SEC Player of the Year after averaging 18.5 points and 7.1 rebounds per game.[6] He ended his career at Georgia scoring a career-high 32 points and 13 rebounds in a loss against LSU at the SEC tournament in Nashville.[7]

College statistics

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2011–12 Georgia 32 32 32.1 .396 .304 .654 5.2 1.2 1.8 .3 13.2
2012–13 Georgia 32 32 33.9 .433 .373 .799 7.1 1.8 2.0 .5 18.5
Career[8] 64 64 33.0 .415 .339 .727 6.2 1.5 1.9 .4 15.9

Professional career

Detroit Pistons (2013–present)

On June 27, 2013, Caldwell-Pope was selected with the eighth overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons. He later joined the Pistons for the 2013 NBA Summer League and signed his rookie scale contract with the team on July 19.[9] On April 16, 2014, he scored a then career-high 30 points in a loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.[10]

In July 2014, Caldwell-Pope re-joined the Pistons for the 2014 NBA Summer League where he averaged 24.0 points and 7.4 rebounds in five games. Head coach Stan Van Gundy quickly assessed Caldwell-Pope as his best perimeter defender and he wound up leading the Pistons in minutes played with 2,587. Caldwell-Pope got better after the All-Star break, largely thanks to the acquisition of point guard Reggie Jackson; post All-Star Break, Caldwell-Pope averaged 14.3 points per game. He finished the season with 153 three-point shots made, 70 more than the closest Pistons player. He tied Kevin Love for 16th in the NBA.[11]

On December 16, 2015, Caldwell-Pope scored a career-high 31 points in a 119–116 win over the Boston Celtics.[12] He helped the Pistons finish the 2015–16 regular season with a 44–38 record, good for the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference. The Pistons thus qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2009. In the first round of the playoffs, the Pistons faced the first-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers, and in a Game 1 loss on April 17, Caldwell-Pope scored a team-high 21 points.[13] The Pistons went on to lose the series 4–0.

NBA 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  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2013–14 Detroit 80 41 19.8 .396 .319 .770 2.0 .7 .9 .2 5.9
2014–15 Detroit 82 82 31.5 .401 .345 .696 3.1 1.3 1.1 .2 12.7
2015–16 Detroit 76 76 36.7 .420 .309 .811 3.7 1.8 1.4 .2 14.5
Career 238 199 29.2 .408 .327 .765 2.9 1.3 1.2 .2 11.0

References

  1. ↑ Rivals Player Profile, rivals.yahoo.com. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "Georgia sophomore star entering NBA draft". USA Today. April 15, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ White, Chris (February 10, 2011). "High school basketball: Greenville's Caldwell-Pope named a McDonald's All-American". Ledger-Enquirer. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  4. ↑ 2011 Jordan Brand Classic: West Team, jordanbrandclassic.com. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "Mississippi 66, Georgia 63". ESPN. January 21, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
  6. ↑ Lockridge & Cole (March 12, 2013). "Georgia's Kentavious Caldwell-Pope named SEC's top player". The Tennessean. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  7. ↑ "LSU 68, Georgia 63". ESPN. March 14, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
  8. ↑ Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, rivals.yahoo.com. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  9. ↑ "Detroit Pistons Sign Draft Selections Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Tony Mitchell". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. July 19, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Notebook: Thunder 112, Pistons 111". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. April 16, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  11. ↑ "2014-15 Player Recap: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. May 4, 2015. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Caldwell-Pope scores 31 points, Pistons beat Celtics 119-116". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. December 16, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Big 3 back together, lead Cavs to 106-101 win over Pistons". NBA.com. April 17, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016.

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