Dionte Christmas
No. 22 – Torku Konyaspor | |
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Position | Shooting guard |
League | Turkish Basketball Super League |
Personal information | |
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
September 15, 1986
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Samuel Fels (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Lutheran Christian Academy (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
College | Temple (2005–2009) |
NBA draft | 2009 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2009–present |
Career history | |
2010 | Hapoel Afula |
2010–2011 | Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi |
2011 | ČEZ Nymburk |
2011 | PAOK |
2011–2012 | Rethymno Aegean |
2012–2013 | CSKA Moscow |
2013 | Montepaschi Siena |
2013–2014 | Phoenix Suns |
2014–2015 | Paris-Levallois |
2015–2016 | Hapoel Holon |
2016 | AEK Athens |
2016–present | Torku Konyaspor |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com |
Dionte Lamont Christmas (born September 15, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for Torku Konyaspor of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). He played college basketball for Temple.
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High school career
Christmas attended Samuel Fels High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a junior in 2002–03, he averaged 17.7 points per game, earning honorable mention all-Public honors. As a senior in 2003–04, he averaged 26.5 points per game, earning first team all-Public League and third team all-City honors.[1]
After completing his education at Samuel Fels, Christmas prepped for a year at Lutheran Christian Academy in 2004–05. He ranked among the Top 40 prep school players in the nation by Hoop Scoop's Clark Francis after averaging 18 points per game while leading his team to a 35-3 record. He was also an all-tournament selection at the 2005 National Prep Invitational held at the University of Rhode Island.[1]
Collegiate career
In his freshman season at Temple, Christmas played in all 32 games, making lone start in final game of season against Akron. He averaged 3.5 points per game, sixth best on squad and tops among reserves.[1][2]
In his sophomore season, he played in all 30 games, starting 29, as he earned second team All-District and All-Atlantic 10 honors, and was named the Atlantic 10's Most Improved Player. He also earned first team All-Philadelphia Big 5, Big 5 Most Improved Player, and picked up Cy Kaselman and Palumbo awards as city-league's top free throw percentage leader and scoring champion, respectively. In 30 games, he averaged 20.0 points, 4.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.4 steals per game.[1][2]
In his junior season, he started all 34 games averaging 37.2 minutes per game. He was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Atlantic 10 Tournament, and earned first team All-Atlantic 10 and first team Big 5 honors. He also earned USBWA first team All-District and NABC second team All-District honors. He became just the third person to win back to back A-10 scoring titles, averaging 19.7 points per game. He also averaged 5.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.4 steals per game.[1][2]
In his senior season, he was named to the All-Atlantic 10 first team and the Atlantic 10 Tournament Most Outstanding Player for the second straight year. In 34 games, he averaged 19.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.5 steals per game.[1][2]
Christmas finished his Temple career with 2,043 points, becoming only the fourth player in school history to eclipse the 2000-point mark. During his senior season, he set school records for most three-pointers in a season (107) and career (317). He ranks in Temple's all-time top ten in three-pointers attempted and three-point field goal percentage. He is also the first player to lead the Atlantic 10 in scoring for three consecutive seasons.[3]
College statistics
Season | Team | G | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MIN |
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2005–06 | Temple Owls | 32 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | .281 | .250 | .587 | 11.3 |
2006–07 | Temple Owls | 30 | 20.0 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.4 | .466 | .400 | .871 | 34.3 |
2007–08 | Temple Owls | 34 | 19.7 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.2 | .439 | .369 | .772 | 37.2 |
2008–09 | Temple Owls | 34 | 19.5 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.1 | .414 | .352 | .753 | 35.0 |
Totals: | 130 | 15.7 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.2 | .425 | .360 | .777 | 29.6 |
Professional career
2009–10 season
After going undrafted in the 2009 NBA draft, Christmas joined the Philadelphia 76ers/New Jersey Nets combined team for the Orlando Summer League and the Los Angeles Clippers for the Las Vegas Summer League. On September 28, 2009, he signed with the 76ers. However, he was later waived by the 76ers on October 21, 2009.[4]
On January 4, 2010, he signed with Hapoel Afula of Israel for the rest of the 2009–10 season.[5]
2010–11 season
In July 2010, Christmas joined the Sacramento Kings for the 2010 NBA Summer League.[6] On August 4, 2010, he signed with Mersin of Turkey for the 2010–11 season.[7] On January 28, 2011, he parted ways with Mersin.[8]
On February 15, 2011, he signed with ČEZ Basketball Nymburk of the Czech Republic for the rest of the season.[9] In April 2011, he left ČEZ Nymburk and joined P.A.O.K. B.C. of Greece for the rest of the season.[10]
2011–12 season
On October 18, 2011, Christmas signed with Rethymno Aegean B.C. of Greece for the 2011–12 season. In 26 games, he averaged 18.6 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.6 steals per game.
