Kareem Maddox

As of March 22, 2021

USA Basketball Notes:

Honors: MVP of the 2018 USA Basketball 3x3 National Championship.
Gold Medals: 2019 Pan American Games 3x3, 2019 FIBA 3x3 World Cup.
Tournament Titles: 2019 Red Bull USA Basketball 3x3 Nationals, 2018 USA Basketball 3x3 National Championship.
Participated in the USA Men's 3x3 Olympic Qualifying training camp March 12-18 in Orlando.
Named to the 2020 USA Basketball 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Team on Feb. 17, 2020.
Member of the 2019 USA Men's 3x3 Pan American Games team that claimed the inaugural 3x3 Pan Am Games gold medal with a 4-3 record in Lima, Peru; averaged 4.6 points per game.
As a member of the 2019 USA 3x3 World Cup Team, averaged 3.4 ppg. and a team-high 6.0 rpg. to help lead USA to an historic gold medal and a 7-0 record at the 2019 FIBA 3x3 World Cup.
As a member of Ariel Slow & Steady captured the 2019 Red Bull USA Basketball 3x3 Nationals gold medal and finished with a 7-1 record in Las Vegas.
Helped Ariel Slow & Steady win the 2018 USA Basketball 3x3 Nationals title in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and earned MVP honors after scoring six points in the gold medal game.
Played for Ariel and finished fourth at the 2015 USA Basketball 3x3 Nationals.

Professional Notes

Competed two seasons professionally in Netherlands and the United Kingdom, where he was runner-up for league MVP honors. Following a three-year hiatus, during which he worked for NPR member stations in the USA, Maddox returned to play in Poland for a season.

3x3 Notes

Since 2018, has played in 70 games on the FIBA 3x3 World Tour for Princeton (as of Dec. 5, 2020).
With Princeton in 2020, played in the FIBA World Tour Doha in November.
With Princeton in 2019, played in the: FIBA World Tour Utsunomiya Final in November; Edmonton Challenger in September; FIBA World Tour Los Angeles in September; Red Bull USA Basketball 3X East Regional in September; Inje Challenger in August; FIBA World Tour Debrecen in August; FIBA World Tour Lausanne in August; F.I.P. Rimini Challenger in August; Raiffeisen Bank Challenger in August; FIBA World Tour Saskatoon in July; FIBA World Tournament Chengdu in June; and the Jiangsu Fountask Sports Technology CO, Ltd Nanjing Challenger in April.
With Ariel Slow Steady in 2019, played in the Nike Basketball 3ON3 Tournament in August.
With the United States in 2019, played in the Pan American Games 3x3 competition in Lima in July and the big twelve TSF International tournament in June.
With Princeton in 2018, played in the: FIBA World Tournament Penang in October; FIBA World Tournament Mexico City in September; FIBA World Tournament Saskatoon in July; Tinkoff Moscow Challenger in May; the Huaian Challenger in 2018; the GoYang Challenger in April; and finished first at the Huai'an Challenger in China.
With All America in 2018, played in the 3BALL USA Showcase in August.
With Stars & Stripes in 2017, played in the DewNBA3X 2017 - Los Angeles Final.
With Ariel Slow & Steady in 2017, played in the NIKE Basketball 3ON3 in August; and the DEWNBA3X 2017 - D.C. in July.
With Ariel Slow & Steady in 2015, played in the Brooklyn Qualifier in May, which was the first official FIBA 3x3-recognized tournament and earned the team’s berth into the USA 3x3 National Championship.
Began playing 3x3 in 2010.

College Notes

In his four years at Princeton (2007-08 through 2010-11), the Tigers posted a 66-53 record, captured the 2011 Ivy League championship and advanced to the 2010 College Basketball Invitational semifinals and 2011 NCAA Tournament second round.
As a senior in 2010-11, was team captain, played all 32 games and averaged team-highs of 13.8 ppg. and 7.0 rpg.
Princeton went from having the worst season in school history, 6-23 in 2007-08, to having one of the best, 25-7 in 2010-11.
Played in 104 games, scored 822 points (7.9 ppg.) and grabbed 456 rebounds (4.4 rpg.) over his four-year career.
Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year and unanimous selection to the All-Ivy League first team (2011).

Personal Notes

Instagram: @kareemmaddox
Son of Iman Zaki and Alan Maddox, has one younger brother, Jay.
Worked as a producer at Gimlet Media (owned by Spotify).
Began producing news in his hometown of Los Angeles with local NPR affiliate KCRW; then hosted the local “All Things Considered” program in Greeley, Colorado; and after a stint playing in Poland, moved to New York in 2017 and began producing “The Pitch,” a podcast that can be compared to the TV show “Shark Tank.”
Earned his undergraduate degree from Princeton in English literature.
While at Princeton, participated in the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation, the mission of which is to improve the quality of life for children battling pediatric brain tumors and other childhood cancers. The team was paired with Christian “Crunch” Regulski, a child with terminal brain cancer, and someone Maddox thinks of often.
Is a self-described “huge film buff,” and enjoys reading, writing and thinking critically about things that need not necessarily be thought of critically, such as Game of Thrones (he’s read all the books available).
Member of the New York Athletic Club.
Hails from Los Angeles, California and graduated from Oak Park High School in 2007.

TEAM	G	MIN	AVG	FGM	FGA	PCT	2PM	2PA	PCT	FTM	FTA	PCT	PF	RBS/AVG	PTS/AVG	AST	BLK
2019 PAG 3x3	7	60	8.6	20	32	.625	5	12	.417	7	9	.778	9		32 / 4.6
2019 3x3 WC	7													42/ 6.0	24 / 3.4	2	8

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