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J.J. Redick
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J.J. Redick
Jonathan Clay "J.J." Redick (born June 24, 1984 in Blue Springs, Missouri) is a professional basketball shooting guard who plays for the Orlando Magic in the National Basketball Association. He played at Duke University and wore the number four. Redick, the all-time leading scorer in the Atlantic Coast Conference, played primarily at the shooting guard position under coach Mike Krzyzewski. Redick is particularly known for his accurate free throw shooting and his three-point shooting leads many to proclaim him as the best shooter in America. Basketball pundits often cite his jump shot as having "textbook form". Redick was selected 11th in the 2006 NBA Draft by the Orlando Magic.

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High school career

Redick attended Cave Spring High School in Roanoke, Virginia. He graduated as Virginia’s all-time AAA leading scorer with 2,215 career points. Led Knights to 2002 AAA State Championship.

Awards

Collegiate career

Redick served as co-captain of the 2004-2005 Duke Men's basketball team along with senior point guard Daniel Ewing.
Also served as captain of the 2005-2006 Duke Men's basketball team along with fellow seniors Shelden Williams, Sean Dockery and Lee Melchionni.

Redick set the record for the most consecutive free throws made without a miss in the ACC with 54. This record began on March 20, 2003 and ended on January 15,2004. For most of his career, Redick was on pace to set the record for highest career free throw percentage in the NCAA for players with over 300 attempts.

On February 14, 2006, in the first half of a game against Wake Forest, Redick broke Virginia alumnus Curtis Staples' record of 413 career three pointers made, which was the most in NCAA history. When asked about the record, Staples was quoted as saying, "I've always said, like the old saying goes, records are meant to be broken. J.J. has been a hard worker and deserves everything that he gets. I'm glad to see somebody like J.J. breaking it. He's a very significant player that we will never forget." Staples had actually conducted a basketball clinic in Virginia which Redick attended as a pre-teen; Redick's rare shooting ability caught Staples's eye even then. Redick told the Roanoke Times, "I was a big Curtis Staples fan." Staples attended the record-breaking game and took part in a post-game ceremony.

In his next game, on February 19, 2006 against Miami, Redick scored 30 points to become the all-time leading scorer at Duke, with 2,557 points scored in his career. Duke associate head coach Johnny Dawkins had set the previous record of 2,556 career points as a player at Duke from 1983 to 1986 and is universally recognized as the catalyst for the Duke program's success under Mike Krzyzewski.

On February 25, 2006, in a game at Temple University, Redick passed the ACC scoring record of 2,587 points in the waning minutes of the game on a pair of free throws. The previous record holder, Dickie Hemric, was an active player at Wake Forest University when the ACC was founded in 1953, and held the scoring record for 51 years.

On March 10, 2006, in an ACC Tournament quarterfinal against Miami, Redick scored 25 points to set a new record at Duke for Single Season Points Scored with a total of 858 scored in the first 31 games of the season. The previous record of 841 was set by Jason Williams in Duke's 2000-01 campaign that included a 9-0 record in the postseason and a Wooden Award for Williams' teammate Shane Battier.

In the 2004-2005 season, Redick led Duke in scoring with 21.8 points per game. He won the ACC Player of the Year award, and the Adolph F. Rupp Trophy for national player of the year. Redick's victory in the Rupp voting spoiled the consensus for Utah's Andrew Bogut, who won every other major player of the year award. (The Rupp is one of several notable college basketball player of the year awards, generally considered the third most prestigious after the Naismith Award and the Wooden Award.) In 2006, after facing close competition all year from Gonzaga player Adam Morrison, Redick swept the major player of the year awards, taking home the Rupp, Wooden, and Naismith trophies. In addition, in the 05-06 season Redick obtained the ACC all-time scoring record, previously held by Wake Forest alumni Dickie Hemric.

Place in the record books

With a prolific scoring performance in his senior year, Redick took over various records for shooting and scoring that had been in place for several decades. The record that received the most attention was the ACC record for points scored in a player's career. Wake Forest Demon Deacon Dickie Hemric set a mark of 2,587 points scored from 1953-56 that stood for the first 50 years of the ACC's existence. Redick took over the mark and played eight more games to finish his career with 2,769 points in his career. (Hemric's accomplishment was made without a three point line, so he had to make more baskets than J.J. to reach this mark. However, it should also be noted that Hemric played in an age where free throws were shot after every foul, regardless of the number of team fouls committed. Hemric shot nearly double the amount of free throws that Redick did.) His total of 964 points in his senior season set a new mark at Duke for points scored in a season (previously held by Jason Williams for his 841-point 2001 campaign). He came up just short of the ACC record for points scored in a season, still held by Dennis Scott with 970 points in 1990.