2012–13 season
In July 2012, Christmas joined the Boston Celtics for the 2012 NBA Summer League. On July 31, 2012, he signed with the Celtics.[11] However, he was later waived by the Celtics on October 16, 2012.[12][13]
On October 31, 2012, he signed with CSKA Moscow of Russia for the 2012–13 season.[14] On February 21, 2013, he was waived by CSKA.[15] On April 10, 2013, he signed with Montepaschi Siena of Italy for the rest of the season.[16]
2013–14 season
In July 2013, Christmas joined the Utah Jazz for the Orlando Summer League and the Phoenix Suns for the Las Vegas Summer League. On September 13, 2013, he signed with the Suns.[17] On November 1, 2013, he made his NBA debut, recording 9 points and 4 rebounds in an 87-84 victory over the Utah Jazz.[18]
2014–15 season
In July 2014, Christmas re-joined the Phoenix Suns for the 2014 NBA Summer League. On July 24, 2014, he was waived by the Suns.[19] On September 26, 2014, he signed with the New Orleans Pelicans.[20] However, he was later waived by the Pelicans on October 17, 2014.[21]
On November 12, 2014, Christmas signed with Paris-Levallois for the rest of the 2014–15 LNB Pro A season.[22]
2015–16 season
On October 10, 2015, Christmas signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers.[23] However, he was waived on October 23 after appearing in four preseason games.[24] On December 1, he signed with Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[25] On January 7, 2016, he was released by Holon[26] in order for him to sign with AEK Athens of Greece for the rest of the season.[27] On February 9, he parted ways with AEK after appearing in just four games.[28][29] On March 27, he signed with Torku Konyaspor of Turkey for the rest of the 2015–16 BSL season.[30]
Career statistics
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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 | PIR | Performance Index Rating | ||
Bold | Career high |
Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
NBA
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2013–14 | Phoenix | 31 | 0 | 6.4 | .355 | .290 | .750 | 1.2 | .3 | .1 | .1 | 2.3 |
Career | 31 | 0 | 6.4 | .355 | .290 | .750 | 1.2 | .3 | .1 | .1 | 2.3 |
Euroleague
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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2012–13 | CSKA Moscow | 13 | 6 | 15.2 | .483 | .556 | .727 | 1.1 | .7 | .4 | .1 | 6.5 | 4.2 |
See also
References
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). and Basketball-Reference.com
- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). and Basketball-Reference.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- NBA.com profile
- TBLStats.com profile
- All-American Candidate flyer
- 1986 births
- Living people
- ABA League players
- A.E.K. Athens B.C. players
- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Greece
- American expatriate basketball people in Israel
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American expatriate basketball people in Russia
- American expatriate basketball people in the Czech Republic
- American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- Basketball players from Pennsylvania
- ČEZ Basketball Nymburk players
- Hapoel Afula players
- Hapoel Holon players
- Mens Sana Basket players
- Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. players
- PAOK B.C. players
- Paris-Levallois Basket players
- PBC CSKA Moscow players
- Phoenix Suns players
- Rethymno B.C. players
- Shooting guards
- Sportspeople from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Temple Owls men's basketball players
- Torku Konyaspor B.K. players
- Undrafted National Basketball Association players