Chris Chiozza

Chris Chiozza

Chiozza with the Capital City Go-Go in 2019
No. 3–Saski Baskonia
Position	Point guard
League	Liga ACB EuroLeague
Personal information
Born	(1995-11-21) November 21, 1995 (age 28) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school	White Station (Memphis, Tennessee)
College	Florida (2014–2018)
NBA draft	2018: undrafted
Playing career	2018–present
Career history
2018–2019	Capital City Go-Go
2019	Rio Grande Valley Vipers
2019	Houston Rockets
2019	Washington Wizards
2019	→Capital City Go-Go
2019–2020	Capital City Go-Go
2020–2021	Brooklyn Nets
2020–2021	→Long Island Nets
2021–2022	Golden State Warriors
2021–2022	→Santa Cruz Warriors
2022–2023	Long Island Nets
2023	UCAM Murcia
2023–present	Saski Baskonia
Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (2022) All-NBA G League Third Team (2023) First-team All-SEC (2018)
Stats   at NBA.com
Stats   at Basketball-Reference.com

Christopher Xavier Chiozza (born November 21, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for Saski Baskonia of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Florida Gators. Chiozza won an NBA championship with the Warriors in 2022.

High school career

Chiozza attended White Station High School, where he was coached by Jesus Patino. ^[1] He also played on the Team Thad AAU team. As a junior, in the wake of his grandmother's death, he posted averages of 27 points, seven assists and seven steals in an important Pittsburgh tournament and began to get major college looks. ^[2] He averaged 15 points and eight assists per game as a senior. Chiozza was ranked No. 45 in his class by Rivals.com and received scholarship offers from Auburn, UMass, Memphis, Ohio State, Richmond and Tennessee before committing to Florida. ^[3]

College career

Chiozza playing for Florida

Playing for Florida in the Sweet Sixteen of the 2017 NCAA tournament, Chiozza hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to defeat Wisconsin 84–83 in overtime and advance to the Elite Eight. He was thinking of passing but ended up taking the winning shot. ^[4] As a junior he averaged 7.2 points, 3.8 assists and 3.3 rebounds per game. ^[5]

Chiozza became a starter as a senior and led the SEC with a 3.22 assist-to-turnover ratio. He had a last-second steal and layup to beat Missouri on January 6, 2018. ^[2] On March 3, he broke Erving Walker's Florida assists record. On the season he averaged 11.1 points, 6.1 assists and 4.6 rebounds per game. ^[6] At the conclusion of the regular season he was named to the First Team All-SEC. ^[7] After the season he was invited to the 2018 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament. ^[8]

Professional career

Capital City Go-Go (2018–2019)

After going undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft, Chiozza joined the Washington Wizards for the 2018 NBA Summer League. Chiozza would eventually join the Wizards for training camp. ^[9] He was waived by the Wizards on October 14, 2018, ^[10] He was added to the team's NBA G League affiliate, the Capital City Go-Go. ^[11]

Houston Rockets (2019)

On February 22, 2019, Chiozza signed a 10-day contract with the Houston Rockets. ^[12] He did not appear in any games, but he subsequently played for the Rockets' G League affiliate, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.

On March 22, Chiozza signed a contract for the remainder of the 2018–19 season. ^[13] He played his first NBA game on March 24, seeing 5 minutes of action in a 113–90 blowout win against the New Orleans Pelicans. ^[14]

On July 30, 2019, Chiozza was waived by the Houston Rockets. ^[15]

Washington Wizards (2019–2020)

On September 26, 2019, Chiozza re-signed with the Washington Wizards for training camp. ^[16] He was signed to a two-way contract by the Wizards on October 21. Under the terms of the deal, Chiozza would split time between the Wizards and their G League affiliate, the Capital City Go-Go. ^[17] On December 17, 2019, the Wizards waived Chiozza. ^[18] On December 21, 2019, the Capital City Go-Go announced that they had re-acquired Chiozza. ^[19]

Brooklyn Nets (2020–2021)

On January 4, 2020, the Brooklyn Nets signed Chiozza to a two-way contract. ^[20] On December 1, Chiozza re-signed with the Nets. ^[21] He was waived at the conclusion of training camp, ^[22] but was then re-signed on December 22. ^[23]

Golden State Warriors (2021–2022)

On August 14, 2021, the Golden State Warriors signed Chiozza to a two-way contract. ^[24] On June 16, 2022, Chiozza won the 2022 NBA Finals with the Golden State Warriors of the NBA. ^[25]

Long Island Nets (2022–2023)

