Tyler Hansbrough

Tyler Hansbrough

Hansbrough on the court of the Dean Smith Center in 2008
Free agent
Position Power forward / Center
Personal information
Born (1985-11-03) November 3, 1985
Columbia, Missouri
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school Poplar Bluff (Poplar Bluff, Missouri)
College North Carolina (2005–2009)
NBA draft 2009 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13th overall
Selected by the Indiana Pacers
Playing career 2009–present
Career history
2009–2013 Indiana Pacers
2013–2015 Toronto Raptors
2015–2016 Charlotte Hornets
Career highlights and awards

Andrew Tyler Hansbrough (born November 3, 1985) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The most decorated and honored player in North Carolina Tar Heels history, Hansbrough was the first player in ACC history to not only be named First Team All-ACC four times, but to also be named to a First Team All-American squad in each of his four seasons. He was also named ACC Rookie of the Year in 2006 and ACC Player of the Year in 2008, while sweeping all national player of the year awards that year as well. Following his college career, he was selected by the Indiana Pacers with the 13th overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft. He played four seasons for the Pacers before joining the Toronto Raptors in 2013. After two seasons with the Raptors, he joined the Charlotte Hornets for the 2015–16 season.

High school career

Hansbrough attended Poplar Bluff High School in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, where he led the Mules to back-to-back state championships and scored more than 2,500 career points. He had 29 points, 16 rebounds and two blocks in a 72–56 win over Vashon High in the state Class 5 championship game on March 12, 2005, ending the opposition's 60-game win streak.[1] He averaged 28.2 points and 13.4 rebounds as a senior. In addition being named Gatorade Player of the Year in Missouri, he was named a McDonald's and Parade All-America. He had 15 points and eight rebounds in the McDonald's All-America game, and had 24 points and nine rebounds and was named co-MVP of the Jordan Brand Classic.[2]

On April 9, 2005, Hansbrough scored 31 points in a 106–98 USA win over the World Select Team in the Nike Hoop Summit in Memphis, Tennessee, tying the USA record for points in the game.[2]

College career

Freshman season

As a freshman at North Carolina in 2005–06, Hansbrough became the only player in ACC history to earn First Team All-America honors as a freshman. He was honored so by The Sporting News and Rupp,[3] and was named third-team All-America by the Associated Press, NABC and Basketball Times. He was only the third ACC freshman to earn AP All-America honors, joining Kenny Anderson and Stephon Marbury of Georgia Tech. He was selected the National Freshman of the Year by USBWA, ESPN.com, The Sporting News and Basketball Times, and earned unanimous selection as the ACC Rookie of the Year and was the first freshman to earn unanimous first-team All-ACC honors in league history.[4]

Hansbrough had the highest scoring average ever by a Tar Heel freshman at 18.9 per game, good for second in the ACC in scoring. He also led the ACC in offensive rebounds (3.58 per game). He became the first Tar Heel freshman to lead the team in scoring and rebounding, and was the first Tar Heel (and seventh ACC player) to lead his team in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage and steals in the same season.[2]

Hansbrough's best game as a freshman came on February 15, 2006, when he scored 40 points in a home game against Georgia Tech. Hansbrough set the Dean Smith Center scoring record, as well as the ACC's freshman scoring record. Hansbrough broke the program's freshman mark of 31 points, and broke Joseph Forte's arena record of 38 points set in 2000–01. Hansbrough surpassed the previous ACC freshman mark of 38 points by Clemson's Skip Wise in November 1974, and became just the eighth Tar Heel to score at least 40 in a game.[5]

Sophomore season

A consensus first-team All-American as a sophomore in 2006–07, Hansbrough was voted UNC's Most Valuable Player by his teammates and coaches. He was a unanimous first-team All-ACC selection for the second consecutive year and led UNC (fourth in the ACC) in scoring with an average of 18.4 points per game. He led the team and was second in the ACC in rebounds (7.9 per game) and grabbed double figures in rebounds 11 times. He was sixth in the ACC in field goal percentage and ninth in free throw percentage, and was one of three players (along with Florida State's Al Thornton and BC's Jared Dudley) to rank in the Top 10 in both field goal and free throw accuracy.[2]

On March 4, 2007, Hansbrough had 26 points and 17 rebounds before suffering an injury that looked worse than it really was in the closing seconds of the Tar Heels' 86–72 win over Duke, clinching the top seed in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. With 14.5 seconds left in the game, Hansbrough leaped for a layup. After the ball left his hand, he was struck in the face by Gerald Henderson's right elbow. The errant elbow broke Hansbrough's nose. Henderson was ejected from the game and received an automatic one-game suspension from the NCAA.[6] Hansbrough went on to play with a nose-guard/face mask through the postseason, before taking it off in the second half of a game against Michigan State, in the second round of the 2007 NCAA tournament.

