No. 2–Nanjing Monkey Kings | |
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Position | Shooting guard |
League | CBA |
Personal information | |
Born | Watertown, New York | October 4, 1996
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Listed weight | 192 lb (87 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Oak Ridge (Orlando, Florida) |
College | LSU (2015–2017) |
NBA draft | 2017: undrafted |
Playing career | 2017–present |
Career history | |
2017–2019 | Chicago Bulls |
2017–2018 | →Windy City Bulls |
2019–2020 | Jiangsu Dragons |
2021 | Canton Charge |
2022 | Al-Ahli |
2022 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
2022–2023 | Jiangsu Dragons |
2023–present | Nanjing Monkey Kings |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com |
Antonio Davon Blakeney (born October 4, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Nanjing Monkey Kings of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). [1] He played college basketball for the LSU Tigers.
Born in Watertown, New York, [2] Blakeney was a 2015 McDonald's All-American [3] and Florida's Mr. Basketball. [4]
Blakeney was rated as a 5 star recruit by Rivals, ESPN, and 247 Sports. Rivals had him as the #13 overall recruit, while ESPN had him at #15 and 247 at #16. Both ESPN and 247 ranked him as the #3 SG in the nation. [5] [6] [7]
Blakeney initially gave a verbal commitment to the University of Louisville, but then Blakeney changed his mind about 10 days later and decommitted. Blakeney ended up committing to Louisiana State University. At Louisiana State University he was featured in 34 games as a freshman, playing alongside Ben Simmons. Behind Simmons and Keith Hornsby, Blakeney was LSU's third-leading scorer in 2015–16, averaging 12.6 points a contest, [8] hitting a team-best 52 three-point shots on the season.
The 2016–17 season saw him emerge as LSU's leading scorer, pouring in 17.2 points per contest, while corralling 4.8 rebounds a game and handing out 1.7 assists per outing. Blakeney took home an All-SEC Second Team selection that year. [9] In April 2017, he announced to forgo the remaining two years of his eligibility and declared for the 2017 NBA draft. [10]
After going undrafted, Blakeney joined the Chicago Bulls for the 2017 NBA Summer League. [11] Based on his performance there, Blakeney was signed to a two-way contract by the Bulls. Under the terms of the deal, he split time between the Bulls and their G League affiliate, the Windy City Bulls. [12] He made his professional debut with Chicago on October 19 against the Toronto Raptors. On November 21, 2017, Blakeney scored 15 points in 18 minutes off the bench in a 113–105 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. [13] He won the NBA G League Rookie of the Year Award for his time with the Windy City Bulls. [14]
On July 19, 2018, Blakeney was signed to an NBA contract by the Bulls. [15]
In the season opener on October 18, 2018, Blakeney scored 15 points off the bench in a 127–108 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. [16] In a 107–105 loss to the Indiana Pacers on November 2, 2018, Blakeney scored a career-high 22 points off the bench. [17]
On September 9, 2019, Blakeney was released by the Bulls. [18]
For the 2020–21 season, Blakeney signed with the Canton Charge of the G League. [19] In early 2021, Blakeney was arrested for armed robbery and bonded out of jail. [20]
On Jan, 2022, Blakeney signed with the Al-Ahli of the Bahraini Premier League. On Jan 28, 2022, he scored game-high 32 Pts in the 1st round against Al-Najma. On Feb 8, 2022 he scored 26 Pts in the 3rd round against Al-Hala.
On March 17, 2022, he has signed with Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. [21]
In the 2022–23 season, Blakeney played in China with the Jiangsu Dragons of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He was the scoring leader of the league after averaging 32.7 points per game. [22]
Blakeney joined the Nanjing Monkey Kings for the 2023–24 CBA season. On December 29, 2023, he scored 50 points in a 124–99 win over Shanxi Loongs, his fourth 50-point CBA game. [23]
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 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2017–18 | Chicago | 19 | 0 | 16.5 | .371 | .288 | .769 | 1.7 | 1.1 | .4 | .1 | 7.9 |
2018–19 | Chicago | 57 | 3 | 14.5 | .419 | .396 | .658 | 1.9 | .7 | .2 | .2 | 7.3 |
Career | 76 | 3 | 15.0 | .406 | .357 | .696 | 1.8 | .8 | .3 | .1 | 7.5 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2015–16 | LSU | 33 | 24 | 30.8 | .425 | .335 | .748 | 3.5 | .9 | .7 | .2 | 12.6 |
2016–17 | LSU | 31 | 30 | 32.9 | .458 | .358 | .724 | 4.8 | 1.7 | .7 | .1 | 17.2 |
Career | 64 | 54 | 31.8 | .444 | .347 | .736 | 4.1 | 1.3 | .7 | .1 | 14.8 |
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