39 Facts About Caris LeVert

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Caris Coleman LeVert is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association.

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Caris LeVert was traded back to the Pacers in 2021 as part of the four-team blockbuster James Harden trade.

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Caris LeVert was traded to the Cavaliers in 2022 midseason.

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Caris LeVert grew up in Columbus but moved to Pickerington, Ohio in second grade.

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Caris LeVert was a 2012 Associated Press All-Ohio Second Team high school basketball player and the 2012 Columbus Dispatch Metro Player of the Year for Pickerington High School Central.

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Caris LeVert was not heavily recruited in high school and his only official visit was to Alabama State.

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Caris LeVert committed to play basketball for John Groce and the Ohio Bobcats men's basketball program in November 2011.

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When Groce got hired by Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball in March 2012, Caris LeVert got lost in the shuffle and decided to commit to Michigan.

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Caris LeVert was a part of an incoming class that included McGary, Stauskas, Robinson, and Spike Albrecht.

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Caris LeVert averaged 2.3 points in under 11 minutes of play per game.

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Caris LeVert never scored in double digits as a freshman, but he scored 8 points each in conference wins over Illinois and Michigan State as well as the 2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament final four victory over Syracuse in 21 minutes of play.

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Caris LeVert followed fellow Columbus native and National Player of the Year Burke as a key contributor to Michigan basketball as a sophomore.

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Caris LeVert was listed as a John R Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 candidate.

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Caris LeVert was named co-captain of the team along with Spike Albrecht.

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At the time of his injury, Caris LeVert led Michigan in scoring, rebounds, assists, steals and minutes.

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Caris LeVert had been expected to be a 2015 NBA draft selection, but following his injury some felt his draft stock was impaired.

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Caris LeVert became the fourth Wolverine to earn the award multiple times in their career, following Maurice Taylor, LaVell Blanchard and Manny Harris.

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Caris LeVert was one of five All-Big Ten preseason selections according to the Big Ten Network.

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Caris LeVert was an Athlon Sports Preseason All-American 3rd team selection.

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In preseason top 100 player rankings Caris LeVert was ranked 16 by ESPN and 23 by NBC Sports.

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The day before the 2016 NBA draft, Caris LeVert authored an open letter to NBA general managers to assure them of his resiliency in the face of all of his doubters due to his injury.

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On June 23, Caris LeVert was selected with the 20th overall pick in the 2016 draft by the Indiana Pacers.

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Caris LeVert became Michigan's fifth first-round draft selection since 2013 and the fourth player drafted from Michigan's 2012 entering class.

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Caris LeVert missed the 2016 NBA Summer League as well as preseason and resumed practicing near the beginning of the regular season.

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Caris LeVert began the season sidelined and still rehabbing his injury.

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Caris LeVert entered at the start of the second quarter and posted 3 steals and 3 rebounds in 5:15 of play before halftime.

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At the time of the injury, Caris LeVert was the only player up to that point in the NBA season with more than one game-winning basket in the final 10 seconds of regulation or overtime.

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Caris LeVert returned to action on February 8,2019, after missing 42 games.

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On January 8,2021, with Durant, Kyrie Irving, Dinwiddie and Tyler Johnson all sidelined, Caris LeVert posted a career best 7 three-point shots on 9 attempts as part of a 43-point effort against the Memphis Grizzlies.

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On January 16,2021, Caris LeVert was traded to the Indiana Pacers in a multi-player, four-team trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Houston Rockets that sent James Harden to Brooklyn and Victor Oladipo to Houston.

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Caris LeVert was sidelined indefinitely after an MRI revealed a small mass on his left kidney.

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On January 25,2021, Caris LeVert underwent successful surgery to remove the mass, which was confirmed as being renal cell carcinoma.

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Caris LeVert was expected to have a full recovery and no further treatment was said to be needed.

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Caris LeVert averaged nearly 19 points per game before the trade deadline.

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On February 6,2022, Caris LeVert was traded, along with a 2022 second-round pick, to his hometown team the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Ricky Rubio, a lottery-protected 2022 first-round pick, a 2022 second-round pick and a 2027 second-round pick.

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Caris LeVert is the son of Kim and Darryl Wayne Caris LeVert and has a brother, Darryl Marcus, who is his junior by 11 months.

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Caris LeVert's mother is a Columbus City Schools first grade teacher.

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Caris LeVert's father, who was a graphic designer, died on April 4,2010, at the age of 46.

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Caris LeVert comes from a musical family as he is the third cousin of Eddie Caris LeVert, the lead vocalist of the O'Jays.