Kevon Grant Looney was born on February 6,1996 and is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association.
71 Facts About Kevon Looney
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Kevon Looney has won three NBA championships with the Warriors.
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Kevon Looney received national recognition as a five-star prospect and earned All-American honors.
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Kevon Looney won a third championship with Golden State in 2022.
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Kevon Looney was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Doug and Victoria Kevon Looney.
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Kevon Looney watched his brother Kevin, who was six years older, play pickup games.
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Kevon Looney was the best player on his high school team at Alexander Hamilton High in Milwaukee.
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Kevon Looney was already being recruited by colleges as a freshman, receiving offers from in-state schools Marquette and Wisconsin.
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Hamilton went undefeated in conference play to win its first league title in four years, and Kevon Looney earned his second City Conference player of the year award.
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Kevon Looney gained national recognition, becoming just the second player in Milwaukee Public Schools history, and the sixth ever in Wisconsin, to be named a McDonald's All-American; Looney was a Parade All-American.
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Kevon Looney was named Wisconsin Mr Basketball by the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association, and Gatorade and the Associated Press named him their state player of the year.
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Kevon Looney announced on Halloween in 2013 his decision to attend the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Bruins guard Isaac Hamilton shot the ball and fell into the right leg of Kevon Looney, who was positioning to rebound the ball.
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Kevon Looney rested for two to three weeks before the season.
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Kevon Looney did not miss a practice or game all year, but the injury hampered his lateral movement and speed.
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Kevon Looney avoided changing directions, and played more like a lumbering big man.
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Kevon Looney was one of 16 finalists for the inaugural Karl Malone Award, given to the top power forward in Division I men's basketball.
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Kevon Looney was a game-time decision to play the next day against Arizona, when he was cleared and fitted with a protective mask 90 minutes before the contest.
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Kevon Looney continued to play wearing the mask as UCLA advanced to the Sweet 16 for the second straight season.
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Kevon Looney made 47.0 percent of his field goals, and 41.5 percent from three-point range.
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Kevon Looney was voted second-team All-Pac-12, and named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team.
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Kevon Looney was named second-team all-district by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
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Kevon Looney had heard that some teams did not think his success at UCLA would translate to the NBA, and some executives and scouts did not believe he played hard enough.
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One of 19 players to attend the draft, Kevon Looney fell to the final pick of the first round, where he was chosen 30th overall by Golden State.
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The Warriors, who had recently won the 2015 NBA Finals, said they had no evidence that Kevon Looney required any further treatment.
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On July 8,2015, Kevon Looney signed his rookie scale contract with the Warriors, and played on their Las Vegas Summer League team.
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On January 4,2016, Kevon Looney was assigned to the Santa Cruz Warriors, Golden State's D-League affiliate, after he was cleared to practice after rehab from his surgery.
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Kevon Looney made his NBA debut that evening, becoming the 11th former UCLA player to play for the Warriors.
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Kevon Looney was given the game ball after the game.
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Golden State had Kevon Looney continue working on his conditioning, and he received multiple assignments to Santa Cruz.
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Kevon Looney finished his rookie year with five games played with Golden State and 12 in the D-League.
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Kevon Looney did not play in the 2016 Summer League while he continued to rehab.
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Unable to play most of the previous 15 months, Kevon Looney came to training camp overweight.
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However, Kevon Looney grew ineffective in limited minutes and his playing time diminished.
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Kevon Looney was impressive in his D-League season debut, logging 18 points and 20 rebounds in 24 minutes.
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Kevon Looney was inactive for all 17 playoff games, missing 12 due to his left hip.
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Kevon Looney lost 30 pounds before the season after hiring a personal trainer over the summer, changing his training program, and adopting a modified Paleo diet.
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However, Kevon Looney was one of six centers on the team, behind starter Zaza Pachulia and veterans David West and JaVale McGee, while youngsters Jordan Bell and Damian Jones appeared to have brighter futures.
