Patrick Patterson (basketball)

Patrick Patterson
No. 54   Houston Rockets
Power forward
Personal information
Date of birth March 14, 1989 (1989-03-14) (age 22)
Place of birth Washington, D.C.
Nationality American
High school Huntington High School
Huntington, West Virginia
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
College Kentucky
NBA Draft 2010 / Round: 1 / Pick: 14th overall
Selected by the Houston Rockets
Pro career 2010–present
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com

Patrick Davell Patterson (born March 14, 1989 in Washington, D.C.[1]) is an American basketball player with the Houston Rockets. He played collegiately for the University of Kentucky. He is a 6'9", 235-pound power forward who grew up in Huntington, West Virginia.[2] During his high school career, Patterson helped lead Huntington High School to three-straight state championships, the last one with help from O. J. Mayo, and was named a McDonald's All-American. Patterson realized his dream of becoming a NBA lottery pick by being selected at #14 overall in the 2010 NBA Draft by the Houston Rockets.

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Collegiate career

Patrick Patterson played college basketball for the University of Kentucky. He chose to play for Kentucky rather than Duke or Florida in a highly publicized recruiting battle. He was recruited by Kentucky coach Tubby Smith and his replacement Billy Gillispie.[3][4] In the 2009–10 season he played for former Memphis coach John Calipari who became Billy Gillispie's replacement in April 2009.

Freshman season

During Patterson's freshman All-American 2007–08 season, Patterson averaged 16.4 points, 7.7 rebounds, 1.2 blocks and 0.8 steals, while shooting 57% from the field. After a Kentucky victory over the Ole Miss Rebels, Patterson missed the remainder of the 2007–08 season with a stress fracture in his left ankle. He also claimed he planned on staying at Kentucky rather than participating in the NBA Draft.

Sophomore season

For his sophomore season at UK during the 2008–09 season, he and fellow teammate Jodie Meeks became one of the most successful duos that season, and also became the most productive duo at Kentucky, since the days of Dan Issel and Mike Pratt. Patterson scored a career-high 33 points on December 22, 2008 against the Tennessee State Tigers. During Patterson's sophomore 2008–09 season, he averaged 17.9 points, 9.3 rebounds, 2.1 blocks and 0.6 steals, while shooting 60% from the field. April 18, 2009, Patterson decided to enter his name into the 2009 NBA Draft. However, Patrick decided he would return to Kentucky for a third season on May 8, 2009.

Junior season

Patterson continued to play a crucial role for the team during his junior season. However, with the addition of freshman players John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins and Eric Bledsoe, Patterson was no longer required to be the main option for scoring and rebounding. Patterson also improved his outside shot, shooting about 40% from the 3-point line all season (compared to no 3-pointers made in the previous seasons). During this season, Patterson helped the team win the SEC Tournament and achieve a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2004. On April 23, 2010, Patterson entered the 2010 NBA Draft; by the time of the draft, he had completed his coursework and earned a degree from UK.[5]

College statistics

Season Totals

SEASON GP MIN FG FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OFF DEF TOT AST TO STL BLK PF
2007–08 25 893 162 282 87 119 0 3 411 71 121 192 43 52 21 31 69
2008–09 34 1147 240 398 129 168 0 1 609 92 224 316 66 65 21 70 76
2009–10 38 1255 215 374 90 130 24 69 544 116 167 283 36 41 27 51 61

Season Averages

SEASON MIN PTS REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P% PPS
2007–08 35.7 16.4 7.7 1.7 2.1 .83 .8 1.2 2.8 .574 .731 .000 1.46
2008–09 33.7 17.9 9.3 1.9 1.9 1.02 .6 2.1 2.2 .603 .768 .000 1.53
2009–10 32.8 14.9 7.6 0.9 1.0 .93 .5 1.2 1.6 .586 .641 .408 1.46

NBA

On June 24, 2010, Patterson was selected in the NBA Draft by the Houston Rockets with the fourteenth overall pick. Patterson's sports agent is Odell McCants. On November 10, Patterson was assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Development League.[6] He made his NBA regular season debut on December 15, 2010.[7]

With Luis Scola injured, Patrick Patterson had his first NBA start with the Rockets on March 14, 2011, scoring 2 points and grabbing 5 rebounds.[8]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year↓ Team↓ GP↓ GS↓ MPG↓ FG%↓ 3P%↓ FT%↓ RPG↓ APG↓ SPG↓ BPG↓ PPG↓
2010–11 Houston 52 6 16.7 .558 .000 .714 3.8 0.8 .3 .7 6.3
Career 52 6 16.7 .558 .000 .714 3.8 0.8 .3 .7 6.3

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