Junior season

As a junior in 2007–08, Hansbrough was named the consensus National Player of the Year (NPOY). He became the 11th Tar Heel to earn NPOY honors and was the fourth player in ACC history to win National Player of the Year, ACC Player of the Year, ACC Tournament MVP and NCAA Regional MVP honors in the same season. He was voted the ACC Male Athlete of the Year, only the third Tar Heel to win the award in 24 years, and became the third player in ACC history to be unanimously selected three times to the All-ACC team, joining North Carolina State's David Thompson (1973–75) and Duke's Art Heyman (1961–63).[7]

Hansbrough tied the ACC single-season record by scoring in double figures in 39 games, and scored 882 points, second-most in school history, and the most since Lennie Rosenbluth had 895 in 1956–57. Hansbrough was second in total points in the NCAA behind Davidson's Stephen Curry (931), and had 399 rebounds, a UNC single-season record. He led the ACC in scoring and rebounding and ranked 12th nationally in scoring and 17th in rebounding, becoming the first player to lead the ACC in both categories since Antawn Jamison in 1997–98. Hansbrough's average of 22.6 points per game was the highest average by a Tar Heel since Charlie Scott (27.1 ppg) in 1969–70. With 10.2 rebounds per game, he became the seventh Tar Heel to lead the ACC in rebounding and just the third Tar Heel in 30 years to average a double-double.[2]

On February 3, 2008, in a game against Florida State, Hansbrough broke Lennie Rosenbluth's 51-year-old school record for made free throws.[8] In the ACC semifinals on March 15, 2008, Hansbrough hit a baseline jump shot with 0.8 seconds remaining to give the Tar Heels a 68–66 victory over Virginia Tech.[9]

Senior season

Hansbrough is congratulated after setting the new school scoring record

Hansbrough was the Tar Heels' co-MVP with Ty Lawson as a senior in 2008–09. He finished third in the ACC Player of the Year balloting behind Lawson and Florida State's Toney Douglas, after finishing the year second in the ACC in scoring at 20.7 points per game and sixth in field goal percentage, free throw percentage and rebounding. He made a career-best 28 straight free throws early in the season and shot a career-best 84.1 percent from the free throw line, improving his free throw accuracy for a third straight season. He scored 18 points in each of North Carolina's Final Four wins against Villanova and Michigan State and was subsequently named to the All-Final Four team.[2]

Due to right shin and left ankle ailments, Hansbrough missed four games early on in the 2008–09 season, the first he had missed as a Tar Heel. On December 18, 2008, in a home game against Evansville, Hansbrough broke North Carolina's all-time career scoring record, surpassing a 30-year-old mark held by Phil Ford (2,290 points).[10] Ten days later, Hansbrough grabbed his 1,000th career rebound in a game against Rutgers, becoming one of seven UNC players to record 1,000 career rebounds. On February 28, 2009, Hansbrough made his 906th career free throw in UNC's 104–74 win over Georgia Tech, breaking Dickie Hemric's (Wake Forest) NCAA record, set in 1955. Hansbrough finished his career with 982 made free throws.[11]

Hansbrough became the first player in ACC history to earn first-team All-America and first-team All-ACC honors in each of his four seasons. He was one of only three ACC players (with Lawson and Jeff Teague) to be a USBWA Player of the Year finalist and on the Naismith and Wooden mid-season lists. He also became the fifth player in ACC history to lead his school in scoring in four straight seasons (with Virginia's Jeff Lamp 1978–81, Georgia Tech's Mark Price 1983–86, Duke's Johnny Dawkins 1983–86, and Clemson's Greg Buckner 1995–98).

