J.J. Redick

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Position Guard
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg)
Team Orlando Magic
Nationality USA
Born June 24, 1984
Cookeville, Tennessee
High school Cave Spring High School,
Roanoke, Virginia
College Duke
Draft 11th overall, 2006
Orlando Magic
Pro career 2006 – present

Jonathan Clay "J.J." Redick (born June 24, 1984 in Cookeville, Tennessee) is an American professional basketball player at the shooting guard position who was selected 11th overall by the Orlando Magic in the 2006 NBA Draft. In his collegiate years, Redick played for Duke University, becoming the all-time leading scorer in the Atlantic Coast Conference history. His jersey number, 4, is expected to be retired in 2007. Playing primarily at the shooting guard position, Redick is particularly known for his accurate free throw and three-point shooting. Basketball pundits often cite his jump shot as having "textbook form".

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[edit] High school career

Redick attended Cave Spring High School in Roanoke, Virginia. He graduated as Virginia's all-time AAA leading scorer with 2,215 career points. Led Knights to the 2002 AAA State Championship.

[edit] Awards

  • Virginia's 2002 Mr. Basketball award.
  • Gatorade's list of top Virginia basketball players for three years.
  • 2002 McDonald's All-American
  • John Wooden Most Valuable Player Award: 2002
  • Won state championship over George Wythe High School of Richmond, scored 41 points in that game.

[edit] Collegiate career

During his time at Duke, Redick left a mark on the record books, setting records for most points scored in ACC history, most consecutive free throws made in ACC history, highest free-throw percentage in ACC history, most points in a single season in Duke history, and most points in ACC tournament history. Redick served as co-captain in his junior year along with senior point guard Daniel Ewing. He also served as captain his senior year along with fellow seniors Shelden Williams, Sean Dockery and Lee Melchionni.

In the 2004-2005 season, Redick led Duke in scoring with 21.8 points per game. He won the ACC Player of the Year award, and the Adolph F. Rupp Trophy for national player of the year. Redick's victory in the Rupp voting spoiled the consensus for Utah's Andrew Bogut, who won every other major player of the year award. (The Rupp is one of several notable college basketball player of the year awards, generally considered the third most prestigious after the Naismith Award and the Wooden Award). In 2006, after facing close competition all year from Gonzaga player Adam Morrison, Redick swept the major player of the year awards, taking home the Rupp, Wooden, and Naismith trophies.

Redick set the record for the most consecutive free throws made without a miss in the ACC with 54. This record began on March 20, 2003 and ended on January 15, 2004. Redick entered his final postseason with a chance to go down as the NCAA's all-time leading free-throw shooter. The current record is held by Gary Buchanan of Villanova at 91.3%. In an otherwise triumphant visit to Greensboro Coliseum for the ACC Tournament and early NCAA Tournament games, J.J. struggled at the line, lowering his career free-throw percentage by about 0.5% such that he finished his career with approximately 91.16% attempts made (660 out of 724). While his fans would be disappointed to note that he did not finish as the all-time leader, his record might have been broken after a single year anyways, as Blake Ahearn, an active player with one year left at Missouri State, enters his last season with a career free-throw percentage of 95.1%[1] and a sufficient number of attempts to be eligible for the record book.

On February 14, 2006, in the first half of a game against Wake Forest, Redick broke Virginia alumnus Curtis Staples' record of 413 career three pointers made, which was the most in NCAA history. Keydren Clark of Saint Peter's College subsequently surpassed Redick's mark in the MAAC Tournament. However, Redick returned the favor by hitting 15 three-pointers in the ACC Tournament and 12 in the NCAA Tournament to finish ahead of Clark. Redick finished his career with an NCAA record 457 three-point field goals.

In the game after breaking Staples' record, Redick scored 30 points on February 19, 2006 against Miami to become the all-time leading scorer at Duke, with 2,557 points scored in his career. Duke associate head coach Johnny Dawkins had set the previous record of 2,556 career points as a player at Duke from 1983 to 1986 and is universally recognized as the catalyst for the Duke program's success under Mike Krzyzewski. On February 25, 2006, in a game at Temple University, Redick passed the ACC scoring record of 2,587 points in the waning minutes of the game on a pair of free throws. The previous record holder, Dickie Hemric, was an active player at Wake Forest University when the ACC was founded in 1953, and held the scoring record for 51 years. Redick finished his career with 2,769 points.

On March 10, 2006, in an ACC Tournament quarterfinal against Miami, Redick scored 25 points to set a new record at Duke for Single Season Points Scored with a total of 858. Redick ended the season with 964 points scored. The previous record of 841 was set by Jason Williams in Duke's 2000-01 campaign that included a 9-0 record in the postseason and a Wooden Award for Williams' teammate Shane Battier. Redick came up just short of the ACC record for points scored in a season, which is held by Dennis Scott with 970 points in 1990. Redick also finished his career as the all-time leading scorer in ACC tournament history. His total of 225 points eclipsed Wake Forest's Len Chappell who scored 220 points in the tournament from 1960-62.

Redick's overall collegiate career was severely marred by his poor performances in his team's losses during the NCAA tournament. In the four games that the team lost over the term of his career, Redick made 13 of 61 shots (21%) for a combined total of 44 points in the four games.

