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Memphis Grizzlies
2011–12 Memphis Grizzlies season
Memphis Grizzlies logo
Conference	Western Conference
Division	Southwest Division
Founded	1995
History	Vancouver Grizzlies 1995–2001 Memphis Grizzlies 2001–present
Arena	FedExForum
City	Memphis, Tennessee
Team colors	Memphis Midnight Blue, Beale Street Blue, Smoke Blue, Grizzlies Gold, White
Owner(s)	Michael Heisley
General manager	Chris Wallace
Head coach	Lionel Hollins
D-League affiliate	Reno Bighorns
Championships	0
Conference titles	0
Division titles	0
Official website	grizzlies.com
Home Away

The Memphis Grizzlies is a professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The team is part of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Along with the Toronto Raptors, the Grizzlies were established in 1995 as part of the NBA's expansion into Canada. The team originated that year in Vancouver, British Columbia and relocated to Memphis in 2001. The team's majority owner is Michael Heisley, who controls a 95% share of the franchise; the remaining 5% is controlled by several local owners, including AutoZone founder J. R. ("Pitt") Hyde, his wife Barbara Hyde, equity manager Staley Cates, and former NBA player and University of Memphis point guard Elliot Perry.^[1]

While two other teams in Tennessee (Tennessee Titans and Nashville Predators) in the five major North American sports leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS) play in Nashville, the Grizzlies are the only team currently to play in Memphis.

Franchise history[link]

1995–2001: Vancouver[link]

2001–2008: Memphis and the Pau Gasol era[link]

The Grizzlies and Charlotte Hornets both applied with the NBA to relocate to Memphis on the same day, March 26, 2001. The Grizzlies' request was granted. Memphis became the Easternmost city in the Western Conference. By the time the Grizzlies relocated, Memphis-based company FedEx hoped the team would change its name to the Memphis Express. The NBA quickly quashed that idea, ruling that they would not allow teams to be named for corporations.^[2] Although not related, Memphis also had a professional football team of the same name in the WFL that folded with the league in 1975.

In the 2001 NBA Draft, the Atlanta Hawks drafted Pau Gasol as the 3rd overall pick, who was traded to the Grizzlies. After the Grizzlies' first season in Memphis, Gasol won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. The Grizzlies also drafted Shane Battier, who quickly became an unofficial spokesman for the team and a fan favorite. However, despite the strong draft class, general manager Billy Knight was let go. After Knight's departure and the 2001–02 season, the team hired former Los Angeles Laker and Hall of Famer Jerry West as general manager in 2002, who later received the 2003–04 NBA Executive of the Year Award. After West's arrival the team was changed a great deal from Knight's team, with the removal of Sidney Lowe as head coach after 0–8 start to the season and a great deal of player movement, with players such as Mike Miller and James Posey becoming vital to the team's success. During the 2002–03 season, Hubie Brown was hired to coach the Grizzlies. Brown won the NBA Coach of the Year Award during the next season when the Grizzlies made the NBA playoffs for the first time in team history in 2004 as the sixth seed in the Western Conference in a drastic change from being perennially one of the worst teams in the NBA.

However, Brown stepped down as head coach during the 2004–05 season. At the time of his resignation, the Grizzlies had a losing record but West was able to hire TNT analyst and former coach Mike Fratello to replace Brown. The Grizzlies' record improved and the team advanced to the postseason for the second consecutive season. However, the Grizzlies were swept out in the first round again, this time by the Phoenix Suns. After the season, which ended with anger between Fratello and many of the players, namely Bonzi Wells and Jason Williams, the team had an active 2005 offseason in which they revamped the team and added veterans. While the Grizzlies lost Wells, Williams, Stromile Swift, and James Posey, they acquired Damon Stoudamire, Bobby Jackson, Hakim Warrick, and Eddie Jones. They made the playoffs for the third consecutive year as well.

With their record they had the fifth seed in the Western Conference playoffs and would face the Dallas Mavericks, who swept the Grizzlies in 4 games. Following the 2006 NBA Draft, Jerry West traded Shane Battier to the Houston Rockets for their first round pick Rudy Gay and Stromile Swift. Before the 2006–07 season, they suffered a blow when Gasol broke his left foot while playing for Spain in the World Championships. The Grizzlies started the season 5–17 without Gasol, and then went 1–7 while he was limited to about 25 minutes per game.^[3] At that point, Fratello was fired and replaced by Tony Barone, Sr. as interim coach. Barone was the team's player personnel director and had never coached an NBA game though he had coached at the collegiate level for both Creighton and Texas A&M being named coach of the year in their conferences three times during his tenure.^[4] Grizzlies finished the 2006–07 season with a league's worst 22–60, and Jerry West announced resignation from his position as the team's general manager shortly after the end of the regular season. The team also hired highly touted Phoenix Suns assistant Marc Iavaroni to be the team's new head coach. Despite the last place finish, the Grizzlies, who held the best chance of landing the first pick in a draft, ended up with the fourth pick in the 2007 NBA Draft. With this pick, the Grizzlies selected Mike Conley, Jr..

