Karima Christmas-Kelly Explained

Karima Christmas-Kelly
League:WNBA
Team:Indiana Fever
Position:Assistant Coach
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lbs:180
Birth Date:1989 9, mf=yes
Birth Place:Long Beach, California
Nationality:American
High School:Dobie (Houston, Texas)
College:Duke (2007–2011)
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2011
Draft Round:2
Draft Pick:23
Draft Team:Washington Mystics
Career Start:2011
Team1:Washington Mystics
Years2:
Team2:Tulsa Shock
Years3:
Team3:Indiana Fever
Years4:
Team4:Tulsa Shock / Dallas Wings
Years5:2016–2017
Team5:Guri KDB Life Winnus
Years6:
Team6:Minnesota Lynx
Cyears1:-Present
Cteam1:Indiana Fever (Asst.)
Highlights:
Wnba Profile:karima_christmas

Karima Brittany Christmas-Kelly (born September 11, 1989) is an American basketball coach and former professional basketball player. Christmas-Kelly is currently an assistant coach for the Indiana Fever of the WNBA. She played college basketball at Duke.

Duke statistics

Source

Year !Team GP !Points FG% !3P% FT% !RPG APG !SPG BPG !PPG - 2007–08 30 123 52.1 59.0 2.6 0.5 0.8 0.2 4.1 - 2008–09 Duke 32 239 49.4 45.9 65.1 4.2 1.0 1.4 0.3 7.5 - 2009–10 Duke 36 347 43.1 28.6 71.7 5.3 1.5 2.2 0.4 9.6 - 2010–11 Duke 36 343 37.5 21.1 69.9 6.3 1.7 1.6 0.4 9.5 - Career Duke 134 1052 43.5 28.3 68.3 4.7 1.2 1.5 0.3 7.9

WNBA

Christmas-Kelly was selected the second round of the 2011 WNBA draft (23rd overall) by the Washington Mystics.[1]

On February 5, 2015, Christmas signed with the Tulsa Shock, which she previously played from 2011 to 2012.[2]

On February 1, 2019, Christmas-Kelly signed with the Minnesota Lynx.[3] On July 30, 2020, Christmas-Kelly was waived by the Lynx after suffering a season-ending achilles injury.[4]

WNBA career statistics

Denotes seasons in which Christmas-Kelly won a WNBA championship

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 2011| align="left" | Washington| 14 || 0 || 10.1 || .310 || .217 || .696 || 1.2 || 0.1 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 0.6 || 3.4|-| align="left" | 2011| align="left" | Tulsa| 17 || 0 || 9.8 || .370 || .235 || .800 || 1.2 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 0.9 || 3.2|-| align="left" | 2012| align="left" | Tulsa| 14 || 6 || 11.5 || .333 || .313 || .739 || 1.9 || 0.2 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 0.4 || 3.6|-|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| 2012| align="left" | Indiana| 16 || 0 || 10.9 || .314 || .318 || .500 || 2.3 || 0.8 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 0.5 || 2.9|-| align="left" | 2013| align="left" | Indiana| 34 || 28 || 26.9 || .373 || .300 || .811 || 4.1 || 1.1 || 1.9 || 0.3 || 1.2 || 8.6|-| align="left" | 2014| align="left" | Indiana| 34 || 3 || 21.6 || .343 || .386 || .755 || 3.6 || 0.9 || 0.9 || 0.3 || 0.7 || 6.9|-| align="left" | 2015| align="left" | Tulsa| 32 || 32 || 28.7 || .396 || .386 || .782 || 5.0 || 1.7 || 1.1 || 0.3 || 1.2 || 10.6|-| align="left" | 2016| align="left" | Dallas| 34 || 34 || 31.6 || .400 || .317 || .796 || 5.9 || 2.1 || 1.2 || 0.7 || 1.5 || 12.4|-| align="left" | 2017| align="left" | Dallas| 34 || 34 || 29.7 || .380 || .292 || .851 || 4.2 || 2.2 || 1.2 || 0.2 || 1.6 || 10.4|-| align="left" | 2018| align="left" | Dallas| 6 || 6 || 27.8 || .448 || .444 || .813 || 5.5 || 1.5 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 1.7 || 9.3|-| align="left" | 2019| align="left" | Minnesota| 6 || 0 || 12.0 || .278 || .273 || .600 || 0.8 || 1.0 || 0.8 || 0.2 || 0.7 || 2.7|-| align="left" | 2020| align="left" | Minnesota| 2 || 0 || 12.5 || .143 || .000 || .875 || 3.0 || 0.5 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 2.0 || 4.5|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 10 years, 4 teams| 243 || 143 || 22.9 || .374 || .321 || .791 || 3.7 || 1.3 || 1.1 || 0.3 || 1.1 || 7.0

Playoffs

|-|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| 2012| align="left" | Indiana| 3 || 0 || 10.7 || .250 || .167 || 1.000 || 2.7 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.7 || 3.0|-| align="left" | 2013| align="left" | Indiana| 4 || 4 || 30.8 || .400 || .286 || .625 || 6.0 || 2.3 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 3.5 || 10.8|-| align="left" | 2014| align="left" | Indiana| 5 || 0 || 25.0 || .333 || .333 || .824 || 4.6 || 1.6 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 0.6 || 7.4|-| align="left" | 2015| align="left" | Tulsa| 2 || 2 || 32.5 || .211 || .000 || .875 || 5.0 || 1.0 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 1.5 || 7.5|-| align="left" | 2017| align="left" | Dallas| 1 || 1 || 34.0 || .222 || .000 || 1.000 || 5.0 || 3.0 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 6.0|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 5 years, 2 teams| 15 || 7 || 25.3 || .324 || .214 || .821 || 4.7 || 1.5 || 0.7 || 0.5 || 1.5 || 7.3

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.wnba.com draft2011/draft_board.html 2011 WNBA Draft board
  2. News: Tulsa Shock signs Karima Christmas. Swish Appeal. 2017-09-05.
  3. News: Minnesota Lynx Sign Forward Karima Christmas-Kelly. WNBA. 2019-02-08.
  4. News: Lynx Awarded Erica McCall From Waivers. WNBA. 2020-07-30.