Kyle Elliot Korver is an American professional basketball player who
currently plays for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association. He
played college basketball for Creighton University and was drafted with the 51st
overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft by the New Jersey Nets. Korver became an
NBA All-Star for the first time in 2015, and he holds the NBA records for most
consecutive games with a made three-pointer, and highest three-point
field goal percentage in a season. College career
As a freshman at Creighton, Korver was named to the MVC All-Bench, All-Freshman
and All-Newcomer teams after he averaged 8.8 points per game while hitting 43.4
percent from three-point range and 89.5 percent at the free-throw line.
As a sophomore, Korver earned All-MVC second team honors while leading the
conference tournament champion Bluejays with 14.6 points per game. He was also
named to the MVC All-Tournament team. As a junior, Korver led the Bluejays to
both the Missouri Valley Conference regular season and conference tournament
championships. He was then named MVC Player of the Year and an honorable
mention All-American. As a senior, Korver again earned MVC
Player of the Year and first team All-MVC honors. He was also a consensus
second-team All-American and a finalist for the Wooden, Naismith, and Oscar
Robertson awards. Korver finished his career at Creighton
fourth all-time in scoring and first in three-pointers made, three-point
percentage, and free-throw percentage. His 371 career made three-pointers is a
MVC record and tied for sixth most in NCAA history. Korver also holds
Creighton single-season records for three-pointers made, three-point
percentage, and free-throw percentage. Korver graduated with a bachelor's
degree in Visual Communications. = College statistics=
Professional career = Philadelphia 76ers=
Korver was selected with the 51st overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft by
the New Jersey Nets. His draft rights were traded later that night to the
Philadelphia 76ers for cash considerations. Korver finished his
rookie season averaging 4.1 points in 11.9 minutes per game.
Korver finished the 2004–05 season tied for the NBA league leader in
three-pointers made with 226, which is also a 76ers franchise record. He had a
career-high 31 points against the Milwaukee Bucks on February 24, 2006,
and duplicated that performance on February 21, 2007 at home against the
New York Knicks. Korver averaged a career-high 14.4
points per game for the 2006–07 season. He also led the NBA in free-throw
percentage after he shot 91.4 percent on the season.
= Utah Jazz= On December 26, 2007, Korver was traded
by the Philadelphia 76ers to the Utah Jazz in exchange for Gordan Giriček and
a future first-round draft pick. Korver spent two and a half seasons in
Utah, mostly coming off the bench as the team's sixth man. In his last season
with the Jazz, Korver made 53.6 percent of his three-point attempts, setting a
new NBA record for highest three-point percentage in a regular season.
= Chicago Bulls= On July 13, 2010, Korver signed as a
free agent with the Chicago Bulls. Korver went on to average 8.3 points in
20.1 minutes per game. His highest scoring game was on November 24, 2010,
when he scored 24 points against the Phoenix Suns. The Bulls finished with
the number one seed in the NBA and advanced to the Eastern Conference
Finals where they lost to the Miami Heat 4-1. The next season, Korver averaged
8.1 points. On March 10, 2012, against the Utah Jazz, he scored a season-high
26 points. = Atlanta Hawks=
On July 16, 2012, Korver was traded to the Atlanta Hawks in a sign-and-trade
deal for Kirk Hinrich and cash considerations. On July 12, 2013, he
re-signed with the Hawks to a four-year, $24 million deal. On December 18, 2013,
in the Hawks' 124-107 win over the Sacramento Kings, Korver scored a
season-high 28 points on 10-15 shooting, including 8-10 from three-point range.
On December 6, 2013, Korver passed the NBA record for most consecutive games
with a made three-pointer originally set by Dana Barros. The streak eventually
ended at 127 games on March 5, 2014. Korver finished the 2013–14 season with
a 47.2 percent three-point shooting percentage which led the NBA.
On December 15, 2014, Korver passed Jason Richardson for 15th all-time in
three-pointers made. Five days later, in the Hawks' 104-97 win over the Houston
Rockets, Korver scored a game-high 22 points and made all four of his
free-throws attempts. This gave him 49 consecutive made free-throws on the
season to set a new Hawks franchise record. The streak ended at 50 in the
Hawks' next game against the Dallas Mavericks.
