{{short description|American professional basketball player (born 1982)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Rickey Paulding | number = | image = Rickey Paulding Signierstunde (1).jpeg | position = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5 | weight_lb = 218 | league = | team = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|10|23}} | birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | high_school = Renaissance (Detroit, Michigan) | college = Missouri (2000–2004) | draft_year = 2004 | draft_round = 2 | draft_pick = 54 | draft_team = Detroit Pistons | career_start = 2004 | career_end = 2022 | career_position = Shooting guard, small forward | career_number = 23 | years1 = 2004–2005 | team1 = Hapoel Jerusalem | years2 = 2005–2006 | team2 = ASVEL | years3 = 2006–2007 | team3 = BCM Gravelines | years4 = 2007–2022 | team4 = Oldenburg | highlights = * 4× All-Bundesliga First Team (2008, 2009, 2013, 2016) * 4x All-Bundesliga Second Team (2017, 2018, 2020, 2021) * 8× German All-Star (2008, 2009, 2011–2013, 2016–2018) * Bundesliga champion (2009) * BBL–Pokal Winner (2015) * Bundesliga Finals MVP (2009) * 2× Second-team All–Big 12 (2003, 2004) *No. 23 retired by EWE Baskets Oldenburg }}
'''Rickey Paulding''' (born October 23, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Missouri.
==Early career== Paulding attended Renaissance High School in Detroit. In his senior season, he averaged 25.3 points per game, and 12 rebounds per game, and led his team to a 27–3 record. He was an honorable mention All-USA selection during that season as well.
==College career== In his collegiate career, Paulding scored 1,200 points and grabbed 300 rebounds.{{Citation needed|date=March 2007}} Paulding scored 37 points and making an astounding nine threes against Dwyane Wade, Travis Diener and the Marquette Golden Eagles in the Tigers' loss in the second round of the NCAA tournament his junior year. He opted to return for his senior season.{{Citation needed|date=March 2007}}
==Professional career== Paulding was drafted 54th overall in the second round of the 2004 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons. Paulding averaged 12.2 points per game in the NBA Summer League for the Pistons.
At the end of 2021–22 season, he has decided to retire from professional basketball.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/news/2022/mai/paulding-king-say-farewell-pjc-mvp-giessen-relegated-berlin-bamberg-keep-charging|title=Paulding, King say farewell|last=|first=|date=May 3, 2022|website=easycredit-bbl.de|publisher=Sportando|language=En|access-date=May 3, 2022}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
===Bundesliga=== {| class="wikitable" |- | style="background:#AFE6BA; width:3em;"| |Denotes season in which Paulding's team won the Bundesliga championship |- |style="background:#CFECEC; width:1em"| |Led the league |} '''Regular Season''' <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/statistiken/spieler/spieler-statistiken/ |title=easyCredit - Spieler-Statistiken |website=www.easycredit-bbl.de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729030823/http://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/statistiken/spieler/spieler-statistiken/ |archive-date=2016-07-29}}</ref> {{Euroleague player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2007–08 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 34 || 31 || 32.5 || .489 || .389 || .695 || 3.5 || 1.5 || 1.2 || '''1.9''' || 12.5 || 11.6 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;" | 2008–09 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 34 || 34 || 33.1 || .509 || '''.450''' || .742 || '''4.4''' || 1.8 || '''1.5''' || 0.4 || 14.8 || '''15.1''' |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2009–10 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 33 || 33 || 33.3 || .435 || .351 || .731 || 3.2 || 2.3 || 1.0 || 0.6 || 13.5 || 11.8 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2010–11 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 34 || 33 || style="background:#cfecec;"| '''35.2''' || .425 || .302 || .806 || 4.1 || 2.3 || 1.0 || 0.4 || 12.6 || 11.9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2011–12 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 34 || 34 || 31.1 || .468 || .402 || .836 || 3.8 || 1.8 || 0.7 || 0.5 || 12.4 || 12.2 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2012–13 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 34 || 34 || 27.0 || .484 || .423 || .795 || 3.4 || 1.9 || 0.9 || 0.2 || 12.4 || 12.3 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2013–14 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 34 || 34 || 27.5 || .467 || .439 || .800 || 3.9 || 2.2 || 0.9 || 0.3 || 13.9 || 13.8 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2014–15 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 34 || 34 || 26.6 || .477 || .409 || .762 || 3.4 || 2.7 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 11.2 || 11.8 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2015–16 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 33 || 33 || 30.2 || .500 || .408 || .744 || 3.0 || '''3.0''' || 0.8 || 0.4 || 13.2 || 13.2 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2016–17 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 32 || 32 || 31.3 || .480|| .423 || .841 || 2.8 || 2.1 || 0.8 || 0.2 || '''16.0''' || 13.5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2017–18 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 34 || 34 || 31.1 || .487 || .345 || .883 || 3.2 || 1.8 || 1.0 || 0.2 || 14.7 || 14.3 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2018–19 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 34 || 34 || 30.5 || .487 || .397 || .893 || 3.7 || 1.8 || 0.9 || 0.5 || 13.2 || 14.1 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2019–20 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 20 || 20 || 30.0 || .459 || .333 || '''.896''' || 2.6 || 1.4 || 0.7 || 0.2 || 15.8 || 12.4 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2020–21 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 34 || 34 || 25.8 || .499 || .383 || .825 || 2.4 || 1.2 || 0.9 || 0.2 || 15.5 || 13.1 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2021–22 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 34 || 19 || 26.3 || '''.584''' || .374 || .860 || 2.6 || 1.6 || 1.1 || 0.2 || 11.9 || 11.4 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 492 || 473 || 30.3 || .480 || .390 || .805 || 3.4 || 2.0 || 0.9 || 0.3 || 13.5 || 12.8 |}
