Paul Reed (born June 14, 1999), nicknamed "BBall Paul",[1] is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the DePaul Blue Demons.
No. 44 – Philadelphia 76ers | |
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Position | Power forward |
League | NBA |
Personal information | |
Born | (1999-06-14) June 14, 1999 (age 23) Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Wekiva (Apopka, Florida) |
College | DePaul (2017–2020) |
NBA draft | 2020 / Round: 2 / Pick: 58th overall |
Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers | |
Playing career | 2020–present |
Career history | |
2020–present | Philadelphia 76ers |
2021–2022 | →Delaware Blue Coats |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Reed grew up in Orlando, Florida, and attended Wekiva High School. Reed grew from being 6'2" as a freshman in high school to 6'6" as a junior and was 6'8" by the start of his senior year.[2] As a senior, he averaged 18.2 points and 11.4 rebounds and was named the Central Florida Player of the Year as he led the Mustangs to the state championship game.[3][4] Rated a three-star recruit and the No. 235 prospect in his class, Reed committed to play college basketball at DePaul over offers from Clemson, Kansas State, Rutgers and Murray State.[5][6]
As a true freshman, Reed averaged 3.6 points, and 3.1 rebounds in 28 games played off the bench.[7] He received more playing time towards the end of the season and averaged 5.6 points and 4.6 rebounds over the final 14 games of the season.[8] As a sophomore, Reed averaged 12.3 points and a Big East Conference-leading 8.5 rebounds per game and was named the Big East Conference Most Improved Player.[9][10] In the 2019 College Basketball Invitational Reed averaged 18.3 points, 10.3 rebounds, 2.7 blocks, and 2.2 steals as he helped lead the Blue Demons to the best-of-three final.[11]
Reed entered his junior season as a preseason All-Big East selection.[12] Reed recorded ten double-doubles and was named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll four times during DePaul's 13-game non-conference schedule at the start of the season.[13][14] Reed scored 23 points on 8-of-9 shooting with nine rebounds in DePaul's 79–66 upset of No. 5 Butler on January 18.[15] Reed missed several games in February and March with a hip pointer injury.[16] After the regular season, Reed was named Second Team All-Big East after averaging 15.1 points and finishing second in the conference in rebounds (10.7), blocks (2.6) and steals (1.9).[17][18] He had 18 double-doubles for the season. After the season, Reed declared for the 2020 NBA draft, forgoing his final season of eligibility.[19]
Reed was drafted in the second round with 58th overall selection in the 2020 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers.[20][21] On December 3, he signed with the 76ers on a two-way contract, meaning he would split time between the 76ers and their G League affiliate, the Delaware Blue Coats.[22][23] Reed made his NBA debut on January 4, 2021, playing the final 90 seconds of the game and scoring two points on his sole field goal attempt in a 118–101 win over the Charlotte Hornets.[24][25] Paul played with the Blue Coats during the shortened single-site G League season in 2021, where he won the league's Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year awards.[26] On March 26, 2021, the Philadelphia 76ers announced that they had converted Reed to a standard NBA contract.[27]
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 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2020–21 | Philadelphia | 26 | 0 | 6.8 | .538 | .000 | .500 | 2.3 | .5 | .4 | .5 | 3.4 |
2021–22 | Philadelphia | 38 | 2 | 7.9 | .563 | .250 | .429 | 2.4 | .4 | .9 | .4 | 3.1 |
Career | 64 | 2 | 7.5 | .552 | .143 | .455 | 2.4 | .4 | .7 | .4 | 3.2 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2021 | Philadelphia | 3 | 0 | 3.7 | .500 | — | — | 2.7 | .0 | .0 | .3 | 1.3 |
2022 | Philadelphia | 12 | 0 | 11.6 | .528 | .667 | .571 | 3.8 | .8 | .8 | .5 | 3.7 |
Career | 15 | 0 | 10.0 | .535 | .667 | .571 | 3.6 | .7 | .6 | .5 | 2.0 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2017–18 | DePaul | 28 | 1 | 9.9 | .518 | .214 | .579 | 3.1 | .4 | .5 | .5 | 3.6 |
2018–19 | DePaul | 36 | 28 | 26.9 | .562 | .405 | .770 | 8.5 | .9 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 12.3 |
2019–20 | DePaul | 29 | 29 | 31.7 | .516 | .308 | .738 | 10.7 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 15.1 |
Career | 93 | 58 | 23.2 | .535 | .330 | .739 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 10.6 |
Reed's father played college basketball at Old Dominion and UCF, then played professional basketball in Europe. He has four sisters.[28]
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