Arnett Moultrie

Arnett Moultrie
Moultrie with the 76ers
Free agent
Position Power forward
Personal information
Born (1990-11-18) November 18, 1990
Queens, New York
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
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
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-SEC (2012)
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing the  United States
U-19 World Championship
2009 New ZealandTeam

Arnett Nathaniel Moultrie (born November 18, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the NLEX Road Warriors of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He played college basketball with UTEP and Mississippi State.

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]

College statistics

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–09 UTEP 373426.8.502.282.5358.20.60.80.98.8
2009–10 UTEP 333328.9.475.225.6518.21.21.40.89.8
2011–12 Mississippi State 303035.8.549.444.78010.51.20.80.816.4

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]

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
2012–13 Philadelphia 47011.5.582.000.6433.10.20.40.23.7
2013–14 Philadelphia 12215.6.421.000.8002.90.20.70.33.0
Career 59212.4.547.000.6673.10.20.40.23.6

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

  1. 1 2 3 "Arnett Moultrie Profile". Mississippi State University Bulldogs Official Athletics site. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "Arnett Moultrie Profile". espn.go.com. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "2012 SEC Men's Basketball Awards Announced". Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  4. ↑ Marcello, Brandon. "Moultrie to declare for NBA Draft, end career at MSU". Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "Sixers get Arnett Moultrie from Heat". NBA.com. June 28, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
  6. ↑ Philadelphia 76ers Assign First-Round Draft Pick Arnett Moultrie to NBA D-League Affiliate Sioux Falls Skyforce
  7. ↑ Sixers Recall Arnett Moultrie From D-League And Waive Maalik Wayns
  8. ↑ Sixers assign Arnett Moultrie, Lorenzo Brown to D-League
  9. ↑ Sixers call Arnett Moultrie from D-League
  10. ↑ Notebook: Mavericks 124, 76ers 112
  11. ↑ Sixers Assign Arnett Moultrie to Delaware 87ers
  12. ↑ Wolf, Jason (March 31, 2014). "76ers' Arnett Moultrie suspended for drug violation". USAToday.com. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  13. ↑ Knicks Complete Trade with Philadelphia
  14. ↑ Arnett Moultrie signs in China with Jiangsu Nangang
  15. ↑ Saddi, Michel (December 5, 2015). "Al Riyadi lands Arnett Moultrie, ex Jiangsu D." Asia-Basket.com. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
  16. ↑ Sacamos, Karlo (6 March 2018). "NLEX goes big with former NBA player Arnett Moultrie as Commissioner's Cup import".
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