No. 31–ratiopharm Ulm | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
League | Basketball Bundesliga | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | Lima, Ohio, U.S. | July 11, 1995||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school | Elida (Elida, Ohio) | ||||||||||||||
College | Purdue (2014–2018) | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2018: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2018–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Joventut | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Texas Legends | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Philadelphia 76ers | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Memphis Grizzlies | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Texas Legends | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Memphis Grizzlies | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Memphis Hustle | ||||||||||||||
2023 | Lenovo Tenerife | ||||||||||||||
2023–present | ratiopharm Ulm | ||||||||||||||
Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
Medals
|
Dakota Daniel Mathias (born July 11, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for ratiopharm Ulm of the Basketball Bundesliga. He played college basketball for Purdue University.
Mathias was a star basketball player at Elida High School. He entered the starting lineup as a freshman and scored over 1,000 points and broke the school scoring record with 1,902. [1] Mathias scored 28 points a game as a senior at Elida and was First Team All-Ohio twice. He committed to Purdue in November 2013. [2]
Prior to Mathias's freshman season at Purdue, he suffered from mononucleosis and threw up before every practice. By the time his health was better, he suffered injuries to both ankles. Despite this, he never missed any games as a freshman but was not at full strength. [1] He averaged 4.8 points and 2.1 rebounds per game as a freshman but shot just 32.2 percent from three-point range. [3] He had a procedure to correct sinus issues and a deviated septum prior to his second year. [1] As a junior, Mathias averaged 9.7 points a game, led the team in three-pointers and started every game. He developed a reputation as a coach on the floor, with players frequently going to him if they did not understand something basketball-related. [2] He was an All-Big Ten Honorable Mention and was named to the conference Defensive Team. [4] [5]
As a senior, Mathias evolved into one of the best defensive players in the Big Ten Conference. He scored 23 points against Fairfield on November 29, 2017. [1] In the Round of 32 of the NCAA Tournament, he hit the critical 3-pointer with 13 seconds remaining that decided Purdue's 76–73 victory over Butler. [6] As a senior, he averaged 12.0 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game on a 30–7 squad. Mathias finished sixth in the NCAA in three-point field goal percentage at 46.6 percent and owns the Purdue record for career threes with 250. [7] He was again an All-Big Ten Honorable Mention and named to the conference Defensive Team. [8]
After going undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft, Mathias signed a partially guaranteed contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers, joining the team for Summer League. [9] On August 1, 2018, he signed with Divina Seguros Joventut of the Liga ACB in Spain. [10] After an ankle injury that sidelined him between October and December, some pain remained which prevented him from playing regularly, and on March 3, 2019, he and the club agreed to cancel their contract. [11]
On July 26, 2019, Mathias signed a training camp contract with the Dallas Mavericks. [12] He was waived on October 16, 2019, [13] but later added to the roster of the Mavs' NBA G League affiliate, the Texas Legends. [14] He scored 30 points in a win over Sioux Falls Skyforce on November 27. [15] Mathias scored 30 points in a victory over the Oklahoma City Blue on December 9. [16] Mathias averaged 18.1 points, 4.7 rebounds, 3 assists and a steal per game. [17]
On December 3, 2020, Mathias signed a two-way contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, splitting time with their G League affiliate the Delaware Blue Coats. [18] He was waived on January 18, 2021, after averaging 6.0 points and 1.6 assists per game in eight games. [19]
On December 30, 2021, Mathias signed a 10-day contract with the Memphis Grizzlies via the hardship exception. [20]
On January 9, 2022, Mathias was reacquired by the Texas Legends. [21]
On January 14, 2022, Mathias signed a 10-day contract with the Memphis Grizzlies. [22]
On January 24, 2022, Mathias was reacquired by the Texas Legends. [23] On February 10, he was waived. [24]
Mathias joined the Memphis Grizzlies for the 2022 NBA Summer League. [25] On November 4, 2022, Mathias was named to the opening-night roster for the Memphis Hustle. [26]
On April 6, 2023, Mathias signed with Lenovo Tenerife of the Liga ACB. [27]
On August 1, 2023, Mathias signed with ratiopharm Ulm of the Basketball Bundesliga. [28]
Mathias was a part of the Purdue team chosen to represent the United States in the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan. [29] The U.S. received a silver medal after losing in the title game to Lithuania. [30]
In 2021, Mathias joined the national team to compete in the Americup qualifiers. [31]
Mathias is the son of Dan Mathias and has two older brothers. Mathias married Gabby Gary, daughter of former Mercer men's basketball head coach Greg Gary, in August 2019. [6] [32]
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020–21 | Philadelphia | 8 | 2 | 15.4 | .396 | .308 | .333 | .9 | 1.6 | .1 | .4 | 6.0 |
2021–22 | Memphis | 6 | 0 | 2.7 | .333 | .333 | .000 | .3 | .2 | .2 | .0 | 1.0 |
Career | 14 | 2 | 9.9 | .389 | .313 | .500 | .6 | 1.0 | .1 | .2 | 3.9 |
Kalin Jay Lucas is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Michigan State University.
