Paul Millsap
Paul Millsap ( born February 10, 1985 in Monroe, Louisiana ) is an American professional basketball player.
Private life
Paul Millsap was raised by his mother Bettye Millsap, along with an older (John) and two younger (Elijah and Abraham) brothers. According to his own testimony, his mother had influenced him most. He is now married and has itself two girls - Xylah and Pynona.
Career
College
He played from 2003 to 2006 for the Louisiana Tech University, scoring an average of 18.5 points strong, 12.8 rebounds and 2.0 shot blocks per game. In 2006 he finally signed up to the NBA Draft.
NBA
He was pulled in the second round to 47th place by the Utah Jazz, where he played until the 2013/14 season. In his first two seasons, it brought Paul Millsap to 7.5 points and 5.4 rebounds on average. The breakthrough came in the season 2008/2009, in which he made thanks to an average of 13.9 points and 8.9 rebounds a violation of the nominal power forwards Carlos Boozer forgotten.
In 19 games of 24 November 2008 to 7 January 2009, he scored double-digit values in the categories of points and rebounds. So many consecutive double- doubles reached at the Jazz last of the legendary John Stockton, who brought it in the 1990/91 season to 25 double- doubles in a row.
After Boozer left the Jazz in the summer of 2010, Millsap took over his role as a -starting power forward. On 9 November 2010 Millsap scored eleven points during a game against the Miami Heat in the last 28 seconds of regulation time. He transformed it together three litters from beyond the three- point line, more than in all his previous games NBA career. In total he scored in this game, a new personal NBA record of 46 points. In the 2010-11 season Millsap started in all 76 games and scored Karrierebestwerte in points ( 17.3 per game) and assists (2.5 per game). The next two seasons started Millsap as the nominal power forward for the Jazz. Between 2007 and 2010, and in 2012 he reached the playoffs with Utah.
After the expiration of his contract with the Jazz in the summer of 2013 Millsap left the Jazz and signed a contract until 2015 with the Atlanta Hawks. In 2014, Millsap was first appointed to the NBA All- Star Game.
Awards
- 2014 - nominated for the NBA Allstar Game
- 2007 - All- Rookie Second Team elected to the NBA