Marshall Harrison Plumlee (born July 14, 1992) is an American former professional

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player and is an active-duty

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Ranger-Qualified officer. He played college basketball for the

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. He was one of the top-rated basketball recruits in the class of 2011, a

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, and is the younger brother and former high school and college teammate of both

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and

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High school career

A native of Warsaw, Indiana, Plumlee joined his older brothers as boarding students at Christ School in

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. During his four years on the basketball team, the Greenies won 139 out of 150 games, winning four consecutive state championships. Plumlee’s contribution to the team increased each year. By his junior year, when both his brothers were playing for Duke, Plumlee averaged 8.6 points, 8.0 rebounds, and 2.6 blocks per game. As a senior, Plumlee averaged 11.5 points, 10.3 rebounds, and 2.5 blocks per game. Following that season, the 6 ft 11 inch Plumlee was named the

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Player of the Year in North Carolina and named to the 2011 McDonald's All-American Game. As a senior, Plumlee signed to play for

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. Plumlee’s five-player recruiting class for

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in 2011 included

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, Alex Murphy,

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, and

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. Duke's class was the second-best recruiting class in 2011, according to

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College career

In Plumlee's freshman year at

, both of his brothers were on the team and Marshall redshirted. He made his debut in 2012–13, but his playing time was limited by a stress fracture in his foot. In Plumlee's junior year, he saw limited action, playing 8.5 minutes per game in 30 contests. By his junior year, Plumlee had developed into a steady inside defender, backing up

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, a freshman who went on to be the 3rd pick in that year’s NBA draft. That 2015 Duke team won the NCAA national championship. During his final season at Duke, Plumlee served as a team captain along with

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and Matt Jones. Plumlee started all 36 games that year, averaging 8.3 points, 8.6 rebounds, and 1.6 blocked shots per game.

College statistics

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Professional career

New York Knicks (2016–2017)

After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft, Plumlee joined the

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for the

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. On July 8, 2016, he signed with the Knicks. During his rookie season, he had multiple assignments to the

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of the

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. Plumlee made his NBA debut on November 20, 2016, against the

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. He was rushed into the city from his D-League assignment when starting center

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was sent home due to illness. He gathered a rebound and committed a foul in five minutes of action in a win over the Hawks. On July 7, 2017, he was waived by the Knicks.

Agua Caliente Clippers (2017–2018)

On September 27, 2017, Plumlee signed with the

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. He was waived by the Clippers on October 14, 2017, after appearing in four preseason games. A week later, he was named in the inaugural

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training camp roster. He went on to earn a spot in the team's opening-night roster.

Milwaukee Bucks (2018)

On January 15, 2018, Plumlee signed a

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with the

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. Throughout the season, he split his playing time between the Bucks and their

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affiliate, the

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National team career

Plumlee played with the senior

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at the

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, where the team won the gold medal.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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Military career

Plumlee earned a commission into the

as an Infantry Officer through Duke University's

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(ROTC) program. He participated in a ROTC contracting ceremony on January 23, 2015, on the court of

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. Upon graduating from Duke, Plumlee commissioned into the

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in 2017, while playing for the New York Knicks. In 2019, Plumlee graduated from

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, with his mother affixing the Ranger Tab, and transitioned to an active duty military status. According to Plumlee, his inspiration to serve in the military stemmed from his childhood just as his desire to play professional basketball. General Robert Brooks Brown, a retired Commanding General of

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, became a mentor of Plumlee's in high school. Both men played collegiate basketball under coach

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Business career

In May 2022, Plumlee announced that he would be entering the two-year MBA program at Harvard Business School, joining the HBS class of 2024.

Personal life

Plumlee grew up with brothers

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and

, and they reunited during the 2011–12 basketball season at Duke University; they also have a sister named Madeleine, who played volleyball at the

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. They were only the third trio of brothers to play on the same college basketball team at the same time. His parents are Millard "Perky" (a former

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basketball player) and Leslie Plumlee (a former

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player who set the school single-game rebound record with 25). The two met at a basketball camp during the summer of 1979. His grandfather Albert "Bud" Schultz played basketball at

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(1944), his uncle William Schultz played basketball at Wisconsin-Eau Claire (1971–72), and his uncle Chad Schultz played basketball at Wisconsin-Oshkosh (1983–86).

References

External links

Duke profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Plumlee, Marshall 1992 births Living people Agua Caliente Clippers players American men's basketball players Basketball players from Indiana Centers (basketball) Christ School (North Carolina) alumni Duke Blue Devils men's basketball players McDonald's High School All-Americans Milwaukee Bucks players New York Knicks players People from West Lafayette, Indiana Undrafted National Basketball Association players United States men's national basketball team players Westchester Knicks players Wisconsin Herd players