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Nonetheless, Kevon Looney began receiving regular playing time despite not having played in seven of the Warriors' first nine games.
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Kevon Looney played the final 6:30 of the game and was more effectively switching defensively on Rockets guard Chris Paul than Bell, who remained on the bench in the second half.
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McGee was the starting center, but Kevon Looney became Kerr's favorite, playing the most of all the Warriors' big men.
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Kevon Looney guarded LaMarcus Aldridge well, and Kerr praised his defense and ability to switch onto Spurs guards Patty Mills and Manu Ginobili on pick and rolls.
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Kevon Looney was steadier than Bell, and former starter Pachulia did not receive any playing time the entire series.
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Kevon Looney moved into the starting lineup in Game 4 after forward Andre Iguodala was sidelined with a leg contusion.
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Kevon Looney started Game 1 before being supplanted in Game 2 by McGee.
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Kevon Looney played 39 minutes in the four games, but only three minutes in the last two after Iguodala returned.
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Kevon Looney finished the playoffs playing the sixth-most minutes on the Warriors and the most among their six centers.
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Golden State had a 97.5 defensive rating with Kevon Looney playing, the best of all their rotation players.
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Kevon Looney began the season as a reserve, while Damian Jones was the starting center.
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Kevon Looney ended the regular season averaging career highs in points, shooting percentage, rebounds and minutes played.
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Kevon Looney assumed Bogut's minutes, as he was a better defensive option against the Rockets as a backup to Green.
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Golden State advanced to the Western Conference Finals, where Kevon Looney excelled for the second straight year.
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Kevon Looney was their best center in the series, and closed out their sweep of the Portland Trail Blazers with 12 points and a career-high 14 rebounds in Game 4.
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In Game 2 of the 2019 Finals against the Raptors, Kevon Looney collided with Kawhi Leonard and suffered a non-displaced first costal cartilage fracture, near the collarbone, and was unavailable in Game 3.
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Kevon Looney was averaging 20.4 minutes per game and shooting 73 percent in the playoffs.
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Kevon Looney returned in Game 4 to play the rest of the series, but the Warriors lost in six games.
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Kevon Looney had managed to play through the condition since his second season in the NBA, often experiencing numbness in his hands, wrists, and feet.
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Kevon Looney was limited to playing in just 20 games during the season, averaging only 3.4 points and 3.3 rebounds per game.
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On May 19,2020, Kevon Looney underwent surgery to repair a core muscle injury and was expected to be ready for the start of the following season.
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However, Kevon Looney became the Warriors' only true center after the rookie suffered a meniscus tear and was sidelined for the season.
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Kevon Looney was Golden State's starting center, as Wiseman remained sidelined by injuries.
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On January 9,2022, Kevon Looney recorded a career-high 18 rebounds against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Able to manage the pain from his neuropathy, Kevon Looney played in all 82 games of the regular season, making a career-high 80 starts and averaging career bests with 21.1 minutes and 7.3 rebounds per game.
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Kevon Looney was one of their top players in the Dallas series, dominating on offensive rebounds and playing excellent defense.
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Kevon Looney won his third championship, averaging 7.5 rebounds and five points as the Warriors defeated the Boston Celtics in six games in the 2022 NBA Finals.
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On July 10,2022, Kevon Looney re-signed with the Warriors on a three-year, $25.5 million contract.
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Kevon Looney finished the game with a regular season career-high 20 rebounds, including 10 on the offensive end, along with 14 points and five assists.
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Kevon Looney played all 82 games of the season again, while averaging career-highs in points and rebounds per game, which ranked 15th in the NBA.
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Kevon Looney became the first NBA player with three games of 20 or more rebounds in a series since Dwight Howard in 2008, and joined Wilt Chamberlain and Nate Thurmond as the third Warrior to accomplish the feat.
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Kevon Looney came off the bench in the remainder of the series as the Warriors attempted to counter the Lakers' Anthony Davis.
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Kevon Looney's length allows him to switch assignments and defend guards.