On June 18, 2007, the Grizzlies named former Boston Celtics GM Chris Wallace as the team's General Manager and Vice President of Basketball Operations, replacing the retired West.^[5] A few days later, they hired former Philadelphia 76ers and Orlando Magic head coach Johnny Davis, longtime NBA assistant coach Gordon Chiesa, and the head coach of the 2007 NBA Development League champion Dakota Wizards, David Joerger, as the team's new assistant coaches. Gene Bartow, a Memphis basketball legend, was named the Grizzlies' President of Basketball Operations on August 16, 2007.^[6] On February 1, 2008, Gasol was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton, Aaron McKie, rights to Marc Gasol (Pau's younger brother), and 2008 and 2010 first round draft picks.^[7][8]

2008–present: Rudy Gay & Zach Randolph Era[link]

On January 22, 2009, head coach Marc Iavaroni was fired and replaced on an interim basis by assistant coach Johnny Davis. To replace Iavaroni, Lionel Hollins was named the Grizzlies' head coach on January 25, 2009.^[9]

On June 25, 2009, with the second overall pick in the NBA Draft, Memphis selected Hasheem Thabeet, then selected DeMarre Carroll with the 27th overall pick. On September 9, 2009, the Grizzlies signed free agent Allen Iverson to a single year, $3.5 million deal. He only played three games (none in Memphis) before he left for "personal problems." He was then waived by the Grizzlies.^[10] Following Iverson's departure, the Grizzlies improved. With new acquisition Zach Randolph playing at an all-star level, Marc Gasol's improvement and a commitment to defense, the Grizzlies were in playoff contention for much of the 2009-10 NBA season, before finishing 10th in the West, 40–42. Going into the 2010–2011 season the Grizzlies celebrated the tenth year of basketball in Memphis. The season started with tremendous enthusiasm and fan support in the Memphis area. Although the Grizzlies and their fans were celebrating the tenth season the Grizzlies were also cheering for the unexpected 8th spot in the Western Conference Playoffs. They finished with a 46–36 record.

2011 Playoffs[link]

The Grizzlies found their way back into the post-season for the first time in five years in the 2010-11 NBA season after a 101–96 home victory over the Sacramento Kings on April 8, 2011.^[11] While in the playoff hunt in February 2011, the Grizzlies traded Hasheem Thabeet, DeMarre Carroll, and a protected future first-round pick to the Houston Rockets for Shane Battier and Ishmael Smith.

The team became known locally and nationally for its "Grit and Grind"-style of basketball which means disruptive defense through high pressure on the ball (they were the team with the most steals per game in 2010–11) and inside-out offense (they were the highest scoring team in the paint also). The Grizzlies achieved several firsts in franchise history during the 2011 NBA Playoffs. Entering the playoffs as an eighth seed, the team won their first playoff game in franchise history on April 17, 2011 with a 101–98 victory on the road against the top seeded San Antonio Spurs. Memphis then won their first home playoff game when they beat the Spurs 91–88 on April 23, 2011.^[12] Finally, on April 29, the team won their first playoff series when they beat the Spurs in game 6, 99–91 to win the series 4 games to 2. This was only the fourth time in NBA history that an 8 seed defeated a 1 seed, and only the second time in a best-of-seven series (the first two were in a best-of-five series).^[13] The Grizzlies' historic season came to an end after the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated them in game 7 of the Western Conference Semifinals.^[14]

The team re-signed Marc Gasol and Hamed Haddadi after the 2010–2011 season.^[15]

2012 Playoffs[link]

The Grizzlies found their way back into the post-season for the second time in six years in the 2011-12 NBA season after a 103–91 home victory over the New Orleans Hornets on April 18, 2012. Although the Grizzlies and their fans were celebrating the eleventh season the Grizzlies were also cheering for the unexpected 4th spot in the Western Conference 2012 NBA Playoffs. They finished the 2011-2012 season with a 41-25 record.

