Kareem Maddox (born December 9, 1989) is an American former professional basketball player and member of the

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Princeton Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine ...

College career

Maddox played

. During the 2010–11 season in his senior year he led the team in blocks with 52, ranked third in the Ivy League in blocked shots at 1.7 per game, fourth in defensive rebounds at 5.0 per game, and fourth in overall rebounds at 6.9 per game, and averaged 14.0 points per game. He became the second Princeton player to have 50 blocks in a season, following Chris Young in

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, since blocks began being kept as a stat. He had seven 20-point games and was the first Tiger since 1984 to have two 30-point games in a season. He led his team to the Ivy League championship and the NCAA tournament for the first time since

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where they were defeated by

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team 59–57 on a layup by Brandon Knight at the buzzer. During the NCAA tournament, Maddox recorded 12 points, four rebounds, three steals and two assists. Following the season he was named a unanimous first-team all-Ivy League and was named the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year. He finished his career with 822 points, 456 rebounds and 108 blocks in 104 games.

Professional career

Landstede Hammers

Maddox played professionally for the

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of the

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(DBL) during the 2011–12 season. He averaged 10 points, five rebounds and 1.6 blocked shots in 23 minutes per game, before suffering an injury in January which ended his season.

Newcastle Eagles

On August 15, 2012, Maddox signed with the

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of the

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(BBL) during the 2012–13 season. He was named the Molten BBL Player of the Month for the month of November 2012. During the month he averaged a double-double of 16 points and 10.6 rebounds. He also ranked in the top ten in the BBL for steals with 2.0 per game, and ranked second for blocked shots with 1.8 per game. He was again named the Molten BBL Player of the Month for the month of February 2013. During the month he averaged a double-double of 21.6 points and 13 rebounds per game. Defensively he recorded two blocked shots per game. Following an outstanding season with the Eagles, he was named to Molten Team of the Year, and Molten Defensive Team of the Year.

Miasto Szkła Krosno

After a three-year hiatus from basketball, Maddox joined

Miasto Szkła Krosno KKK MOSiR Krosno, for sponsorship reasons named Miasto Szkła Krosno, is a Polish basketball club based in Krosno. The club currently plays in the I Liga, the second basketball division in Poland. History In the 2015–16 season, Krosno won the I ...

of the

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(PLK) during the 2016–17 season.

3x3 career

Maddox joined the

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in 2015. He represented the

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at the

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where he averaged 3.4 points and a team-high 6.0 rebounds per game, to help lead USA to a perfect 7–0 record and a gold medal. He then competed at the

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, where he averaged 4.6 points per game, and helped team USA win the inaugural 3x3 Pan Am Games tournament. Maddox and team USA failed to qualify for the 3x3 tournament at the

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, as they were eliminated by the

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in the quarterfinals of the 2021 FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament. At the 2023 FIBA 3x3 World Cup, he averaged 3.7 points and 2.9 rebounds per game and won a silver medal. He then competed at the

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and helped team USA repeat as gold medal champions in the 3x3 tournament. During the gold medal game he scored four points in a 21–15 victory against

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Personal life

Maddox graduated from

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with a degree in

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. Following his professional playing career in Europe, he volunteered at his local public radio station,

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, in

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. He then transitioned to being a producer for ''

To the Point ''To the Point'' was an hour-long public affairs radio program co-produced by KCRW in Santa Monica, California and Public Radio International. The program originated at KCRW at 1 pm Pacific Time each weekday. Award-winning journalist Warren Oln ...

'' and ''

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''. In October 2017 he became a podcast producer at

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. He quit his podcast production job in January 2020 to pursue his dream of making the U.S. Olympic 3x3 basketball team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maddox, Kareem 1989 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands American expatriate basketball people in Poland American expatriate basketball people in the United Kingdom American men's 3x3 basketball players American men's basketball players Basketball players from California Sportspeople from Los Angeles Princeton Tigers men's basketball players Landstede Hammers players Newcastle Eagles players KKK MOSiR Krosno players FIBA 3x3 World Tour players Basketball players at the 2019 Pan American Games Basketball players at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games