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Forward · 2004–06

Kris Humphries

Before basketball there was swimming — at ten Humphries was the top age-group swimmer in the country in six events, once beating a young Michael Phelps, and his national 50-meter freestyle record stood for 18 years. He left the pool at 12, became Minnesota's Mr. Basketball, led the Big Ten in scoring and rebounding as a Gophers freshman, and was drafted 14th by the Jazz in 2004. Two lean years in Utah preceded his best basketball with the Nets, where he averaged 13.8 points and 11 rebounds in 2011-12.

He retired in 2016 after playing for eight NBA franchises.

HOW HE CAME & WENTUtah drafted him 14th overall in 2004 and traded him with Robert Whaley to Toronto for Rafael Araujo on June 8, 2006, after two lean seasons.

Full name
Kristopher Nathan Humphries
Utah Jazz tenure
2004–06
Position
Forward
Born
1985, Minneapolis
Height
6′9″ (207 cm)
Weight
236 lb (107 kg)
College
Minnesota
Drafted
2004, 1st round (No. 14), Utah
Signatures in the archive
  • 2004 SPX ROOKIE JERSEY #133 146/1999 UTAH JAZZ
  • Upper Deck SP Authentic Signatures Utah Jazz SP-KH

No photograph of this signature is online yet.

With the Jazz

KRIS HUMPHRIES · 2004–06 · PER GAME
SEASONTEAMGMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFG%3P%FT%
2004–05UTA6713.04.12.90.60.40.3.404.333.436
2005–06UTA6210.03.02.50.50.40.3.379.000.523
JAZZ TOTAL2 SEASONS12911.63.62.70.60.40.3.394.182.470

Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗  ·  Wikipedia ↗

Did you know

KRIS HUMPHRIES · 7 NOTES
  • Was a national swimming champion in his age group as a child before choosing basketball.
  • Averaged a double-double for New Jersey in 2011–12.
  • Was the first freshman ever to lead the Big Ten in both scoring and rebounding in the same season.
  • Backed out of a scholarship to Duke to stay home and play for Minnesota.
  • His family lived on a Minnesota lake ten minutes from Paisley Park, and he regularly saw Prince in the grocery store.
  • With Washington in November 2015 he made five of eight threes for 23 points, his first three-pointer since his rookie year.
  • He won bronze for the United States at the 2002 Junior World Championship qualifying alongside Chris Bosh.