Season-by-season records[link]

Home arenas[link]

• Vancouver
  • General Motors Place (1995–2001)
• Memphis
  • Pyramid Arena (2001–2004)
  • FedExForum (2004–present)

Players[link]

Current roster[link]

Memphis Grizzlies roster v t e
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight DOB (Y–M–D) From 2.5 !G/F 9 Allen, Tony 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 213 lb (97 kg) 1982–01–11 Oklahoma State 1.5 !G 10 Arenas, Gilbert 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1982–01–06 Arizona 4.0 !F 00 Arthur, Darrell  81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1988–03–25 Kansas 1.5 !G 11 Conley, Mike 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1987–10–11 Ohio State 4.0 !F 44 Cunningham, Dante 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1987–04–22 Villanova 6.0 !C 33 Gasol, Marc 85 !7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1985–01–29 Spain 4.0 !F 22 Gay, Rudy (C) 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1986–08–17 Connecticut 6.0 !C 15 Haddadi, Hamed 86 !7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1985–05–19 Iran 1.5 !G 32 Mayo, O. J. 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1987–11–05 Southern California 1.5 !G 1 Pargo, Jeremy 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 219 lb (99 kg) 1986–03–17 Gonzaga 4.0 !F 20 Pondexter, Quincy 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1988–03–10 Washington 4.0 !F 50 Randolph, Zach (C) 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1981–07–16 Michigan State 1.5 !G 2 Selby, Josh (DL) 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 183 lb (83 kg) 1991–03–27 Kansas 5.5 !F/C 5 Speights, Marreese 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1987–08–04 Florida 1.5 !G 14 Hudson, Lester 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1984–08–07 Tennessee-Martin	Head coach Lionel Hollins Assistant coach(es) Henry Bibby David Joerger Barry Hecker Bob Thornton Athletic trainer(s) Drew Graham Jim Scholler Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster • Transactions Last transaction: 2012–04–05

Franchise and NBA records[link]

Career statistical leaders[link]

• Games–Pau Gasol (471)
• Minutes Played–Pau Gasol (16,727)
• Field Goals Made–Pau Gasol (3,286)
• Field Goals Attempted–Pau Gasol (6,459)
• 3-Point Field Goals Made–Chris Ford (737)
• 3-Point Field Goals Attempted–Mike Miller (1,778)
• Free Throws Made–Pau Gasol (2,284)
• Free Throws Attempted–Pau Gasol (3,130)
• Offensive Rebounds–Pau Gasol (1,187)
• Defensive Rebounds–Pau Gasol (2,864)
• Total Rebounds–Pau Gasol (4,051)
• Assists–Jason Williams (2,041)
• Steals–Rudy Gay (535)
• Blocked Shots–Pau Gasol (868)
• Turnovers–Pau Gasol (1,224)
• Personal Fouls–Bryant Reeves (1,365)
• Points–Pau Gasol (8,872)

Per game statistical leaders[link]

• Minutes Played–O.J. Mayo (38.0)
• Field Goals Made–Shareef Abdur-Rahim (7.43)
• Field Goals Attempted–Shareef Abdur-Rahim (16.03)
• 3-Point Field Goals Made–Mike Miller (2.0)
• 3-Point Field Goals Attempted–Jason Williams (5.38)
• Free Throws Made–Shareef Abdur-Rahim (5.73)
• Free Throws Attempted–Shareef Abdur-Rahim (7.15)
• Offensive Rebounds–Shareef Abdur-Rahim (2.53)
• Defensive Rebounds–Pau Gasol (7.3)
• Total Rebounds–Pau Gasol (9.8)
• Assists–Mike Bibby (7.83)
• Steals–Greg Anthony (1.83)
• Blocked Shots–Pau Gasol (2.1)
• Turnovers–Shareef Abdur-Rahim (3.06)
• Personal Fouls–Bryant Reeves (3.46)
• Points–Shareef Abdur-Rahim (23.8)

Individual awards[link]

Television and radio[link]

The Grizzles appear on television on the cable channel SportSouth, owned and operated by Fox Sports Net as a sister station to Fox Sports Tennessee. The TV crew is Pete Pranica on commentary, Brevin Knight or Sean Tuohy on color analysis, and Rob Fischer on sideline reporting.

On radio, the Grizzlies are heard on ESPN 92.9 FM. The radio crew is Eric Hasseltine on commentary, and Hank McDowell and Elliot Perry on analysis.

Staff[link]

Head coaches[link]

General managers[link]

• Stu Jackson–1994–2000
• Billy Knight–2000–2002
• Dick Versace–2002–2005
• Jerry West–2005–2007
• Chris Wallace–2007–present

References[link]

External links[link]

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DJ Paul
DJ Paul (back) performing with Three 6 Mafia bandmate Juicy J.
Background information
Birth name	Paul Beauregard
Born	1977 (age 34–35)
Origin	Memphis, Tennessee
Genres	Hip hop
Occupations	Rapper, record producer
Labels	Columbia/Sony Music (2003-Present) Loud (2000-2003) Relativity (1997-2000) Prophet (1995-1997)
Associated acts	Three 6 Mafia, Project Pat, Juicy J, Lil Wyte, Lord Infamous, Young Buck

Paul Beauregard, better known by his stage name DJ Paul, is an American rapper and record producer from Memphis, Tennessee.^[1] He is one half of the Memphis-based rap group Three 6 Mafia. He is also the half-brother of former Three 6 Mafia member Lord Infamous. He won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp". DJ Paul founded Scale-A-Ton Entertainment in 2009.

