J. R. Giddens

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J. R. Giddens
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Giddens with Brescia in January 2013
Personal information
Born (1985-02-13) February 13, 1985 (age 39)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school John Marshall
(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
College
NBA draft 2008: 1st round, 30th overall pick
Selected by the Boston Celtics
Playing career 2008–2019
Position Shooting guard
Career history
2008–2010 Boston Celtics
2008–2009→Utah Flash
2010 Maine Red Claws
2010 New York Knicks
2010 Asseco Prokom Gdynia
2011 Valencia Basket
2011 New Mexico Thunderbirds
2011–2012 PAOK Thessaloniki
2012–2014 Brescia Leonessa
2014 Vaqueros de Bayamón
2014–2015 Peñarol de Mar del Plata
2015–2016 Instituto
2016 Leones de Santo Domingo
2017 Trouville
2017Gregorio Urbano Gilbert
2017Mineros de Parral
2018 Ferro Carril Oeste
2018Pueblo Nuevo
2018 Halcones de Ciudad Obregón
2018 Correcaminos UAT Victoria
2019 Español de Talca
2019Domingo Paulino
2019 Cañeros del Este
Career highlights and awards
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Justin Ray "J. R." Giddens (born February 13, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. He was selected to the 2003 McDonald's All-American team, then initially played for the University of Kansas but transferred to the University of New Mexico following his sophomore season. He was selected with the 30th overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics, and played for various professional teams until 2019. Giddens is the former head coach of the women's basketball team at Northern New Mexico College. [1]

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College

Giddens accepted a scholarship offer from University of Kansas from then-head coach Roy Williams. After Williams left, Giddens was persuaded to stay by Williams' replacement Bill Self. [2] In his first year at Kansas, Giddens earned All-Big 12 Conference Freshman honors while averaging 11 points per game. In May 2005 he was involved in a fight outside a bar in Lawrence and received a stab wound. He was later charged with battery for his role in the incident and left Kansas in a mutual agreement with Self. [3] [4] Giddens transferred to New Mexico and sat out the next season due to NCAA regulations. As a junior, he was suspended from the team in late February for disciplinary reasons and missed the team's summer trip to work on his academics. [2] [5] New Mexico hired head coach Steve Alford, who took a no-nonsense approach to discipline, and Giddens made a dramatic transformation. [6] As a senior, he was named Mountain West Conference Co-Player of the Year and Honorable Mention All-American following career highs in points (16.3 per game) and rebounds (8.8 per game). [7]

Professional career

On June 26, 2008, Giddens was selected by the Boston Celtics with the 30th overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft. He had worked out with the Celtics for three days, and received praises from head coach Doc Rivers, [8] who thought he could fight for minutes on the team right away. [9] He was even mentioned as a possible replacement for restricted free agent Tony Allen. [10] Giddens was already familiar with Leon Powe and Kendrick Perkins, who were his teammates at the 2003 McDonald's All-American Game. But on behalf of his agent Aaron Mintz, Giddens declined to work out at the Celtics' minicamp in early July, because he had not signed a contract yet. [11] [12]

On November 15, 2008, Giddens was assigned to the Boston Celtics' NBA Development League affiliate team, the Utah Flash. [13] He had played with the Celtics in the 2008–09 pre-season but had been on the inactive list for the first 10 games of the regular season. [13] He was recalled by the Celtics from Utah Flash development team on February 8, 2009. [14]

Giddens started his first game for the Boston Celtics on January 2, 2010.

On February 18, 2010, Giddens, Bill Walker and Eddie House were traded to the New York Knicks for Nate Robinson and Marcus Landry. [15]

On October 13, 2010, Giddens's agent said that Giddens would spend the 2010–11 season with Asseco Prokom Gdynia in Poland, [16] but Giddens left the team in December 2010 by mutual consent. [17]

In September 2011, Giddens signed with PAOK Thessaloniki of Greece. [18]

In September 2012, Giddens signed with Basket Brescia Leonessa, an Italian Legadue team.

On June 30, 2014, he signed with Vaqueros de Bayamón of Puerto Rico. [19]

On November 22, 2014, Giddens signed with Peñarol de Mar del Plata of Argentina. [20] On March 10, 2015, he was waived by the Peñarol after appearing in seventeen LNB games. [21]

In January 2017, Giddens signed with Club Trouville of the Liga Uruguaya de Basketball. [22] The next month, he left the club after appearing in five games. [23] On February 22, 2017, he signed with Mexican club Mineros de Parral. [24]

On March 22, 2018, Giddens signed with Ferro Carril Oeste of the Liga Nacional de Básquet in Argentina. [25]

Stabbing incident

On May 19, 2005, Giddens was stabbed in his right calf in a bar fight in Lawrence, Kansas, requiring 30 stitches. [2] [3]

Personal

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
2008–09 Boston 601.3.667––.5.0.2.0.7
2009–10 Boston 2114.7.429.000.5001.0.3.2.01.1
2009–10 New York 11012.7.487.000.6362.8.6.5.14.1
Career3816.5.476.000.5651.4.3.3.11.9

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  13. 1 2 Celtics Assign Giddens to Utah Flash | Celtics.com
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  16. ↑ Giddens to play in Europe
  17. ↑ "JR Giddens leaves Prokom". Archived from the original on March 13, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
  18. ↑ PAOK signs swingman Giddens
  19. ↑ "JR Giddens inks with Vaqueros de Bayamon". Sportando.com. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
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  22. ↑ Trouville lands J.R. Giddens, ex Leones SD
  23. ↑ Trouville y un nuevo recambio (in Spanish)
  24. ↑ Te presentamos a los nuevos refuerzos del equipo mineros de parral, de excelente nivel, el orgullo parralense y jugador reconocido en liga nacional Alan Olivas, así como el jugador ex NBA (knicks-celtics) JR Giddens (in Spanish)
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