Earl Calloway

Earl Genard Calloway (born September 30, 1983) is an American-born naturalized Bulgarian professional basketball player who last played for Obradoiro of the Liga ACB.

Earl Calloway
Calloway with Uşak Sportif in 2017
Personal information
Born (1983-09-30) September 30, 1983
Atlanta, Georgia
NationalityBulgarian / American
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High schoolWestlake (Atlanta, Georgia)
College
NBA draft2007 / Undrafted
Playing career2007–present
PositionPoint guard
Career history
2007–2008Fort Wayne Mad Ants
2008–2009Cibona
2009–2012Cajasol
2012–2014Unicaja
2014–2016Gaziantep
2016–2017İstanbul BB
2017–2018Uşak Sportif
2018–2019Afyon Belediye
2019–2020Obradoiro
Career highlights and awards

High school career

Calloway 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

Calloway 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

After 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]

The Basketball Tournament (TBT) (2016–present)

In 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.[11]

Bulgaria national team

Calloway has citizenship with Bulgaria,[12] and he played with the senior men's Bulgaria national basketball team at the qualification tournament for EuroBasket 2011

Euroleague 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  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2008–09 Cibona 161629.6.507.333.8423.42.81.6.012.613.8
2012–13 Unicaja 231925.0.497.443.7333.12.31.2.29.311.3
2013–14 Unicaja 221719.5.422.362.9332.12.9.8.16.77.1
Career 615224.2.477.391.8242.82.61.2.19.210.5

References
  1. "Earl Calloway signs with Cibona Zagreb". Insidethehall.com. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  2. "Earl Calloway new player of Cajasol". Sportando.com. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  3. "Cajasol extends Earl Calloway". Eurocupbasketball.com. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  4. "Unicaja announces Earl Calloway". euroleague.net. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  5. "Gaziantep signs Earl Calloway to a two-year deal". Sportando.com. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  6. "Istanbul BSB lands Earl Calloway". Sportando.com. August 24, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
  7. "Usak Sportif signs Earl Calloway". Sportando.com. October 25, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  8. "Obradoiro signs Earl Calloway". Sportando. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  9. "Rouen Metropole Basket signs Earl Calloway". Sportando. June 24, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  10. "Rouen, Earl Calloway part ways". Sportando. August 16, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  11. "Bracket | The Basketball Tournament". www.thetournament.com. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
  12. "Earl Calloway to get Bulgaria passport". Sportando.com. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
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