Rap career[link]

DJ Paul (Paul Beauregard) began his career as a DJ, producer, and rapper in the early 90's. He was one-half of the duo The Serial Killaz, his older half-brother Lord Infamous (Ricky Dunigan) was the other half. They released self-recorded tapes in their neighborhood, school, and local shops. "Portrait Of A Serial Killa" was their first tape, released in 1992. Also DJ Paul released numerous solo mixtapes (ex: c "Volume 12 (Pts. 1 and 2)", "Volume 15: For You Niggaz Wit' Anna", and "Volume 16: 4 Da Summa of '94").

DJ Paul rose to prominence as one of the best DJ-producers on the south side of Memphis, and met up with DJ/artist/producer Juicy J (Jordan Houston), also garnering buzz on the North side of Memphis. They noticed they had a lot of similar interests eventually merging their sound and crew members to form the super-group The Backyard Posse (later known as Triple Six Mafia). DJ Paul and Juicy J soon began producing dark, eerie tracks driven by bass-heavy beats and haunting sounds, and invited numerous Backyard Posse members to rap over the beats with them. They released the resulting tracks locally as Triple Six Mafia; years later these recordings would resurface as re-releases.

In 1994, Triple Six Mafia released the underground album "Smoked Out Loced Out". The album was laden with questionable content, such as violence, heavy drug use, and sexually explicit lyrics. Triple Six Mafia received a great response from listeners of this tape. In 1995, the loose collective changed its name to Three 6 Mafia and self-released its debut album, Mystic Stylez. The album became an underground success, and Three 6 Mafia, in turn, signed a distribution deal with Relativity for its Hypnotized Minds imprint. Throughout the late '90s, Juicy J and DJ Paul produced numerous albums a year for Hypnotize Minds and capitalized on the lucrative distribution deal. By the end of the decade, the two producers were at the helm of an empire, having extended their brand to alarming lengths, culminating with their commercial breakthrough album, When the Smoke Clears, which debuted at number six on Billboard's album chart. He became a great inspiration for people in the rap community.

Together with production partner Juicy J, DJ Paul played an important role in the South's rise to prominence within the once East- and West Coast-dominated rap industry. Behind the duo's leadership, Three 6 Mafia rose from an underground phenomenon in Memphis to a nationally recognized rap empire, spinning off numerous solo albums for the collective's many members in the mid to late '90s. DJ Paul raps as a member of Three 6 Mafia and contributes rhymes to most of the albums he produces for such artists as Project Pat, Gangsta Boo, La Chat, and Tear Da Club Up Thugs. Moreover, DJ Paul ventured into film-making with Choices, a straight-to-video film starring most of the Three 6 Mafia collective. He was also the winner of VH1's Famous Food out of 7 other celebrities in 2011.

Discography[link]

• 2002 Underground Volume 16: For Da Summa
• 2009: Scale-A-Ton^[2]
• 2012: A Person Of Interest (EP)

Mixtapes[link]

• 2009: The Weigh In ^{hosted by DJ Scream}
• 2010: Too Kill Again ^{hosted by DJ Scream & DJ Whoo Kid}
• 2011: Pray For Forgiveness (with Ya Boy and Lil Lody) ^{hosted by DJ Scream}
• 2012: For I've Sinned ^{hosted by DJ Scream}

Music Videography[link]

• U Don't Want It w/ Lord Infamous
• She Wanna Get High w/ Lord Infamous
• Wanta Be Like You
• Fuckboy/Im Drunk (Remix) w/ Lil Wyte
• Hi Way (I'm Gone) w/ Montana Trax
• Gimme Yayo w/ Miscellaneous
• Buy My Old Shit
• Lose It w/ Lil Wyte
• Ima Show My... w/ Mac Butta & Reno
• I'm Lookin For It w/ Lion Heart & Partee
• Stick'm Up w/ Drumma Boy & DJ Zirk
• Get Rowdy w/ Drumma Boy & Young Buck
• Hard Shit w/ Travis Barker
• Buck Nah w/ Ya Boy
• Dead Wrong w/ Ya Boy
• Me Dats Who w/ Ya Boy
• Mad At Me w/ Young Buck & Charlie P
• Get So Violent (Dub-Step Remix)
• Cocky
• Smokin & Fuckin

See also[link]

• Three 6 Mafia
• Hypnotize Minds

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• DJ Paul's channel on YouTube

Drumma Boy
Drumma Boy at the 2011 BET Awards in Los Angeles
Background information
Birth name	Christopher James Gholson
Origin	Memphis, Tennessee [1]
Genres	Hip hop, R&B
Occupations	Producer, Rapper
Instruments	Roland TR-808, Akai MPC-4000, Apple GarageBand, Korg Triton, Vocals
Years active	2002-Present
Labels	Drum Squad
Associated acts	Young Buck, Young Jeezy, T.I., Pastor Troy, Rick Ross, Gorilla Zoe, Plies, Gucci Mane, Yo Gotti, Waka Flocka Flame, Gangsta Boo, Wiz Khalifa, Tity Boi, Bow Wow, Ace Hood, Chris Brown
Website	drum-squad.com

Christopher James Gholson, better known by his stage name Drumma Boy, is a multi-platinum award winning record producer and rapper from Memphis, Tennessee.

