Charles Jenkins (basketball)

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Charles Jenkins
Charles Jenkins Oct 2012.jpg
Jenkins with Golden State Warriors in October 2012
No. 12 – Lenovo Tenerife
PositionShooting guard / Point guard
LeagueLiga ACB
Personal information
Born (1989-02-28) February 28, 1989 (age 32)
Brooklyn, New York
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school
  • Holy Cross
    (Queens, New York)
  • Springfield Gardens
    (Queens, New York)
CollegeHofstra (2007–2011)
NBA draft2011 / Round: 2 / Pick: 44th overall
Selected by the Golden State Warriors
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–2013Golden State Warriors
2013Philadelphia 76ers
2013–2015Crvena zvezda
2015–2016Olimpia Milano
2016–2017Crvena zvezda
2017–2019Khimki
2019–2020Crvena zvezda
2020–2021Olympiacos
2021–presentIberostar Tenerife
Career highlights and awards
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Charles T. Jenkins (born February 28, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Iberostar Tenerife of the Spanish Liga ACB. He was drafted by the Golden State Warriors in the 2011 NBA draft after finishing his four-year college career with the Hofstra Pride.[1][2] He signed a contract with the Warriors on December 9, 2011. On February 21, 2013, he was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers.

While attending Hempstead, New York's Hofstra University, Jenkins, a 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) guard for the Hofstra Pride men's basketball team, had already amassed 1,767 points, 440 rebounds, 331 assists and 156 steals through his first three seasons.[3] He is Hofstra's all-time leading scorer (2,463), breaking Antoine Agudio's record (2,286) set in 2007–08, and graduated as the second leading scorer in Colonial Athletic Association history behind Hall of Famer David Robinson, who scored 2,669 points at Navy.[4] Jenkins had his jersey retired by Hofstra prior to his final home game of his senior season, making him the fourth player in school history to be so honored, and the first to have it retired while still active.[4]

Early life and high school[]

Jenkins was born in Brooklyn, New York, where he lived in the Brownsville section for six years until moving to Rosedale, Queens.[5]

He commuted to Holy Cross High School[6] until transferring to Springfield Gardens High School, where he played high school basketball for three seasons.[2][5][6] As a senior in 2005–06, he averaged 21.1 points, 7.2 assists and 5.1 rebounds en route to a New York Post selection to the All-New York City Team.[2]

College career[]

Freshman[]

After redshirting his true freshman season of 2006–07, Jenkins began competing for the Hofstra University Pride in 2007–08.[2][3] He played in 29 games and averaged 15.0 points and 4.6 rebounds, led his team in free throw percentage (78.0), and finished 10th in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in scoring (first among freshmen).[2][3] Jenkins was named the CAA Rookie of the Year, Metropolitan New York Rookie of the Year and to the Third Team All-Metropolitan New York.[2]

Sophomore[]

In 2008–09, Jenkins averaged 19.7 points and 4.8 rebounds in 32 games played. In the last game of the regular season against UNC Wilmington, he surpassed the 1,000-point milestone, joining Agudio as the only two sophomores to reach 1,000 points prior to their junior seasons.[2] At the season's end, his 1,065 points stood 47 points more than Agudio's pace at the end of his respective sophomore season. Jenkins garnered numerous awards for his year. Among them was the coveted Haggerty Award, which is an award given annually to the greater New York Metropolitan area's best Division I men's basketball player.[7] He became just the fifth sophomore overall (and first since Ron Artest in 1998–99) to earn it in the 73-year history of the award to that point.

Junior[]

As a junior in 2009–10, Jenkins once again increased most of his season averages. He scored 20.6 points, grabbed 4.5 rebounds, dished out 3.9 assists and shot 40.9% from three-point range.[3] On November 30, 2009, in an 84–80 win versus Fairfield, he scored a career-high 38 points on 12-for-17 shooting and went 9-for-9 in free throw attempts.[3] Although the Pride would finish the year with a 19–15 overall record, Jenkins' personal play was good enough to make him the Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Player of the Year.[8] Additionally, he became just the ninth repeat winner of the Haggerty Award.[7][9]

Senior[]

Jenkins became just the third player all-time to win the Haggerty Award three times, joining Jim McMillian (Columbia, 1968–70) and Chris Mullin (St. John's, 1983–85), both of whom later achieved great success at the NBA and/or Olympic levels of competition.

