![]() He was highly recruited and selected the Oklahoma Sooners over the Kansas Jayhawks. In the 2011-2012 season, his senior year, Hield averaged 22.7 points on. In 2011, during Hield's junior year at Sunrise Christian he led the team to the National Association of Christian Athletes national championship, getting named the MVP of the tourney. ![]() Former Wichita State assistant and then-Sunrise coach Kyle Lindsted recruited the 6-foot 4-inch (1.93 m) guard. Īfter his performances in The Bahamas, Hield was recruited to attend Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel Aire, a basketball prep school in a suburb of Wichita, Kansas. For his exploits, Hield was named an All Bahamian Brand All Bahamian Selection. Hield showed his early ability to lead his team from a young age by taking his Jack Hayward High School basketball team to the championship of the Providence Holiday Tournament on a buzzer-beater and also leading his team to win the Grand Bahamas High School Championships. Hield, as a young eighth-grader, was rated by the All Bahamian Brand as the best eighth-grader in the Bahamas and one to watch. Hield was first featured in high school by The All Bahamian Brand, a basketball magazine from the Bahamas. Hield received his nickname from his mother after Bud Bundy of the sitcom Married. He was fifth of seven children of his mother Jackie Braynen. Hield grew up in Eight Mile Rock, a coastal region west of Freeport, in the West Grand Bahama district in the Bahamas. He was dealt to the Indiana Pacers in a package for Domantas Sabonis in 2022. 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. Wooden Award, the Naismith Award, Sporting News Player of the Year, and the Oscar Robertson Trophy. In 2016, he received four major national player of the year awards-the John R. He played college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners and was named the Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 20. 2× Big 12 Player of the Year (2015, 2016)Ĭhavano Rainer " Buddy" Hield (born December 17, 1992) is a Bahamian professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).Third-team All-American – AP, NABC ( 2015).Consensus first-team All-American ( 2016).Sporting News College Player of the Year (2016).Naismith College Player of the Year (2016).NBA Three-Point Contest champion ( 2020).
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