Early life[link]

Born in Memphis, TN and raised in Cordova, Tennessee, Drumma Boy was exposed to musicianship at a young age. His mother was a professional opera singer and his father, a professional clarinetist and music professor at the University of Memphis, was the first African-American male to hold the 1st chair position in the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, where he is still an active member.^[2] The rest of his extended family including grandmothers and aunts were also musicians and taught music in the schools. Drumma Boy says he had a recorder in his hand at age 3 and a clarinet at age 5.^[3] His father was instrumental in teaching him about traditional music but it was his mother that introduced him to Curtis Mayfield and 70’s oldies. Gholson is the younger brother of producer Ensayne Wayne.

Drumma Boy attended the University of Memphis as a Music Business Major. In between attending classes, he would shop his homemade beats to Memphis rappers such as Gangsta Boo and Tela, as well as travel to Texas to work on projects for Scarface and Bun B of UGK.^[4]

Career[link]

Drumma Boy relocated to Atlanta in 2004 and founded Drum Squad, an umbrella company that encompasses Drum Squad Productions which represents producers and songwriters, as well as Drum Squad Records.^[5] Citing Quincy Jones, Raphael Saadiq and The Funk Brothers as production inspirations his musical influences range from German composers Ludwig van Beethoven and Johann Sebastian Bach to Jazz icons Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis all the way to Academy Award winning Three 6 Mafia and Scarface.^[6] He is known to combine classical chords with urban street sounds. He has worked with a host of hip hop acts that include Young Buck, Young Jeezy, T.I., Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Nelly, T-Pain, Usher, Ciara, Wiz Khalifa, Wale, Waka Flocka Flame, Gorilla Zoe, Tinie Tempah, Drake, Gucci Mane, Ludacris, Plies, Young Joc, Fabolous, Roscoe Dash, Rick Ross, E-40, Monica, Goapele, Stephen & Damien Marley, Rocko, Paul Wall, Lil Jon, Ben G, Travis Porter, and Chris Brown.^[7]

In January 2009 he starred alongside Jazze Pha and Def Jam Recording Artist Vawn in BET's reality series "Welcome to Dreamland".^[8] He appeared on a segment of Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" while making beats for cast member Kandi Burruss as well as appearing in the studio during an episode of Monica’s BET reality series “Still Standing.” ^[9] In November 2009 Drumma Boy released his music video “Dis Girl” shot by Mr. Boomtown, the first single off his mixtape Welcome II My City, which went on to receive millions of hits on Worldstarhiphop.^[10] He has appeared on FOX Good Day Atlanta, Good Morning Memphis, CBS News Channel 9, BET and MTV.^[11][12][13]

In 2008 Vibe Magazine named him one of the Top 5 Producers "making noise" in the music industry and in December 2009 he was named by The New York Times as one of the 4 hottest producers “driving the city” in Atlanta, describing his sound as “a busy bee swarm of synths overlaid with brash bass injections that’s equal parts Memphis and Atlanta."^[14] He was quoted in the January 2010 issue of Rolling Stone surrounding his production work for controversial recording artist Gucci Mane’s #1 Rap Album The State vs. Radric Davis.

Drumma Boy's signature drop on his beats is a voice saying "listen to the track, bitch". He is also known for the origination of extending sounds at the end of a verse."Yea Girl" or "Yea Boy" is another signature. There is another signature before the beat drops there is a voice saying "Drumma Boy".

Awards[link]

Drumma Boy won “Best Indie Producer of the Year” consecutively at the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Southern Entertainment Awards.^[15][16] He received a nomination for “Producer of the Year” at the 2008 Ozone Awards ^[17] and at the 2010 BET Hip Hop Awards. His beats assisted with two nominations during the 2009 Grammy Awards including his work on T.I’s Paper trail (Best Rap Album) and “Put On” by Young Jeezy & Kanye West (Best Performance by a Rap Duo.).^[18] In 2011 his hit single “No Hands” wrote by welch for Waka Flocka, Roscoe Dash and Wale received a nomination for “Best Collaboration” at the 2011 BET Awards and picked up the accolade for “Best Club Banger” at the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards.^[19]

Discography[link]

