Earl Genard Calloway (born September 30, 1983) is an American-born naturalized Bulgarian professional basketball player for the Ottawa Blackjacks of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL).
 Calloway with Uşak Sportif in 2017 | |
| No. 7 – Ottawa Blackjacks | |
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| Position | Point guard |
| League | CEBL |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 30, 1983 Atlanta, Georgia |
| Nationality | Bulgarian / American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Westlake (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| College |
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| NBA draft | 2007: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2007–present |
| Career history | |
| 2007–2008 | Fort Wayne Mad Ants |
| 2008–2009 | Cibona |
| 2009–2012 | Cajasol |
| 2012–2014 | Unicaja |
| 2014–2016 | Gaziantep |
| 2016–2017 | İstanbul BB |
| 2017–2018 | Uşak Sportif |
| 2018–2019 | Afyon Belediye |
| 2019–2020 | Obradoiro |
| 2021–present | Ottawa Blackjacks |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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High school career
editCalloway played high school basketball at Westlake High School, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was a member of the 1999 GHSA State Championship team at Westlake with former NFL players Adam "Pac-Man" Jones, Keyaron Fox as well as a member of the 2002 State Championship Team.
College career
editCalloway played college basketball at New Mexico State from 2002 to 2003, at Georgia Perimeter College from 2004 to 2005 and at Indiana University with Indiana Hoosiers from 2005 to 2007.
Career overview
editAfter going undrafted in the 2007 NBA draft, Calloway joined Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Development League. He led his team in scoring with 19 points per game and was sixth in the league with 5.8 assists and fourth with 2.1 steals per game. He also contributed 5.1 rebounds per game and was named team MVP at the end of the season.
The next season, he signed with Cibona Zagreb.[1] With Cibona, he won the Croatian League and the Croatian Cup.
On August 3, 2009, Calloway joined Cajasol on a one-year deal.[2] In his first season with Cajasol, he averaged 9.4 points and 4.2 assists in 36 Spanish League games. On July 23, 2010, he extended his contract until the end of the 2011–12 season.[3]
From 2012 to 2014 he played with Unicaja.[4]
In July 2014, he signed a two-year deal with the Turkish team Royal Halı Gaziantep.[5]
On August 24, 2016, Calloway signed with İstanbul BB for the 2016–17 season.[6]
On October 25, 2017, Calloway signed with Uşak Sportif.[7]
On July 8, 2019, Calloway signed with the Spanish club Monbus Obradoiro.[8]
On June 24, 2020, he has signed with Rouen Métropole Basket of the French Pro B.[9] However, on August 16 it was announced that he was suffering from a knee problem and would not join the team.[10]
On May 19, 2021, Calloway signed with the Ottawa Blackjacks of the Canadian Elite Basketball League.[11]
The Basketball Tournament (TBT) (2016–present)
editIn the summers of 2016 and 2017, Calloway played in The Basketball Tournament on ESPN for team Trained To Go. He competed for the $2 million prize, and in 2016, averaged 5.3 points per game. In 2017, Calloway and team Trained To Go lost in the first round of the tournament to the Broad Street Brawlers 108–95.[12]
Bulgaria national team
editCalloway has citizenship with Bulgaria,[13] and he played with the senior men's Bulgaria national basketball team at the qualification tournament for EuroBasket 2011.
Euroleague career statistics
edit| 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 | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–09 | Cibona | 16 | 16 | 29.6 | .507 | .333 | .842 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 1.6 | .0 | 12.6 | 13.8 |
| 2012–13 | Unicaja | 23 | 19 | 25.0 | .497 | .443 | .733 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 1.2 | .2 | 9.3 | 11.3 |
| 2013–14 | Unicaja | 22 | 17 | 19.5 | .422 | .362 | .933 | 2.1 | 2.9 | .8 | .1 | 6.7 | 7.1 |
| Career | 61 | 52 | 24.2 | .477 | .391 | .824 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.2 | .1 | 9.2 | 10.5 |
References
edit- ^ "Earl Calloway signs with Cibona Zagreb". Insidethehall.com. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ "Earl Calloway new player of Cajasol". Sportando.com. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ "Cajasol extends Earl Calloway". Eurocupbasketball.com. Retrieved 4 June 2016.[dead link]
- ^ "Unicaja announces Earl Calloway". euroleague.net. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ "Gaziantep signs Earl Calloway to a two-year deal". Sportando.com. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ "Istanbul BSB lands Earl Calloway". Sportando.com. August 24, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
- ^ "Usak Sportif signs Earl Calloway". Sportando.com. October 25, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
- ^ "Obradoiro signs Earl Calloway". Sportando. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ "Rouen Metropole Basket signs Earl Calloway". Sportando. June 24, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ "Rouen, Earl Calloway part ways". Sportando. August 16, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ^ "Ottawa BlackJacks Sign Veteran Guard Earl Calloway". TheBlackjacks.ca. May 19, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
- ^ "Bracket | The Basketball Tournament". www.thetournament.com. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
- ^ "Earl Calloway to get Bulgaria passport". Sportando.com. Retrieved 4 July 2014.