Professional career[]

NBA[]

In the 2011 NBA draft, Jenkins was selected in the second round (44th overall) by the Golden State Warriors.[10] Due to the 2011 NBA lockout, he signed with the Italian team Teramo Basket of the Lega Basket Serie A on November 24, 2011.[11] However, the lockout ended within two weeks and he left Teramo without playing any games for the club.

On December 9, 2011, he officially signed with the Warriors.[12] Twenty-two-year-old Jenkins made his NBA debut on December 25, 2011, in the Warriors' 2011–12 season opener against the Los Angeles Clippers. Briefly entering the contest, he finished with one assist in 1 minute of action.[13] Settling into the role of fighting for starting point guard Steph Curry's backup minutes, rookie Jenkins ended up getting unexpected opportunities in the second part the season due to Curry's persistent ankle injuries.[14] Though the team had brought in Nate Robinson early into the lockout-shortened season to take most of Curry's point guard backup minutes, Jenkins ended up often starting in place of injured Curry.[14] The rookie's minutes especially increased from March 2012, as Curry was ruled out for the rest of the season and Monta Ellis got traded.[15] On March 24, 2012, Jenkins scored career-high 27 points in a 90–87 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers,[16] continuing to post improved numbers until the end of the season[17] and finishing with an average of 5.8 points and 3.3 assists in 51 games, 28 of them starts.[14]

Heading into his second season at Golden State, Jenkins participated in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas throughout July 2012. Playing alongside Warriors teammates such as rookie Harrison Barnes and fellow second-year player Klay Thompson, Jenkins had a good showing as the team won each of its five games with Jenkins the top scorer in two of them.[18] Just before the Summer League, in anticipation of Robinson leaving, the team had signed point guard Jarrett Jack[19] with the question of who would be Curry's primary backup in the upcoming season, Jack or Jenkins, initially left open.[14]

On February 21, 2013, Jenkins was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers for a second-round draft pick.[20]

Europe[]

On July 30, 2013, Jenkins signed a one-year contract with the Serbian team Crvena zvezda Belgrade.[21][22] In January 2014, he extended his contract with Crvena zvezda for one more season.[23] In 2014–15 season, Crvena zvezda won the Adriatic League championship, the Serbian League championship and the Radivoj Korać Cup.

On July 8, 2015, Jenkins signed with Italian club Emporio Armani Milano for the 2015–16 season.[24]

On July 15, 2016, Jenkins returned to Crvena zvezda, signing a two-year deal.[25] In 2016–17, he led the EuroLeague in steals, with 2.1 per game.[26] Jenkins was also named 2017 ABA League Playoffs MVP, where he averaged 12.3 points, 5.3 assists, 3 rebounds, 1.5 steals and average PIR of 15.2.[27]

On June 29, 2017, Jenkins signed a two-year deal with Russian club Khimki.[28] Jenkins played for HBC Sicklerville in the 2018 edition of The Basketball Tournament. He scored 3 points and had 2 rebounds in the team's first-round loss to the Talladega Knights. In the 2018–19 EuroLeague season, he averaged 6.9 points on 42.0% three-point shooting, 2.8 rebounds and 1.0 steal per game over 29 games.

On July 5, 2019, Jenkins signed a two-year deal for Crvena zvezda. It is his third stint with the Zvezda.[29][30]

On June 20, 2020, Jenkins signed a contract with Greek club Olympiacos of the EuroLeague.

Personal life[]

Jenkins has one brother and one sister.[2] He cites Dwayne Washington as his favorite athlete, and prior to selecting Hofstra he had also been recruited by St. John's and Liberty.[2]

Career statistics[]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high
Led the league

NBA[]

Regular season[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2011–12 Golden State 51 28 17.5 .447 .150 .872 1.3 3.3 .6 .1 5.8
2012–13 Golden State 47 0 6.2 .422 .500 .556 .4 .6 .2 .0 1.7
2012–13 Philadelphia 12 1 12.5 .368 .000 .500 .9 1.3 .5 .1 2.5
Career 110 29 12.1 .434 .182 .754 .9 1.9 .4 .1 3.7