Hansbrough finished his career with a league-record 2,872 points and a school-record 1,219 rebounds to go with the NCAA record of 982 made free throws.[12]

College statistics

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2005–06 North Carolina 31 30 30.4 .570 .500 .739 7.8 1.3 1.2 .7 18.9
2006–07 North Carolina 38 38 29.9 .525 .250 .768 7.9 1.2 1.1 .4 18.4
2007–08 North Carolina 39 39 33.0 .540 .000 .806 10.2 .9 1.5 .4 22.6
2008–09 North Carolina 34 34 30.3 .514 .391 .849 8.1 1.0 1.2 .4 20.7
Career 142 141 31.0 .536 .316 .791 8.6 1.1 1.3 .5 20.2

Career highs

Hansbrough walking back to the players' tunnel after his jersey retirement ceremony on February 10, 2010.

Jersey retirement

In 2008, Hansbrough swept all major individual honors in men's college basketball. For a North Carolina men's player to be eligible to have his jersey retired, he must win at least one of six national player of the year awards: Associated Press, U.S. Basketball Writers Association, National Association of Basketball Coaches, Sporting News, Naismith, and Wooden. Since Hansbrough won all six,[13] he had his number 50 retired during half time against Duke on February 10, 2010.[12]

Professional career

Indiana Pacers (2009–2013)

2009–10 season

On June 25, 2009, Hansbrough was selected by the Indiana Pacers with the 13th overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft. After missing all of training camp, the preseason and the first four games of the regular season with an injury to his shin, he made his NBA debut against the Washington Wizards on November 6, 2009. He tallied 13 points against Washington, including 7-of-10 from the foul line. At the time, he was just the second Indiana player to have attempted 10 or more free throws in a game. After averaging 3.8 rebounds per game in his first 14 appearances, he led the Pacers with 11 rebounds against the Portland Trail Blazers on December 9. In that game, he gathered a season-high seven offensive rebounds, tying Roy Hibbert for second most by any Indiana player in 2009–10. On December 11, he scored a season-high 21 points against the New Jersey Nets. On December 27, he made and attempted 10 free throws against the Miami Heat, becoming the first player in Pacers' history to record a double-double (10 points, 10 rebounds) without making a field goal. His final game of the season came on January 16, 2010, as he sat out 49 of the season's final 53 games with an inner ear infection.[2]

2010–11 season

Hansbrough appeared in 22 of the team's first 32 games in 2010–11, averaging 5.0 points and 3.3 rebounds in 12.9 minutes per game. From that point on, he averaged 13.7 points, 6.1 rebounds and 26.1 minutes per game in 48 appearances, 29 of which were starts. His 23rd game of the season came on January 7, 2011 against the San Antonio Spurs. He made his second career start (his first of the season) and scored a game-high 23 points with 12 rebounds. Hansbrough started at power forward with the Pacers trying to move to a smaller lineup. He also had two blocked shots and finished 10-of-10 from the field.[14] He topped that performance on January 23, leading the Pacers with a then career-high 27 points and 10 rebounds in a loss to the Denver Nuggets.[15] On March 15, 2011, Hansbrough posted a career-high for the second game in a row against the New York Knicks. After scoring 29 points on March 13, he a 30-point effort two nights to help the Pacers claim back-to-back wins against the Knicks.[16]

In 70 regular season games for the Pacers in 2010–11, Hansbrough made a career-high 29 starts and averaged career-high numbers in points (11.0), rebounds (5.2) and minutes (21.9). He also made his playoff debut for the Pacers in 2011, appearing in all five of the team's first-round playoff games against the Chicago Bulls, a series the Pacers lost 4–1. In Game 1 of the series, Hansbrough scored 22 points, and in Game 5, he recorded 14 points and 11 rebounds.[17]

2011–12 season

In the lockout-shortened 2011–12 season, Hansbrough was the only Indiana player to log 1,000+ minutes without a start. He played in all 66 games and averaged 9.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 21.8 minutes per game. Though his rebounding average ranked fifth on the team, he was third with 113 offensive rebounds. He averaged 1.77 orpg and had three or more 16 times.[2]

Hansbrough collected a season-high 13 rebounds in the season-opener against the Detroit Pistons on December 26, with five of those coming at the offensive end. He had 10+ rebounds twice in the season's first three contests, but those were his only games in double figures, until having 10 boards against the Houston Rockets on April 1, 2012. He was second on the team with 226 free throws made and 278 attempts from the foul line. He attempted 10+ free throws three times, including a high of 11 against the Miami Heat on January 4. He scored at least eight points in each of the season's first 11 games, hitting double-digits in nine of those. In that 11-game span, he averaged 12.2 points per game and had a streak of seven games in a row with 10+ points from December 30 to January 9. He scored in double figures just 20 times the rest of the season, including a season-best 22 points against the Charlotte Bobcats on February 22.[2] The Pacers made it to the second round of the playoffs in 2012, where they were defeated by the eventual champion Miami Heat.

