Rickey Paulding

Rickey Paulding ( born October 23, 1982 in Detroit, Michigan ) is an American professional basketball player.

The 1.96 m wide and 100 kg Paulding played in the U.S. for the University of Missouri and was selected in the 2004 NBA Draft at 54th place from the NBA Detroit Pistons club.

For the season 2007/08 playing at the shooting guard and small forward positions Rickey Paulding joined the National Basketball League to the EWE Baskets Oldenburg from where he signed a three-year contract. With the Oldenburgers he won the German championship title in the 2008/ 09 season and was voted MVP of the finals series. Meanwhile Paulding has extended his contract with the EWE Baskets twice. The current contract runs until the end of Season 2013 / 14th

The ALLSTAR Days he played in both 2008 and 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 for the North team of the BBL and the team International. In 2009, he was the most successful shooter basket on the side of the victorious North team.