[edit] Off-the-court incident

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In June 2006, Redick was pulled over and arrested on charges of drunk driving with a blood alcohol content above the legal North Carolina limit. The arresting officer wrote in his report that Redick had "very glassy eyes, strong odor of alcohol coming from breath." The incident was fairly surprising and damaged Redick's squeaky clean image and reputation. There was also question as to whether it was an isolated incident, possibly damaging his standing in the NBA draft later that month.

[edit] The Maryland incident

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J.J. noted that the most ridiculous incident regarding taunts during his college career was in a game against the Maryland Terrapins. Redick recalls a fan with a sign claiming that the fan had sexual relations with J.J.'s younger sister, who was 12 at the time. As Redick was on the free-throw line late in the second half, the Maryland student section began chanting "Fuck you, J.J." loud enough to be clearly audible on live television, sparking national outrage. Redick commented on these events in a 2004 interview, conducted on the popular sports series, SportsCenter.

[edit] Awards

[edit] NBA career

Redick was selected with the 11th pick in the 2006 NBA Draft by the Orlando Magic.

Increasingly a major topic of debate concerning Redick is if he will be able to put up comparable stats at the professional level. Redick is not known for being a strong defensive player or ball passer, and this may further hamper his ability to be a star in the NBA. His height of 6'4" is on the small side for shooting guards in the NBA, and this may create difficulty in getting open shots.

At the same time, Orlando happens to be a perfect fit for Redick offensively. He would be playing with Jameer Nelson, whose drive-dish method gets open shots for players, and Dwight Howard, who constantly draws double teams. In addition, although Redick's defense is relatively weak, Howard and Darko Milicic are both 7-footers in the frontcourt, which will help cover up in defensive lapses by the two guards.

When Redick himself was asked what he feels about the subject in a November 2005 interview, he responded, " I think I'll be a role player like 80 percent of the players in the league are. I don't expect to be a star."

[edit] International career

In 2005, Redick was named to the USA Men's U21 World Championship Team.

In 2006, Redick was named to the USA Men's 2006-2008 National Team Program, and will compete for a spot on the 2006 FIBA World Championship team, as well as for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games team. A recurring back injury that has kept Redick out of the NBA summer league has so far also kept Redick out of the FIBA tryouts.

Redick has earned 26 caps at various junior levels but has yet to make his debut for the senior national team.

[edit] Style of play

Redick's area of strength in his college career was quick jump shooting, long range and high free-throw percentage. From his sophomore year to his junior year, he lost nearly thirty pounds, enabling him to play a full 40 minutes and take 20 or more shots per game as the focal point of the Blue Devils' offense.

Along with Shelden Williams, Redick was the primary focus of opposing defenses. He was Duke's main outside shooting threat, and many of Duke's offensive plays were designed for him. However, as Duke opponents' defenses increasingly targeted him, Redick had fewer open shots than in previous years.

[edit] Trivia

  • He got his nickname "J.J" as a toddler because his twin sisters each repeated his original nickname of "J."[2]
  • Redick has tattoos of Bible verses, including "Isaiah 40:31" and "Joshua 1:9" along with the Japanese word for courage.[1]
  • Son of Jeanie and Ken Redick. His father played two seasons at Ohio Wesleyan University.
  • J.J. has older twin sisters, Catie and Alyssa (who both played for Campbell University), a younger sister, Abby, and a younger brother, David, who is going to play football for Marshall University.
  • Majored in history and minored in cultural anthropology at Duke.
  • His father's background as a stoneware potter led to his middle name of "Clay".
  • Sports Illustrated said in one of its articles that one of the J's should stand for "jumper" because of three point accuracy.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Last, First (1998). #15 Blake Ahearn. Missouri State Bears. ESPN. Retrieved on 2006-06-14.
  2. ^ Schmitz, Brian. "Criticism still fuels fire for Redick", Orlando Sentinel, 4 June 2006.

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Preceded by:
Andrew Bogut		 Naismith College Player of the Year (men)
2006		 Succeeded by:
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Preceded by:
Andrew Bogut		 John R. Wooden Award (men)
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2006 NBA Draft
First Round
Andrea Bargnani | LaMarcus Aldridge | Adam Morrison | Tyrus Thomas | Shelden Williams | Brandon Roy | Randy Foye | Rudy Gay | Patrick O'Bryant | Mouhamed Sene | J.J. Redick | Hilton Armstrong | Thabo Sefolosha | Ronnie Brewer | Cedric Simmons | Rodney Carney | Shawne Williams | Oleksiy Pecherov | Quincy Douby | Renaldo Balkman | Rajon Rondo | Marcus Williams | Josh Boone | Kyle Lowry | Shannon Brown | Jordan Farmar | Sergio Rodríguez | Maurice Ager | Mardy Collins | Joel Freeland
Second Round

James White | Steve Novak | Solomon Jones | Paul Davis | P.J. Tucker | Craig Smith | Bobby Jones | Kosta Perović | David Noel | Denham Brown | James Augustine | Daniel Gibson | Marcus Vinicius | Lior Eliyahu | Alexander Johnson | Dee Brown | Paul Millsap | Vladimir Veremeenko | Leon Powe | Ryan Hollins | Cheick Samb | Guillermo Diaz | Yotam Halperin | Hassan Adams | Ejike Ugboaja | Edin Bavcic | Loukas Mavrokefalidis | J.R. Pinnock | Damir Markota | Will Blalock
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