P. J. Tucker

P. J. Tucker

Position	Small forward
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight	225 lb (102 kg)
League	German League Euroleague
Team	Brose Baskets
Born	May 5, 1985 (1985-05-05) (age 26) Raleigh, North Carolina
Nationality	American
High school	Enloe High School
College	Texas
Draft	2nd round, 35th overall, 2006 Toronto Raptors
Pro career	2006–present
Career history	Toronto Raptors (2006–2007) Hapoel Holon (2007–2008) BC Donetsk (2008–10) Bnei HaSharon (2010) Aris BC (2010-11) Sutor Montegranaro (2011) Piratas de Quebradillas (2011)

Anthony Leon "P. J." Tucker, Jr. (born May 5, 1985, in Raleigh, North Carolina) is an American professional basketball player who formerly played in the NBA. He is currently playing for Brose Baskets.^[1]

College

A former college basketball player for the University of Texas, Tucker attended Enloe High School in Raleigh. In his three seasons at Texas, he scored 1,169 points, including a career-high 594 in the 2005-06 season. He also collected 714 rebounds and dished out 170 assists, including 107 in 2005-06. He posted 116 steals throughout his career. In that season, he was a Second Team All-American and the Big 12 Player of the Year.

Professional career

He was selected by the Toronto Raptors with the 35th pick in the 2006 NBA Draft and signed a two-year deal with them on July 26, 2006.

On January 5, 2007, the Raptors announced that Tucker had been sent to the Colorado 14ers of the NBA Development League. Colorado, led by head coach Joe Wolf, has been designated as Toronto's D-League affiliate for the 2006-07 season. On February 6, 2007, the Raptors recalled Tucker to the NBA. On March 6, 2007, Tucker was sent back to the 14ers.

On March 24, 2007, Tucker was waived by the Toronto Raptors in order to free up a roster spot for Luke Jackson.^[2] Tucker was on the 2007 summer league roster for the Cleveland Cavaliers.^[3]

At the 2007-08 season with Hapoel Holon from Ligat Winner, Tucker won the MVP trophy and led his team to the league title. Holon broke Maccabi Tel Aviv's fourteen year streak as Israeli champions.

For the 2008-2009 season he signed with the BC Donetsk team^[4] that was just promoted to the Ukrainian Basketball Super League.^[5][6] He led the team to a current third place in the league at its first appearance there. A season ending knee injury didn't prevent Tucker from finishing the season with the highest average of points per game in the league.^[7] On October 7, 2009 Tucker renewed his contract with Donetsk for the 2009-10 season.^[8] After the team bankrupted he returned to Israel in March 2010 and signed for his current team until the end of the season.^[9] In August 2010 he signed with Aris BC for the 2010-11 season,^[10] but he was released in March 2011.^[11] In April 2011 he signed with Sutor Basket Montegranaro in Italy.^[12] In July 2011 he signed a one-year deal with the German Euroleague participant Brose Baskets Bamberg.^[13]

Awards

College

• 2003–04 season
  • Big 12 Rookie of the Week, four times
  • Big 12 All-Freshman team
  • All-Big 12, honorable mention
• 2004–05 season
  • Big 12 Player of the Week, two times
• 2005-06 season
  • Preseason All-Big 12 Team
  • Big 12 Player of the Week, four times
  • Big 12 Player of the Year
  • All-Big 12 First Team (unanimous)
  • Big 12 All-Defensive Team
  • AP Second Team All America
  • Oscar Robertson Trophy finalist
  • John R. Wooden Award finalist

Ligat Winner

(Israeli Premier League)

• 2007-08 season
  • League Champion
  • League MVP

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

Correct as of 23.03.2009

NBA Stats

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2006–07	Toronto Raptors	17	0	4.9	.500	.000	.571	1.4	0.2	0.1	.0	1.8

Non-NBA Stats

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2007–08[14]	Hapoel Holon	28		27.17	.582	.462	.610	7.28	1.25	1.25	0.25	15.03
2008–09[15]	BC Donetsk	15		33.38	.550	.270	.830	5.73	2.40	.2	.27	20.2

Notes

1. ^ Tucker moves to Germany, signs with Brose Baskets
2. ^ Wilkerson, William (2007-03-25). "Ex-Longhorn Tucker released by Raptors" (registration required). Austin American-Statesman. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20070929102632/http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/other/03/25/25tucker.html. Retrieved 2007-04-11. 
3. ^ NBA.com : Summer League 2007
4. ^ Profile on bc.donetsk.ua
5. ^ http://one.co.il/Article/122133.html
6. ^ http://www.bc.donetsk.ua/news/show.php?ID=3353
7. ^ http://ukrbasket.net/fbu/en/statistics/men/superleague/ave/pts
8. ^ Таккер – снова донецкий «тигр»! (Ukrainian)
9. ^ טאקר בשרון! (Hebrew)
10. ^ Aris Thessaloniki and P.J. Tucker reach a two-year agreement
11. ^ ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ ΚΑΕ ΑΡΗΣ (Greek)
12. ^ PJ Tucker alla Fabi Shoes: altro sforzo della Triade (Italian)
13. ^ Brose Baskets adds scoring ace Tucker
14. ^ P.J Tucker
15. ^ Пi Джей Таккер /#14/ Захисник

References

• "P. J. Tucker (2004-06)" (player biography). TexasSports.com. University of Texas. 2006-06-21. Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. http://web.archive.org/web/20070926224957/http://texassports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=16&url_subchannel_id=&url_article_id=4439&change_well_id=2. Retrieved 2007-04-11. 

External links

• Eurocupbasketball.com profile
• P. J. Tucker at NBA.com
• P. J. Tucker at Basketball-Reference.com
• Profile on ESPN.com
• Highlight video
• NBA Draft prospect profile

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Name	Tucker, P. J.
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Date of birth	May 5, 1985
Place of birth	Raleigh, North Carolina
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