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Christopher Xavier Chiozza (born November 21, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Long Island Nets of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Florida Gators. Chiozza won an NBA championship with the Warriors in 2022.

Chris Chiozza

Chiozza with the Capital City Go-Go in 2019
No. 3 – Long Island Nets
Position	Point guard
League	NBA G League
Personal information
Born	(1995-11-21) November 21, 1995 (age 26) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school	White Station (Memphis, Tennessee)
College	Florida (2014–2018)
NBA draft	2018 / Undrafted
Playing career	2018–present
Career history
2018–2019	Capital City Go-Go
2019	Rio Grande Valley Vipers
2019	Houston Rockets
2019	Washington Wizards
2019	→Capital City Go-Go
2019–2020	Capital City Go-Go
2020–2021	Brooklyn Nets
2020–2021	→Long Island Nets
2021–2022	Golden State Warriors
2021–2022	→Santa Cruz Warriors
2022–present	Long Island Nets
Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (2022) First-team All-SEC (2018)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

High school career

Chiozza attended White Station High School, where he was coached by Jesus Patino.[1] He also played on the Team Thad AAU team. As a junior, in the wake of his grandmother's death, he posted averages of 27 points, seven assists and seven steals in an important Pittsburgh tournament and began to get major college looks.[2] He averaged 15 points and eight assists per game as a senior. Chiozza was ranked No. 45 in his class by Rivals.com and received scholarship offers from Auburn, UMass, Memphis, Ohio State, Richmond and Tennessee before committing to Florida.[3]

College career

Playing for Florida in the Sweet Sixteen of the 2017 NCAA tournament, Chiozza hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to defeat Wisconsin 84–83 in overtime and advance to the Elite Eight. He was thinking of passing but ended up taking the winning shot.[4] As a junior he averaged 7.2 points, 3.8 assists and 3.3 rebounds per game.[5]

Chiozza became a starter as a senior and led the SEC with a 3.22 assist-to-turnover ratio. He had a last-second steal and layup to beat Missouri on January 6, 2018.[2] On March 3, he broke Erving Walker's Florida assists record. On the season he averaged 11.1 points, 6.1 assists and 4.6 rebounds per game.[6] At the conclusion of the regular season he was named to the First Team All-SEC.[7] After the season he was invited to the 2018 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament.[8]

Professional career

Capital City Go-Go (2018–2019)

After going undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft, Chiozza joined the Washington Wizards for the 2018 NBA Summer League. Chiozza would eventually join the Wizards for training camp.[9] He was waived by the Wizards on October 14, 2018,[10] He was added to the team's NBA G League affiliate, the Capital City Go-Go.[11]

Houston Rockets (2019)

On February 22, 2019, Chiozza signed a 10-day contract with the Houston Rockets.[12] He did not appear in any games, but he subsequently played for the Rockets’ G League affiliate, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.

On March 22, Chiozza signed a contract for the remainder of the 2018–19 season.[13] He played his first NBA game on March 24, seeing 5 minutes of action in a 113–90 blowout win against the New Orleans Pelicans.[14]

On July 30, 2019, Chiozza was waived by the Houston Rockets.[15]

Washington Wizards (2019–2020)

On September 26, 2019, Chiozza re-signed with the Washington Wizards for training camp.[16] He was signed to a two-way contract by the Wizards on October 21. Under the terms of the deal, Chiozza would split time between the Wizards and their G League affiliate, the Capital City Go-Go.[17] On December 17, 2019, the Wizards waived Chiozza.[18] On December 21, 2019, the Capital City Go-Go announced that they had re-acquired Chiozza.[19]

Brooklyn Nets (2020–2021)

On January 4, 2020, the Brooklyn Nets signed Chiozza to a two-way contract.[20] On December 1, Chiozza re-signed with the Nets.[21] He was waived at the conclusion of training camp,[22] but was then re-signed on December 22.[23]

Golden State Warriors (2021–2022)

On August 14, 2021, the Golden State Warriors signed Chiozza to a two-way contract.[24] On June 16, 2022, Chiozza won the 2022 NBA Finals with the Golden State Warriors of the NBA.[25]

Long Island Nets (2022–present)

On September 16, 2022, Chiozza signed with the Brooklyn Nets who waived him at the end of training camp.[26][27] On November 4, 2022, Chiozza was named to the opening night roster for the Long Island Nets.[28]

National team career

On February 12, 2019, it was announced that Chiozza was included in FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifying training camp roster for Team USA by the USA Basketball.[29]

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
†	Won an NBA championship

NBA

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2018–19	Houston	7	0	4.7	.250	.400	—	.6	.6	.1	.1	.9
2019–20	Washington	10	0	12.3	.294	.443	—	1.5	2.8	.1	.2	2.7
2019–20	Brooklyn	18	2	15.4	.425	.357	1.000	2.1	3.1	.6	.1	6.4
2020–21	Brooklyn	22	1	10.5	.352	.310	.765	1.1	3.0	.3	.3	4.0
2021–22	Golden State	34	1	10.9	.296	.321	.667	1.1	1.9	.4	.0	2.0
Career		91	4	11.4	.353	.343	.800	1.3	2.4	.5	.1	3.3

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2020	Brooklyn	4	0	16.3	.313	.333	.500	1.5	1.5	1.3	.0	5.8
2021	Brooklyn	6	0	3.2	.286	.333	—	.2	.2	.2	.0	.8
Career		10	0	8.4	.323	.316	.500	.7	1.8	.6	.0	2.8

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
• Florida Gators bio

На других языках

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[es] Chris Chiozza

Christopher Xavier "Chris" Chiozza (Memphis, Tennessee, 21 de noviembre de 1995) es un baloncestista estadounidense que pertenece a la plantilla de los Brooklyn Nets de la NBA. Con 1,80 metros de estatura, juega en la posición de base.

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