Ray McCallum, Jr.

This article is about the current basketball player. For the college coach and his father, see Ray McCallum.
Ray McCallum, Jr.
Free agent
Position Point guard
Personal information
Born (1991-06-12) June 12, 1991
Madison, Wisconsin
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school Bloomington North
(Bloomington, Indiana)
Detroit Country Day
(Detroit, Michigan)
College Detroit (2010–2013)
NBA draft 2013 / Round: 2 / Pick: 36th overall
Selected by the Sacramento Kings
Playing career 2013–present
Career history
2013–2015 Sacramento Kings
2013–2014 →Reno Bighorns (D-League)
2015–2016 San Antonio Spurs
2015–2016 →Austin Spurs (D-League)
2016 Memphis Grizzlies
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Ray Michael McCallum, Jr. (born June 12, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, he was named the Horizon League Player of the Year after leading the Horizon League in scoring at 18.7 points per game and guiding the Detroit Titans to a berth in the 2013 National Invitation Tournament.[1][2] McCallum also averaged 4.5 assists, 5.1 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game.[2][3] On June 27, 2013, he was selected in the second round (36th overall) by the Sacramento Kings in the 2013 NBA draft.[4]

High school career

The first two years of McCallum's high school career were spent at Bloomington High School North in Bloomington, Indiana.[5] He then attended Detroit Country Day School in Detroit, Michigan for his final two years.[5] In McCallum's senior season in 2009–10, he led Detroit Country Day to a state championship; in the final against J. W. Sexton, they won 71–47 behind McCallum's 32 points, eight rebounds and seven steals.[5] For the season he averaged 22.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game.[5]

McCallum placed third in voting for the Michigan's Mr. Basketball award, was named to the All-State Dream Teams produced by the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News, and was a consensus Top 50 player coming out of high school.[5] Parade magazine named him to their All-American team, as did McDonald's. McCallum played in the 2010 McDonald's All-American Game and recorded four points, two rebounds and one steal.[5]

Considered a four-star recruit by ESPN.com, McCallum was listed as the No. 5 point guard and the No. 17 player in the nation in 2010.[6]

College career

McCallum chose to play at the University of Detroit Mercy for his father, Titans head coach Ray McCallum. He was "one of the most highly-recruited players in school history"[5] and passed on scholarship offers from schools such as UCLA, Arizona, Oklahoma and Florida.[5]

In his freshman season in 2010–11, he became the first player from the University of Detroit to make an all-Horizon League Team as a freshman, where he earned second team honors.[5] McCallum led his team in scoring (13.5) assists (4.9 apg) and total steals (54).[5] CollegeInsider.com named him to their Freshman All-America squad, and his 157 assists during the regular season was second in the NCAA among freshmen.[5] On February 16, he recorded a near triple-double against Youngstown State with 14 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.[5]

McCallum followed up his strong freshman campaign with a strong sophomore year effort. He averaged 15.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.6 steals per game en route to first team all-conference honors.[2][5] Detroit finished with a 22–14 overall record, making it to the first round of the NCAA Tournament. McCallum was named a Bob Cousy Award Final 20 honoree.[5]

In 2012–13, his junior year, McCallum became the first player since 2000–01 to be named the preseason Horizon League Player of the Year and to earn that honor during the postseason as well (Detroit's Rashad Phillips had previously been named both).[1] Even though he led the conference in scoring at 18.7 points per game, Detroit finished in second place in the regular season, did not win the conference tournament championship, and were thus relegated to a National Invitation Tournament (NIT) berth. They finished the year with a 20–13 overall record.

Professional career

Sacramento Kings (2013–2015)

On April 27, 2013, McCallum announced that he was leaving Detroit after his junior season and that he was officially declaring himself eligible for the 2013 NBA draft.[3] He was subsequently selected with the 36th overall pick by the Sacramento Kings.[4] On July 18, 2013, he signed with the Kings after averaging 12.6 points in the 2013 NBA Summer League.[7] On November 21, 2013, he was assigned to the Reno Bighorns of the NBA Development League.[8] He was recalled by the Kings on November 27,[9] reassigned on January 13,[10] and recalled again on January 21.[11] On April 2, 2014, he scored a career-high 27 points in a 107–102 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.[12]

In July 2014, McCallum re-joined the Kings for the 2014 NBA Summer League, going on to earn Championship Game MVP honors after helping the Kings win the title.[13] On February 27, 2015, he scored a season-high 20 points in a loss to the San Antonio Spurs.[14]

San Antonio Spurs (2015–2016)

On July 9, 2015, McCallum was traded to the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for a 2016 second-round pick.[15] He made his debut for the Spurs on October 30, recording 2 points and 2 steals in a 102–75 win over the Brooklyn Nets.[16] During the 2015–16 season, he received multiple assignments to the Austin Spurs, San Antonio's D-League affiliate.[17] On February 29, 2016, he was waived by the Spurs.[18]

Memphis Grizzlies (2016)

On March 12, 2016, McCallum signed a 10-day contract with the Memphis Grizzlies to help the team deal with numerous injuries. Memphis had to use an NBA hardship exemption in order to sign him as he made their roster stand at 17, two over the allowed limited of 15.[19] That night, he made his debut for the Grizzlies in a 95–83 loss to the Atlanta Hawks, recording 13 points, four rebounds, two assists, two steals and one block in 27 minutes off the bench.[20] On March 22, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Grizzlies.[21] On April 1, the Grizzlies decided not to sign him for the remainder of the season, making him a free agent.

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 Sacramento 45 10 19.9 .377 .373 .744 1.8 2.7 .5 .2 6.2
2014–15 Sacramento 68 30 21.1 .438 .306 .679 2.6 2.8 .7 .2 7.4
Career 113 40 20.6 .414 .329 .701 2.3 2.7 .6 .2 6.9

References

  1. 1 2 "McCallum Leads Men's Basketball Award Winners". HorizonLeague.org. March 4, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ray McCallum Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Ray McCallum entering NBA draft". ESPN.com. April 28, 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "2013 NBA Draft". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Ray McCallum - 2012-13 Men's Basketball". DetroitTitans.com. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Ray McCallum Recruiting Profile". ESPN.com. April 3, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Kings sign second-round pick McCallum". NBA.com. July 18, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Kings assign guard Ray McCallum to D-League". InsideHoops.com. November 21, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  9. ↑ "KINGS RECALL RAY MCCALLUM FROM RENO BIGHORNS". NBA.com. November 27, 2013. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Kings re-assign guard Ray McCallum to D-League". InsideHoops.com. January 13, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
  11. ↑ "KINGS RECALL RAY MCCALLUM FROM RENO BIGHORNS". NBA.com. January 21, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Notebook: Kings 107, Lakers 102". NBA.com. April 2, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  13. ↑ Harper, Zach (July 21, 2014). "Kings win Las Vegas Summer League title, Ray McCallum game MVP". CBSSports.com. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Ray McCallum 2014-15 Game Log". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  15. ↑ "San Antonio Acquires Ray McCallum". NBA.com. July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Leonard, Duncan lead Spurs to 102-75 win over Net". NBA.com. October 30, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  17. ↑ "2015-16 NBA Assignments". NBA.com. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  18. ↑ "SPURS WAIVE RAY McCALLUM". NBA.com. February 29, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Grizzlies sign Ray McCallum and Alex Stepheson to 10-Day Contracts". NBA.com. March 12, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Millsap scores 21 as Hawks beat thin Grizzlies 95-83". NBA.com. March 12, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  21. ↑ "Grizzlies sign Ray McCallum to second 10-day contract". NBA.com. March 22, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2016.

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