Nate Grimes

American basketball player

Nate Grimes
No. 4 – Golden Eagle Ylli
PositionPower forward
LeagueKosovo Superleague
Liga Unike
Personal information
Born (1996-05-01) May 1, 1996 (age 27)
Las Vegas, Nevada
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight227 lb (103 kg)
Career information
High school
  • Desert Pines
    (Las Vegas, Nevada)
  • Quality Education Academy
    (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
College
NBA draft2020: undrafted
Playing career2020–present
Career history
2020–2021Kobrat
2021–2022Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen
2022BG Göttingen
2022Hapoel Eilat
2023Sigal Prishtina
2023Iwate Big Bulls
2024–presentGolden Eagle Ylli
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× Third-team All-Mountain West (2019, 2020)

Nate Grimes (born May 1, 1996) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Golden Eagle Ylli of the Kosovo Superleague and the Liga Unike. He played college basketball for the Fresno State Bulldogs.

Early life and high school career

Grimes began his high school career at Desert Pines High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. For his senior season, Grimes transferred to Quality Education Academy in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with whom in 24 games he averaged 13.6 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.7 steals, and 1.4 assists per game.[1] In September 2014, he committed to play college basketball at Fresno State over offers from Boise State, Iowa, San Francisco, Utah State, Washington State and Wichita State.[2]

College career

Grimes redshirted his freshman season. He averaged 1.7 points and 1.8 rebounds per game as a redshirt freshman.[3] As a sophomore, Grimes averaged 4.6 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks (7th in the conference) per game.[4] He was third in the country in total rebounds per minute (0.44 rebounds per minute played).[3]

He averaged 11.8 points, 9.2 rebounds per game (3rd in the conference), and 1.7 blocks per game (2nd), while leading the conference with a two-point .625 field goal percentage, as a junior.[4][5] On January 25, 2020, Grimes was suspended for one game for conduct detrimental to the team.[6][7]

As a senior, he averaged 11.5 points and 10.2 rebounds per game (3rd in the conference), while leading the conference with 1.6 blocks per game.[4][5] Grimes was named to the Third Team All-Mountain West by the media.[8] On March 16, 2020, Grimes was arrested and charged on suspicion of inflicting corporal injury to a spouse/cohabitant.[9][10]

Professional career

On September 24, 2020, Grimes signed his first professional contract with Kobrat of the Korisliiga.[11] He averaged 16.7 points, 12.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.

On June 30, 2021, Grimes signed with Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen of the BNXT League.[12] He averaged 18.0 points, 11.9 rebounds, 1.4 steals, and 1.0 block per game in eight games.

On February 19, 2022, Grimes signed with BG Göttingen of the Basketball Bundesliga.[13] In 16 games he averaged 6.1 points, 5.2 rebounds, 0.5 blocks, and 16.5 minutes per game.[14]

On August 4, 2022, he signed with Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. Grimes joined Sigal Prishtina of the Kosovo Basketball League on February 6, 2023.[15]

On July 10, 2023, Grimes signed with Iwate Big Bulls of the Japanese B.League.[16]

References

  1. ^ "FRESNO STATE MEN'S BASKETBALL 2017-18 GAME NOTES" (PDF). Arkansas Razorbacks. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  2. ^ Payne, Terrence (September 24, 2014). "Rivals150 recruit commits to Fresno State". NBC Sports. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Nate Grimes - Men's Basketball". Fresno State.
  4. ^ a b c "Nate Grimes College Stats, School, Draft, Gamelog, Splits". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  5. ^ a b "Fresno State's Nate Grimes arrested, charged with domestic abuse". 247 Sports. March 17, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  6. ^ Kuwada, Robert (January 27, 2020). "Fresno State badly beaten at both ends". The Fresno Bee. Retrieved February 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Grimes returns as Bulldogs bounce back to 79-68 win at Air Force". BarkBoard.com.
  8. ^ Potter, Davis (April 7, 2020). "Wyoming's Hunter Maldonado voted third-team all-Mountain West by the media". Casper Star-Tribune. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  9. ^ Shaikh, Zaeem (March 16, 2020). "Breaking: Former Fresno State star basketball player arrested Monday". The Collegian. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  10. ^ "Fresno State's Nate Grimes arrested, charged with domestic abuse". BarkBoard.com.
  11. ^ "Grimes starts his pro career at Kobrat". Eurobasket. September 24, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  12. ^ "Nate Grimes naar Kangoeroes Mechelen". Nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). June 30, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  13. ^ Buyse, Peter (February 19, 2022). "Goettingen inks Nate Grimes, ex Mechelen". Eurobasket. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  14. ^ "Nate Grimes Player Profile, Fresno State - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
  15. ^ "Nate Grimes - përforcon edhe më Prishtinën!". Topsporti. February 8, 2023. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  16. ^ "【チーム情報】Nathanial Grimes（ネサニアル・グライムス）選手 契約合意のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Iwate big Bulls. July 1, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2023.

External links

  • Fresno State Bulldogs bio