Kentavious Caldwell-Pope children-American basketball player, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was born on February 18th, 1993 in Thomaston, Georgia in the United States of America.
He was born to Lawrence Pope and Rhonda Caldwell. Caldwell-Pope shares the same parents with his two siblings; Trevon Pope and another sibling whose name is not known to us at the moment.
Caldwell-Pope stands at a height of 1.96 m tall and weighs 93kg. He attended the Greenville High School in Greenville Georgia.
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He later furthered his education at the University of Georgia where he also played basketball before he made his professional debut.
In high school, Caldwell-Pope was a well regarded athlete. At Greenville High School in Greenville, Georgia, he averaged 31 points and 8.2 rebounds per game as a senior. He guided the Patriots to consecutive Sweet 16 appearances in 2009–2010 and the State Class A Final Four in 2011.
As a senior, he was picked to participate in the 2011 McDonald’s All-American Game and the Jordan Brand Classic after being named to several notable high school All-America teams. As a senior, recruiting experts for Rivals.com ranked him as the No. 3 shooting guard prospect in the country and the No. 12 prospect overall.
Caldwell-Pope passed up scholarship offers from schools like Alabama, Florida State, Georgia Tech, and Tennessee among others to play for Mark Fox and Cody Anderson at Georgia.
Caldwell-Pope was chosen for the Coaches’ Freshman All-SEC Team as a freshman along with Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, and Bradley Beal, three NBA lottery picks. His 25 points against Ole Miss in his first game was the most by a freshman at UGA in almost 13 years.
Caldwell-Pope earned the SEC Player of the Year award as a sophomore after averaging 18.5 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. In his final collegiate game, a loss to LSU at the SEC tournament in Nashville, he recorded a career-high 32 points and 13 rebounds.
The Detroit Pistons selected Caldwell-Pope
with the eighth overall choice in the 2013 NBA Draft on June 27, 2013. He later signed a rookie scale contract with the Pistons on July 19 after joining the team for the 2013 NBA Summer League. He recorded a then-career-high 30 points on April 16, 2014, against the Oklahoma City Thunder despite the team losing.Caldwell-Pope returned to the Pistons in July 2014 for the NBA Summer League, where he played in five games and averaged 24.0 points and 7.4 rebounds. Caldwell-Pope was instantly identified by head coach Stan Van Gundy as his greatest perimeter defender, and with 2,587 minutes played, he ended up leading the Pistons.
Following the All-Star break, Caldwell-Pope improved, partly as a result of the team’s addition of point guard Reggie Jackson; he averaged 14.3 points per game after the break. He made 153 three-pointers overall, 70 more than the next-closest Pistons player. He shared 16th place in the NBA with Kevin Love.
In a 119-116 victory over the Boston Celtics on December 16, 2015, Caldwell-Pope recorded a then-career-high 31 points. He contributed to the Pistons’ 44-38 regular-season record and eighth-seed finish in the Eastern Conference in 2015–16.
On November 9, 2016, in a 107-100 defeat to the Phoenix Suns, Caldwell-Pope scored a then-season-high 27 points. He finished with 26 points on January 8, 2017, when he made a three-pointer with 9.4 seconds left in double overtime to help the Pistons defeat the Portland Trail Blazers, 125-124.
He had a career-high 38 points on February 1, 2017, in a 118-98 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans. On 11 attempts, he also made a career-high eight three-pointers. On February 23, 2017, Caldwell-Pope led the Pistons to an overtime 114-108 victory over the Charlotte Hornets with 33 points, including three three-pointers late in the fourth quarter during a Detroit comeback.
Caldwell-Pope and the Los Angeles Lakers agreed to a one-year, $18 million contract on July 13, 2017. He scored a season-high 29 points on November 27, 2017, in a game against the Los Angeles Clippers. On December 13, 2017, Caldwell-Pope entered a guilty plea for breaking his probation throughout the summer.
He beat the Sacramento Kings 113-108 on February 24, 2018, by scoring a season-high 34 points and making a career-high eight 3-pointers. In a 128-125 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on March 22, 2018, he made eight 3-pointers and scored 28 points.
Caldwell-Pope reportedly signed a one-year, $12 million contract with the Lakers on July 6, 2018. In a 128-110 loss to the Washington Wizards on December 16, 2018, he recorded a season-high 25 points.
Caldwell-Pope re-signed with the Lakers in 2019; this time, he received a two-year deal for about $16 million. He shot a career-high 38.5% of his threes in 2019–20, finishing third on the team with 92 made threes.
Caldwell-Pope was acquired by the Washington Wizards on August 6, 2021, as part of a package deal for Russell Westbrook. He played in 77 games for the team, scoring 13.2 points, grabbing 3.4 rebounds, and dishing out 1.9 assists each.
Caldwell-Pope and Ish Smith were transferred to the Denver Nuggets on July 6, 2022 in exchange for Monté Morris and Will Barton. Caldwell-Pope and the Nuggets agreed to a two-year, $30 million contract deal on July 16, 2022.
Does Kentavious Caldwell-Pope have kids?
Caldwell-Pope and his wife, McKenzie Caldwell-Pope have been blessed with three sons, Kenzo Caldwell-Pope, KJ and Kendrix Caldwell-Pope.
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