30 Facts About Buddy Hield

Chavano Rainer "Buddy" Hield is a Bahamian professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association.

Buddy Hield played college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners and was named the Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016.

In 2016, Hield received four major national player of the year awards: the John R Wooden Award, the Naismith Award, Sporting News Player of the Year, and the Oscar Robertson Trophy.

Buddy Hield was selected with the sixth overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft by the New Orleans Pelicans and was traded to the Sacramento Kings for DeMarcus Cousins in 2017.

In July 2024, Buddy Hield was involved in a six-team trade that involved him getting traded to the Golden State Warriors.

Buddy Hield grew up in Eight Mile Rock, a coastal region west of Freeport, in the West Grand Bahama district in the Bahamas.

Buddy Hield was fifth of seven children of his mother Jackie Braynen.

Buddy Hield received his nickname from his mother after Bud Bundy of the sitcom Married.

Buddy Hield was first featured in high school by The All Bahamian Brand, a basketball magazine from the Bahamas.

Buddy Hield showed his early ability to lead his team from a young age by taking his Jack Hayward basketball team to the championship of the Providence Holiday Tournament on a buzzer-beater and leading his team to win the Grand Bahamas High School Championships.

Buddy Hield was highly recruited and selected the Oklahoma Sooners over the Kansas Jayhawks.

Buddy Hield was a second-team All-Big 12 selection as a sophomore after averaging 16.5 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game.

Buddy Hield worked on his defense prior to his junior year and expanded his offensive game to more of a high-volume three-point shooter.

Buddy Hield averaged 17.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game as a junior at Oklahoma and shot 41 percent from the field.

Buddy Hield was a First Team All-Big 12 selection and was named Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year.

Buddy Hield was listed on the Oscar Robertson Award preseason watchlist as well as the Naismith College Player of the Year preseason watchlist.

Buddy Hield recorded a career-high of 46 points in a triple overtime loss to Kansas on January 4,2016, receiving a standing ovation from the opposing crowd after a postgame interview with Scott Van Pelt.

On June 23,2016, Buddy Hield was selected by the New Orleans Pelicans with the sixth overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft.

On January 3,2017, Buddy Hield was named Western Conference Rookie of the Month for December.

On February 20,2017, Buddy Hield was traded, along with Tyreke Evans, Langston Galloway and 2017 first-round and second-round draft picks, to the Sacramento Kings for DeMarcus Cousins and Omri Casspi.

In December 2018, Buddy Hield had a seven-game streak with 20 points or more.

On October 21,2019, Buddy Hield signed a four-year contract extension.

Buddy Hield apologized to the whole team the next day for his remarks.

On February 28,2021, Buddy Hield became the fastest player in history to make 1,000 three-pointers, needing 350 games only to reach the mark, but that record has since been broken by Duncan Robinson.

On January 11,2023, Buddy Hield posted a new season-high 31 points, eight rebounds, and 7-of-15 three-point shooting in a loss to the New York Knicks.

Buddy Hield made his 230th three-pointer of the season, surpassing Reggie Miller for the most three-pointers made in a season in Pacers history.

On February 8,2024, Buddy Hield was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in a three-team deal involving the San Antonio Spurs.

On July 6,2024, Buddy Hield was traded to the Golden State Warriors in a six-team trade including the Minnesota Timberwolves, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, and Charlotte Hornets, which became the NBA's first six-team transaction.

Buddy Hield put up a total of 12 three-pointers made across his first two career games with the Warriors, the most three-pointers made by a player in his first two games with a team in NBA history.

Buddy Hield averaged a tournament-leading 19.8 points per game and a team-high 6.0 rebounds.