'''Playoffs''' {{Euroleague player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2007–08 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 8 || 8 || 36.9 || .506 || .345 || .579 || 4.4 || 1.3 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 13.4 || 12.3 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;" | 2008–09 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 12 || 12 || 36.5 || .493 || .493 || .732 || 4.3 || 1.2 || 1.3 || 0.1 || 17.9 || 15.3 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2009–10 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 4 || 4 || 35.5 || .688 || .191 || .739 || 1.8 || 1.5 || 1.3 || 0.0 || 12.8 || 8.8 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2010–11 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 5 || 5 || 35.6 || .435 || .333 || .783 || 3.0 || 2.8 || 1.2 || 0.8 || 13.2 || 12.8 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2012–13 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 11 || 11 || 35.6 || .465 || .420 || .941 || 2.9 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 11.7 || 10.2 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2013–14 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 10 || 10 || 32.7 || .390 || .229 || .647 || 4.3 || 1.3 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 10.8 || 9.0 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2014–15 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 3 || 3 || 33.3 || .400 || .364 || .933 || 2.7 || 2.3 || 0.7 || 0.0 || 12.7 || 10.7 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2015–16 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 4 || 4 || 33.8 || .574 || .483 || .824 || 2.3 || 1.5 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 22.5 || 18.8 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2016–17 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 12 || 12 || 32.2 || .497 || .444 || .816 || 2.3 || 3.3 || 0.9 || 0.1 || 16.6 || 15.6 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2017–18 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 5 || 5 || 34.7 || .500 || .421 || .700 || 4.4 || 1.2 || 1.4 || 0.0 || 17.2 || 15.2 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2018–19 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 6 || 6 || 33.8 || .450 || .310 || .778 || 4.7 || 1.8 || 1.3 || 0.2 || 12.8 || 13.7 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2019–20 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 8 || 8 || 26.7 || .361 || .273 || .783 || 2.1 || 1.9 || 0.1 || 0.4 || 10.9 || 7.1 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2020–21 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 4 || 4 || 29.0 || .418 || .261 || .813 || 2.5 || 2.0 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 16.3 || 12.8 |}
'''BBL-Pokal''' {{Euroleague player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;" | 2015 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 2 || 2 || 29.3 || .471 || .406 || .807 || 3.4 || 2.7 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 7.0 || 11.7 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2016 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 1 || 1 || 30.0 || .500 || .000 || 1.000 || 4.0 || 2.9 || 0.8 || 0.4 || 14.2 || 13.8 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2019 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 1 || 1 || 32.7 || .636 || .667 || .000 || 5.0 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 0.4 || 18.0 || 14.0 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2020 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 4 || 4 || 30.8 || .429 || .571 || .867 || 3.5 || 2.3 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 13.5 || 12.0 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2021 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 2 || 2 || 24.6 || .417 || .364 || .000 || 2.5 || 2.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 12.0 || 8.5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2022 | style="text-align:left;" | Oldenburg | 1|| 1 || 32.2 || .380 || .500 || 1.000 || 3.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 10.0 || 10.0 |}
==Awards and honors== thumb|"Pauldingburg", honored in Oldenburg at the EWE Arena *2003 Wooden Award pre-season finalist *2003 Second Team All Big 12 *Scored 36 points in the NCAA Tournament against Marquette. *Made 9 three-point field goals against Marquette *7th Highest all time scorer at Mizzou. *Most points ever scored on former NBA player Dwyane Wade in a single NCAA game. *Starter for the Northern All-Star Team in the Basketball Bundesliga All-Star Games 2009–2011. *2009 BBL Finals MVP after leading EWE Baskets Oldenburg to the league title. *Most Likeable Player/Pascal Roller Award of the 2008/2009, 2016/2017, 2017/2018 and 2021/2022 Basketball Bundesliga Seasons
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://mutigers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/paulding_rickey01.html Missouri Tigers bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212104058/http://mutigers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/paulding_rickey01.html |date=February 12, 2009 }}
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