Luke Babbitt
Retired • Retired after 2019 season • SF/PF • 8 years of NBA experience
Height6'9
Weight225 lbs
Born20th June 1989 (age 37)
Nationality🇺🇸USA
NBA Draft16th pick, 20102010 Early Entry: Stayed in
Pre-draft teamNevada
HandLeft
Agentn/a
Email address on file
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Stats
| Year | League | Team | G | MPG | PTS/G | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11 | D League | Idaho Stampede | 14 | 29.0 | 20.1 | 6.9 | 13.4 | 51.3% | 1.1 | 2.9 | 37.5% | 5.3 | 6.0 | 88.1% | 2.1 | 5.3 | 7.4 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| 2010-11 | NBA | Portland Trail Blazers | 24 | 5.7 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 27.3% | 0.1 | 0.7 | 18.8% | 0.1 | 0.4 | 33.3% | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| 2011-12 | D League | Idaho Stampede | 3 | 35.3 | 21.0 | 8.0 | 17.7 | 45.3% | 3.0 | 6.3 | 47.4% | 2.0 | 2.7 | 75.0% | 3.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| 2011-12 | NBA | Portland Trail Blazers | 40 | 13.4 | 5.1 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 41.0% | 1.1 | 2.5 | 43.0% | 0.4 | 0.5 | 85.0% | 0.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
| 2012-13 | NBA | Portland Trail Blazers | 62 | 11.8 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 36.8% | 1.0 | 2.9 | 34.8% | 0.2 | 0.2 | 76.9% | 0.2 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
| 2013-14 | EuroCup | Nizhny Novgorod | 9 | 16.7 | 13.2 | 4.6 | 7.8 | 58.6% | 2.1 | 3.3 | 63.3% | 2.0 | 2.3 | 85.7% | 1.0 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.3 |
| 2013-14 | NBA | New Orleans Pelicans | 27 | 17.5 | 6.3 | 2.2 | 5.7 | 39.0% | 1.3 | 3.5 | 37.9% | 0.5 | 0.7 | 77.8% | 0.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| 2014-15 | NBA | New Orleans Pelicans | 63 | 13.2 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 47.9% | 0.9 | 1.8 | 51.3% | 0.2 | 0.3 | 68.4% | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| 2015-16 | NBA | New Orleans Pelicans | 47 | 18.0 | 7.0 | 2.6 | 6.1 | 42.2% | 0.9 | 2.3 | 40.4% | 0.8 | 1.1 | 78.0% | 0.5 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| 2016-17 | NBA | Miami Heat | 68 | 15.7 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 40.2% | 1.3 | 3.1 | 41.4% | 0.2 | 0.2 | 73.3% | 0.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
| 2017-18 | NBA | Miami Heat | 13 | 11.2 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 23.4% | 0.8 | 3.5 | 24.4% | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| 2017-18 | NBA | Atlanta Hawks | 37 | 15.4 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 4.5 | 47.6% | 1.3 | 3.0 | 44.1% | 0.5 | 0.6 | 77.3% | 0.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
| 2017-18 | NBA | Total (NBA) | 50 | 14.3 | 5.2 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 42.3% | 1.2 | 3.1 | 38.5% | 0.3 | 0.4 | 77.3% | 0.1 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
Teams
| Date | Team |
|---|---|
| 2008 - 2010 | Nevada (NCAA) |
| June 2010 - June 2013 | Portland Trail Blazers (NBA) |
| August 2013 - February 2014 | Nizhny Novgorod (Russia) |
| February 2014 - July 2016 | New Orleans Pelicans (NBA) |
| July 2016 - June 2017 | Miami Heat (NBA) |
| August 2017 - February | Atlanta Hawks (NBA) |
| February 2018 - present | Miami Heat (NBA) |
Transactions
| Date | League | Transaction |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 NBA Draft | NBA | Drafted 16th overall by Minnesota Timberwolves. |
| 2010 NBA Draft | NBA | Draft rights traded by Minnesota Timberwolves, along with Ryan Gomes, to Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Martell Webster. |
| 6th July 2010 | NBA | Signed four-year, $8,209,278 rookie scale contract with Portland Trail Blazers. Included team options for 2012/13 and 2013/14. |
| 8th December 2010 | D League | Assigned by Portland Trail Blazers to Idaho Stampede of the D League. |
| 18th December 2010 | D League | Recalled by Portland from Idaho Stampede of the D League. |
| 3rd March 2011 | D League | Assigned by Portland Trail Blazers to Idaho Stampede of the D League. |
