Marquis Teague

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Marquis Teague
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Marquis Teague with the Brooklyn Nets in 2014
Free agent
Position Point guard
Personal information
Born (1993-02-28) February 28, 1993 (age 31)
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school Pike (Indianapolis, Indiana)
College Kentucky (2011–2012)
NBA draft 2012: 1st round, 29th overall pick
Selected by the Chicago Bulls
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2014 Chicago Bulls
2013–2014→ Iowa Energy
2014 Brooklyn Nets
2014–2016 Oklahoma City Blue
2016 Ironi Nahariya
2016–2017 Avtodor Saratov
2017 Fort Wayne Mad Ants
2017–2018 Memphis Hustle
2018 Memphis Grizzlies
2018–2019 Jeonju KCC Egis
2019–2020Memphis Hustle
2021–2022 London Lions
2022–2023 Kolossos Rodou
Career highlights and awards
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Stats at Basketball Reference  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
FIBA World U17 Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Hamburg National team

Marquis Devante Teague (born February 28, 1993) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Kolossos Rodou of the Greek Basket League. He was one of the top-rated high school basketball players in the class of 2011.

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High school career

In July 2010, Teague, along with future Kentucky teammate Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, were a part of the gold medal-winning team in the FIBA U-17 World Championships in Hamburg, Germany. [1]

Considered a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Teague was listed as the No. 1 point guard and the No. 5 player in the nation in 2011. He was a part of the Indiana versus Kentucky All-stars game. [2]

College career

Teague committed to Kentucky on April 22, 2010.

In the first game of the 2011–12 season and his career as a Wildcat, Teague started and scored 16 points on 7-of-12 shooting. One of Teague's best performances of the season came against Portland, a game where he scored 14 points, had a career high of eight assists, and a career high of 4 steals, all while committing no turnovers and shooting 5 of 6 from the free throw line. Against Louisville, Teague scored just 4 points on 1 of 8 shooting, but did dish out 5 assists and played good defense on Louisville point guard Peyton Siva, who shot 2 of 13 from the field. Teague helped Kentucky win their eighth national championship.

College statistics

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2011–12 Kentucky 404032.6.415.325.7142.54.90.90.210.0
Career404032.6.415.325.7142.54.90.90.210.0

Professional career

In April 2012, Teague declared for the 2012 NBA draft. [3] He was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the 29th overall pick.

On December 3, 2013, Teague was assigned to the Iowa Energy; [4] he was recalled the next day. [5] On December 26, 2013, he was reassigned to the Energy. [6] On January 15, 2014, he was recalled. [7]

On January 21, 2014, Teague was traded to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for Tornike Shengelia. [8]

On October 24, 2014, Teague was traded, along with a 2019 second-round pick, to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Casper Ware. [9] Three days later, he was waived by the 76ers. [10] On November 1, 2014, he was selected by the Oklahoma City Blue with the ninth overall pick in the 2014 NBA Development League draft. [11]

On November 3, 2015, Teague was reacquired by the Blue. [12] Teague played for the OKC Blue of the NBDL in the 2015–16 season. He averaged 15.2 points a game, 30.8 minutes a game, 5.7 field goals made, 14.2 for the field goals attempted, .726 free throw percentage, 0.9 threes a game, 2.5 threes attempted, 34% three-point accuracy, 3 free throws made, 0.4 offensive rebounds, 2.5 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 0.8 in steals a game, 0.3 blocks, 3 turnovers a game.

On July 17, 2016, Teague signed with Ironi Nahariya of the Israeli League. [13] On October 31, he was waived by Nahariya and on November 26, he signed in Russia with Avtodor Saratov of the VTB United League. [14] On March 2, 2017, Teague was acquired by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Development League. [15]

On August 23, 2017, Teague was selected by the Memphis Hustle in the NBA G League expansion draft. [16]

On August 30, 2018, Teague signed with Jeonju KCC Egis of the Korean league. [17] He joined the Memphis Hustle in 2019. [18] Teague averaged 13.2 points and 4.3 assists per game in 2019–20 season. [19]

Teague spent the 2021–22 season with the British club London Lions, averaging 14.7 points, 2.4 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.2 steals in 13 games.

On September 28, 2022, Teague signed with Greek club Kolossos Rodou. In 19 league games, he averaged 4.3 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists, playing around 16 minutes per contest.

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
2012–13 Chicago 4808.2.381.174.5630.91.30.20.12.1
2013–14 Chicago 19212.7.242.200.6881.01.50.10.22.4
2013–14 Brooklyn 2119.6.415.375.7891.01.40.40.03.0
2017–18 Memphis 3024.7.250.250.4002.04.31.30.03.7
Career91310.0.343.222.6611.01.50.30.12.4

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2013 Chicago 809.0.294.000.0000.41.50.30.11.3
Career809.0.294.000.0000.41.50.30.11.3

Personal life

Teague is the son of Shawn and Carol Teague. He has four siblings, including one-time NBA All-Star Jeff Teague. [20] Shawn played for Norm Stewart at the University of Missouri before transferring to Boston University, where he finished his career playing for Rick Pitino; [21] he, like both sons, was an Indiana All-Star following his senior season of high school basketball.

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