Tyreke Evans

Tyreke Jamir Evans ( born September 19, 1989 in Chester, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player who currently is in the squad of the New Orleans Pelicans. Previously, he played for the University of Memphis, where he was set as during takeoff point guard. In NBA Draft 2009, he was selected at the 4th digit of the Kings.

High School

Evans grew up in Chester ( Pennsylvania), where he was primarily raised by his three older brothers. He attended the Christian Academy in Aston (Pennsylvania ), where he also played basketball. Compared early in his Sophomorejahr experts and McGrady even his style of play to that of Tracy McGrady. As a senior in high school Evans scored an average of 32.1 points per game and in the same season for the Most Valuable Player ( Most Valuable Player ) of the McDonald 's All- American Game was chosen. In this he scored 21 points, ten rebounds and four assists to the team East to lead to a 107-102 victory over the West team.

College

In April 2008, Evans decided to register with the University of Memphis. He decided against the Villanova University and the University of Texas, which he had first taken into consideration.

However, his first games were negative, what his coach John Calipari moved to reshape the team. So Evans was set as a -starting point guard and scored in his 11th game for almost a triple -double against the University of Cincinnati. Evans played 33 minutes ( out of 40) and scored 14 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists. Memphis won the game 60-45. Up to the NCAA Tournament Memphis has not lost another game. There, however, they lost to Missouri and retired.

NBA

Evans chose the last three years not to play in college, but to sign up for the NBA Draft 2009. On 25 June 2009 he was selected by the Sacramento Kings in 4th place.

On 1 December 2009 Evans Rookie of the Month for November was elected to the Western Conference. During this time, he scored an average of 18.8 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.33 steals in 36.1 minutes per game.

However, this section he was able to increase and achieved, based on the entire season, 20.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game. He is one of only four rookies in the entire NBA history who could achieve more than 20 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds per game. The others are Michael Jordan, Oscar Robertson and LeBron James.

Evans was also nominated for the NBA Rookie Challenge, where the Rookies won for the first time in seven years. Evans was awarded the MVP title of the Rookie Challenge.

On 29 April 2010 Tyreke Evans won the Eddie Gottlieb Trophy for the award for the 2009/10 T -Mobile Rookie of the Year. Evans was chosen by a panel of 123 sportswriters and broadcasters from the United States and Canada 67 times at number one. These are a total of 491 points for him. Second was Stephen Curry with 391 points. With this award, Evans led at the same time the NBA All Rookie First Team in this year.

The 2010-2011 season was initially coined for Tyreke Evans from a foot injury, before 29 December 2010 in the game against the Memphis Grizzlies 1.5 seconds before the end of the score of 98:97 in favor of the guests from Memphis a litter from the own half shot, which is still in the basket went (so-called Buzzer Beater ), making his Sacramento Kings won the game even after the season.

In the following two years, however, Evans could not confirm its performance from the rookie season. Compared to his rookie season were his statistical values ​​in all areas. The 2012-13 season graduated from Evans with 15.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. Then Evans left the Sacramento Kings, after they had offered him a new contract. He was transferred on 10 July 2014 in a sign- and- trade deal with the New Orleans Pelicans, where he signed a contract until 2016.

Awards and achievements

  • Rookie of the Year 2010
  • NBA All- Rookie First Team 2010
  • NBA Rookie Challenge Game MVP in 2010
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