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Rickey Paulding
Personal information
Born (1982-10-23) October 23, 1982 (age 42)
Detroit, Michigan
Nationality American
High school Renaissance (Detroit, Michigan)
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 218 lb (99 kg)
Career information
College Missouri (2000–2004)
NBA Draft 2004 / Round: 2 / Pick: 54th overall
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Pro career 2004–2022
Career history
2004–2005 Hapoel Jerusalem
2005–2006 ASVEL
2006–2007 BCM Gravelines
2007–2022 Oldenburg
Career highlights and awards
  • 4× All-Bundesliga First Team (2008, 2009, 2013, 2016)
  • 4x All-Bundesliga Second Team (2017, 2018, 2020, 2021)
  • 8× German All-Star (2008, 2009, 2011–2013, 2016–2018)
  • Bundesliga champion (2009)
  • BBL–Pokal Winner (2015)
  • Bundesliga Finals MVP (2009)
  • 2× Second-team All–Big 12 (2003, 2004)
  • No. 23 retired by EWE Baskets Oldenburg

Rickey Paulding (born October 23, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Missouri.

Early career

Paulding attended Renaissance High School in Detroit. In his senior season, he averaged 25.3 points per game, and 12 rebounds per game, and led his team to a 27-3 record. He was an honorable mention All-USA selection during that season as well.

College career

In his collegiate career, Paulding scored 1,200 points and grabbed 300 rebounds. Paulding scored 37 points and making an astounding nine threes against Dwyane Wade, Travis Diener and the Marquette Golden Eagles in the Tigers' loss in the second round of the NCAA tournament his junior year. He opted to return for his senior season.

Professional career

Paulding was drafted 54th overall in the second round of the 2004 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons. Paulding averaged 12.2 points per game in the NBA Summer League for the Pistons.

At the end of 2021–22 season, he has decided to retire from professional basketball.

Career statistics

Bundesliga

Denotes season in which Paulding's team won the Bundesliga championship
Led the league

Regular Season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2007–08 Oldenburg 34 31 32.5 .489 .389 .695 3.5 1.5 1.2 1.9 12.5 11.6
2008–09 Oldenburg 34 34 33.1 .509 .450 .742 4.4 1.8 1.5 0.4 14.8 15.1
2009–10 Oldenburg 33 33 33.3 .435 .351 .731 3.2 2.3 1.0 0.6 13.5 11.8
2010–11 Oldenburg 34 33 35.2 .425 .302 .806 4.1 2.3 1.0 0.4 12.6 11.9
2011–12 Oldenburg 34 34 31.1 .468 .402 .836 3.8 1.8 0.7 0.5 12.4 12.2
2012–13 Oldenburg 34 34 27.0 .484 .423 .795 3.4 1.9 0.9 0.2 12.4 12.3
2013–14 Oldenburg 34 34 27.5 .467 .439 .800 3.9 2.2 0.9 0.3 13.9 13.8
2014–15 Oldenburg 34 34 26.6 .477 .409 .762 3.4 2.7 0.6 0.4 11.2 11.8
2015–16 Oldenburg 33 33 30.2 .500 .408 .744 3.0 3.0 0.8 0.4 13.2 13.2
2016–17 Oldenburg 32 32 31.3 .480 .423 .841 2.8 2.1 0.8 0.2 16.0 13.5
2017–18 Oldenburg 34 34 31.1 .487 .345 .883 3.2 1.8 1.0 0.2 14.7 14.3
2018–19 Oldenburg 34 34 30.5 .487 .397 .893 3.7 1.8 0.9 0.5 13.2 14.1
2019–20 Oldenburg 20 20 30.0 .459 .333 .896 2.6 1.4 0.7 0.2 15.8 12.4
2020–21 Oldenburg 34 34 25.8 .499 .383 .825 2.4 1.2 0.9 0.2 15.5 13.1
2021–22 Oldenburg 34 19 26.3 .584 .374 .860 2.6 1.6 1.1 0.2 11.9 11.4
Career 492 473 30.3 .480 .390 .805 3.4 2.0 0.9 0.3 13.5 12.8

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2007–08 Oldenburg 8 8 36.9 .506 .345 .579 4.4 1.3 0.8 0.0 13.4 12.3
2008–09 Oldenburg 12 12 36.5 .493 .493 .732 4.3 1.2 1.3 0.1 17.9 15.3
2009–10 Oldenburg 4 4 35.5 .688 .191 .739 1.8 1.5 1.3 0.0 12.8 8.8
2010–11 Oldenburg 5 5 35.6 .435 .333 .783 3.0 2.8 1.2 0.8 13.2 12.8
2012–13 Oldenburg 11 11 35.6 .465 .420 .941 2.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 11.7 10.2
2013–14 Oldenburg 10 10 32.7 .390 .229 .647 4.3 1.3 1.0 0.3 10.8 9.0
2014–15 Oldenburg 3 3 33.3 .400 .364 .933 2.7 2.3 0.7 0.0 12.7 10.7
2015–16 Oldenburg 4 4 33.8 .574 .483 .824 2.3 1.5 0.8 0.3 22.5 18.8
2016–17 Oldenburg 12 12 32.2 .497 .444 .816 2.3 3.3 0.9 0.1 16.6 15.6
2017–18 Oldenburg 5 5 34.7 .500 .421 .700 4.4 1.2 1.4 0.0 17.2 15.2
2018–19 Oldenburg 6 6 33.8 .450 .310 .778 4.7 1.8 1.3 0.2 12.8 13.7
2019–20 Oldenburg 8 8 26.7 .361 .273 .783 2.1 1.9 0.1 0.4 10.9 7.1
2020–21 Oldenburg 4 4 29.0 .418 .261 .813 2.5 2.0 0.8 0.3 16.3 12.8

BBL-Pokal

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2015 Oldenburg 2 2 29.3 .471 .406 .807 3.4 2.7 0.6 0.4 7.0 11.7
2016 Oldenburg 1 1 30.0 .500 .000 1.000 4.0 2.9 0.8 0.4 14.2 13.8
2019 Oldenburg 1 1 32.7 .636 .667 .000 5.0 1.0 1.0 0.4 18.0 14.0
2020 Oldenburg 4 4 30.8 .429 .571 .867 3.5 2.3 0.3 0.0 13.5 12.0
2021 Oldenburg 2 2 24.6 .417 .364 .000 2.5 2.0 0.0 1.0 12.0 8.5
2022 Oldenburg 1 1 32.2 .380 .500 1.000 3.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 10.0 10.0

Awards and honors

Pauldingburg - EWE Arena Oldenburg (2023)
"Pauldingburg", honored in Oldenburg at the EWE Arena
  • 2003 Wooden Award pre-season finalist
  • 2003 Second Team All Big 12
  • Scored 36 points in the NCAA Tournament against Marquette.
  • Made 9 three-point field goals against Marquette
  • 7th Highest all time scorer at Mizzou.
  • Most points ever scored on former NBA player Dwyane Wade in a single NCAA game.
  • Starter for the Northern All-Star Team in the Basketball Bundesliga All-Star Games 2009-2011.
  • 2009 BBL Finals MVP after leading EWE Baskets Oldenburg to the league title.
  • Most Likeable Player/Pascal Roller Award of the 2008/2009, 2016/2017, 2017/2018 and 2021/2022 Basketball Bundesliga Seasons

See also

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