Rickey Paulding

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Rickey Paulding
No. 23 – EWE Baskets Oldenburg
Shooting guard / Small forward
Personal information
Born	(1982-10-23) October 23, 1982 Detroit, Michigan
Nationality	American
Listed height	6'5"
Listed weight	218 lbs.
Career information
High school	Renaissance (Detroit, Michigan)
College	Missouri (2000–2004)
NBA draft	2004 2nd round 54th pick / Undrafted
Pro playing career	2004–present
Career history
2004–2005	Hapoel Jerusalem
2005–2006	ASVEL Basket
2006–2007	Gravelines
2007–present	EWE Oldenburg
Career highlights and awards
3x German Bundesliga All-Star (2008, 2009, 2011) German Bundesliga Champion (2009) German Bundesliga Regular Season Champion (2010) 2x Second team All-Big 12 Conference (2003, 2004)

Rickey Paulding (born October 23, 1982) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Missouri. In his collegiate career he scored 1,200 points and grabbed 300 rebounds.^{[citation needed]} Remembered by his fans for scoring 37 points and making an astounding nine threes against Dwyane Wade, Travis Diener and the Marquette Golden Eagles in the Tigers' loss in the 2nd round of the NCAA tournament his junior year, he opted to return for his senior season.^{[citation needed]} He was drafted 54th overall in the second round by the Detroit Pistons. In his first year of pro ball, he played for Hapoel Jerusalem of Israel after averaging 12.2 points per game for the Detroit Pistons in the summer leagues. However, he was waived by the Pistons the following year and tried out for the Sacramento Kings, but failed to make the roster. He has played for Lyon Villeurbanne, France and BCM Gravelines Dunkerque Grand Littoral.^[1] For the 2007/08 season, he has signed with the German Bundesliga team EWE Baskets Oldenburg.^[2]

High school

He attended Renaissance High School in Detroit. In his senior season, he averaged 25.3 points per game, and 12 rebounds per game, and led his team to a 27-3 record. He was an honorable mention All-USA selection during that season as well.

Awards and honors

2003 Wooden Award pre-season finalist
2003 Second Team All Big 12
Scored 36 points in the NCAA Tournament against Marquette.
Made 9 three-point field goals against Marquette
7th Highest all time scorer at Mizzou.
Most points ever scored on current NBA player Dwyane Wade in a single NCAA game.
Starter for the Northern All-Star Team in the Basketball Bundesliga All-Star Games 2009-2011.
2009 BBL Finals MVP after leading EWE Baskets Oldenburg to the league title.
Most Likeable Player of the 2008/2009 Basketball Bundesliga Season

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Player profile

v t e United States squad – 2003 Pan American Games – 4th place

Barrett Childress Diogu Gordon Hayes Hill Jackson Johnson Mouton Okafor Paulding Stepp Coach: Izzo

v t e 2004 NBA draft

First round	Dwight Howard Emeka Okafor Ben Gordon Shaun Livingston Devin Harris Josh Childress Luol Deng Rafael Araújo Andre Iguodala Luke Jackson Andris Biedriņš Robert Swift Sebastian Telfair Kris Humphries Al Jefferson Kirk Snyder Josh Smith J. R. Smith Dorell Wright Jameer Nelson Pavel Podkolzin Viktor Khryapa Sergei Monia Delonte West Tony Allen Kevin Martin Sasha Vujačić Beno Udrih David Harrison

Second round	Anderson Varejão Jackson Vroman Peter John Ramos Lionel Chalmers Donta Smith Andre Emmett Antonio Burks Royal Ivey Chris Duhon Albert Miralles Justin Reed David Young Viktor Sanikidze Trevor Ariza Tim Pickett Bernard Robinson Ha Seung-Jin Pape Sow Ricky Minard Sergei Lishouk Vassilis Spanoulis Christian Drejer Romain Sato Matt Freije Rickey Paulding Luis Flores Marcus Douthit Sergei Karaulov Blake Stepp Rashad Wright

Persondata
Name	Paulding, Rickey
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player
Date of birth	October 23, 1982
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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