Arnett Moultrie
Arnett Nathaniel Moultrie (born November 18, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Parma Basket of the VTB United League. He played college basketball with UTEP and Mississippi State.
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Position | Power forward | |||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
Born | Queens, New York | November 18, 1990|||||||||||||
Nationality | American | |||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | |||||||||||||
Listed weight | 238 lb (108 kg) | |||||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||||
High school | Raleigh Egypt (Memphis, Tennessee) | |||||||||||||
College |
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NBA draft | 2012 / Round: 1 / Pick: 27th overall | |||||||||||||
Selected by the Miami Heat | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2012–present | |||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Philadelphia 76ers | |||||||||||||
2012–2013 | →Sioux Falls Skyforce | |||||||||||||
2014 | →Delaware 87ers | |||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Jiangsu Dragons | |||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Al-Riyadi Beirut | |||||||||||||
2016 | Atenienses de Manatí | |||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Ankara DSİ | |||||||||||||
2017 | Defensor Sporting | |||||||||||||
2017 | Incheon Electroland Elephants | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Mahram Tehran | |||||||||||||
2018 | NLEX Road Warriors | |||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Kalev/Cramo | |||||||||||||
2019 | Parma | |||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||||
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | ||||||||||||||
Medals
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High school
In Moultrie's junior season at Raleigh-Egypt High School, he averaged 15 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks per game. In his senior season, he averaged 15 points, 8 rebounds and 4 blocks per game.[1]
College career
Freshman season
In Moultrie's freshman season at UTEP, he averaged 8.8 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. He was also named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team. Moultrie averaged 13.2 points and 8.7 rebounds per game in the College Basketball Invitational as UTEP lost in the final round to Oregon State.[1]
Sophomore season
In his sophomore season at UTEP, Moultrie averaged 9.8 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. In the Conference-USA Tournament, Moultrie averaged 12.0 points per game and earned a spot on the all-tournament team.[1]
Junior season
Moultrie was forced to sit out a season after transferring to Mississippi State. In his first and only season playing for Mississippi State, (2011–12), Moultrie averaged 16.4 points and 10.5 rebounds per game.[2] He was also named to the All-SEC men's basketball team.[3] On March 28, 2012, Moultrie decided to enter his name in the 2012 NBA Draft.[4]
Professional career
Moultrie was drafted with the 27th pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the Miami Heat. He was then traded to the Philadelphia 76ers for Justin Hamilton and a future first-round draft pick.[5] On December 21, 2012, Moultrie was assigned to the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA D-League.[6] He was recalled on January 6, 2013.[7]
On February 4, 2014, he was assigned to the Delaware 87ers.[8] On February 9, 2014, he was recalled by the 76ers.[9] On February 21, 2014, Moultrie had his first career start. In 31 minutes, he recorded 6 points, 5 rebounds and 2 steals in a 112-124 loss to the Dallas Mavericks.[10] On March 15, 2014, he was reassigned to the 87ers.[11] On March 31, 2014, he was suspended for five games for violating the NBA's anti-drug policy.[12] On April 6, 2014, he was again recalled to the 76ers.
On October 27, 2014, he was traded to the New York Knicks in exchange for Travis Outlaw, a 2019 second-round draft selection and the option exchange 2018 second-round draft selections. Upon acquisition, he was waived by the Knicks.[13]
On December 16, 2014, he signed with the Jiangsu Dragons of the Chinese Basketball Association.[14]
On December 5, 2015, Moultrie signed with Al-Riyadi Beirut of Lebanon.[15]
In March 2018, Moultrie signed with the NLEX Road Warriors of the Philippine Basketball Association as their import for the 2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup.[16]
In November 2018, Moultrie signed with Kalev/Cramo of the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League (LEBL) and the VTB United League.[17] His first game for the team was in the VTB United League as he scored 16 points and grabbed 9 rebounds in 26 minutes against Parma as Kalev/Cramo won 93–82.[18]
Career statistics
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 |
NBA statistics
International career
Moultrie represented the U-19 United States national team at the 2009 U-19 World Championship held in New Zealand, where they won the gold medal.
References
- "Arnett Moultrie Profile". Mississippi State University Bulldogs Official Athletics site. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
- "Arnett Moultrie Profile". espn.go.com. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
- "2012 SEC Men's Basketball Awards Announced". Retrieved June 22, 2012.
- Marcello, Brandon. "Moultrie to declare for NBA Draft, end career at MSU". Archived from the original on May 1, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
- "Sixers get Arnett Moultrie from Heat". NBA.com. June 28, 2012. Archived from the original on July 3, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
- "Philadelphia 76ers Assign First-Round Draft Pick Arnett Moultrie to NBA D-League Affiliate Sioux Falls Skyforce". Archived from the original on October 16, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- Sixers Recall Arnett Moultrie From D-League And Waive Maalik Wayns
- Sixers assign Arnett Moultrie, Lorenzo Brown to D-League
- Sixers call Arnett Moultrie from D-League
- Notebook: Mavericks 124, 76ers 112
- Sixers Assign Arnett Moultrie to Delaware 87ers
- Wolf, Jason (March 31, 2014). "76ers' Arnett Moultrie suspended for drug violation". USAToday.com. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
- Knicks Complete Trade with Philadelphia
- Arnett Moultrie signs in China with Jiangsu Nangang
- Saddi, Michel (December 5, 2015). "Al Riyadi lands Arnett Moultrie, ex Jiangsu D." Asia-Basket.com. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
- Sacamos, Karlo (March 6, 2018). "NLEX goes big with former NBA player Arnett Moultrie as Commissioner's Cup import".
- "Kalev/Cramo signs Arnett Moultrie". Sportando. November 26, 2018. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- "Kalev 93 - 82 PARMA". VTB United League. December 7, 2018. Retrieved December 18, 2018.