Gabe Pruitt
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| Position | Point guard/Shooting guard |
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| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
| League | NBA |
| Team | Boston Celtics |
| Jersey | #13 |
| Born | April 19, 1986 Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | USA |
| High school | Westchester HS (Los Angeles, California) |
| College | Southern California |
| Draft | 2nd round, 32nd overall, 2007 Boston Celtics |
| Pro career | 2007–present |
| Awards | 2004 PARADE All-American |
| Official profile | Info Page |
Gabriel Michael Pruitt (born April 19, 1986 in Los Angeles, California), commonly referred to as Gabe Pruitt, is an American professional basketball player with the NBA's Boston Celtics.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] College career
On April 27, 2007, Pruitt announced that he registered for the 2007 NBA Draft.[1] He was selected by the Boston Celtics in the 2nd round; 32nd overall.
He followed teammate and fellow junior Nick Young in declaring for the draft, whereas freshman teammate Taj Gibson declined to make himself eligible.
[edit] College basketball career
[edit] 2006-2007
Since he was an efficient shooter, defender, and leader, Pruitt did fairly well as a sophomore for the Trojans.[2] with 131 three-pointers, Pruitt holds the record for most three pointers by a Trojan (in his first two seasons), ranking 10th all-time at USC.[2]
Pruitt, who missed the first 13 games of the season while academically ineligible, finished third in scoring, averaging 12.5 points per game, while leading the team in assists with 113 and steals with 47 in 26 games. He also led USC in free throw shooting, hitting 80.0 percent, to win the Joe Barbato Award for the team's highest free throw percentage for his second consecutive season. Pruitt became the 32nd Trojan in history to score 1,000 points in his career, and ranks 27th all-time at USC in scoring with 1,102 points. He also stands in fourth place all-time at USC for three-pointers made with 179 while holding down the sixth spot in steals with 158.
Pruitt helped lead East Region five-seed USC to the round of Sweet Sixteen in the 2007 NCAA Tournament, where they fell to No. 1 North Carolina, 74-64. Pruitt scored in double figures in all three NCAA Tournament games against Arkansas, Kevin Durant-led Texas, and the Tar Heels, and had better than a 3:1 assist to turnover ratio (19 to 6).
[edit] 2005-2006
Gabe started 25 games for the USC and finished second on that team and fifth in the Pac-10 with a 16.9 scoring average, while snagging 4.0 rebounds and having 3.1 assists per game. He was named to the All-Pac-10 first team along with teammate Nick Young; they had become the first pair of Trojans to make the team since Duane Cooper and Harold Miner in 1992.[2] Additionally Pruitt was selected to the NABC District 15 first team. On December 3 v. BYU, he had his first career double-double, scoring 17 points with a career-high 10 rebounds.[2] His next career high was made when he scored 36 points in a 71-69 victory at Loyola Marymount on December 10, which earned him Pac-10 Player of the Week honors.[2] From the field, Pruitt was 13-19 (68.4 percent), including 5-for-10 from three-point range. He became the 12th Trojan to score 36 points or more in a game.[2] He had 16 points (counting 5-for-8 from outside the arc), six rebounds and assists, and four steals in a victory over North Carolina on December 21. He sealed USC's win over Stanford on December 31 by making 10 of 12 free throw shots down the line, including 6-6 in the final 47 seconds of the 82-71 win at the Staples Center.
