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Detroit Pistons | #44 | Forward

Paul

Reed

PPG

7.3

RPG

6.0

APG

1.3

PIE

10.4

HEIGHT

6'9" (2.06m)

WEIGHT

210lb (95kg)

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

DePaul

AGE

25 years

BIRTHDATE

June 14, 1999

DRAFT

2020 R2 Pick 58

EXPERIENCE

4 Years

6'9" | 210lb | 25 years

DRAFT

2020 R2 Pick 58

BIRTHDATE

June 14, 1999

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

DePaul

EXPERIENCE

4 Years

Player Bio

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

2023-24 (Philadelphia): Saw action in 82 games (24 starts) averaging 7.3 points (54.0 FG%), 6.0 rebounds, 1.3 assists, and 1.0 blocks in 19.4 minutes per game…One of 17 NBA players to appear in 82 games...Scored a career-high 30 points with 13 rebounds, one assist and two steals in 42 minutes against Denver on Jan. 27...Added 12 points and seven rebounds (five offensive) along with three blocked shots on March 29, his sixth game of the season (seventh of career) with a stat line of 10 points, five rebounds, and three rejections; also marked his 12th game of 2023-24 with at least 10 points and five rebounds as a reserve, which was a career high…Recorded a team-high 11 rebounds (six offensive) and added 17 points in 27 reserve minutes on March 8, marking his first double-double off the bench in 2023-24 and the sixth such performance since joining the league in 2020-21…Totaled eight double-doubles games this season, marking a new career high…Totaled four rejections against the Knicks on March 10 to extend his career-long streak of games with at least three blocks to three straight contests from March 6-10...Playoffs: Appeared in all six games of Philadelphia's first-round loss to New York and averaged 1.5 points and 2.7 rebounds on .444 FG% in 7.2 minutes per outing.

BEFORE NBA

Played in 93 career games (57 starts) with 10.6 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game...Scored 10+ points 47 times and had at least 10 rebounds 33 times with 27 double-doubles...Ranks among DePaul's all-time leaders in blocked shots (3rd – 142), field goal percentage (9th – .535), rebounds (17th – 701), rebounds per game (t19th – 7.5), steals (27th – 109) and points (55th – 983)...2020 Second Team All-BIG EAST selection and 2019 BIG EAST Most Improved Player...two-time member of the BIG EAST All-Academic Team...2019-20 (Junior): Played in 29 games (all starts) as a junior, averaging a career-high 15.1 points, 10.7 rebounds, 1.9 steals and 2.6 blocks in 31.7 minutes per contest… Shot .516 from the field, .308 from beyond the arc and .738 from the free-throw line… Named second team All-BIG EAST... earned BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll recognition five times… Totaled 18 double-doubles with four other games of 10-plus points and nine rebounds… Ranked in the top 20 in DePaul’s season record book in four categories... blocked shots (3rd – 74), rebounds (12th – 310), rebounds per game (t16th – 10.7) and steals (19th – 54)… Totaled 23 points and 12 rebounds against Xavier in the first round of the BIG EAST Tournament... Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll following games against Villanova and Butler... 23 points, nine boards against Butler... 18 points, 15 rebounds, five steals at Villanova… grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds on Dec. 8 against Buffalo (also scoring 15 points, grabbing four steals and swatting five blocks). 2018-19 (Sophomore): Appeared in 36 games (28 starts) as a sophomore and averaged 12.3 points, 8.5 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 1.5 blocks in 26.9 minutes per contest… Registered shooting marks of .562 from the field, .405 from three and .770 from the line… Named Most Improved Player in the BIG EAST... top rebounder in the BIG EAST... named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team… Ranked on the DePaul single-season chart at ninth with 55 blocked shots, 11th with a field goal percentage of .562 (176-313) and 14th with 305 rebounds... eight double-doubles and five other games either a point or a rebound shy of a double-double... 12 games with 10 or more rebounds… 20 games in double figures... six games with 20 or more points… posted a career-high 28 points with a season-high 16 rebounds on April 3 against South Florida…First career double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds at St. John’s... 11 points, eight rebounds, six blocked shots against Cleveland State... six blocks tied for seventh (14th time) on DePaul’s single-game list... most blocks in a game since Cleveland Melvin’s six rejections against St. John’s on Jan. 14, 2014...2017-18 (Freshman): Saw action in 28 games as a freshman, averaging 3.6 points and 3.1 rebounds in 9.9 minutes per contest… Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team… Averaged 5.6 points and 4.6 rebounds in 15.0 minutes per game over the last 14 games... shot .565 (35-62) from the field in that span.

PERSONAL LIFE

Orlando, FL native… Son of Paul and Michelle Reed... Has four sisters, Hazel, Danielle, Chantel and Janelle… Uncle, Mike Sims-Walker played four seasons in the NFL as a wide receiver for Jacksonville and St. Louis... Father, Paul, played college basketball at Old Dominion (1996-97) and UCF (1999-02) before playing professionally in Europe… Attended Wekiva High School and earned Central Florida Player of the Year honors from the Orlando Sentinel in his senior season.