Langston Galloway

Langston Galloway (born December 9, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Saint Joseph's University.

High school career

Galloway attended Christian Life Academy in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he was a two-time District 7 1-A Player of the Year. As a junior in 2008–09, he averaged 21.3 points, five rebounds and three assists per game. As a senior in 2009–10, he averaged 26.2 points, five assists and five steals per game as he helped CLA win the Class 1A title and earned Class 1A All-State first team honors.^[1]

College career

In his freshman season at Saint Joseph's, Galloway earned Atlantic 10 All-Rookie team and Philadelphia Big 5 Rookie of the Year honors. He was also named the Hawks' Co-MVP as he shared the John P. Hilferty Award with Carl Jones. In 33 games, he averaged 12.8 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.7 steals in 34.3 minutes per game.^[1][2]

In his sophomore season, he was named to the All-Atlantic 10 second team and All-Big 5 first team. In addition, he received the John P. Hilferty Award as SJU's MVP for the second straight year. In 34 games, he averaged 15.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.0 steals in 35.7 minutes per game.^[1][2]

In his junior season, he was named to the inaugural All-State NABC Good Works Team for his community involvement while also being named to the All-Big 5 second team. In 32 games, he averaged 13.8 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.4 steals in 35.7 minutes per game.^[1][2]

In his senior season, he was named to the All-Atlantic 10 first team, All-Big 5 first team, NABC All-District 4 first team, and the Atlantic 10 All-Championship team for the conference champion Hawks. He was also co-recipient of the John P. Hilferty Award as SJU's MVP, earning Most Valuable honors for the third time. In 34 games, he averaged 17.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.1 steals in 36.2 minutes per game.^[1][2]

Galloway finished his college career as the second all-time leading scorer in Hawk history (after Jameer Nelson) with 1,991 points, as well as the all-time leader in career three-pointers with 343.^[1]

Professional career

New York Knicks (2015–2016)

2014–15 season

After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Galloway joined the New York Knicks for the 2014 NBA Summer League. On September 9, he signed with the Knicks,^[3] but was later waived by the team on October 25 prior to the start of the 2014–15 regular season.^[4] On November 3, he was acquired by the Westchester Knicks of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of New York.^[5]

On January 7, 2015, Galloway signed a 10-day contract with the New York Knicks, thus becoming Westchester's first ever call-up.^[6] He went on to make his NBA debut the same day, recording 7 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal in a 101–91 loss to the Washington Wizards.^[7] He made his second appearance for the Knicks the following night, scoring 19 points on 6-of-10 shooting in a loss to the Houston Rockets.^[8] He signed a second 10-day contract with the Knicks on January 17,^[9] and then a partially guaranteed, two-year deal with the team on January 27.^[10][11] On April 13, he had a season-best game with 26 points on 10-of-12 from the field and 6-of-6 from three-point range in a 112–108 win over the Atlanta Hawks.^[12] The strong performance helped lift Galloway to average 11.8 points per game for his rookie season (third among rookies, behind only Jordan Clarkson and Andrew Wiggins), and on May 18, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie second team, becoming the first undrafted player in Knicks history to make an NBA All-Rookie team.^[13]

2015–16 season

In July 2015, Galloway re-joined the Knicks for the 2015 NBA Summer League, where he averaged 9.8 points and 5.5 rebounds in four games. His impressive preseason form and good defense shown during the 2014–15 season earned him a spot on the Knicks' opening night roster for the 2015–16 season. Early on in his second season, Galloway led the team and ranked fourth in the NBA in fourth-quarter minutes played, earning important playing time from coach Derek Fisher.^[14] He was also among the NBA's leaders in three-point field goal percentage over the first three weeks of the season.^[15] Having started in 41 of his 45 games played in 2014–15, Galloway had a stern bench role in 2015–16, starting in just one game over the first half of the season. On January 26, 2016, he scored a season-high 21 points off the bench in a 128–122 overtime loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.^[16] Three days later, he made just his third start of the season, recording 11 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block in a 102–84 win over the Phoenix Suns.^[17]

New Orleans Pelicans (2016–present)

On July 21, 2016, Galloway signed with the New Orleans Pelicans.^[18] On November 14, 2016, he scored a season-high 21 points in a 106–105 win over the Boston Celtics, helping the Pelicans improve their record to 2–9.^[19] He topped that mark five days later, scoring 23 points and hitting a career-high six three-pointers in a 121–116 overtime win over the Sacramento Kings.^[20]

NBA career statistics

Regular season

Personal life

Galloway is the son of Larry and Jeralyn Galloway. His uncle, Geoff Arnold, was his assistant coach at Saint Joseph's.^[1][21]

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NBA.com, or Basketball-Reference.com
• Saint Joseph's bio