Redick also finished his last ACC tournament as the all-time leading scorer for games played in the tournament. His total of 225 points eclipsed Wake Forest's Len Chappell who scored 220 points in the tournament from 1960-62. The previous high ACC Tournament scorers from Duke were Art Heyman with 193 and Mike Gminski with 191.

Redick won a close contest for the position of all-time NCAA leader for Three Point Field Goals Made. Entering the season, the mark stood at 413, held by Curtis Staples of University of Virginia. Redick finished his regular-season as the new record-holder with 430 career three's made, then watched as Keydren Clark of Saint Peter's College set a new record of 435 while playing in the MAAC Tournament. Redick subsequently hit 15 three-pointers in the ACC Tournament and 12 in the NCAA Tournament to finish his career with a new record of 457 Career Three Point Field Goals. Clark, also notable for finishing as the sixth highest scorer in NCAA history, went down in the books as the number 2 three-point shooter in NCAA history.

Redick entered his final postseason with a chance to go down as the NCAA's all-time leading free-throw shooter. The current record is held by Gary Buchanan of Villanova at 91.3%. In an otherwise triumphant visit to Greensboro Coliseum for the ACC Tournament and early NCAA Tournament games, J.J. struggled at the line, lowering his career free-throw percentage by about 0.5% such that he finished his career with approximately 91.16% attempts made (660 out of 724). While his fans would be disappointed to note that he did not finish as the all-time leader, it was already known that his record might have been broken after a single year, as Blake Ahearn, an active player with one year left at Missouri State, would enter his last season with a career free-throw percentage of 95.1% and a sufficient number of attempts to be eligible for the record book.

Awards

NBA career

Redick was selected with the 11th pick in the 2006 NBA Draft by the Orlando Magic.

Increasingly a major topic of debate concerning Redick is if he will be able to put up comparable stats at the next level. Some sports analysts, particularly Dick Vitale, have answered this question in the affirmative, while others feel without the Duke system he will be a role player. [[Citing sources citation needed]] Redick is not known for being a strong defensive player or ball passer, and this may further hamper his ability to be a star in the NBA. His height of 6'5" is on the small side for shooting guards in the NBA, and with this and his small wingspan it may make it difficult to get open shots.

At the same time, Orlando happens to be a perfect fit for Redick offensively. He would be playing with Jameer Nelson, whose drive-dish method gets open shots for players, and Dwight Howard, who constantly draws double teams. In addition, although Redick's defense is relatively weak, Howard and Darko Milicic are both 7-footers in the frontcourt, which will help cover up in defensive lapses by the two guards.

When Redick himself was asked what he feels about the subject in a November 2005 interview, he responded, "I think I'll be a role player like 80 percent of the players in the league are. I don't expect to be a star."

International career

In 2005, Redick was named to the USA Men's U21 World Championship Team.

In 2006, Redick was named to the USA Men's 2006-2008 National Team Program, and will compete for a spot on the 2006 FIBA World Championship team, as well as for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games team.

Style of play

Redick's area of strength in his college career was his quick jump shooting, his long range and his high free-throw percentage. From his Sophomore year to his Junior year, he lost nearly thirty pounds, gaining the ability to play entire games and take 20+ shots per game as the focal point of Duke's offense. His ball-handling showed dramatic improvement[[Citing sources citation needed]] between his Sophomore and Junior years but is still considered below average among starting shooting guards in the ACC. Also, Redick was not known as a particularly strong defensive player or passer.

Along with Shelden Williams, Redick was the primary player on whom the opposing team's defense focused. Redick was Duke's main outside shooting threat. Many of Duke's offensive plays were designed for him, but, increasingly he became the primary defensive focus for many of his opponents. For this reason, Redick had fewer open shots than in previous years. Even with the increased defensive pressure, Redick often found ways to score. However, when opposing teams were able to stifle his productivity, Duke struggled to replace his scoring contributions elsewhere.

DUI legal trouble

J.J. Redick's mugshot
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J.J. Redick's mugshot

On June 13, 2006, at 1:03 A.M., Redick was arrested for driving while impared after taking an illegal U-turn to avoid a police checkpoint in Durham County, North Carolina.

According to the police report, an officer followed Redick's car, pulled him over and reported a strong smell of alcohol on Redick's breath. The officer also described Redick's eyes as "very glassy" during the stop. Redick had a blood-alcohol level of 0.11, over the 0.08 legal limit for North Carolina. Redick was also charged with unlawful use of highways and his driver's license was revoked for 30 days. He was released on $1,000 secured bond and is to appear in court July 17.

Personal

He got his nickname "J.J" as a toddler because his twin sisters each repeated his original nickname of "J."

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