On September 16, 2022, Chiozza signed with the Brooklyn Nets, who waived him at the end of training camp. ^{[26] [27]} On November 4, 2022, Chiozza was named to the opening night roster for the Long Island Nets. ^[28]

UCAM Murcia (2023)

On April 4, 2023, Chiozza signed with UCAM Murcia of the Liga ACB. ^[29]

National team career

On February 12, 2019, it was announced that Chiozza was included in FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifying training camp roster for Team USA by the USA Basketball. ^[30]

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
†	Won an NBA championship

NBA

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2018–19	Houston	7	0	4.7	.250	.400	—	.6	.6	.1	.1	.9
2019–20	Washington	10	0	12.3	.294	.443	—	1.5	2.8	.1	.2	2.7
2019–20	Brooklyn	18	2	15.4	.425	.357	1.000	2.1	3.1	.6	.1	6.4
2020–21	Brooklyn	22	1	10.5	.352	.310	.765	1.1	3.0	.3	.3	4.0
2021–22†	Golden State	34	1	10.9	.296	.321	.667	1.1	1.9	.4	.0	2.0
Career		91	4	11.4	.353	.343	.800	1.3	2.4	.5	.1	3.3

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2020	Brooklyn	4	0	16.3	.313	.333	.500	1.5	1.5	1.3	.0	5.8
2021	Brooklyn	6	0	3.2	.286	.333	—	.2	.2	.2	.0	.8
Career		10	0	8.4	.323	.316	.500	.7	1.8	.6	.0	2.8

References

1. Griffin, Jamie (June 8, 2016). "Jesus Patino: 11 Years of Success at White Station HS". Memphis Flyer . Retrieved April 20, 2018.
2. Low, Chis (February 14, 2018). "The story behind Chris Chiozza's favorite tattoo". ESPN . Retrieved April 20, 2018.
3. Hernandez, Erica (October 22, 2014). "Six questions with Florida freshman Chris Chiozza". The Independent Florida Alligator. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
4. "Chris Chiozza's 3-pointer at buzzer sends Florida to Elite Eight". ESPN . Associated Press. March 25, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
5. Thompson, Edgar (November 3, 2017). "UF point guard Chris Chiozza out 7–10 days with shoulder injury". Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved April 20, 2018.
6. "Chris Chiozza breaks Florida's all-time assists record in first half Saturday vs. Kentucky". Palm Beach Post . March 3, 2018. Archived from the original on April 21, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
7. "2018 SEC Men's Basketball Awards announced" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. March 6, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
8. "Former Wyoming forward Hayden Dalton receives Portsmouth Invitational Tournament invite". Casper Star-Tribune . April 2, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
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12. "Rockets Sign Two Players". NBA.com. February 22, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
13. Noll, Hunter (March 22, 2019). "REPORT: Rockets To Sign Backup Point Guard For Remainder of Season". ClutchPoints. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
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17. Raim, Jacob (October 21, 2019). "Wizards Sign Chiozza to Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
18. "OFFICIAL: We've signed C Anzejs Pasceniks to a two-way contract and waived G Chris Chiozza". Washington Wizards on Twitter.com. December 17, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
19. Rakusin, Kelly (December 21, 2019). "Chiozza Returns To Go-Go". NBA.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
20. "Brooklyn Nets Sign Chris Chiozza to Two-way Contract". NBA.com. January 4, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
21. "Brooklyn Nets Re-sign Chris Chiozza". NBA.com. December 1, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
22. "Brooklyn Nets Waive Three Players". NBA.com. December 19, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
23. "Brooklyn Nets Re-sign Chris Chiozza to Two-way Contract". NBA.com. December 22, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
24. "Warriors Sign Chris Chiozza To Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. August 14, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
25. "NBA Finals 2022: Complete news, schedules, stats for Golden State Warriors vs. Boston Celtics". espn.com. June 17, 2022.
26. "Brooklyn Nets Sign Chris Chiozza". nba.com. September 16, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
27. "Brooklyn Nets Waive Chris Chiozza and Raiquan Gray". NBA.com. October 15, 2022. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
28. "Long Island Nets Complete 2022-23 Roster". oursportscentral.com. November 4, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
29. "El UCAM Murcia ficha a Chris Chiozza". UCAMDeportes.com (in Spanish). April 4, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
30. "Chris Chiozza to Play for Team USA FIBA World Cup Qualifying Team". NBA. February 12, 2019. Archived from the original on February 22, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NBA.com  and  Basketball-Reference.com
• Florida Gators bio