Sam Dekker

Sam Dekker

Dekker with Wisconsin in 2012
No. 7 – Houston Rockets
Position Small forward / Power forward
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1994-05-06) May 6, 1994
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school Sheboygan Lutheran
(Sheboygan, Wisconsin)
College Wisconsin (2012–2015)
NBA draft 2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 18th overall
Selected by the Houston Rockets
Playing career 2015–present
Career history
2015–present Houston Rockets
2016 →Rio Grande Valley Vipers
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing the  United States
FIBA Americas U18 Championship
2012 Brazil Team

Samuel Thomas Dekker (born May 6, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Dekker attended Sheboygan Lutheran High School in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Coming out of high school, Dekker was a very highly rated prospect by several sites, including ESPN and Rivals. He played college basketball for the Wisconsin Badgers. After finishing college on a championship game run in the 2015 NCAA Tournament, Dekker was a very highly rated NBA draft prospect[1][2] and was selected by the Houston Rockets with the 18th overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft.[3] Dekker is dating ESPN sideline reporter Olivia Harlan based on Instagram posts showing the two together in LA after the Rockets played the Lakers on October 26.[4]

High school career

Dekker was named the Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year following his senior season. He was also named 2012 Parade All-American, AP first team all-state and Wisconsin Basketball Coaches' Association's Mr. Basketball Award. He led Sheboygan Lutheran to the school's first ever WIAA state title. Dekker scored 40 points, including the last 12, in the state title game including the game-winning three-point shot after dribbling the length of the court with two seconds left.[5]

Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Sam Dekker
SF		 Sheboygan, WI Sheboygan Lutheran 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jun 15, 2010 
Scout:5/5 stars   Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports:5/5 stars    ESPN:5/5 stars
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 4 (SF)   Rivals: 3 (SF)  ESPN: 4 (SF)
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

College career

Freshman season

Dekker played in 35 games (3 starts) as a freshman on the Wisconsin Badgers. He is one of only four true freshman to start under Bo Ryan joining Devin Harris, Alando Tucker and Josh Gasser. He earned Big Ten All-Freshman team recognition as well as honorable mention All-Big Ten honors. He was also two-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week (January 14 and March 4, 2013). Dekker scored a season high 19 points against Arkansas on November 24, 2012 and Nebraska on February 26, 2013.[5]

Sophomore season

Before the season, Dekker was named to the Wooden Award and Naismith Trophy watch lists.[6]

At the conclusion of the regular season, Dekker was named to the Second Team All-Big Ten by the coaches and Third Team All-Big Ten by the media.[7]

Junior season

Before the season, Dekker was named to the Wooden Award and Naismith Trophy watch lists.

At the conclusion of the regular season, Dekker was named to the Second Team All-Big Ten by the coaches and by the media. But he really only took off in the NCAA Tournament. In the Sweet 16 against the number four seeded North Carolina Tar Heels, Dekker scored a career high 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the 1-seed Wisconsin to a 79-72 victory. In the Elite 8 against the number 2-seeded Arizona Wildcats, Dekker again came up big, scoring a new career high 27 points, including 5 of the Badgers's 10 second-half threes, the final of which is now known nationally as the "Dekker Dagger" shot because it sealed the win for Wisconsin. For these efforts, he was named West Regional Most Outstanding Player during the 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In the Final Four game against the heavily favored and undefeated Kentucky Wildcats, Dekker came through with another huge game, scoring 16 points, including the three that gave Wisconsin the lead for good. The Badgers finished second in the NCAA tournament after losing to Duke in the championship game.[8] A week later, Dekker declared for the 2015 NBA draft, forgoing his final year of college eligibility.[9]

College statistics

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 Wisconsin 35 3 22.3 .478 .391 .690 3.4 1.3 0.7 0.4 9.6
2013–14 Wisconsin 38 38 29.8 .469 .326 .686 6.1 1.4 0.8 0.6 12.4
2014–15 Wisconsin 40 40 31.0 .525 .331 .708 5.5 1.2 0.5 0.5 13.9
Career 113 81 27.9 .494 .348 .695 5.0 1.3 0.7 0.5 12.1

Professional career

Houston Rockets (2015–present)

On June 25, 2015, Dekker was selected by the Houston Rockets with the 18th overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft.[3][10] On July 7, he signed his rookie scale contract with the Rockets[11][12] but subsequently missed the entire 2015 NBA Summer League due to a back injury.[13] He appeared in all eight of the Rockets' preseason games, but managed game time in just three of the team's first 11 regular season games.[14] On November 18, 2015, he was ruled out for three months after requiring back surgery.[15] On February 19, 2016, he was assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, the Rockets' D-League affiliate, on a rehab assignment.[16] He was recalled by the Rockets on February 22.[17] He has since had two more assignments to the Vipers.[18]

National team career

In the summer of 2012, Dekker was on the under-18 United States national team that defeated Brazil for the gold medal in the FIBA Americas championship, but his play was limited due to an injury.[19]

NBA 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

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015–16 Houston 3 0 2.0 .000 .000 .000 .3 .0 .3 .0 .0
Career 3 0 2.0 .000 .000 .000 .3 .0 .3 .0 .0

References

  1. ↑ Ogden, Maxwell (June 28, 2013). "2014 NBA Mock Draft: Early Projections for entire 1st Round". Bleacher Report. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Draft Express 2014 NBA Draft Rankings". DraftExpress.com. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  3. 1 2 DeLong, Katie (June 25, 2015). "NBA Draft: Houston Rockets select former Badgers forward Sam Dekker at #21". WITI-FOX6. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Instagram from Sam Dekker".
  5. 1 2 "Sam Dekker Wisconsin Badgers profile". UWBadgers.com. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Dekker named to Naismith Trophy Watch List". UWBadgers.com. November 21, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Big Ten Announces 2014 Men's Basketball Postseason Honors: Michigan's Stauskas named Big Ten Player of the Year". BigTen.org. CBS Interactive. March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  8. ↑ Vinnie Duber (April 7, 2015). "On off night, Sam Dekker blames himself for Badgers' defeat". csnchicago.com. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Wisconsin's Sam Dekker headed to NBA draft". USA Today. April 10, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Rockets Draft Dekker and Harrell". NBA.com. June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Dekker signs contract with Houston Rockets". The Sheboygan Press. July 7, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  12. ↑ Berman, Mark (July 8, 2015). "Rockets, Sam Dekker reach contract agreement". my FOX Houston. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  13. ↑ Feigen, Jonathan (July 13, 2015). "Injuries forcing Rockets to adjust summer league plans for Sam Dekker & Co.". Chron.com. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Sam Dekker 2015-16 Game Log". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  15. ↑ Goodman, Jeff (November 17, 2015). "Sources: Sam Dekker to have back surgery, miss about 3 months". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Rockets Assign Sam Dekker to Rio Grande Valley". OurSportsCentral.com. February 19, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Roster Update: Rockets Recall Sam Dekker from...". Twitter. February 22, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  18. ↑ "2015-16 NBA Assignments". NBA.com. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  19. ↑ Markus, Don (February 22, 2015). "Against old teammate, Terps' Jake Layman seeks to show he belongs". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
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