| 28th March 2011 | D League | Recalled by Portland from Idaho Stampede of the D League. |
| 29th June 2011 | NBA | Portland Trail Blazers exercised 2012/13 team option. |
| 4th January 2012 | D League | Assigned by Portland Trail Blazers to Idaho Stampede of the D League. |
| 10th January 2012 | D League | Recalled by Portland from Idaho Stampede of the D League. |
| 30th October 2012 | NBA | Portland Trail Blazers declined 2013/14 team option. |
| 28th August 2013 | Russia | Signed a one-year contract with Nizhny Novgorod. |
| 1st February 2014 | Russia | Left Nizhny Novgorod. |
| 4th February 2014 | NBA | Signed a partially guaranteed minimum salary contract for the remainder of the season and through 2015 with New Orleans. |
| 16th July 2015 | NBA | Re-signed by New Orleans to a guaranteed two-year minimum salary contract. |
| 10th July 2016 | NBA | Traded by New Orleans to Miami Heat in exchange for a 2018 second-round pick and cash. |
| 9th August 2017 | NBA | Signed a partially guaranteed one-year minimum salary contract with Atlanta Hawks. |
| 8th February 2018 | NBA | Traded by Atlanta Hawks to Miami Heat in exchange for Okaro White. |
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2017 NBA Manifesto
Luke Babbitt
SF, 6’9, 225lbs, 28 years old, 7 years of experience
Babbitt took 281 shots this season, 268 of which were jump shots, and 210 of which were from three. He shot 41.4% from three-point range and 36.6% from two-point range; his ever-increasingly one dimensional play, then, is probably a good thing. Babbitt doesn’t board, is overmatched defending the interior and able to be gotten past on the perimeter, but at least there is defensive effort and the occasional surprising piece of footwork. He has an NBA role to play. Probably not as big of one as he received in 2016/17, though.
Player Plan: Expiring minimum salary contract. Worth another one, but too limited to be worth more than that, even if 6’9 shooters are in fashion.
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SF, 6’9, 225lbs, 28 years old, 7 years of experience
Babbitt took 281 shots this season, 268 of which were jump shots, and 210 of which were from three. He shot 41.4% from three-point range and 36.6% from two-point range; his ever-increasingly one dimensional play, then, is probably a good thing. Babbitt doesn’t board, is overmatched defending the interior and able to be gotten past on the perimeter, but at least there is defensive effort and the occasional surprising piece of footwork. He has an NBA role to play. Probably not as big of one as he received in 2016/17, though.
Player Plan: Expiring minimum salary contract. Worth another one, but too limited to be worth more than that, even if 6’9 shooters are in fashion.
Sham's 2010 NBA Draft Night Recap, Part 1
Pick 16: Things get weird when Minnesota draft Luke Babbitt from Nevada with the 16th pick. The pick itself is not bad - a Luke Jackson-style player is fine in this range. But it's another small forward for Minnesota, and that remains true even after Ric Bucher comes on to announce that Babbitt is being traded to Portland, along with Ryan Gomes, in exchange for Martell Webster.
You can't draft someone at #16 better than Martell Webster? I bet I could. And is Martell Webster the best use for Ryan Gomes's partially guaranteed salary? Surely not.
Babbitt chews gum throughout his interview and wears a blue shirt with a white collar. Inauspicious debut.
The last player from Nevada drafted that high is currently on suicide watch in prison. True story. I'm sure it means nothing, though.
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You can't draft someone at #16 better than Martell Webster? I bet I could. And is Martell Webster the best use for Ryan Gomes's partially guaranteed salary? Surely not.
Babbitt chews gum throughout his interview and wears a blue shirt with a white collar. Inauspicious debut.
The last player from Nevada drafted that high is currently on suicide watch in prison. True story. I'm sure it means nothing, though.
