Kyle Korver

Kyle Korver
Player information
Full name	Kyle Eliott Korver
birthday	17th March 1981 (age 39)
place of birth	Lakewood , California , United States
size	201 cm
position	Small Forward / Shooting Guard
college	Creighton
NBA draft	2003 , 51. Pick, New Jersey Nets
Club information
society	Milwaukee Bucks
league	NBA
Jersey number	26th
Clubs as active
2003–2007 Philadelphia 76ers 2007–2010 Utah Jazz 2010–2012 Chicago Bulls 2012–2017 Atlanta Hawks 2017–2018 Cleveland Cavaliers 2018–2019 Utah Jazz Since 2019 Milwaukee Bucks 0

Kyle Eliott Korver (born March 17, 1981 in Lakewood , California ) is an American basketball player who plays for the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA . He is best known as an excellent distance shooter . During the 2009/10 NBA season , Korver achieved a three-point rate of 53.64% as a player in the Utah Jazz , setting a new league record. In the 2014/15 season Korver was the NBA All-Star team selected.

Career

College and draft

Korver played basketball at Creighton University in Omaha , Nebraska until he was selected 51st in the 2003 NBA Draft by the New Jersey Nets . The Nets later traded these rights on to the Sixers.

NBA

Korver in the jersey of the 76ers

At the Sixers, Korver broke through in his sophomore year. He established himself as a good shooter with the Sixers. In the 2006/07 season he scored 14.4 points coming from the bench and led the league with 91.4% free throws hit.

In December 2007 Korver was transferred to the Utah Jazz . With the jazz he reached the playoffs three times in a row between 2008 and 2010. In the 2009/10 season Korver was able to achieve a record from the three-point line. He finished the regular season with an average of 53.64%, with which he achieved the highest rate of all players and also set a new NBA record in the category with the highest three-point hit rate in a season. At Jazz, Korver mainly played the role of the bank scorer.

From the 2010/11 season Korver played for the Chicago Bulls , from which he was transferred to the Atlanta Hawks on July 16, 2012 for Kirk Hinrich .

In the Hawks, Korver was allowed to appear regularly as a starter for the first time since his time with the Sixers. In the 2013/14 season he led the NBA with 47.2% hit three-point throws. In 2015 Korver was invited to the NBA All-Star Game . He replaced the injured Dwyane Wade . At 33 years and 11 months, he was the fourth oldest all-star debutant in NBA history. With the Hawks, he put on the best season record in the Eastern Conference in the 2014/15 season . Korver had a large share of this with 49.2% hit three-point throws, in which he again led the league. Korver also received the 2015 NBA Sportsmanship Award for exemplary behavior.

Korver held the record with the highest number of three-point throws hit in consecutive games until February 25, 2016. By March 6, 2014, he had scored at least one three-point throw in 127 games in a row. In the game against the Portland Trail Blazers , that record ended when he couldn't convert any of his five throws from the line of three. Stephen Curry set this record on February 24, 2016, only to break it a day later.

Korver with the Cavaliers (2017)

On January 7, 2017, Korver was transferred to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Mike Dunleavy Jr. , Mo Williams and a future first-round pick .

After LeBron James left in summer 2018, the Cavaliers were looking for a buyer for Korver in the course of their rebuilding and found him in Utah Jazz . At the end of November, Korver moved to his former team as part of a trade, for which he was active from 2007 to 2010. In return, Alec Burks and future draft picks moved to the Cavaliers.

Web links

Commons : Kyle Korver  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Kyle Korver - player profile on NBA.com
• Kyle Korver - player profile on basketball-reference.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kyle Korver Wins 2014-15 NBA Sportsmanship Award
2. ^ Hawks Acquire First Round Pick, Dunleavy & Williams From Cavs For Kyle Korver
3. ^ Utah Jazz acquire guard / forward Kyle Korver