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Joe Chealey
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Free agent
Point guard
Personal information
Born (1995-11-01) November 1, 1995 (age 29)
Orlando, Florida, U.S.
High school Apopka (Apopka, Florida)
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
College College of Charleston (2013–2018)
NBA Draft 2018 / Undrafted
Pro career 2018–present
Career history
2018–2019 Charlotte Hornets
2018–2019 →Greensboro Swarm
2019–2020 Greensboro Swarm
2020 Charlotte Hornets
2021–2022 Greensboro Swarm
2022–2023 MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza
2023 Hapoel Eilat
2024 Juventus Utena
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× First-team All-CAA (2017, 2018)

Joseph Emmanuel Chealey (born November 1, 1995) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Juventus Utena of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). He played college basketball for College of Charleston located in South Carolina. He was born in Orlando, Florida where he grew up and went to Apopka High School.

College career

Chealey was a part of the 2013 recruiting class and was a part of the College of Charleston Cougars' 14–18 team as a freshman. After the season, coach Earl Grant was hired and Chealey developed a strong relationship with him despite the team winning just nine games in Grant's first season. Chealey missed his junior year with a torn Achilles tendon in one of the first practices.

He averaged 17.2 points per game 3.3 assists per game and shot .822 from the free throw line as a redshirt junior and was named to the First-team All-CAA. As a senior, Chealey was seventh in the conference in scoring with 18.0 points per game and fifth in assists with 3.7 assists per game, and shot .858 from the free throw line. He was a repeat selection to the First-team All-CAA. He had 32 points in an 83–76 overtime victory over Northeastern in the conference championship to punch a ticket to the NCAA Tournament. Chealey was also named to the CAA All-Tournament team for a second straight season. During his four seasons of college career Chealey averaged 14.2 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.1 assists in 31.1 minutes per game.

Professional career

Charlotte Hornets (2018–2019)

After going undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft, Chealey played for the Charlotte Hornets 2018 summer league team. On July 27, 2018, Chealey joined the Hornets on a training camp deal. On October 13, his contract was converted into a two-way contract, meaning he would split his playing time between the Hornets and their NBA G League affiliate, the Greensboro Swarm, for the majority of the season. Chealey made his NBA debut with the Hornets on January 30, 2019, in a blowout loss to the Boston Celtics, scoring two points with an assist.

With Greensboro, he averaged 16.35 points and 5.42 assists per game.

On August 6, 2019, the Hornets announced that they had re-signed Chealey.

Greensboro Swarm (2019–2020)

Chealey was cut from the roster on October 13, 2019, during training camp. Following training camp, Chealey was re-added to the roster of the Swarm. He tallied 22 points, five rebounds, five assists, a steal and a block in a loss to the Delaware Blue Coats on December 19. On December 28, Chealey nearly posted a triple-double with 15 points, 10 rebounds, eight assists and four steals against the Raptors 905.

With Greensboro, he averaged 11.12 points and 4.32 assists per game, while shooting .813 from the free throw line.

Return to the Charlotte Hornets (2020)

On February 21, 2020, Chealey was signed to a 10-day contract by the Hornets, and a second 10-day contract on March 3.

Hapoel Gilboa Galil (2021)

On August 5, 2021, Chealey signed with Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.

Return to the Greensboro Swarm (2021–2022)

On November 9, 2021, the Greensboro Swarm announced that they had added Chealey to their roster. With Greensboro, he averaged 10.74 points and 5.91 assists per game, while shooting .871 from the free throw line.

MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza (2022–2023)

On August 4, 2022, he signed with MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). He averaged 14.38 points with 5.44 assists per game while shooting .820 from the free throw line.

Hapoel Eliat (2023–present)

On July 22, 2023, he signed with Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.

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

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2018–19 Charlotte 1 0 8.0 .333 .0 1.0 .0 .0 2.0
2019–20 Charlotte 4 0 8.3 .000 .000 1.000 .0 .3 1.0 .0 .5
Career 5 0 8.2 .100 .000 1.000 .0 .4 .8 .0 .8

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2013–14 College of Charleston 27 10 20.7 .365 .297 .667 2.0 2.0 .7 .3 6.9
2014–15 College of Charleston 33 32 32.5 .402 .306 .758 3.6 3.3 .9 .2 12.4
2015–16 College of Charleston 35 33 33.8 .432 .392 .822 3.5 3.2 1.0 .0 17.8
2016–17 College of Charleston 34 34 35.4 .393 .348 .858 4.6 3.6 .9 .1 18.0
Career 129 109 31.1 .404 .347 .805 3.5 3.1 .9 .1 14.2

See also

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