Chris McCullough
Christopher A. McCullough (born February 5, 1995) is an American professional basketball player who played for the Anyang KGC of the Korean Basketball League (KBL).[1] Prior to attending Syracuse University, McCullough went to Salisbury School, Brewster Academy, and IMG Academy.
McCullough in 2014 | |
No. 7 – Anyang KGC | |
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Position | Power forward |
League | KBL |
Personal information | |
Born | The Bronx, New York | February 5, 1995
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | |
College | Syracuse (2014–2015) |
NBA draft | 2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 29th overall |
Selected by the Brooklyn Nets | |
Playing career | 2015–present |
Career history | |
2015–2017 | Brooklyn Nets |
2016–2017 | →Long Island Nets |
2017–2018 | Washington Wizards |
2017–2018 | →Northern Arizona Suns |
2018 | →Wisconsin Herd |
2018 | →Erie BayHawks |
2018 | Shanxi Brave Dragons |
2019 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers |
2019 | Brujos de Guayama |
2019 | San Miguel Beermen |
2019–present | Anyang KGC |
Career highlights and awards | |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com |
High school career
McCullough attended Salisbury School for his freshman and sophomore years. During his sophomore season, he led the Salisbury varsity basketball team to its first ever NEPSAC Class A championship. In the championship game, McCullough scored 26 points, while also adding eight rebounds and two blocked shots.[2] At Salisbury, McCullough was coached by Jeff Ruskin. Following his sophomore year at Salisbury, McCullough transferred to Brewster Academy and then, later on, to IMG Academy.
College career
As a freshman at Syracuse in 2014–15, McCullough started in the team's first 16 games of the season before a knee injury suffered against Florida State on January 11 required surgery and ended his campaign.[3] In those 16 games, he averaged 9.3 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 1.7 steals and 2.1 blocks in 28.1 minutes per game.[4][5]
Professional career
Brooklyn Nets (2015–2017)
In April 2015, McCullough declared for the 2015 NBA draft, while still recovering from an ACL injury.[6][7] Despite that, on June 25, he was selected with the 29th overall pick by the Brooklyn Nets.[8] On July 1, he signed his rookie scale contract with the Nets.[9] He missed the first half of the 2015–16 season with the ACL injury he sustained as a freshman at Syracuse.[10] On February 5, 2016, he was activated for the first time, but did not play for the Nets against the Sacramento Kings.[11] Four days later, he made his NBA debut, recording 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block in just under 11 minutes off the bench in the Nets' 105–104 win over the Denver Nuggets.[12]
On April 6, 2016, McCullough scored 10 points against the Washington Wizards, reaching double-digits for the first time in his career. He was subsequently elevated to the starting line-up the following game, scoring 12 points on April 8 against the Charlotte Hornets.[13] In his third straight start for the Nets on April 11, he had another 12-point game in a loss to the Wizards.[14]
During his second season with Brooklyn, McCullough had multiple assignments with the Long Island Nets of the NBA Development League.[15]
Washington Wizards (2017–2018)
On February 22, 2017, McCullough was traded, along with Bojan Bogdanović, to the Washington Wizards in exchange for Andrew Nicholson, Marcus Thornton and a 2017 protected first-round draft pick.[16] On March 1, 2017, he made his debut for the Wizards, making just one free throw in 1:39 of action during a win over the Toronto Raptors.[17] Two days later, he was assigned to the Northern Arizona Suns of the NBA Development League, pursuant to the flexible assignment rule.[18] He remained with Northern Arizona until the end of the 2016–17 D-League season.
McCullough signed with the Detroit Pistons to a training camp contract but was waived on October 7, 2018.[19]
Shanxi Brave Dragons (2018–2019)
On October 8, 2018, McCullough signed with Shanxi Brave Dragons of the Chinese Basketball Association.[20] On October 21, 2018, he made his debut for Shanxi, contributed twenty six points and eight rebounds in a win over the Sichuan Blue Whales.[21]
Rio Grande Valley Vipers (2019)
On January 28, 2019, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers welcomed McCullough via Twitter.[22]
Brujos de Guayama (2019)
On May 14, 2019, McCullough joined the Brujos de Guayama of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional in Puerto Rico.[23]
San Miguel Beermen (2019)
On July 2, 2019, McCullough signed with the San Miguel Beermen as a replacement for Charles Rhodes as the team's import for the 2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup.[24] On his PBA debut, McCullough exploded for a professional then-career-high 47 points to go along with 10 rebounds and 6 3-pointers made to lead the Beermen towards the win against the NLEX Road Warriors.[25] On July 10, McCullough recorded 37 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists in a 128-108 win over the Phoenix Fuel Masters.[26] Two days after, McCullough again led the Beermen towards a win over the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, 89-87. In that game, McCullough recorded 24 points, 17 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 blocks.[27] Four days after, McCullough recorded 27 points, 16 rebounds and 3 blocks but in a 91-95 loss to the Meralco Bolts, on the last game of the elimination round. [28] On July 31, 2019, McCullough again put on a show for a new career-high 51 points in a loss against Rain or Shine. He ended the series 2 days later with 35 points.
