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Tyreke Evans
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Evans with the New Orleans Pelicans.
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Position: Shooting Guard / Small Forward
League: NBA/NBA G League/BSN
Personal information
Full name: Tyreke Jamir Evans
Born: September 19, 1989 (1989-09-19) (age 36)
Chester, Pennsylvania
Nationality: Flag of the United States American
Physical stats
Listed height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight: 220 lbs (100 kg)
National Basketball Association career
Debut: 2009 for the Sacramento Kings
Final season: 2019 for the Indiana Pacers
Career information
High school: American Christian Academy
(Aston, Pennsylvania)
College: Memphis (2008–2009)
NBA Draft: 2009 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4th
Selected by the Sacramento Kings
Playing career: 2009–2019; 2022–2023 (11 years)
Career history
2009–2013 Sacramento Kings
2013–2017 New Orleans Pelicans
2017 Sacramento Kings
2017–2018 Memphis Grizzlies
2018–2019 Indiana Pacers
2022 Wisconsin Herd
2022–2023 Indios de Mayagüez
2023 Broncos de Caracas
Career highlights and awards
  • NBA Rookie of the Year (2010)
  • NBA All-Rookie First Team (2010)
  • NBA Rookie Challenge co-MVP (2010)
  • USBWA National Freshman of the Year (2009)
  • First-team All-Conference USA (2009)
  • Conference USA Freshman of the Year (2009)
  • Conference USA Tournament MVP (2009)
  • McDonald's All-American Game MVP (2008)
  • First-team Parade All-American (2008)
  • Fourth-team Parade All-American (2007)
NBA career playing statistics
Points: 9,347 (15.7 PPG)
Rebounds: 2,720 (4.6 RPG)
Assists: 2,852 (4.8 APG)
Steals: 734 (1.2 SPG)
Blocks: 222 (0.4 BPG)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball–Reference.com

Tyreke Jamir Evans (born September 19, 1989) is an American former professional basketball player. He played ten seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2009–2019, having played for the Sacramento Kings twice, New Orleans Pelicans, Memphis Grizzlies, and Indiana Pacers. In May 2019, Evans was dismissed and banned from the NBA for violating the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Program regarding a drug of abuse. He was eligible to apply for reinstatement in 2021.

Career statistics[]

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

NBA[]

Regular season[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009–10 Sacramento 72 72 37.2 .458 .255 .748 5.3 5.8 1.5 .4 20.1
2010–11 Sacramento 57 53 37.0 .409 .291 .771 4.8 5.6 1.5 .5 17.8
2011–12 Sacramento 63 61 34.3 .453 .202 .779 4.6 4.5 1.3 .5 16.5
2012–13 Sacramento 65 61 31.0 .478 .338 .775 4.4 3.5 1.4 .4 15.2
2013–14 New Orleans 72 22 28.2 .436 .221 .771 4.7 5.0 1.2 .3 14.5
2014–15 New Orleans 79 76 34.1 .447 .304 .694 5.3 6.6 1.3 .5 16.6
2015–16 New Orleans 25 25 30.6 .433 .388 .796 5.2 6.6 1.3 .3 15.2
2016–17 New Orleans 26 0 18.2 .401 .300 .776 3.3 3.5 .9 .2 9.5
2016–17 Sacramento 14 6 22.4 .413 .408 .706 3.6 2.4 .9 .4 11.6
2017–18 Memphis 52 32 30.9 .452 .381 .785 5.2 5.2 1.1 .3 19.4
2018–19 Indiana 69 18 20.3 .389 .356 .719 2.9 2.4 .8 .3 10.2
Career 594 426 30.7 .440 .323 .757 4.6 4.8 1.2 .4 15.7

Playoffs[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015 New Orleans 4 4 31.3 .326 .182 .588 5.0 5.0 1.3 .3 10.0
2019 Indiana 4 0 21.0 .438 .550 .571 4.3 .8 .5 .3 15.3
Career 8 4 26.1 .385 .419 .581 4.6 2.9 .9 .3 12.6

College[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–09 Memphis 37 35 29.0 .455 .274 .711 5.4 3.9 2.1 .8 17.1
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