Buddy Hield information

Buddy Hield
Buddy Hield
Bahamian Ambassador-at-Large for Sports And Cultural Development
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; February 16, 2024
Prime Minister	Philip "Brave" Davis
Preceded by	Position established

Buddy Hield
	Hield with the Indiana Pacers in 2022
No. 17 – Philadelphia 76ers
Position	Small forward / shooting guard
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	December 17, 1992 (age 31); Freeport, Bahamas
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Jack Hayward (Freeport, Bahamas); Sunrise Christian Academy; (Wichita, Kansas);
College	Oklahoma (2012–2016)
NBA draft	2016: 1st round, 6th overall pick
	Selected by the New Orleans Pelicans
Playing career	2016–present
Career history
2016–2017	New Orleans Pelicans
2017–2022	Sacramento Kings
2022–2024	Indiana Pacers
2024–present	Philadelphia 76ers
Career highlights and awards
	NBA All-Rookie First Team (2017); NBA Three-Point Contest champion (2020); Naismith College Player of the Year (2016); John R. Wooden Award (2016); Oscar Robertson Trophy (2016); Sporting News College Player of the Year (2016); Consensus first-team All-American (2016); Third-team All-American – AP, NABC (2015); Jerry West Award (2016); 2× Big 12 Player of the Year (2015, 2016); 2× First-team All-Big 12 (2015, 2016); Second-team All-Big 12 (2014);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Chavano Rainer "Buddy" Hield^[1] (born December 17, 1992)^[2] is a Bahamian professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners and was named the Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016.^[3]^[4] In 2016, he received four major national player of the year awards—the John R. Wooden Award, the Naismith Award, Sporting News Player of the Year, and the Oscar Robertson Trophy. Hield was selected with the sixth overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft by the New Orleans Pelicans and was traded to the Sacramento Kings for DeMarcus Cousins in 2017. He was dealt to the Indiana Pacers in a package for Domantas Sabonis in 2022. In February of 2024 he was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers.

^ Baker, Katie (November 28, 2018). "The Ballad of Buddy Buckets". Retrieved February 28, 2019. Chavano Rainer Hield, a.k.a. Buddy, also grew up a runner
^ Ham, James (December 20, 2018). "Buddy Hield is 26, not 25, as Kings guard reveals age incorrectly listed". nbcsports.com. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
^ "Buddy Hield Player Profile". RealGM. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
^ "Buddy Hield Biography". SoonerSports.com. Retrieved March 12, 2015.

[1] Baker, Katie (November 28, 2018). "The Ballad of Buddy Buckets". Retrieved February 28, 2019. Chavano Rainer Hield, a.k.a. Buddy, also grew up a runner

[2] Ham, James (December 20, 2018). "Buddy Hield is 26, not 25, as Kings guard reveals age incorrectly listed". nbcsports.com. Retrieved December 21, 2018.

[profile-3] "Buddy Hield Player Profile". RealGM. Retrieved March 12, 2015.

[bio-4] "Buddy Hield Biography". SoonerSports.com. Retrieved March 12, 2015.

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Buddy Hield

Bahamian Ambassador-at-Large for Sports And Cultural Development
Incumbent
Assumed office February 16, 2024
Prime Minister	Philip "Brave" Davis
Preceded by	Position established