McCullough and the Beermen eventually won the 2019 PBA Commissioner’s Cup championship, his first as a professional, in six games of a best-of-seven series. McCullough scored the team high of 35 points, 19 rebounds, and 4 assists against the TnT Katropa.
NBA 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 |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2015–16 | Brooklyn | 24 | 4 | 15.1 | .404 | .382 | .478 | 2.8 | .4 | 1.2 | .5 | 4.7 |
2016–17 | Brooklyn | 14 | 0 | 5.1 | .516 | .167 | .667 | 1.2 | .1 | .1 | .1 | 2.5 |
2016–17 | Washington | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | .000 | .000 | .500 | 1.0 | .0 | .5 | .0 | .5 |
2017–18 | Washington | 19 | 0 | 4.7 | .429 | .125 | .643 | 1.3 | .2 | .0 | .3 | 2.4 |
Career | 59 | 4 | 9.0 | .426 | .306 | .548 | 1.9 | .3 | .5 | .3 | 3.3 |
International Career Statistics
Legend | |||||
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GP | Games played | 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 | Led the league |
As of the end of the 2019 PBA Commissioners' Cup Finals[29]
Year | Team | League | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2018-19 | Brujos de Guayama | BSN | 8 | 27.1 | .461 | .250 | .816 | 9.0 | 1.5 | 1.1 | .8 | 16.3 |
2018-19 | Shanxi Zhongyu | CBA | 3 | 26.2 | .472 | .375 | .833 | 8.0 | 2.0 | .3 | .3 | 15.7 |
2019 | San Miguel Beermen | PBA | 16 | 43.0 | .466 | .336 | .748 | 15.1 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 32.4 |
Career | All Leagues | 27 | 36.5 | .465 | .327 | .767 | 12.5 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 25.8 |
References
- https://sports.inquirer.net/355602/former-nba-first-rounder-chris-mccullough-s-new-san-miguel-beer-import
- "Salisbury School Claims First New England Class A Basketball Championship". NEPSAC.org. March 6, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- Eisenberg, Jeff (January 11, 2015). "Chris McCullough's knee injury mars Syracuse's win". Yahoo.com. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
- "Syracuse University Athletics – Chris McCullough". Cuse.com. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
- "Chris McCullough Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
- Vecenie, Sam (April 2, 2015). "Syracuse forward Chris McCullough to declare for NBA Draft". CBSSports.com. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
- "Syracuse University Athletics – Chris McCullough". Cuse.com. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
- "Nets Acquire Four New Players on Draft Night". NBA.com. June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
- "Nets Sign Chris McCullough". NBA.com. July 1, 2015. Archived from the original on July 5, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
- Lewis, Brian (January 1, 2016). "Chris McCullough, one of last reasons to watch Nets, takes big step". NYPost.com. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
- "Johnson, Nets have season-best night in beating Kings". NBA.com. February 5, 2016. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
- "Johnson hits 3-pointer at buzzer, Nets beat Nuggets 105-104". NBA.com. February 8, 2016. Archived from the original on February 10, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
- "Chris McCullough 2015-16 Game Log". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
- "Wizards score first 20, pull away late to beat Nets 120-111". NBA.com. April 11, 2016. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
- "2016-17 NBA Assignments". NBA.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
- "Wizards Acquire Bojan Bogdanovic and Chris McCullough". monumentalsportsnetwork.com. February 22, 2017. Archived from the original on March 30, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
- "Chris McCullough 2016-17 Game Log". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
- "Wizards Assign McCullough to Northern Arizona Suns". monumentalsportsnetwork.com. March 3, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
- "Chris McCullough: Waived by Pistons". CBS Sports. October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
- "Chris McCullough: Signs with Chinese club". CBS Sports. October 8, 2018. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
- "Regular Season Round 1: Sichuan BW - Shanxi Z. 91-97". eurobasket.com. October 21, 2018. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
- "Welcome to the team, Chris McCullough". RGV Vipers on Twitter. January 28, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
- "Brujos se refuerzan con Chris McCullough". bsnpr.com (in Spanish). May 14, 2019. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
- "SMB replaces import Charles Rhodes with ex-NBA player Chris McCullough". Spin.ph. July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
- "Chris McCullough announces PBA arrival with smashing 47-point night". Inquirer Sports. July 6, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
- "McCullough leads San Miguel's attack in rout of Phoenix". ESPN.com. July 11, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
- Dioquino, Delfin (July 13, 2019). "San Miguel nips Rain or Shine in CDO to punch playoff ticket". Rappler. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
- Lising, Charmie (July 18, 2019). "Meralco stays alive, scrapes past San Miguel". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com, or Basketball-Reference.com
- Chris McCullough at cuse.com