• Welcome II My City - Mixtape (Drum Squad Records 2009)
• The Birth Of D-Boy Fresh - Mixtape (Drum Squad Records 2011)

Production credits[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Drumma Boy on Myspace^{[dead link]}
• Official Beatbuggy site^{[dead link]}

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Nick Calathes
Νικ Καλάθης

Calathes wearing a Greek national team jersey.
Panathinaikos
Point guard Shooting guard
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Nick the Greek[1]
Born	(1989-02-07) February 7, 1989 (age 23) Casselberry, Florida, United States
Nationality	American / Greek
High school	Lake Howell, Winter Park, Florida, USA
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
College	Florida (2007-09)
NBA Draft	2009 / 2nd round, 45th overall
Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves
Pro career	2009–present
League	Greek League Euroleague
Career history
Panathinaikos (2009-)
Career highlights and awards
McDonald's High School All-American (2007) 2x Greek Youth All-Star Game (2010, 2011) Greek Senior All-Star Game (2011) Greek League Most Improved Player (2011)

Nicholas William Calathes (Greek: Νικ Καλάθης or Nik Kaláthis) (born February 7, 1989) is an American-born Greek professional basketball player. Calathes played American college basketball with the University of Florida's Florida Gators. He currently plays with Panathinaikos, the Athens, Greece affiliate of the Euroleague.^[2]

High school career[link]

Calathes was born in Casselberry, Florida. He attended Lake Howell High School in Winter Park, Florida, and graduated as the leading high school basketball scorer in Seminole County history.^[3] He teamed with fellow Florida Gator Chandler Parsons, and VCU Rams guard Joey Rodriguez, to help Lake Howell to a 31–3 record, and a state title in 2006–07.

College career[link]

After playing high school basketball at Lake Howell High School in Winter Park, Florida, Calathes played college basketball at the University of Florida with the Florida Gators. Calathes was considered one of the top play-making guards in college basketball. At 6'6", he could play the positions of point guard, shooting guard, and small forward.

He was a First Team All-SEC player in 2009, as he was the only player in the nation to average better than 15.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 6.0 assists per game. Calathes broke the Florida school records for assists and assists per game in each of his first two years, totaling 221 as a freshman (6.1 assists per game), and 231 (6.4 assists per game) as a sophomore. He ranked third in Florida school history in career assists after just two years. He was the SEC Newcomer of the Year and the SEC co-Freshman of the Year in 2008, as he led Florida in scoring and assists.

College career highs and statistics[link]

Artist's impression of Calathes.	Calathes playing college basketball with the Florida Gators.

