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New Orleans Pelicans | #12 | Guard

Antonio

Reeves

PPG

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RPG

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APG

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PIE

-100.0

HEIGHT

6'5" (1.96m)

WEIGHT

205lb (93kg)

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Kentucky

AGE

21 years

BIRTHDATE

November 20, 2002

DRAFT

2024 R2 Pick 47

EXPERIENCE

Rookie

6'5" | 205lb | 21 years

DRAFT

2024 R2 Pick 47

BIRTHDATE

November 20, 2002

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Kentucky

EXPERIENCE

Rookie

Player Bio

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Summer League (New Orleans: 2024): Appeared in all five games for the Pelicans, averaging 11.8 points, 2.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.0 steals per game while converting .412 from the floor, .320 from three-point range and .692 from the foul stripe.

BEFORE NBA

College (Illinois State/Kentucky 2019-2024): Attended Illinois State for two seasons (2019-2021) before transferring to Kentucky for three seasons (2021-2024)…Holds collegiate averages of 15.1 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 1.3 assists while shooting .452 from the floor, .384 from three-point range and .801 from the free throw line… Fifth Year (Kentucky: 2023-24): Started all 33 games for the Wildcats, averaging a team-high 31.4 minutes per game … Averaged 20.2 points per game, the most ever by a UK player under John Calipari… Finished the year shooting 51.2% from the field, 44.7% from 3-point range and 86.3% from the foul line, all career-best marks…The Sporting News: All-America Third Team … USBWA All-America Third Team … All-SEC First Team by the coaches and media … Jerry West Award Top 5 … Wooden Award Finalist … College Hoops Today (Rothstein) All-America Third Team … ESPN All-America Third Team … USBWA All-District 20 Team … Scored in double figures in 32 of 33 games this season, including 20 games with at least 20 points scored … Made 84 threes on the season, becoming just the second player in program history to have two seasons with 80 or more 3-pointers made … Led the team in scoring 15 times this season while also notching 15 games with three of more 3s made … Tallied a team high 27-points in NCAA Tournament vs. Oakland … Dropped 27 points in road win at No. 4 Tennessee, his seventh-straight game scoring 20 or more points … It was the longest streak of 20-point efforts by a UK player since Jamal Murray had 12-straight in 2016 … Was named AP Player of the Week and SEC Player of the Week following his performance at Tennessee … Tied career-high with six made 3s at Vanderbilt, scoring 24 points and grabbing six rebounds in the win … Senior (Kentucky: 2022-23): Named Southeastern Conference Sixth Man of the Year … Saw action in all 34 games, making 14 starts …. Ranked second on the team with 14.4 points per game while making a team-high 80 3-pointers … The 80 makes are the 12th most in a single season in UK history … Shot 39.8% from deep … Had four 20-plus-point performances off of the bench … Scored a career-high 37 points on 12 of 17 from the field and a perfect 11 for 11 from the free-throw line in win at Arkansas … Led the Cats with 22 points in season-opener against Howard, including going 6 of 12 from deep, the most made threes for a UK player in their debut…Junior (Illinois State: 2021-22): Started all 33 games … Averaged 20.1 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game … Converted 47% of his shots from the field, 39% from 3-point range and 82% from the free-throw line...Had 662 points in 33 games which was the fourth-most in Redbirds’ history … First Illinois State player to average at least 20 points per game in a season since 2001 … Named to the Missouri Valley Conference Second Team and was a team captain on the ALL-MVC Most Improved Team … A member of the All-District 16 team from the National Association of Basketball Coaches … Scored in double figures in 31 of 33 games … Had 18 games with 20 or more points, which was tied for the sixth-most in program history … Finished the season ranking 19th among all Division I scorers with 20.1 points per game … Sophomore (Illinois State: 2020-21): Played in 25 games during the season with 24 starts … Averaged 12.4 points per game… For the year he made 110-of-259 shots (42.5%) from the field and 33 of 108 (30.6%) from beyond the arc … Pulled down 82 rebounds (3.3 per game) with 36 assists (1.4 per game) and also had nine steals … His season-high of seven rebounds came in the season opener against Ohio State … Scored 20 or more points three times …Freshman (Illinois State: 2019-20): Was named to the MVC All-Bench Team … Played in 31 games (three starts)…Averaged 7.2 points and 2.5 rebounds per game during the season … Scored in double-figures 10 times during the season, including a season-high 17 points against Missouri State … Pulled down a season-high seven rebounds against Drake. High School: Was a three-star prospect out of Simeon High School in Chicago … Averaged 21.7 points, six boards and three assists per game … Was an All-City Second-Team selection … Began his high school career at Shadow Mountain High School in Phoenix … Played for Mike Bibby at Shadow Mountain and the squad went 25-2 overall and captured a state title … Averaged 14.0 points and 4.3 rebounds per game during the state title season.

PERSONAL LIFE

Parents are Dawn Coulter and Anthony Reeves…Has four siblings, Anthony Marshall, Alexis, Malik and Angelic…Majored is communication…He chose No. 12 because he’s been wearing it since his freshman season…Father is his life’s greatest influence…Lists Bad Boys as his favorite movie…Pregame playlist consists of hip hop music…Favorite former UK player is Tyler Herro…Off the court talent is drawing.