2012–13 season

In 2012–13, Hansbrough played in a career-high 81 games, averaging 7.0 points, 4.6 rebounds and 16.7 minutes per game. He started eight contests where he averaged 14.8 points, 10.1 rebounds and 26.8 minutes. He scored in double figures 21 times, had 10+ rebounds eight times, and recorded six double-doubles, with five of his double-doubles coming in his eight starts. He grabbed a career-high 161 offensive rebounds during the season, with at least four boards on the offensive end 13 times.[2]

On March 19, 2013, Hansbrough had a career-high nine offensive rebounds against the Orlando Magic. Three days later, he recorded a season-best 22 points and 12 boards against the Milwaukee Bucks.[2]

The Pacers' 2013 playoff run saw them reach the Eastern Conference Finals, where they were once again defeated by the Miami Heat. Hansbrough played in a career-best 19 playoff games, averaging 4.1 points, 3.2 rebounds and 12.7 minutes. He scored a 2013 playoff high of 10 points in Game 3 against Miami on May 22.[2]

On June 30, 2013, the Pacers tendered a qualifying offer to make Hansbrough a restricted free agent.[18] However, two days later, the Pacers rescinded their qualifying offer to Hansbrough, making him an unrestricted free agent.[19]

Toronto Raptors (2013–2015)

On July 15, 2013, Hansbrough signed a two-year deal with the Toronto Raptors.[20]

In 2013–14, Hansbrough scored 10+ points six times, with one 20-point game. He grabbed 10+ rebounds on four occasions and led the team on the glass seven times. He averaged 4.0 points, 6.8 rebounds and 25.5 minutes in four games as a starter. In the Raptors' seventh game of the season on November 9, Hansbrough scored a season-high 23 points against the Utah Jazz. He made his fourth start on March 19 against the New Orleans Pelicans and grabbed a season-high 13 rebounds; and recorded his only double-double (12 points & 11 rebounds) of the season on April 14 against the Milwaukee Bucks. Between January 3 and January 27, Hansbrough was inactive for 14 straight games due to a sprained left ankle. He had missed two games in December as well with a sprained left shoulder.[2][21]

In 2014–15, Hansbrough played in 74 games for the Raptors and averaged 3.6 points and 3.6 rebounds in 14.3 minutes, while shooting a career-high .521 from the field (86-165). On March 22, 2015, he set a season high with 18 points in a 106–89 win over the New York Knicks.[22] On April 4, 2015, he was given the starting power forward role and remained there for the rest of the regular season and into the playoffs. Against the Boston Celtics on April 4, he again scored 18 points. He scored in double figures in the following two games as well, which marked his best stretch of the season.[23]

Charlotte Hornets (2015–2016)

On July 22, 2015, Hansbrough signed a one-year deal with the Charlotte Hornets.[24] He went on to have a career-worst season in 2015–16, averaging just 2.4 points and 2.0 rebounds in 7.8 minutes per game over 44 contests. He spent most of November and December serving as depth on the Hornets bench, before injuries to both Al Jefferson and Cody Zeller in January helped open up some minutes in the frontcourt for Hansbrough. He took advantage of this opportunity with his best performance of the year in a road game against the Portland Trail Blazers on January 29. He poured in a season-high 12 points and a career-high-tying 14 rebounds, the latter of which also tied for the highest total by any Hornets player in a single game in 2015–16. Hansbrough played in 12 total games in January, averaging 3.0 points, 3.8 rebounds and 0.7 steals in 13.4 minutes. However, he quickly saw his minutes dwindle with the roster getting healthier as the year continued to unfold. He averaged 1.9 points and 0.9 rebounds in 4.6 minutes in 16 total games from the start of February until the end of the regular season.[25]

