Malcolm Brogdon
Malcolm Brogdon | ||
Player information | ||
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Full name | Malcolm Moses Adams Brogdon | |
birthday | 11th December 1992 (age 27) | |
place of birth | Atlanta , Georgia , United States | |
size | 196 cm | |
Weight | 104 kg | |
position | Shooting Guard / Point Guard | |
college | Virginia | |
NBA draft | 2016 , 36th Pick , Milwaukee Bucks | |
Club information | ||
society | Indiana Pacers | |
league | NBA | |
Jersey number | 7th | |
Clubs as active | ||
2016–2019 Milwaukee Bucks Since 2019 Indiana Pacers |
Malcolm Moses Adams Brogdon (born December 11, 1992 in Atlanta , Georgia ) is an American basketball player who currently plays for the Indiana Pacers in the NBA . As a combo guard , he can play both the position of point guard and shooting guard . Brogdon received the NBA Rookie of the Year Award for the 2016-17 season .
Career
Brogdon played four years for the University of Virginia , where he had a successful athletic career. In his senior year, Brogdon won numerous awards including ACC Player of the Year and NABC Defensive Player of the Year . Brogdon was also part of the United States ' national basketball team in 2015 , with which he competed in the 2015 Pan American Games and won the bronze medal. In his honor, Virginia stopped giving Brogdon's jersey number # 15 to other players in February 2017.
After his college career, Brogdon was selected 36th in the 2016 NBA Draft by the Milwaukee Bucks . He quickly earned playing time in the team of coach Jason Kidd and scored 10.2 points, 4.2 assists and 2.8 rebounds per game in his rookie season and reached the NBA playoff with the Bucks at the end of the season. At the end of the season he was appointed to the NBA All-Rookie First Team and named Rookie of the Year . He is the first rookie in the modern era of the NBA to win this award as a second-round draft pick.
For the next two years, Brogdon remained a key member of the Bucks and was instrumental in helping the Bucks qualify for the playoffs in 2018 and 2019. In the summer of 2019 Brogdon signed a contract with the Indiana Pacers as part of a so-called sign-and-trade .
Awards
Web links
- Malcolm Brogdon - player profile on NBA.com
- Malcolm Brogdon - player profile on basketball-reference.com
- Malcolm Brogdon at virginiasports.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brogdon, US take bronze in Pan Am games
- ↑ Malcolm Brogdon's Number To Be Retired
- ↑ Sixers' Joel Embiid, Dario Saric beat out by Malcolm Brogdon for Rookie of the Year
- ^ Pacers Acquire Malcolm Brogdon
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Brogdon, Malcolm |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brogdon, Malcolm Moses Adams (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American basketball player |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1992 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Atlanta , Georgia , United States |