He scored 30 points on 11-for-18 shooting (5-11 from three-point range) in a near-victory against Arizona State on January 5 (at 66-65). Pruitt scored six three-pointers and made all of his 21 points in the second half of an 86-77 loss vs. Washington on the twelfth. He marked 30 points again on an 8-12 shooting (6 three-pointers made) in an 84-78 win on January 28. Pruitt became the ninth Trojan to score 30 or more points in three games or more in the same season and the first since Harold Miner in 1992 (who did this 11 times).[2] He tallied a career-high seven steals and a game-high 25 points in a 77-70 win over Arizona on February 2.[2] Then he missed several games from February 9 to February 25 after he suffered a tibial plateau fracture in his left knee. His return to action was on March 2, playing in USC's final three games. However, he only marked 29.3 percent of his shots (12-for-41). He ranked second in the Pac-10 in steals with 55 (2.2 per game).[2] His 111 steals are among the tops of the Pac-10.[2] Making 94 of his 117 (80.3 percent) free-throw attempts, he ranked tenth in the conference[2] and earned the Joe Barbato Award for the best free-throw percentage on the Trojans at the team awards dinner.[2]
[edit] 2004-2005
He earned team MVP honors along with fellow freshman Nick Young. He led the Trojans in points (356), scoring average (12.3), three point average (.450), assists (92), and steals (56) earning him selection to the All-Pac-10 freshman team. His three-point field-goal percentage set a school record and he hit at a .547 clip (41-of-75) in the latter half of the season. He was among the all-time Trojan top-10 freshmen in points (fifth) average (T-fourth), field goals (seventh), field-goals attempted (eighth), field-goal percentage (the ninth-best ever by a freshman guard), three-pointers (1st), three-pointers attempted (second), three-pointer percentage (first), free-throw percentage (ninth), assists (fifth) and steals (second).[2] He scored in double-digits in 20 of 29 of his games, including a season-high of 23 twice, both against Stanford at home on January 22 and at Stanford on February 27. In the home game v. Stanford, he made a season high of seven three-pointers out of 11 attempted. This tied him with Anthony Pendleton who had achieved this feat on December 9, 1987. He had a season-best eight assists in his game v. San Diego on December 11.[2] and a high of eight rebounds v. Arizona State on February 12.
[edit] High school career
In High school, he averaged 22 points per game as a senior at Westchester High School in Westchester, California in 2004. He was a Parade Magazine fourth team All-America selection, and earned Roundball All-America, Student Sports All-America special mention, Los Angeles Times All-City and South Bay/Westside first team and South Bay Daily Breeze Player of the Year honors. He was listed as the No. 20 prep player in the country by Basketball Times after his senior year, and was considered among the top 20 prep guards by Athlon Sports and Insiders.com in his senior year.
[edit] Personal life
Because of his toothy smile that rarely leaves his face, he was named "Smilin' Gabe".[2]
Pruitt is reported to have began as a baseball player before switching to basketball, although during an interview with Joe Castiglione and Glen Geffner on WRKO during the July 2, 2007 Boston Red Sox game, he indicated that he ceased playing baseball in elementary school.[citation needed]
[edit] Player statistics
| Season | G | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Reb. | RPG | Asst | Bl | St | Pts | PPG |
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| 2006-2007 | 26 | 41.6 | 35.0 | 80.0 | 73 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 324 | 12.5 |
| 2005-2006 | 25 | 40.5 | 38.0 | 80.3 | 101 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 422 | 16.9 |
| 2004-2005 | 29 | 48.8 | 45.0 | 70.3 | 73 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 356 | 12.3 |
| Career | 80 | 43.4 | 39.3 | 77.8 | 247 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 1102 | 13.8 |
Source: http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/bviewplayer.asp?Player=46729
[edit] Rankings
- Pruitt was ranked #46 in Rivals Hoops 2004 top 150 players.[3]
- Pruitt was ranked the #9 point guards in 2004 by Rivals[4]
[edit] Notes
[edit] External links
- Gabe Pruitt Info Page at NBA.com
- Second Round Pick?
- Pruitt out for the clippers?
- No Gabe Agent
- Guarding 2007-2008
- Georgia, USC Pick up pieces
- Freshmen Trojans will feel void
- Tim Floyd on Gabe Pruitt
- USC one ups UCLA
- Huskies vs. Trojans
- Pruitt is out for three weeks
- Looking at Pruitt Early in the year
- Cal looks to rebound against USC
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