Chris Babb

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Chris Babb
Chris Babb.jpg
Babb with Penn State in 2009
No. 19–BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque
Position Shooting guard
League LNB Pro A
Personal information
Born (1990-02-14) February 14, 1990 (age 34)
Topeka, Kansas
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school The Oakridge School
(Arlington, Texas)
College
NBA draft 2013: undrafted
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2013–2014 Maine Red Claws
2014 Boston Celtics
2014–2015Maine Red Claws
2015–2017 ratiopharm Ulm
2017–2018 Lokomotiv Kuban
2018–2019 Bahçeşehir
2019–2020 Promitheas Patras
2020–2021 Telekom Baskets Bonn
2021–2023 Bnei Herzliya
2023–present BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque
Career highlights and awards
  • All-Bundesliga First Team (2017)
  • All-NBA D-League Second Team (2015)
  • NBA D-League All-Star (2015)
  • NBA D-League All-Rookie Third Team (2014, 2015, 2016)
  • 2× NBA D-League All-Defensive Third Team (2014, 2015)
  • Big 12 All-Defensive Team (2013)
  • NIT champion (2009)
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com

Chris Babb (born February 14, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque of the French LNB Pro A. He played college basketball for Pennsylvania State University and Iowa State University.

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Early life

Babb was born and raised in Kansas. After seventh grade his family moved to Arlington, Texas, where his father eventually got into the barbeque business, opening up Babb Brothers BBQ & Blues in nearby Dallas. [1] It was here that he attended The Oakridge School where he averaged 31.2 points while helping his school to a 26–3 record and a district championship as a senior. He also averaged 8.1 rebounds, 7.2 assists and totaled a school-record 1,125 points. [2]

College career

Chris Babb shooting a 3-pointer against the Kansas Jayhawks Chris Babb for 3.jpg
Chris Babb shooting a 3-pointer against the Kansas Jayhawks

In his freshman season at Penn State, Babb played sparingly for the Lions. In 32 games, he averaged 2.8 points and 1.1 rebounds in 10 minutes per game. [2] [3]

In his sophomore season, he was third on the team in assists (69) and steals (22), and made the second-most 3-pointers on the team, hitting 69-of-185 (37.3 percent) from beyond the arc. In 31 games (23 starts), he averaged 9.3 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 29.7 minutes per game. [2] [3]

In 2011, he transferred to Iowa State University. After redshirting the 2011–12 season due to NCAA transfer rules, he had a good junior season for the Cyclones, as he went on to be ranked 10th in the Big 12 in 3-pointers per game at 1.9. In 34 games (all starts), he averaged 7.8 points, 4.1 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.0 steals in 33.1 minutes per game. [2] [3]

In November 2012, Babb was suspended for the first two games of the 2012–13 season for violating team rules. [4] He went on to be named to the 2013 Big 12 All-Defensive Team. In 33 games (all starts), he averaged 9.1 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.1 steals in 32.7 minutes per game. [2] [3] He made 38.2 percent of his 3-pointers, which accounted for 5.2 of his 7.2 field goal attempts per game that season. [5] [6]

College statistics

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2008–09 Penn State 32010.1.337.349.6191.1.5.3.12.8
2009–10 Penn State 312329.7.372.373.8163.22.2.7.39.3
2011–12 Iowa State 343433.1.362.328.6674.11.61.0.17.8
2012–13 Iowa State 333332.7.409.382.7453.42.21.1.29.1
Career1309026.5.377.359.7333.01.7.8.27.2

[7]

Professional career

2013–14 season

After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, Babb joined the Phoenix Suns for the 2013 NBA Summer League. On September 30, 2013, he signed with the Boston Celtics. [8] However, he was later waived by the Celtics on October 26, 2013. [9] On October 31, 2013, he was acquired by the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of the Celtics. [10]

On February 28, 2014, Babb signed a 10-day contract with the Boston Celtics. [11] On March 11, 2014, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Celtics. [12] On March 21, 2014, he signed a multi-year, non-guaranteed deal with the Celtics. [13] [14]

2014–15 season

In July 2014, Babb joined the Boston Celtics for the 2014 NBA Summer League. [15] On September 25, 2014, he was waived by the Celtics. [16] October 31, 2014, he was reacquired by the Maine Red Claws. [17] On February 4, 2015, he was named to the Futures All-Star team for the 2015 NBA D-League All-Star Game. [18] On March 5, 2015, he scored a career-high 33 points in the Red Claws' 121–110 win over the Austin Spurs. [19]

On April 6, 2015, Babb signed a multi-year deal with the Boston Celtics, but was immediately assigned back down to the Red Claws. [20] Six days later, he was recalled by the Celtics after the Red Claws were eliminated from the D-League playoffs. He did not appear in a game for the Celtics in his second stint with the team.

2015–16 season

On July 27, 2015, Babb was traded, along with Gerald Wallace, to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for David Lee. [21] On October 23, 2015, he was waived by the Warriors after appearing in five preseason games. [22]

On November 19, 2015, Babb signed with ratiopharm Ulm of the German Basketball Bundesliga. [23] In 32 league games for Ulm in 2015–16, he averaged 10.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. He also averaged 10.1 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.4 steals in 10 Eurocup games.

2016–17 season

On June 14, 2016, Babb re-signed with ratiopharm Ulm for the 2016–17 season. [24] He finished the regular season setting a new record for the German BBL: 100 successful 3-point made (out of 233 3-point attempts, representing a 42.9% 3-point rate over the entire regular season). [25]

2017–18 season

On July 5, 2017, Babb signed a two-year deal with Russian club Lokomotiv Kuban. [26] They parted ways in July 2018.

2018–19 season

On July 15, 2018, Babb signed a deal with Bahçeşehir of the Basketbol Süper Ligi. [27]

2019–20 season

On July 16, 2019, Babb moved to Greece for Promitheas of the Greek Basket League and the EuroCup. [28] He averaged 9.8 points per game. [29]

2020–21 season

On August 9, 2020, Babb signed with Telekom Baskets Bonn of the Basketball Bundesliga. [29] He averaged 17 points, 3.1 assists, and 2.1 rebounds per game. [30]

2021–22 season

On October 4, 2021, Babb signed with Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. [30]

2023–24 season

On November 12, 2023, he signed with BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque of the French LNB Pro A. [31]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2013–14 Boston 1409.4.267.222.0001.2.2.4.01.6
Career1409.4.267.222.0001.2.2.4.01.6

Personal life

Babb is the son of Mike and Nikki Babb, and has a younger brother named Nick, [2] who played basketball for Iowa State University and professionally in Germany. [32] His cousin, John Babb, played college football at Baker University. [33]

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