College career highs Stat High Opponent Date Points 33 vs. Kentucky 02009-02-10February 10, 2009 Total Rebounds 13 vs. Georgia 02009-01-28January 28, 2009 Assists 13 vs. Georgia 02009-02-14February 14, 2009 Steals 5 vs. Alabama 02009-02-18February 18, 2009 College regular season averages Season Team G PTS REB AST STL BLK FG% 3P% FT% MIN 2007-08 Florida Gators 36 15.3 5.2 6.1 1.6 0.1 .426 .367 .724 32.6 2008–09 Florida Gators 36 17.1 5.3 6.4 1.8 0.1 .482 .390 .707 33.3 Panathinaikos[link] On May 23, 2009, Calathes announced that he would bypass the NBA to play in the Greek Basket League. He agreed to terms with the elite Euroleague club Panathinaikos Athens. The three-year deal, sources said, would pay Calathes around €2.4 million net income, in addition to providing him with a home, car, and endorsements, making for a total package commensurate to what the NBA rookie salary scale provides an early lottery selection.[4] Despite his commitment to play in Greece, he was still selected in the second round of the 2009 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves. He was then traded to the Dallas Mavericks for a 2010 second-round draft pick and cash. In his first year with Panathinaikos, he won the Greek Championship, averaging 5.4 points, 2.0 assists, and 2.2 rebounds in 15 minutes per game. He also participated in the Greek Youth All-Star Game (for players age 22 and under), in which he scored 6 points and dished 6 assists. In 2010, Calathes was also voted the third best young player (age 22 and under) in the Greek League, after Nikos Pappas and Vangelis Mantzaris. In the 2010-11 season, Calathes had an average of 7.8 points, 3.2 assists, and 3.1 rebounds in the Greek League. He also participated in the senior men's HEBA Greek All-Star Game, replacing Papaloukas (who was out with an injury), because he was 16th in the fan voting with 1,200 votes. Calathes scored 11 points and dished 6 assists in the All-Star Game. "Diamantidis was the MVP of the series, but Calathes was the key player." Xavier Pascual In the Euroleague 2010-11 playoffs, Calathes scored a career-high with 12 points against Barcelona in game 4 of the playoff series. Barcelona head coach Xavier Pascual said, "Diamantidis was the MVP of the series, but Calathes was the key player". His teammate, Ian Vougioukas, stated about him, "Calathes played four outstanding games, especially on defense, and was a key for us." In the 4 game playoff series against Barcelona, Calathes averaged 7.8 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 1 steal in 26 minutes per game. In the 2010-11 Euroleague semifinal against Montepaschi Siena, Calathes had another good performance, which helped send Panathinaikos to the 2011 Euroleague Final. He scored 17 points, dished 2 assists to his teammates, and grabbed 6 rebounds. At the 2011 Euroleague Final against Maccabi Tel Aviv, Calathes helped Panathinaikos by scoring 4 points, recording 6 assists, and making 2 steals. Finally, Calathes won his first Euroleague title. In the 2010-11 Greek League playoffs, Calathes had an average of 8.8 points, 3 rebounds, and 3.8 assists, in 23 minutes per game. He helped Panathinaikos to reach the Greek League Finals. He played especially good in the 4th game of the Greek League Finals, in which he had 16 points, 11 assists, and 5 rebounds, in 42 minutes. He won his 2nd Greek Championship with Panathinaikos, and he was named to the Eurobasket.com website's All-Greek A1 League 1st Team and All-Defensive Team. He also won the Eurobasket.com website's Most Improved Player of the Year award. Euroleague career highs Stat High Opponent Date Points 17 vs. Žalgiris 02011-12-07December 7, 2011 Greek national team[link] Medal record Men's Basketball Competitor for  Greece FIBA EuroBasket Bronze 2009 Poland National team "I love Greece, and I love playing at this club at the moment." - Nick Calathes on his life in Greece, and Panathinaikos. Calathes made his debut with the Greek junior national team at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, where he averaged 11.2 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 3.7 assists in 22 minutes per game. With the Under-20 Greek junior national basketball team, he played in 10 games in total, scoring 115 points, averaging 11.5 points per game. In 2009, Calathes debuted with the senior Greek national basketball team, and with them he won the bronze medal at the EuroBasket 2009. At the 2009 EuroBasket, Calathes was 5th in the tournament in steals, with 1.6 per game, and he also averaged 4.1 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 2 assists, in 17 minutes per game. In the quarter-final against Spain, despite his team losing the game, he scored 10 points, grabbed 4 rebounds, dished 2 assists, and made 2 steals. The next summer, at the 2010 FIBA World Championship, Greece failed to win a medal. Calathes averaged 4.5 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 2.5 assists during the tournament. At the EuroBasket 2011, Calathes helped Greece to finish in 6th place, with averages of 9.2 points and 3.8 assists per game. Calathes has played with the Greek national basketball team in 29 games so far, scoring 197 points, for an average of 6.8 points per game. Greek national team career highs Stat High Opponent Date Points 22 vs. Croatia 02010-08-08August 8, 2010 Total Rebounds 8 vs. Croatia 02011-09-05September 5, 2011 Assists 