Andrew Michael Harrison is an American professional basketball player who plays for Semt77 Yalovaspor of the TBL. He was considered one of the top recruits for 2013. He attended Travis High School in Richmond, Texas, and played college basketball for the University of Kentucky along with his twin brother, Aaron Harrison.
Dalenta Jameral Stephens is an American professional basketball player for Chiba Jets Funabashi of the B.League. He played college basketball for the University of Memphis, where he played four years for the Tigers basketball team.
Bruno Correa Fernandes Caboclo is a Brasilian professional basketball player for Partizan of the Basketball League of Serbia (KLS), the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. He plays at the center position.
Brianté Weber is an American professional basketball player who plays for Pallacanestro Reggiana. He played college basketball for the VCU Rams.
Troy Williams is an American professional basketball player. He previously attended and played college basketball for Indiana.
Jarrod Reed Uthoff is an American professional basketball player for the Yokohama B-Corsairs of the Japanese B.League. He played three seasons of college basketball for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Xavier Tyler Jerome Munford is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played two seasons of college basketball for the Rhode Island Rams.
Shaquille Harrison is an American professional basketball player for the South Bay Lakers of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane.
Jordan Trennie Bell is an American professional basketball player for the Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks. As a junior in 2017, Bell earned second-team all-conference honors in the Pac-12, when he was also named the conference's Defensive Player of the Year. He was drafted in the second round of the 2017 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls. Bell won his first championship in his rookie season when the Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2018.
Kobi Jordan Simmons is an American professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats.
Carsen Cade Edwards is an American professional basketball player for Bayern Munich of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Purdue Boilermakers, where he was twice named an All-American.
Brandon Goodwin is an American professional basketball player for the Gigantes de Carolina of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball for the UCF Knights and the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles, being named the 2018 ASUN Conference Player of the Year with the latter.
Zavier Marquis Simpson is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines. He briefly played for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association.
Gerald Ellis "Dusty" Hannahs III is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for Texas Tech and Arkansas, with whom in his senior season he led the Southeastern Conference with a 90.8% free throw percentage. He played in the NBA for the Memphis Grizzlies in 2018-20.
Matthew Mooney is an American professional basketball player for Dolomiti Energia Trento of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the Texas Tech Red Raiders and South Dakota having transferred after his freshman year at Air Force.
John Konchar is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons.
Ahmad Caver is an American professional basketball player for JDA Dijon Basket of France's LNB Pro A. He played college basketball for the Old Dominion Monarchs.
Akinfayoshe Daniel Oturu is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the EuroLeague, on a loan from Yukatel Merkezefendi. He played college basketball for the Minnesota Golden Gophers.
Jacob Gilyard is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Long Island Nets of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Richmond Spiders. Gilyard is the all-time NCAA career steals leader, breaking the previous record of 385 on December 5, 2021, and finishing his career with 466 steals.