On February 10, 2015, Korver received his first NBA All-Star selection as a
reserve for the Eastern Conference in the 2015 NBA All-Star Game, replacing
the injured Dwyane Wade. At 33 years and 11 months old, he became the
fourth-oldest first-time All-Star. On March 11 in a loss to the Denver
Nuggets, Korver passed Kobe Bryant for 12th on the all-time three-pointers made
list. Four days later in a win over the Los Angeles Lakers, Korver left the game
with a broken nose after taking an offensive foul from Ed Davis with 8:59
left in the first half. The injury ended a streak of 51 consecutive games with a
three-pointer by Korver, who missed both of his shots from behind the arc. After
missing three games with the injury, he returned to action on March 22 against
the San Antonio Spurs with protective gear on his face to cover the nose.
On April 29, 2015, Korver was named the recipient of the Joe Dumars Trophy for
winning the 2014–15 NBA Sportsmanship Award. During the 2015 playoffs, Korver
suffered a right ankle sprain playing against the Cleveland Cavaliers on May
22 in the Eastern Conference Finals. The following day, he was ruled out for the
rest of the playoffs. On November 6, 2015, Korver scored 22
points, hitting all eight of his shots, including four from three-point range,
as the Hawks won their sixth straight with a 121–115 victory over the New
Orleans Pelicans. NBA career statistics
= Regular season= = Playoffs=
Awards, honors, and records = NBA=
NBA record for highest three-point shooting percentage in a regular season
NBA record for most consecutive games with a made three-pointer
2009–10 NBA leader in three-point percentage
2013–14 NBA leader in three-point percentage
2006–07 NBA leader in free-throw percentage
Philadelphia 76ers record for three-point field goals made in a season
2004–05 NBA leader in three-point field goals made
2014–15 NBA All-Star = NCAA=
Missouri Valley Conference career made three-pointers record
Missouri Valley Conference single season made three-pointers record: 2003
Consensus Second Team All-American: 2003 Honorable Mention All-American by
Associated Press: 2002 Missouri Valley Conference Player of the
Year: 2002, 2003 First Team All-Missouri Valley
Conference: 2002, 2003 Second Team All-Missouri Valley
Conference: 2001 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament
MVP: 2002, 2003 Missouri Valley Conference
All-Tournament Team: 2001, 2002, 2003 Missouri Valley Conference All-Freshman
Team: 2000 Missouri Valley Conference All-Bench
Team: 2000 Guardians Classic Omaha Regional MVP:
2003 Guardians Classic Tournament MVP: 2003
Guardians Classic All-Tournament Team: 2003
CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Player of the Year: 2003
CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major All-America Team: 2002, 2003
Personal Korver was born in Lakewood, California
and is the oldest of four children to Kevin and Laine Korver. He grew up in
the Los Angeles area, and was a Los Angeles Lakers fan as a child. Watching
Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and the Showtime Lakers instilled a love of
basketball in Korver that made him want to pursue it himself. He moved with his
family to Iowa in 1993 and graduated from Pella High School.
Korver has three brothers, Kirk, Kaleb, and Klayton, all of whom have played
Division I basketball. Klayton was a guard/forward for the Drake Bulldogs
while Kaleb was a guard for the Creighton Bluejays. Kirk currently plays
forward at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. His mother Laine
played high-school basketball and once scored 74 points in a game. Korver's
father, Kevin, is a pastor in Pella, Iowa. Korver's uncle, Kris Korver, is
the head basketball coach at Northwestern College in Orange City,
Iowa. His cousin Kari Korver plays for the UCLA Bruins women's basketball team.
Korver married Juliet Richardson on August 10, 2011. Their daughter, Kyra
Elyse, was born on December 5, 2012. Korver is a Christian. Korver has spoken
about his faith in Jesus saying, "He is the one who came and paid for my sins
that I may get to heaven someday and be with Him. He is my example. He’s my
everything." Korver has his own charitable
foundation, called the "Kyle Korver Foundation", which contributes to many
philanthropic causes. He held a coat drive while with the 76ers, where he
collected and donated coats to kids in need. In 2013, he started an annual sock
drive in October called the "Socktober Drive" in which he collects socks to
donate to homeless people in Atlanta. Korver has also participated in the
NBA's Basketball Without Borders outreach program in Africa, China,
Brazil, and India. Footwear and endorsements
Korver is an endorser of the Nike brand of footwear and apparel, and he has worn
various Nike basketball shoe models during NBA games, including the Nike
Zoom Run The One. See also
List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career 3-point scoring leaders
List of National Basketball Association career 3-point scoring leaders
References External links
Career statistics and player information from NBA.com, or
Basketball-Reference.com Kyle Korver at sports-reference.com
Kyle Korver on Twitter