Jason Kapono
Toronto Raptors | |
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Position | Small forward / Shooting guard |
Personal information | |
Born | Long Beach, California | February 4, 1981
Nationality | USA |
Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Artesia |
College | UCLA |
NBA draft | 2003: 2nd round, 31st overall |
Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers | |
Playing career | 2003–present |
Career highlights and awards | |
2007 All-Star 3-Point Champion
2008 All-Star 3-Point Champion | |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Jason Alan Kapono (born February 4 1981 in Long Beach, California) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA who plays for the Toronto Raptors.
Early career
After a storied college career at UCLA, where he was the first Bruin to earn First Team All-Pac-10 honors all four years and the only UCLA player to lead the school in scoring four straight years, Kapono was a second-round draft choice of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2003 NBA Draft. After his rookie season with the Cavs, he was selected by the Charlotte Bobcats in the 2004 expansion draft, where he improved his scoring average from 3.5 to 8.5 points per game. Later, he was traded to the Miami Heat where he was part of the 2005–06 NBA champion team.
2006–07 season
In the 2006–07 season, Kapono's points-per-game average and minutes played significantly increased, and he led the league in three-point percentage with .514, which is close to the all time single season three-point percentage record held by Steve Kerr (.524), and is the fourth best percentage in league history. Kapono also won the 2007 All-Star Weekend three-point shoot-out competition by defeating Dirk Nowitzki and Gilbert Arenas in the final round with a score of 24 points which tied Mark Price's record for most points in a final round of the 3-point contest. Kapono repeated the feat in 2008, scoring 25 points and tying the all-time record set in 1986. In 2008, he defended his title.
NBA record
On November 25 2007, Kapono became the most accurate 3-point shooter in NBA history. On this date he made his 250th three-point shot, qualifying him for the NBA record in 3-point shooting accuracy. He immediately moved into first place with a .461 ratio of 3-point shots made to shots attempted, moving ahead of Steve Kerr, who had the previous lifetime best at 0.454. He is the leader among only 27 players in NBA history to have a lifetime shooting accuracy of 0.400 or greater.[1]
Jason Kapono also won the 2008 Three-Point Competition over Daniel Gibson and Dirk Nowitzki with an all-time record tying 25 points.
National team
Jason has also been picked for the USA Basketball Select Team which will train with USA Men's Senior National Team in Las Vegas to assist in the build up to the 2008 Summer Olympics.
NBA career statistics
- Correct as of 9 February 2008[2]
Regular season | Team | GP | MPG | SPG | BPG | RPG | APG | PPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
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2003–04 | Cleveland | 41 | 10.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 0.403 | 0.477 | 0.833 |
2004–05 | Charlotte | 81 | 18.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 8.5 | 0.401 | 0.412 | 0.824 |
2005–06 | Miami | 51 | 13.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 0.446 | 0.396 | 0.848 |
2006–07 | Miami | 67 | 26.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 10.9 | 0.494 | 0.514 | 0.892 |
2007–08 | Toronto | 48 | 20.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 8.2 | 0.497 | 0.510 | 0.846 |
Career | 288 | 18.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 7.5 | 0.450 | 0.467 | 0.851 |
Playoffs | Team | GP | MPG | SPG | BPG | RPG | APG | PPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
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2005–06 | Miami | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.000 |
2006–07 | Miami | 4 | 19.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 0.471 | 0.500 | 1.000 |
Career | 5 | 15.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 0.471 | 0.500 | 1.000 |
Notes
- ^ All Time Leaders: Three Point Field Goal Percentage, nba.com, accessed 31 January 2008.
- ^ - Career Stats and Totals, nba.com, accessed 28 November 2007.
External links
- 1981 births
- Living people
- American basketball players
- Cleveland Cavaliers players
- Charlotte Bobcats players
- Miami Heat players
- Toronto Raptors players
- UCLA Bruins men's basketball players
- McDonald's High School All-Americans
- Native Hawaiian people
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
- People from Long Beach, California
- Small forwards