Aaron Joshua Nesmith was born on October 16,1999 and is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association.
19 Facts About Aaron Nesmith
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Aaron Nesmith played college basketball for the Vanderbilt Commodores before being drafted 14th overall in the 2020 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics.
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Aaron Nesmith helped the Celtics reach the 2022 NBA Finals before being traded to the Indiana Pacers in a package surrounding Malcolm Brogdon.
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Aaron Nesmith led Porter-Gaud to two more Class 3A state championships in his final two seasons.
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Aaron Nesmith left high school as a three-time SCISA Class 3A player of the year.
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Aaron Nesmith was a four star recruit in high school and was the 64th ranked player in the country, the 12th ranked shooting guard in the country, and 2nd ranked in all of South Carolina.
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Aaron Nesmith did not receive offers from any high major NCAA Division I programs until he was a senior, but he began drawing more attention after an Amateur Athletic Union tournament in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Aaron Nesmith was rated a four-star recruit by ESPN and 247Sports and committed to Vanderbilt over offers from Florida, South Carolina, Harvard, Virginia Tech, and Columbia.
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Aaron Nesmith started in a majority of his games and averaged 11 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, leading the Commodores in scoring in conference play.
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On February 18,2019, Aaron Nesmith was named Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week following two career games.
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Aaron Nesmith scored a season-high 26 points against Florida and posted a double-double of 24 points and a season-high 14 rebounds against Auburn.
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Aaron Nesmith made his sophomore season debut on November 6,2019, scoring 25 points, including seven three-pointers, in a win over Southeast Missouri State.
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Aaron Nesmith made four straight threes in a span of only one minute and 39 seconds.
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Aaron Nesmith scored 29 points and made eight three-pointers, the best mark of his career, on January 4,2020, as his team lost to SMU in overtime.
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Aaron Nesmith had been on pace to have one of the best three-point shooting seasons in college basketball history.
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Aaron Nesmith did not return, and after the end of the season declared for the 2020 NBA draft.
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Aaron Nesmith was selected with the 14th pick in the first round of the 2020 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics.
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Aaron Nesmith played for the Celtics in the 2021 NBA summer league.
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On July 9,2022, Aaron Nesmith was traded, alongside Daniel Theis, Malik Fitts, Juwan Morgan, Nik Stauskas and a 2023 first-round pick, to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for Malcolm Brogdon.