Kyle Singler

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Kyle Singler
Kyle Singler 2013.jpg
Singler with the Pistons
No. 25 – Detroit Pistons
Small forward / Shooting guard
Personal information
Born (1988-05-04) May 4, 1988 (age 25)
Medford, Oregon
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight 230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school South Medford
(Medford, Oregon)
College Duke (2007–2011)
NBA Draft 2011 / Round: 2 / Pick: 33rd overall
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Pro career 2011–present
League NBA
Career history
2011 CB Lucentum Alicante (Spain)
2011–2012 Real Madrid (Spain)
2012–present Detroit Pistons
Career highlights and awards
Kyle Singler
Medal record
Men’s basketball
Competitor for  United States
FIBA Americas U18 Championship
Gold 2006 San Antonio Team competition

Kyle Edward Singler (born May 4, 1988)[1] is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Detroit Pistons of the NBA. He was a four-year starter for the Duke men's basketball team and was instrumental in their 2010 NCAA championship run, earning MVP of the Final Four. In the 2011 NBA Draft, the Detroit Pistons selected Singler in the second round with the overall 33rd pick. He joined the Pistons for the 2012-13 season after playing his first professional season of basketball in Europe.

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High school [edit]

Singler attended South Medford High School. In high school, he averaged 29.3 points per game and 10.6 rebounds per game as a senior.[2]

In 2006 Singler played against Brandon Jennings in the championship game of The Les Schwab Invitational. Singler was also named to the 2006 U18 USA Junior National team, alongside fellow top prospects Michael Beasley, Jerryd Bayless, and 2006 star recruit Spencer Hawes. Singler is also one of eight players featured in Gunnin' for That #1 Spot, a 2008 documentary directed by Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys which was filmed in 2006. In October 2006, he signed a letter of intent to play college basketball at Duke University.[3]

In 2007 Singler led South Medford to its first-ever state basketball championship, winning 58–54 over defending champion Lake Oswego and national standout Kevin Love.[4] A year earlier Love and Lake Oswego had defeated Singler and South Medford for the state championship.

Singler was a member of the Legends AAU team, along with future UCLA player Kevin Love, and participated in many prestigious all-American camps, including the Nike All-American Camp (Indianapolis), the Nike Peach Jam (Augusta), and the Main Event (Las Vegas).

College [edit]

2007–08 season

Singler started at power forward as a freshman, and finished the 2007–08 season with averages of 13.3 points per game and 5.9 rebounds per game, helping lead Duke to a 28–6 record. Singler put to rest any speculation that he might enter the 2008 NBA Draft, saying:

I didn’t give the NBA any thought, I know I’m not ready. I need to mature both physically and mentally. I want to get stronger and quicker, and I want to work on learning how to play the game. I’m at a great place for that.[5]

Singler in college

2008–09 season

In January 2009 he had a career-high 16 rebounds against Georgetown,[6] a game in which Duke won 76-67. Singler ended the 2009 season as the top scorer for Duke.[7] Duke lost to West Virginia in the second round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament.

2009–10 season

In February 2010 Singler scored a career-high 30 points against Georgia Tech, hitting a career-high 8 three-pointers in 10 attempts.[6] In the ACC Tournament Final (playing Georgia Tech again), he hit a career-high 14 free throws.[6]

On March 28, 2010, in an Elite Eight NCAA game, as Duke beat Baylor and advanced to the Final Four, Singler (667 points), Jon Scheyer (690 points), and Nolan Smith (628 points) became just the second trio in Duke history to each score at least 600 points in the same season. Jason Williams, Carlos Boozer, and Mike Dunleavy, Jr. first accomplished that feat for Duke in 2001-02.[8] Singler scored 19 points in the national championship game to reach 707 for the season, joining Scheyer (728) as the two became the second duo in Duke history to each score over 700 points in one season,[9] following in the footsteps of Jason Williams (841) and Shane Battier (778), who did so for Duke's 2001 national championship team.[9]

Through the 2009–10 season, Singler was also 6th on Duke's all-time list in offensive rebounds (272), and 7th in defensive rebounds (490).[10] For the season he averaged 17.7 points and 7.0 rebounds per game.[11] He was 3rd in the ACC in 3-point field goal percentage (.399), 4th in scoring, 3-point field goals made (2.1 per game; his 8 against Georgia Tech were the most in the ACC in a single game for the season), and minutes (35.9 per game), and 7th in free throw percentage (.798).[12]

Singler was instrumental in Duke winning its fourth national championship; he was named NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player after averaging 20.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game in wins over West Virginia and Butler. Scheyer called him "the toughest player I've ever played with."[13]

2010–11 season

Following the national championship, Singler considered entering the 2010 NBA Draft,[14] but ultimately decided to return for his senior season at Duke.[15] Singler was named the pre-season Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year, pre-season first team All-ACC, and was named a pre-season first team All-American. On November 27, 2010 Singler tied his career high 30 points against his brother E.J. Singler and the Oregon Ducks. Singler was also voted to the Atlantic Coast Conference first team. For the 2010-2011 season, Singler averaged 16.9 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 1.6 assists in 34.8 minutes per game for the Blue Devils.[16] The Blue Devils were eliminated in the Sweet 16 in the tournament against the Arizona Wildcats by the score of 93-77. Singler had 18 points in the defeat.[17]

Professional career [edit]

Singler was chosen with the 3rd pick of the 2nd round (33rd overall) of the 2011 NBA Draft by the Detroit Pistons.[18] In August 2011 he signed with Spanish team CB Lucentum Alicante until the end of the 2011 NBA lockout.[19]

In his debut in the Spanish league, he won the MVP of the first match day with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. After the end of the lockout, Singler exercised his option to leave the club. He chose to join Real Madrid after the two clubs agreed on a transfer fee.[20]

In his 10 appearances with Alicante, Singler helped them win 7 games averaging 14.4 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.1 steals. He led the team in scoring.

