1. Peyton Siva is currently an assistant coach for the Louisville Cardinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
29 Facts About Peyton Siva
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Peyton Siva played college basketball for Louisville, leading the school to two Final Fours, including a national championship his senior season.
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Peyton Siva was drafted by the Detroit Pistons, who selected him with the 56th overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft.
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Peyton Siva's mother worked three jobs to try to support the family.
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Peyton Siva's father was mostly absent, struggling with drug and alcohol addiction throughout Siva's childhood.
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The younger Peyton Siva successfully talked his father out of killing himself.
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Peyton Siva, determined to escape the fate of other family members, plunged himself into sports.
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Peyton Siva soon developed a reputation as a relentlessly aggressive athlete in both football and basketball, and as a promising young prospect.
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Peyton Siva made it a point to avoid alcohol and drugs, and helped many other boys in his neighborhood avoid gang involvement, partially by persuading his mother to let them stay at her house on weekends.
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Peyton Siva was a unanimous selection for AP Washington Player of the Year, was named a McDonald's All-American, and was named Mr Basketball in the state of Washington.
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Peyton Siva averaged 9.9 points per game and his 5.2 assists per game ranked second best in the Big East.
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In consecutive games against West Virginia and Connecticut, Peyton Siva hit game-winning layups in the final seconds to give Louisville one-point victories.
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Peyton Siva was an honorable mention selection for the 2011 All-Big East Men's Basketball Team and was named to the 2011 Big East men's basketball tournament All-Tournament Team after averaging 12 points, 7.7 assists, and 5.3 rebounds as the Cardinals reached the championship game.
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Cardinals coach Rick Pitino sensed that Peyton Siva was getting involved in too many things, and pulled him aside for a talk.
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Peyton Siva was selected as the Big East Preseason Player of the Year and to the Big East Preseason first team by both the writers and coaches.
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Peyton Siva led Louisville to the 2013 Big East tournament championship and was named the tournament's most outstanding player for the second consecutive year.
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Peyton Siva became the second player ever to win this award multiple times; Patrick Ewing accomplished the same feat in 1984 and 1985 Peyton Siva had a Big East tournament and school record for steals in a Big East tournament game with seven vs Notre Dame in the semi-finals, it tied Terrence Williams the only other Louisville player and 10 others.
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Peyton Siva was drafted 56th overall in the 2013 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons.
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On September 29,2014, Peyton Siva signed with the Orlando Magic.
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On October 30,2014, Peyton Siva was acquired by the Erie BayHawks as an affiliate player.
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Peyton Siva led the Serie A in assists, as he had 6.5 per game.
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On June 22,2016, Peyton Siva signed a two-year deal with Alba Berlin.
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For Berlin, Peyton Siva has been the starting point guard and has guided the team to two BBL championships, in 2020 and 2021.
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Peyton Siva suffered a grade 2 hamstring tear in the second game of the season was ruled out for up to eight weeks.
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Peyton Siva sustained a high-grade AC joint injury in the Hawks' New Year's Eve game against the Perth Wildcats.
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Peyton Siva is a devout Christian and is involved with Louisville's Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
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Peyton Siva's father gave up other drugs shortly after the suicide attempt; while he has continued to struggle with alcohol, family members say his condition has steadily improved.
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Peyton Siva's siblings have abandoned their previous criminal activity, and his mother, who had worked three jobs while he was growing up, is a drug counselor.
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Peyton Siva was one of the top searched college basketball players in his final season at Louisville.