Grayson Allen

Grayson Allen
Allen with the Utah Jazz in 2018
No. 24 – Utah Jazz
Position Shooting guard
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1995-10-08) October 8, 1995
Jacksonville, Florida
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 198 lb (90 kg)
Career information
High school Providence School
(Jacksonville, Florida)
College Duke (2014–2018)
NBA draft 2018 / Round: 1 / Pick: 21st overall
Selected by the Utah Jazz
Playing career 2018–present
Career history
2018–present Utah Jazz
Career highlights and awards

Grayson James Allen[1] (born October 8, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball at Duke University.

High school career

Allen dunking in the 2014 McDonald's All-American Game

In 2014, Allen was selected as a McDonald's All-American out of Providence School in Jacksonville, Florida, where he won a state championship the previous year.[2] He won the McDonald's All-American Slam Dunk Contest, jumping over future Duke teammate Jahlil Okafor.[3]

College career

Coach K embraces Allen at the end of his final home game of his senior year at Duke University.

During Allen's freshman season at Duke, he averaged 4.4 points per game[4] and was named to the ACC all-academic team.[4]

Allen became a major contributor in the NCAA tournament. On April 7, 2015, he played in the championship game, scoring 16 points, including 8 straight.[5] After the game, commentators cited Allen as one of the main reasons for Duke's win.[6][7] Coach Mike Krzyzewski agreed, saying, "We were kind of dead in the water. We were nine points down and Grayson just put us on his back."[6]

During the 2015–16 season, Allen was one of the best offensive players in the ACC, averaging 21 points per game[8] and shooting 43% from three-point range. He played an average of 36.6 minutes per game and made 83.7% of his free throws. [9]

Entering his junior season, Allen was considered one of the top returning players in college basketball. He was named to the Associated Press preseason All-America team[10] and was the ACC media's pick as preseason ACC Player of the Year.[11]

During the 2016–2017 season, Allen averaged 14.5 points per game and shot 36.5% from three-point range. He played on average 29.6 minutes per game and was 81.1% from the free-throw line. [12].

Tripping incidents

Allen received national publicity for intentionally tripping Louisville's Raymond Spalding on February 8, 2016; an ESPN.com article asked if he was "the next hated white Duke player."[13] In the second game against Louisville that season, he exchanged elbows while scuffling for a ball on the ground[14] and later received a technical and ejection for yelling at a referee following his fifth foul on a charge call.[15] On Thursday, February 25, 2016, in the closing seconds of a 15-point win against FSU, Allen tripped FSU's Xavier Rathan-Mayes.[16] A day later, Allen received a reprimand from the ACC for his second tripping incident in less than a month.

Prior to the start of his junior season, Allen stated that he was ready to put the tripping incidents behind him.[17] He then tripped Elon's Steven Santa Ana during their December 21 game. Allen was charged with a technical on the play.[18][19] The next day, Coach Krzyzewski suspended Allen from the team indefinitely and subsequently stripped him of his team captaincy after Duke's game on December 31.[20][21] Allen returned to play on January 4, 2017, after being suspended for one game.[22]

On March 9, 2018, Allen was assessed a flagrant foul 1 in the ACC tournament for tripping North Carolina's Garrison Brooks with what was called a "hip check."[23]

Professional career

Utah Jazz (2018–present)

On June 21, 2018, Allen was selected with the 21st overall pick by the Utah Jazz in the 2018 NBA draft. On July 2nd Allen signed his rookie scale contract with the Jazz. [24] He has been compared to Bob Sura.

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

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2014–15 Duke 3509.2.425.346.8491.0.4.3.14.4
2015–16 Duke 363536.6.466.417.8374.63.51.3.121.6
2016–17 Duke 342529.6.395.365.8113.73.5.8.114.5
2017–18 Duke 373735.6.418.370.8503.34.61.7.115.5
Career 1429727.9.430.380.8343.23.01.0.114.1

References

  1. ↑ "Grayson Allen Bio - Duke University Blue Devils | Official Athletics Site". GoDuke.com. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  2. ↑ Borzello, Jeff (January 1, 2013). "Players announced for McDonald's All-American Game". CBS Sports. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  3. ↑ Rohrbach, Ben (April 2, 2014). "Grayson Allen leaps over 6-foot-10 Jahlil Okafor to win McDonald's dunk contest". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Grayson Allen Bio". goduke.com. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  5. ↑ "Comeback! Duke dispatches Wisconsin to capture national title No. 5". ESPN. April 6, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Wolken, Dan (April 7, 2015). "Duke freshmen give Blue Devils late boost for title". USA Today. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  7. ↑ Myerberg, Paul (April 7, 2015). "Duke edges Wisconsin to win fifth national championship". USA Today. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Atlantic Coast Conference Statistics - College Basketball - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  9. ↑ "Atlantic Coast Conference Statistics - College Basketball - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  10. ↑ "Duke's Allen leads AP preseason All-America team". Foxsports.com. November 2, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  11. ↑ Norlander, Matt (October 26, 2016). "Duke the pick to win a loaded ACC, Grayson Allen is preseason Player of the Year". CBSSports.com. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Grayson Allen". ESPN.com.
  13. ↑ "Grayson Allen and being a hated white player with the Duke Blue Devils". Espn.go.com. 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  14. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-02-21. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  15. ↑ Matt Brown (2016-02-20). "A late meltdown at Louisville re-exposed Duke's issues". Sports on Earth. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  16. ↑ "Grayson Allen of Duke Blue Devils won't be suspended by ACC for apparent trip". Espn.go.com. 2016-02-27. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  17. ↑ "Duke Blue Devils Grayson Allen ready to put tripping incidents behind him". Espn.com. 2016-10-25. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  18. ↑ "Grayson Allen gets a tech for tripping again". Espn.com. 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  19. ↑ "Grayson Allen reacts to getting called for a Technical Foul after tripping a player". Espn.com. 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  20. ↑ Nicole Auerbach (2016-12-22). "Duke's Mike Krzyzewski suspends Grayson Allen indefinitely". USA Today. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  21. ↑ "Duke's Grayson Allen stripped of captaincy after suspension for tripping". Sports Illustrated. 2016-12-31. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  22. ↑ Chris Chase (2017-01-04). "What a joke! Coach K ends Grayson Allen's 'indefinite suspension' after just one game". Fox Sports. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  23. ↑ "Grayson Allen gets Flagrant 1 foul for hip check in ACC tournament". USA Today. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
  24. ↑ Goon, Kyle (June 21, 2018). "Jazz select Duke's Grayson Allen No. 21 overall, earning Donovan Mitchell's approval". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
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