10 vs. Serbia 02011-09-16September 16, 2011 Steals 4 vs. Croatia 02011-09-05September 5, 2011 Personal[link] Calathes holds dual citizenship with the United States and Greece. On June 30, 2008, he acquired a Greek passport. Under current United States nationality law, the acquisition of a foreign passport does not automatically result in loss of U.S. citizenship. (See also Vance v. Terrazas). European pro club statistics[link] Stats listed are the full season stats, which include both regular season and playoff games. The overall field goal % stats are the 2 points and 3 points % combined. Greek Basket League statistics[link] [5] Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2009–10 Panathinaikos 32 8 15.0 .516 .364 .622 2.2 2.0 0.8 0.1 5.4 2010–11 Panathinaikos 34 4 20.5 .525 .279 .667 3.1 3.2 1.0 0.1 7.8 2011–12 Panathinaikos 13 5 22.8 .432 .130 .650 2.5 2.7 1.5 0.0 7.5 Euroleague statistics[link] [6] Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2009–10 Panathinaikos 14 2 13.7 .386 .227 .455 1.9 1.7 0.6 0.0 3.5 2010–11 Panathinaikos 22 6 15.4 .562 .353 .692 1.6 1.5 0.7 0.1 5.0 2011–12 Panathinaikos 23 14 23.5 .486 .298 .500 2.8 2.4 1.2 0.3 7.6 Stats last updated May 24, 2012. Awards and accomplishments[link] High school and college career[link] 2× State of Florida High School Mr. Basketball: (2006, 2007) Florida High School State Champion: (2007) McDonald's High School All-American: (2007) Parade Magazine State of Florida High School All-American: (2007) Gatorade State of Florida Boys Basketball Player of the Year: (2007) Jordan Brand Classic High School All-Star: (2007) 2× SEC Freshman of the Week: (2008)[7][8] Southeastern Conference’s Newcomer of the Year: (2008) All-SEC 2nd Team: (2008) SEC All-Freshman Team: (2008)[9] SEC Co-Freshman of the Year: (2008) All-SEC First-Team: (2009) Panathinaikos[link] 2x Greek Youth All-Star Game: (2010, 2011) 2x Greek League Champion: (2010, 2011) Greek Senior All-Star Game: (2011) Euroleague Champion: (2011) Eurobasket.com website's All-Greek A1 League 1st Team: (2011) Eurobasket.com website's Greek A1 League Most Improved Player of the Year: (2011) Eurobasket.com website's Greek A1 League All-Defensive Team: (2011) All-Star Basket Magazine Greece's All-Greek A1 League 2nd Team: (2011) All-Star Basket Magazine Greece's Greek A1 League Most Improved Player of the Year: (2011) Greek League Most Improved Player: (2011) Greek Cup Champion: (2012) Greek national team[link] EuroBasket 2009: 3 Bronze 2x Acropolis Tournament Champion: (2009, 2010) Love Cyprus Basketball Tournament Champion: (2010) References[link] ^ Turkey2010.fiba.com Biography. ^ Euroleague.net Profile. ^ Orlando Sentinel - Central Florida Varsity the Blog: Boys Basketball archives. ^ Gainesville.com Calathes To Play In Greece. ^ Greek Basket League stats. ^ Euroleague stats. ^ www.secsports.com - This Week In SEC Men's Basketball - 12/10. ^ www.secsports.com - This Week In SEC Men's Basketball - 1/14. ^ SEC announces coaches awards. External links[link] NBA.com Profile Euroleague.net Profile FIBA Profile Draftexpress.com Profile Eurobasket.com Profile Greek Basket League Profile Greek National Team Profile (Greek) Florida Gators College Profile ESPN.com College Profile Calathes Highlight Plays From The 2007 McDonald's All-American on YouTube v t e 2009 NBA Draft First round Blake Griffin Hasheem Thabeet James Harden Tyreke Evans Ricky Rubio Jonny Flynn Stephen Curry Jordan Hill DeMar DeRozan Brandon Jennings Terrence Williams Gerald Henderson Tyler Hansbrough Earl Clark Austin Daye James Johnson Jrue Holiday Ty Lawson Jeff Teague Eric Maynor Darren Collison Víctor Claver Omri Casspi B. J. 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Price Nando de Colo Robert Vaden Patrick Mills Ahmad Nivins Emir Preldžič Lester Hudson Chinemelu Elonu Robert Dozier v t e Greece squad – EuroBasket 2009 – Bronze medal 4 Kalampokis 5 Bourousis 6 Zisis 7 Spanoulis 8 Calathes 9 Fotsis 10 Printezis 11 Glyniadakis 12 Kaimakoglou 13 Koufos 14 Perperoglou 15 Schortsanitis Coach: Kazlauskas v t e Greece squad – 2010 FIBA World Championship – 11th place 4 Vougioukas 5 Bourousis 6 Zisis 7 Spanoulis 8 Calathes 9 Fotsis 10 Printezis 11 Perperoglou 12 Tsartsaris 13 Diamantidis 14 Kaimakoglou 15 Schortsanitis Coach: Kazlauskas v t e Greece squad – EuroBasket 2011 – 6th place 4 Xanthopoulos 5 Bourousis 6 Zisis 7 Vasileiadis 8 Calathes 9 Fotsis 10 Papanikolaou 11 Mavroeidis 12 Bramos 13 Koufos 14 Sloukas 15 Kaimakoglou Coach: Zouros v t e Panathinaikos BC 2010–11 Euroleague Champions 5 Tepić | 6 Marić | 7 Perperoglou | 8 Batiste | 9 Fotsis | 10 Sato | 11 Nicholas | 12 Tsartsaris | 13 Diamantidis (Final4 MVP) | 14 Vougioukas | 15 Calathes | 17 Bogris | 18 Kaimakoglou | Coach Obradović v t e Panathinaikos BC current roster 5 Zoubos | 6 Marić | 7 Perperoglou | 8 Batiste | 9 Logan | 10 Sato | 11 P. Calathes | 12 Tsartsaris | 13 Diamantidis | 14 Vougioukas | 15 N. Calathes | 16 Kyritsis | 17 Smith | 18 Kaimakoglou | 19 Jasikevičius | Coach Obradović Persondata Name Calathes, Nick Alternative names Calathes, Nicholas William; Calathes, Nicholas W.; Calathis, Nik; Calathis, Nikoloas; Kalathis, Nik; Kalathis, Nikoloas Short description Greek-American college basketball player, professional basketball player, point guard, shooting guard Date of birth February 7, 1989 Place of birth Casselberry, Florida, United States Date of death Place of death