Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
Kentavious Tannell Caldwell-Pope (/kɛnˈteɪviəs/; born February 18, 1993), also known by his initials KCP, is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named a McDonald's All-American as one of the top high school basketball players in the class of 2011. He played college basketball for two years with the Georgia Bulldogs in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and was voted the SEC Player of the Year as a sophomore in 2013.
Caldwell-Pope with the Washington Wizards in 2022 | |
| No. 5 – Denver Nuggets | |
|---|---|
| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | February 18, 1993 Thomaston, Georgia, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight | 204 lb (93 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Greenville (Greenville, Georgia) |
| College | Georgia (2011–2013) |
| NBA draft | 2013: 1st round, 8th overall pick |
| Selected by the Detroit Pistons | |
| Playing career | 2013–present |
| Career history | |
| 2013–2017 | Detroit Pistons |
| 2017–2021 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2021–2022 | Washington Wizards |
| 2022–present | Denver Nuggets |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Caldwell-Pope was selected with the eighth overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons. He played four seasons with the Pistons before joining the Los Angeles Lakers as a free agent in 2017–18. He won his first NBA championship with the Lakers in 2020. He spent a season with the Washington Wizards after having been traded there from the Lakers in August 2021, and was then subsequently traded to the Nuggets in July 2022, where he won his second NBA championship in 2023.