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
2009–10 Indiana 29 1 17.6 .360 .000 .743 4.8 1.0 .6 .3 8.5
2010–11 Indiana 70 29 21.9 .465 .000 .779 5.2 .6 .5 .2 11.0
2011–12 Indiana 66 0 21.8 .405 .000 .813 4.4 .5 .8 .1 9.3
2012–13 Indiana 81 8 16.9 .432 .000 .720 4.6 .4 .4 .2 7.0
2013–14 Toronto 64 4 15.3 .474 .000 .681 4.5 .3 .4 .3 4.9
2014–15 Toronto 74 8 14.3 .521 .143 .698 3.6 .3 .4 .2 3.6
2015–16 Charlotte 44 0 7.8 .451 .667 .585 2.0 .2 .3 .2 2.4
Career 428 50 16.9 .439 .136 .738 4.2 .4 .5 .2 6.7

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2011 Indiana 5 5 32.8 .333 .000 .889 5.4 1.0 1.2 .0 11.2
2012 Indiana 11 0 14.9 .340 .000 .667 3.2 .5 .5 .3 4.4
2013 Indiana 19 0 12.7 .419 .000 .591 3.2 .3 .3 .0 4.1
2014 Toronto 3 0 9.7 .333 .000 .833 2.0 .3 .0 .0 2.3
2015 Toronto 4 2 12.0 .200 .000 .750 1.5 .8 .5 .3 1.3
2016 Charlotte 2 0 3.0 .000 .000 .000 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Career 44 7 14.8 .361 .000 .688 3.1 .5 .4 .1 4.4

Personal life

Hansbrough's parents, Gene and Tami, are divorced. His father is an orthopedic surgeon,[26] while his mother served as an associate director of development at the UNC School of Dentistry between 2008 and 2012.[27]

Hansbrough and his two brothers, Greg and Ben,[28] have always been close. They formed a special bond when big brother Greg had a brain tumor removed at age eight.[29] Greg, despite being told he'd never play organized sports, became the captain of his high school cross-country team, lettered in basketball and by 2011, he had run three marathons and 13 half-marathons.[30] Ben played college basketball for Mississippi State and Notre Dame before playing in the NBA for the Indiana Pacers alongside Tyler in 2012–13.

See also

References

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  4. ↑ "Redick tops ACC again". starnewsonline.com. March 8, 2006. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
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  11. ↑ "February Tar Heel History". tarheeltimes.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  12. 1 2 McCreary, Joedy (February 10, 2010). "UNC retires Hansbrough's No. 50". sandiegouniontribune.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
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  15. ↑ "Pacers-Nuggets notebook". NBA.com. January 23, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Knicks-Pacers notebook". NBA.com. March 15, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
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  18. ↑ "Offer on table to Tyler Hansbrough". ESPN.com. July 1, 2013. Retrieved October 9, 2016. Before free agency opened Monday, the Pacers opted to make the offer to Hansbrough.
  19. ↑ Lewis, Tom (July 2, 2013). "Stein: Tyler Hansbrough an unrestricted free agent after Pacers rescind offer". indycornrows.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Raptors Sign Tyler Hansbrough". blog.raptors.com. July 15, 2013. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
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  22. ↑ "DeRozan scores 23, Raptors rout Knicks 106-89". NBA.com. March 22, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  23. ↑ "Tyler Hansbrough 2014-15 Game Log". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  24. ↑ "Hornets Sign Free Agent Forward Tyler Hansbrough". NBA.com. July 22, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  25. ↑ Perley, Sam (June 6, 2016). "2015-16 Season in Review | Tyler Hansbrough". NBA.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  26. ↑ Zarum, Dave (November 27, 2014). "Hard Foul: The Tyler Hansbrough Story". SportsNet.ca. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  27. ↑ Pickeral, Robbi (September 12, 2012). "Tami Hansbrough resigns at UNC". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  28. ↑ Seely, Mike (September 1, 2004). "Tallboys". riverfronttimes.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  29. ↑ Hampton, Angela (April 3, 2009). "TYLER HANSBROUGH THROUGH HIS MOTHER'S EYES". ABC11.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  30. ↑ Thamel, Pete (February 17, 2011). "For Notre Dame's Hansbrough, Competitiveness Is a Family Trait". NYTimes.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016.

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