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Chris Douglas-Roberts Douglas-Roberts on the Bucks Virtus Bologna Shooting guard Personal information Date of birth January 8, 1987 Place of birth Detroit, Michigan Nationality American High school Cass Technical,
Northwestern (Michigan)Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Listed weight 210 lb (95 kg) Career information College Memphis NBA Draft 2008 / Round: 2 / Pick: 40th overall Selected by the New Jersey Nets Pro career 2008–present Career history New Jersey Nets (2008-2010)
Milwaukee Bucks (2010-2011)
Virtus Bologna (2011-)Stats at NBA.com Chris Douglas-Roberts, also known as CDR (born January 8, 1987 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American basketball player who plays for Virtus Bologna. He played college basketball for the Memphis Tigers.
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High school
Douglas-Roberts played high school basketball at Cass Technical High School and Northwestern High School. He played for Cass Tech in 2003 and 2004 averaging 28 points, 10 rebounds and six assists. After the 2004 season he transferred to Northwestern where he saw limited time due to transfer rules and didn't join the team until the second semester. He finished the season averaging 13.8 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.
College
Coming out of high school Douglas-Roberts was considered one of the best prospects available. He eventually chose the University of Memphis. During his freshman season he played in 34 games starting 25. He finished the season averaging 8.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game. Because of his great play he was on the Conference USA All-Freshman Team. During his sophomore season he started all 35 games he played in. He led the Tigers with 15.4 points per game and received many honors including All-Conference USA first team and Associated Press All-America honorable mention among others. During his junior year he helped the Tigers reach the 2008 NCAA Tournament, averaging 23.3 points over six games as the Tigers finished in second place, losing in the National Championship game to the Kansas Jayhawks. In the last 1:15 of regulation in the game, Douglas-Roberts became a key factor in the team's loss, by missing a jump shot and three free throws, which helped allow Kansas to tie the game and force overtime. At the end of the season he earned first-team All-American honors.
NBA
On April 18, 2008 Douglas-Roberts announced that he would be declaring for the 2008 NBA Draft.[1] He was selected by the New Jersey Nets in the second round 40th overall pick. On July 9, he signed his first NBA contract with the New Jersey Nets.
On June 25, 2010, Douglas-Roberts was traded by the Nets to the Milwaukee Bucks for a 2012 second round pick.[2]
Italy
During the 2011 NBA lockout, Douglas-Roberts joined Virtus Bologna in Italy.[3]
Personal
Douglas-Roberts has a tattoo on his neck and arm. The one on his neck is of his mother, and the one on his arm has verses 1–3 of Psalm 37 from the Bible. He taps the arm tattoo three times before shooting a free throw.[4] On November 5, 2009, Douglas-Roberts was diagnosed with the swine flu. He recovered and return to practice on November 12, 2009.
Douglas-Roberts suffered a retina tear in his eye during a pre-season practice in the 2010-2011 season. He began wearing protective eyewear after the surgery.
NBA 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 Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2008–09 New Jersey 44 3 13.3 .460 .250 .823 1.1 1.2 .3 .2 4.9 2009–10 New Jersey 67 38 25.8 .445 .259 .847 3.0 1.4 .8 .3 9.8 2010–11 Milwaukee 44 12 20.1 .429 .326 .831 2.0 1.1 .7 .3 7.3 Career 155 53 20.6 .443 .286 .838 2.2 1.3 .6 .2 7.7 References
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2008 NBA Draft First round Derrick Rose · Michael Beasley · O. J. Mayo · Russell Westbrook · Kevin Love · Danilo Gallinari · Eric Gordon · Joe Alexander · D. J. Augustin · Brook Lopez · Jerryd Bayless · Jason Thompson · Brandon Rush · Anthony Randolph · Robin Lopez · Marreese Speights · Roy Hibbert · JaVale McGee · J. J. Hickson · Alexis Ajinça · Ryan Anderson · Courtney Lee · Kosta Koufos · Serge Ibaka · Nicolas Batum · George Hill · Darrell Arthur · Donté Greene · D. J. White · J. R. Giddens
Second round Nikola Peković · Walter Sharpe · Joey Dorsey · Mario Chalmers · DeAndre Jordan · Ömer Aşık · Luc Mbah a Moute · Kyle Weaver · Sonny Weems · Chris Douglas-Roberts · Nathan Jawai · Sean Singletary · Patrick Ewing, Jr. · Ante Tomić · Goran Dragić · Trent Plaisted · Bill Walker · Malik Hairston · Richard Hendrix · DeVon Hardin · Shan Foster · Darnell Jackson · Tadija Dragićević · Maarty Leunen · Mike Taylor · Sasha Kaun · James Gist · Joe Crawford · Deron Washington · Semih Erden
2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans First Team
D. J. Augustin • Michael Beasley • Chris Douglas-Roberts • Tyler Hansbrough • Kevin LoveSecond Team
Stephen Curry • Shan Foster • Luke Harangody • Roy Hibbert • Chris Lofton • D. J. WhiteConference USA Men's Basketball Player of the Year Categories:- 1987 births
- Living people
- African American basketball players
- Cass Technical High School alumni
- People from Detroit, Michigan
- Basketball players from Michigan
- Memphis Tigers men's basketball players
- Milwaukee Bucks players
- New Jersey Nets draft picks
- New Jersey Nets players
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