Marquis Teague

In July 2010, Teague, along with future Kentucky teammate Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, were a part of the gold medal-winning team in the FIBA U-17 World Championships in Hamburg, Germany.[1]

Considered a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Teague was listed as the No. 1 point guard and the No. 5 player in the nation in 2011. He was a part of the Indiana versus Kentucky All-stars game.[2]

Teague committed to Kentucky on April 22, 2010.

In the first game of the 2011–12 season and his career as a Wildcat, Teague started and scored 16 points on 7 of 12 shooting. One of Teague's best performances of the season came against the Portland Pilots, a game where he scored 14 points, had a career high of eight assists, and a career high of 4 steals, all while committing no turnovers and shooting 5 of 6 from the free throw line. Against the Louisville Cardinals, Teague scored just 4 points on 1 of 8 shooting, but did dish out 5 assists and played good defense on Louisville point guard Peyton Siva, who shot 2 of 13 from the field. Teague helped Kentucky win their 8th national championship.

In April 2012, Teague declared for the 2012 NBA draft.[3] He was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the 29th overall pick.

On December 3, 2013, Teague was assigned to the Iowa Energy;[4] he was recalled the next day.[5] On December 26, 2013, he was reassigned to the Energy.[6] On January 15, 2014, he was recalled.[7]

On January 21, 2014, Teague was traded to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for Tornike Shengelia.[8]

On October 24, 2014, Teague was traded, along with a 2019 second-round pick, to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Casper Ware.[9] Three days later, he was waived by the 76ers.[10] On November 1, 2014, he was selected by the Oklahoma City Blue with the ninth overall pick in the 2014 NBA Development League draft.[11]

On November 3, 2015, Teague was reacquired by the Blue.[12] Teague played for the OKC Blue of the NBDL in the 2015–16 season. He averaged 15.2 points a game, 30.8 minutes a game, 5.7 field goals made, 14.2 for the field goals attempted, .726% free throw percentage, 0.9 threes a game, 2.5 threes attempted, 34% three point percentage, 3 fts made, 0.4 off rebounds, 2.5 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 0.8 in steals a game, 0.3 blocks, 3 turnovers a game.

On July 17, 2016, Teague signed with Ironi Nahariya of the Israeli League.[13] On October 31, he was waived by Nahariya and on November 26, he signed in Russia with Avtodor Saratov of the VTB United League.[14] On March 2, 2017, Teague was acquired by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Development League.[15]

On August 23, 2017, Teague was selected by the Memphis Hustle in the NBA G League expansion draft.[16]

On August 30, 2018, Teague signed with Jeonju KCC Egis of the Korean league.[17] He joined the Memphis Hustle in 2019.[18] Teague averaged 13.2 points and 4.3 assists per game in 2019-20.[19]

Teague is the son of Shawn and Carol Teague. He has four siblings, including Jeff, backup point guard for the Atlanta Hawks.[20] Shawn played for Norm Stewart at the University of Missouri before transferring to Boston University, where he finished his career playing for Rick Pitino;[21] he, like both sons, was an Indiana All-Star following his senior season of high school basketball.

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