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Nicolas Devir Claxton (born April 17, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Georgia Bulldogs.

Nic Claxton

Claxton with the Brooklyn Nets in 2019
No. 33 – Brooklyn Nets
Position	Center
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	(1999-04-17) April 17, 1999 (age 23) Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.
Nationality	American / U.S. Virgin Islander
Listed height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school	Legacy Charter School (Greenville, South Carolina)
College	Georgia (2017–2019)
NBA draft	2019 / Round: 2 / Pick: 31st overall
Selected by the Brooklyn Nets
Playing career	2019–present
Career history
2019–present	Brooklyn Nets
2019–2020	→Long Island Nets
Career highlights and awards
Second-team All-SEC – Coaches (2019)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

High school career

Claxton attended Legacy Charter School in Greenville, South Carolina. In his senior season, he averaged 17.4 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 2.9 blocks per game and became the fourth player in school history to record 1,000 career points.[1][2] Claxton was a three-star recruit and chose to play for Georgia over Baylor, Florida State, NC State, and South Carolina.[3]

Professional career

Brooklyn Nets (2019–present)

On June 20, 2019, Claxton was selected with the 31st overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft by the Brooklyn Nets.[4] On July 7, 2019, the Nets announced that they had signed Claxton.[5] He suffered a hamstring injury in January 2020 and was assigned to their G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets.[6] On June 24, 2020, the Nets announced that Claxton had undergone successful arthroscopic labrum repair surgery on his left shoulder and was expected to miss the remaining 2019–20 season.[7]

In the final game of the Nets' 2021–22 season, a four-point Game 4 playoff loss to the Boston Celtics, Claxton missed his first 10 free throws, and finished 1-of-11. The New York Post compared the Celtics' strategy to the Hack-a-Shaq strategy used against Shaquille O'Neal.[8]

On July 7, 2022, Claxton re-signed with the Nets to a reported two-year contract.[9][10]

National team career

In 2014, Claxton played for the United States Virgin Islands at the Centrobasket Under-15 Championship in Panama City, averaging a double-double of 10.6 points and 11.8 rebounds per game.[11] He made another appearance for the Virgin Islands at the 2015 Centrobasket Under-17 Championship in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he averaged 11 points and eight rebounds per game.[12] Claxton competed at the 2016 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship in Valdivia, Chile. He averaged a team-high 12 points and 7.2 rebounds per game, leading his team to seventh place.[13][14] In the summer of 2018, Claxton joined the senior Virgin Islands national team at qualifying competition for the 2019 FIBA World Cup.[15]

Claxton is eligible for the U.S. Virgin Islands team because his father, Charles, was born in St. Thomas.[15]

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
2019–20	Brooklyn	15	0	12.5	.563	.143	.524	2.9	1.1	.1	.5	4.4
2020–21	Brooklyn	32	1	18.6	.621	.200	.484	5.2	.9	.7	1.3	6.6
2021–22	Brooklyn	47	19	20.7	.674	–	.581	5.6	.9	.5	1.1	8.7
Career		94	20	18.7	.646	.167	.539	5.0	.9	.5	1.1	7.3

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2021	Brooklyn	12	0	10.8	.483	—	.667	2.8	.6	.3	1.0	2.5
2022	Brooklyn	4	0	24.5	.792	—	.182	6.3	1.5	1.3	2.3	10.5
Career		16	0	14.3	.623	—	.240	3.6	.8	.6	1.3	4.5

College

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2017–18	Georgia	33	5	14.7	.449	.364	.523	3.9	.2	.2	1.3	3.9
2018–19	Georgia	32	32	31.6	.460	.281	.641	8.6	1.8	1.1	2.5	13.0
Career		65	37	23.0	.457	.302	.611	6.2	1.0	.6	1.9	8.4

Personal life

Claxton is the son of Charles Claxton, a U.S. Virgin Islands native who played college basketball for Georgia and was briefly a member of the Boston Celtics in the 1995–96 NBA season.[16][17] His younger brother, Chase Claxton, plays Division I basketball for the Winthrop Eagles.[18] He is married and has one son.

References

External links

• Georgia Bulldogs bio

На других языках

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[de] Nicolas Claxton

Nicolas Devir Claxton (* 17. April 1999 in Greenville (South Carolina))[1] ist ein US-amerikanischer Basketballspieler.

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- [en] Nic Claxton

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[ru] Клэкстон, Николас

Ни́колас (Ник) Девир Клэ́кстон (англ. Nicolas (Nic) Devir Claxton; род. 17 апреля 1999 года в Гринвилле, штат Южная Каролина, США) — американский профессиональный баскетболист, выступающий в Национальной баскетбольной ассоциации за «Бруклин Нетс». Играет на позициях тяжелого форварда и центрового. 31-й номер драфта НБА 2019 года (был выбран командой «Бруклин Нетс»).

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