Kentavious Caldwell-Pope wife-American basketball player, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was born on February 18th, 1993 in Thomaston, Georgia in the United States of America.
He was born to Lawrence Pope and Rhonda Caldwell. Caldwell-Pope shares the same parents with his two siblings; Trevon Pope and another sibling whose name is not known to us at the moment.
Caldwell-Pope stands at a height of 1.96 m tall and weighs 93kg. He attended the Greenville High School in Greenville Georgia.
He later furthered his education at the University of Georgia where he also played basketball before he made his professional debut.
In high school, Caldwell-Pope was a well regarded athlete. At Greenville High School in Greenville, Georgia, he averaged 31 points and 8.2 rebounds per game as a senior. He guided the Patriots to consecutive Sweet 16 appearances in 2009–2010 and the State Class A Final Four in 2011.
As a senior, he was picked to participate in the 2011 McDonald’s All-American Game and the Jordan Brand Classic after being named to several notable high school All-America teams. As a senior, recruiting experts for Rivals.com ranked him as the No. 3 shooting guard prospect in the country and the No. 12 prospect overall.
Caldwell-Pope passed up scholarship offers from schools like Alabama, Florida State, Georgia Tech, and Tennessee among others to play for Mark Fox and Cody Anderson at Georgia.
Caldwell-Pope was chosen for the Coaches’ Freshman All-SEC Team as a freshman along with Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, and Bradley Beal, three NBA lottery picks. His 25 points against Ole Miss in his first game was the most by a freshman at UGA in almost 13 years.
Caldwell-Pope earned the SEC Player of the Year award as a sophomore after averaging 18.5 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. In his final collegiate game, a loss to LSU at the SEC tournament in Nashville, he recorded a career-high 32 points and 13 rebounds.
The Detroit Pistons selected Caldwell-Pope with the eighth overall choice in the 2013 NBA Draft on June 27, 2013. He later signed a rookie scale contract with the Pistons on July 19 after joining the team for the 2013 NBA Summer League. He recorded a then-career-high 30 points on April 16, 2014, against the Oklahoma City Thunder despite the team losing.
Caldwell-Pope returned to the Pistons in July 2014 for the NBA Summer League, where he played in five games and averaged 24.0 points and 7.4 rebounds. Caldwell-Pope was instantly identified by head coach Stan Van Gundy as his greatest perimeter defender, and with 2,587 minutes played, he ended up leading the Pistons.
Following the All-Star break, Caldwell-Pope improved, partly as a result of the team’s addition of point guard Reggie Jackson; he averaged 14.3 points per game after the break. He made 153 three-pointers overall, 70 more than the next-closest Pistons player. He shared 16th place in the NBA with Kevin Love.
In a 119-116 victory over the Boston Celtics on December 16, 2015, Caldwell-Pope recorded a then-career-high 31 points. He contributed to the Pistons’ 44-38 regular-season record and eighth-seed finish in the Eastern Conference in 2015–16.
On November 9, 2016, in a 107-100 defeat to the Phoenix Suns, Caldwell-Pope scored a then-season-high 27 points. He finished with 26 points on January 8, 2017, when he made a three-pointer with 9.4 seconds left in double overtime to help the Pistons defeat the Portland Trail Blazers, 125-124.
He had a career-high 38 points on February 1, 2017, in a 118-98 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans. On 11 attempts, he also made a career-high eight three-pointers. On February 23, 2017, Caldwell-Pope led the Pistons to an overtime 114-108 victory over the Charlotte Hornets with 33 points, including three three-pointers late in the fourth quarter during a Detroit comeback.
Caldwell-Pope and the Los Angeles Lakers agreed to a one-year, $18 million contract on July 13, 2017. He scored a season-high 29 points on November 27, 2017, in a game against the Los Angeles Clippers. On December 13, 2017, Caldwell-Pope entered a guilty plea for breaking his probation throughout the summer.
He beat the Sacramento Kings 113-108 on February 24, 2018, by scoring a season-high 34 points and making a career-high eight 3-pointers. In a 128-125 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on March 22, 2018, he made eight 3-pointers and scored 28 points.
Caldwell-Pope reportedly signed a one-year, $12 million contract with the Lakers on July 6, 2018. In a 128-110 loss to the Washington Wizards on December 16, 2018, he recorded a season-high 25 points.
Caldwell-Pope re-signed with the Lakers in 2019; this time, he received a two-year deal for about $16 million. He shot a career-high 38.5% of his threes in 2019–20, finishing third on the team with 92 made threes.
Caldwell-Pope was acquired by the Washington Wizards on August 6, 2021, as part of a package deal for Russell Westbrook. He played in 77 games for the team, scoring 13.2 points, grabbing 3.4 rebounds, and dishing out 1.9 assists each.
Caldwell-Pope and Ish Smith were transferred to the Denver Nuggets on July 6, 2022 in exchange for Monté Morris and Will Barton. Caldwell-Pope and the Nuggets agreed to a two-year, $30 million contract deal on July 16, 2022.
Who is Kentavious Caldwell-Pope married to?
Caldwell-Pope is married to McKenzie Caldwell-Pope. She has three sons with the basketball player, Kenzo, KJ and Kendrix.
What does Kentavious Caldwell-Pope’s wife do for a living?
McKenzie is passionate about fashion as she often shares about style and design on her social media handles.
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