Singler helped Real Madrid defeat FC Barcelona to win the 2012 Spanish King's Cup.[21]

On July 11, 2012, Singler signed with the Pistons on a multiyear contract.[22]

Personal life [edit]

Singler's parents were both athletes at Oregon State University: his father, Ed Singler, was quarterback of the football team, and his mother, Kris Brosterhous, was on the basketball team. Four of Singler's uncles played Division I football or basketball.[1] His younger brother, E.J. Singler, played basketball for the University of Oregon.[23]

College statistics [edit]

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
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2007–08 Duke Blue Devils 34 34 28.6 .457 .340 .774 5.8 1.4 1.1 0.7 13.3
2008–09 Duke Blue Devils 37 37 32.2 .441 .383 .713 7.7 2.4 1.5 0.8 16.5
2009-10 Duke Blue Devils 40 40 35.9 .415 .399 .798 7.0 2.4 1.0 0.8 17.7
2010-11 Duke Blue Devils 37 37 34.8 .430 .321 .806 6.8 1.6 0.9 0.3 16.9

Awards [edit]

High School
  • 2006 Elite 24 Hoops Classic
  • 2007 Bass Pro Tournament of Champions MVP [24]
  • 2007 Oregon Player of the Year (tie with Kevin Love)
  • 2007 Parade All American First Team
  • 2007 McDonald's All American West Squad (10 points/4 rebounds)
  • 2007 Jordan Brand All-American Classic Yellow Team
    (16 points/6 rebounds/3 assists/2 steals)
  • 2007 Oregon Southwest Conference Player of the Year
  • 2007 OSAA 6A All Tournament Team
College
  • 2007 Maui Invitational MVP
  • 2007–08 ACC Rookie of the Year
  • 2007–08 ACC All-Rookie Team
  • 2007–08 All-ACC Third Team
  • 2008 2K Sports Classic MVP
  • 2008–09 All-ACC Second Team
  • 2009–10 All-ACC First Team
  • 2010 ACC Tournament MVP
  • 2010 NCAA Tournament Final Four Most Outstanding Player
  • 2010 Sporting News College Athlete of the Year [25]
  • 2010-2011 All-ACC First Team
Pro Career

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b "Kyle Singler Bio". GoDuke.com. Retrieved October 29, 2007. 
  2. ^ See GoDuke.com.
  3. ^ Henry, Kris (October 28, 2006). "Future looks bright for Singler, Blue Devils". Mail Tribune. Retrieved February 21, 2007. 
  4. ^ Smith, Jeff; Freeman, Joe (March 11, 2007). "It's Panthers' turn". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 11, 2007. 
  5. ^ Eggers, Kerry (April 4, 2008). "Premature End Leaves Devil Blue". Portland Tribune. Retrieved April 9, 2008. 
  6. ^ a b c "The Official On-Line Home Of Duke Statistics". GoDuke.StatsGeek.com. Retrieved April 4, 2010. 
  7. ^ ESPN – Kyle Singler Stats, News, Photos – Duke Blue Devils
  8. ^ "Notes: Duke 78, Baylor 71 – Duke University Blue Devils | Official Athletics Site". GoDuke.com. Retrieved March 29, 2010. 
  9. ^ a b "Notes: Duke 61, Butler 59 – Duke University Blue Devils | Official Athletics Site". GoDuke.com. December 5, 2009. Retrieved April 7, 2010. 
  10. ^ "The Official On-Line Home Of Duke Statistics". GoDuke.StatsGeek.com. May 4, 1988. Retrieved March 29, 2010. 
  11. ^ "NCAA tournament: Duke Blue Devils' Lance Thomas and Kyle Singler pursue artistic side in the classroom – ESPN". Sports.espn.go.com. January 1, 2008. Retrieved April 1, 2010. 
  12. ^ "Atlantic Coast Conference Official Athletic Site – Men's Basketball". Theacc.com. Retrieved April 3, 2010. 
  13. ^ "DuPree Singler earned his MVP". The Herald-Sun. Retrieved April 2, 2010. 
  14. ^ Tysiacktysiac, Ken. "Devils should have talentto make another NCAA run". CharlotteObserver.com. Retrieved April 7, 2010. 
  15. ^ "Singler to return to national champs". ESPN.com. April 19, 2010. Retrieved April 20, 2010. 
  16. ^ Kyle Singler. sports-reference.com
  17. ^ http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=310830150
  18. ^ http://www.freep.com/article/20110623/SPORTS03/110623030/Pistons-select-Brandon-Knight-Kyle-Singler-in-NBA-draft?odyssey=tab%7Cmostpopular%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE
  19. ^ Lucentum Alicante announces rookie Kyle Singler
  20. ^ Lucentum Alicante traspasa los derechos de Kyle Singler al Real Madrid (Spanish)
  21. ^ Singler and Pocius help Real Madrid to Copa del Rey title
  22. ^ Detroit Pistons Sign Forward Kyle Singler
  23. ^ E.J. Singler. "E.J. Singler – College Basketball Recruiting 2009 – ESPN". Insider.espn.go.com. Retrieved March 21, 2010.  Text " SF " ignored (help)
  24. ^ http://tofc.weebly.com/2003-2010.html
  25. ^ http://www.goduke.com//ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=205056555

External links [edit]
Sporting News College Athlete of the Year
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