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Revision as of 18:54, 7 October 2013
 Tucker in December 2012 | |
| No. 17 – Phoenix Suns | |
|---|---|
| Position | Small forward |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | May 5, 1985 Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 224 lb (102 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Enloe (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| College | Texas (2003–2006) |
| NBA draft | 2006: 2nd round, 35th overall pick |
| Selected by the Toronto Raptors | |
| Playing career | 2006–present |
| Career history | |
| 2006–2007 | Toronto Raptors |
| 2007 | →Colorado 14ers (D-League) |
| 2007–2008 | Hapoel Holon (Israel) |
| 2008–2010 | Donetsk (Ukraine) |
| 2010 | Bnei HaSharon (Israel) |
| 2010–2011 | Aris Thessaloniki (Greece) |
| 2011 | Sutor Montegranaro (Italy) |
| 2011 | Piratas de Quebradillas (Puerto Rico) |
| 2011–2012 | Brose Baskets (Germany) |
| 2012–present | Phoenix Suns |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Anthony Leon "P. J." Tucker, Jr. (born May 5, 1985) is an American professional basketball player.
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.[1] Tucker was on the 2007 summer league roster for the Cleveland Cavaliers.[2]
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[3] that was just promoted to the Ukrainian Basketball Super League.[4][5] 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.[6] On October 7, 2009 Tucker renewed his contract with Donetsk for the 2009-10 season.[7] After the team bankrupted he returned to Israel in March 2010 and signed for Bnei HaSharon until the end of the season.[8] In August 2010 he signed with Aris BC for the 2010-11 season,[9] but he was released in March 2011.[10] In April 2011 he signed with Sutor Basket Montegranaro in Italy.[11] In July 2011 he signed a one-year deal with the German Euroleague participant Brose Baskets Bamberg.[12]
During the summer of 2012, Tucker signed a contract to play for Spartak St. Petersburg. However, he soon opted out of that contract to play for the Phoenix Suns' NBA Summer League team, and on August 1, 2012, he signed with the Suns on a two-year deal, with a team option on his second year.[13] In his first game back in the NBA, Tucker recorded 10 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block in a close 87-85 loss to the Golden State Warriors. He has since been a regular part of the Suns' rotation; mainly to bring in defensive stops or motivate the team's defense when necessary. On November 9, 2012, Tucker recorded 8 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals in a 107-105 upset victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Tucker would later record an NBA career-high 15 points to go with 7 rebounds and 3 assists in a close 111-108 overtime victory over the New Orleans Hornets on November 23, 2012. Tucker would later on get his first start for the Suns on December 31, 2012 against the Oklahoma City Thunder, mainly as a means to defend Kevin Durant throughout the game. He would then start a majority of the Suns' games for the rest of the 2012-13 NBA season.
After the Suns decided to keep him through the second year of his contract, Tucker decided to participate in the Suns' 2013 Las Vegas Summer League team with some of the team's third-year, second-year, rookie year, and undrafted players.
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
Professional
- Israeli Premier League Champion (2008)
- Most Valuable Player (2008)
- All-League First team (2008)
- BBL Finals MVP (2012)
- German Championship (2012)
- All-BBL First Team (2012)
Career statistics
| 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 |
NBA stats
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–07 | Toronto | 17 | 0 | 4.9 | .500 | .000 | .571 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| 2012–13 | Phoenix | 79 | 45 | 24.2 | .473 | .314 | .744 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 6.4 |
| Career | 96 | 45 | 20.8 | .474 | .314 | .720 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 5.6 |
Notes
- ^ Wilkerson, William (2007-03-25). "Ex-Longhorn Tucker released by Raptors". Austin American-Statesman. Archived from the original (registration required) on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
- ^ NBA.com : Summer League 2007
- ^ Profile on bc.donetsk.ua
- ^ http://one.co.il/Article/122133.html
- ^ http://www.bc.donetsk.ua/news/show.php?ID=3353
- ^ http://ukrbasket.net/fbu/en/statistics/men/superleague/ave/pts
- ^ Таккер – снова донецкий «тигр»! Template:Uk icon
- ^ טאקר בשרון! Template:He icon
- ^ Aris Thessaloniki and P.J. Tucker reach a two-year agreement
- ^ ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ ΚΑΕ ΑΡΗΣ Template:Gr icon
- ^ PJ Tucker alla Fabi Shoes: altro sforzo della Triade Template:It icon
- ^ Brose Baskets adds scoring ace Tucker
- ^ Suns Sign P.J. Tucker
References
- "P. J. Tucker (2004-06)". TexasSports.com. University of Texas. 2006-06-21. Archived from the original (player biography) on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-04-11.