EuroLeague[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2013–14 Crvena zvezda 10 0 22.8 .436 .565 .765 1.3 1.7 1.9 .2 9.4 5.9
2014–15 Crvena zvezda 24 4 19.1 .356 .310 .800 1.3 1.3 .9 .2 6.6 3.7
2015–16 Milano 10 8 26.1 .472 .583 .500 1.6 1.8 1.5 .0 6.7 5.6
2016–17 Crvena zvezda 30 29 26.1 .444 .425 .848 1.9 2.7 2.1 .1 9.4 9.5
Career 74 41 23.4 .418 .427 .798 1.6 2.0 1.6 .1 8.1 6.6

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Class Notes 2011 ~ Hofstra Magazine". HofstraMagazine.blogspot.com. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Charles Jenkins". Player biography. Hofstra University. 2009. Archived from the original on August 11, 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Charles Jenkins stats". ESPN. 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  4. ^ a b Satriano, David (February 27, 2011). "Hofstra's Jenkins shows Pride in finale". New York Post. nypost.com. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Jenkins keeps brother's dream alive all the way to NBA". CBS Sports. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  6. ^ a b Thamel, Pete (March 5, 2011). "Hofstra's Jenkins Stayed Home and Stayed Focused". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
  7. ^ a b Sass, Max (22 April 2010). "Charles Jenkins wins second-straight Haggerty Award". The Chronicle. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  8. ^ "Hofstra's Jenkins Earns CAA Men's Basketball Player of the Year Honors" (Press release). Men's Basketball News. Colonial Athletic Association. 4 March 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  9. ^ "Hofstra's Jenkins Repeats as Haggerty Award winner" (Press release). Men's Basketball News. Colonial Athletic Association. 21 April 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  10. ^ "Warriors Select Guards Klay Thompson & Charles Jenkins In 2011 NBA Draft". NBA.com. June 23, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  11. ^ Carchia, Emiliano (November 24, 2011). "Teramo tabs Warriors draftee Charles Jenkins". Sportando.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  12. ^ "Warriors Sign Second Round Pick Charles Jenkins". NBA.com. December 9, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  13. ^ "New-look Clippers open season with road victory over Warriors". espn.go.com. December 25, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  14. ^ a b c d Dilip, Nikhil (11 July 2012). "Golden State Warriors: How the Addition of Jarrett Jack Helps the Team". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  15. ^ Buckley, Zach (31 March 2012). "Stephen Curry: 3 Reasons Golden State Warriors PG Must Sit Out Until Next Year". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  16. ^ "Despite big night by rookie Charles Jenkins, Golden State Warriors lose to Portland Trail Blazers". Associated Press. East Bay Times. 25 March 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  17. ^ Hazheer, Yama (21 April 2012). "Golden State Warriors: Charles Jenkins Is Golden for the Warriors". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  18. ^ Thompson II, Marcus (14 July 2012). "Charles Jenkins asserts himself in Golden State Warriors' summer league win". The Mercury News. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  19. ^ Reid, John (11 July 2012). "New Orleans Hornets trade starting point guard Jarrett Jack to the Golden State Warriors in three-team deal". The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  20. ^ "Warriors Trade Charles Jenkins to Philadelphia". NBA.com. February 21, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  21. ^ Ostojić, Aca (July 30, 2013). "CRVENA ZVEZDA inks combo guard Jenkins". Euroleague.net. Archived from the original on August 3, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  22. ^ "Upoznajte Čarlsa Dženkinsa". kkcrvenazvezda.rs (in Serbian). Archived from the original on August 1, 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  23. ^ Carchia, Emiliano (January 22, 2014). "Charles Jenkins officially extends his contract with Crvena Zvezda". Sportando.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  24. ^ "EA7 Emporio Armani adds guard Jenkins". Euroleague.net. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  25. ^ "Charles Jenkins returns to KK Crvena Zvezda". Sportando.com. July 15, 2016. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  26. ^ "Statistics". Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  27. ^ "KK Crvena Zvezda crowned again as ABA Liga champions". 13 April 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-06-28. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  28. ^ "BC KHIMKI ADDS CHARLES JENKINS". bckhimki.ru. June 29, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  29. ^ "Čarls Dženkins po treći put crveno-beli!". kkcrvenazvezda.rs. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  30. ^ "Zvezda brings back guard Jenkins". euroleague.net. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

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