Rakeem Christmas
Christmas with Syracuse in 2013
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| No. 25 – Indiana Pacers | |
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| Position | Power forward / Center |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
December 1, 1991 Irvington, New Jersey |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 250 lb (113 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Academy of the New Church (Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania) |
| College | Syracuse (2011–2015) |
| NBA draft | 2015 / Round: 2 / Pick: 36th overall |
| Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves | |
| Playing career | 2015–present |
| Career history | |
| 2015–present | Indiana Pacers |
| 2015–2017 | →Fort Wayne Mad Ants |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Rakeem Maleek Christmas (born December 1, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Syracuse Orange.
Christmas attended Northeast Catholic High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between 2007 and 2009, before his junior year he transferred to Academy of the New Church in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania. As a junior, he averaged 13.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game, during his senior season he averaged 11.0 points, 9.6 rebounds and 3.9 blocks per game.
He was rated as the #21 player in the class of 2011 by Scout.com. He was rated as the #27 player by Rivals.com. He was named to the Class A first team as a junior.
Christmas committed to Syracuse basketball on August 6, 2010 after his junior season in high school. He started playing for Syracuse in the 2011–12 season.
On June 25, 2015, Christmas was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the 36th overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft. His rights were then traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers along with those of Cedi Osman and a future second round pick in exchange for the rights of Tyus Jones. He later joined the Cavaliers for the 2015 NBA Summer League, where he averaged 8.0 points and 4.5 rebounds in four games. On July 23, his rights were traded again, this time to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for a 2019 second-round pick. Four days later, he signed with the Pacers. On November 14, he made his professional debut in the Mad Ants' 83–80 win over Raptors 905, recording 24 points, seven rebounds, one steal and one block in 32 minutes. On January 29, he was named in the East All-Star team for the 2016 NBA D-League All-Star Game. In the Pacers' 2015–16 regular season finale, Christmas made his NBA debut, scoring four points and making both his field-goal tries off the bench in a 97–92 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.
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