Rickey Paulding (born October 23, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. He played

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for the

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Early career

Paulding attended Renaissance High School in

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. In his senior season, he averaged 25.3 points per game, and 12 rebounds per game, and led his team to a 27–3 record. He was an honorable mention All-USA selection during that season as well.

College career

In his collegiate career, Paulding scored 1,200 points and grabbed 300 rebounds. Paulding scored 37 points and making an astounding nine threes against

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and the

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in the Tigers' loss in the second round of the NCAA tournament his junior year. He opted to return for his senior season.

Professional career

Paulding was drafted 54th overall in the second round of the

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by the

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. Paulding averaged 12.2 points per game in the

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for the Pistons. At the end of 2021–22 season, he has decided to retire from professional basketball.

Career statistics

Bundesliga

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2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

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Awards and honors

*2003

Wooden Award The John R. Wooden Award is an award given annually to the most outstanding men's and women's college basketball players. The Wooden Award program consists of the men's and women's player of the year awards, the Legends of Coaching Award, and rec ...

pre-season finalist *2003 Second Team All Big 12 *Scored 36 points in the NCAA Tournament against Marquette. *Made 9

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s against Marquette *7th Highest all time scorer at Mizzou. *Most points ever scored on former NBA player

in a single NCAA game. *Starter for the Northern All-Star Team in the

Basketball Bundesliga The Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) (English language: ''Federal Basketball League''), for sponsorship reasons named easyCredit BBL, is the German basketball league system, highest level Sports league, league of professional club basketball in German ...

All-Star Games 2009–2011. *2009 BBL Finals MVP after leading

EWE Baskets Oldenburg Baskets Oldenburg, for sponsorship reasons EWE Baskets Oldenburg, is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Oldenburg, Germany. The club plays in the Bundesliga. The club's name is derived from the team's main sponsor EWE AG ...

to the league title. *Most Likeable Player/Pascal Roller Award of the 2008/2009, 2016/2017, 2017/2018 and 2021/2022

Seasons

References

External links

Missouri Tigers bio
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