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New Orleans Pelicans | #5 | Forward

Kevon Looney

PPG

4.5

RPG

6.1

APG

1.6

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HEIGHT

6'9" (2.06m)

WEIGHT

222lb (101kg)

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

UCLA

AGE

29 years

BIRTHDATE

February 6, 1996

DRAFT

2015 R1 Pick 30

EXPERIENCE

10 Years

6'9" | 222lb | 29 years

DRAFT

2015 R1 Pick 30

BIRTHDATE

February 6, 1996

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

UCLA

EXPERIENCE

10 Years

Player Bio

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Selected by the Golden State Warriors in the first round (30th overall) of the 2015 NBA Draft … Heading into 2019-20 season, he appeared in 204 career games, averaging 4.5 points (.595 FG%, .192 3P%, .593 FT%), 3.8 rebounds, 1.0 assists in 14.0 minutes per game in four seasons with the Golden State Warriors … Two-time NBA champion with Golden State (2017, 2018).

BEFORE NBA

In only college season, appeared in 36 games (all starts) as a freshman at UCLA, averaging 11.6 points (.470 FG%, team-high .415 3P%), a team-high 9.2 rebounds (second in the Pac-12), 1.4 assists and 1.28 steals in 30.9 minutes per game … Earned Second Team All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Freshman Team accolades .. Named to the NABC All-District 20 Second Team and was a CBS Sports Second Team Freshman All-America selection … Scored in double figures 25 times and 20-or-more points twice … Recorded 15 double-doubles, leading all freshmen in the nation.

PERSONAL LIFE

Full name is Kevon Grant Looney (pronounced keh-VON LOO-nee)... Son of Doug and Victoria Looney... Has an older brother, Kevin, and an older sister, Summer... Competed for the Milwaukee Running Rebels AAU team and worked as a youth basketball instructor and peer tutor on behalf of the Running Rebels Community Organization and the Milwaukee Violence Free Zone Initiative... Four-year varsity letterwinner at Hamilton High School in Milwaukee... Named the 2014 Gatorade Player of the Year and Associated Press Player of the Year in the state of Wisconsin as a senior after averaging 27.9 points, 12.7 rebounds, 7.0 assists and 8.0 blocks per game... Named Mr. Basketball by the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association as a senior.