Rashad Vaughn Explained

Rashad Vaughn
Position:Shooting guard / Small forward
Height Ft:6
Height In:6
Weight Lb:202
Team:Free agent
Birth Date:16 August 1996
Birth Place:Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
High School:
College:UNLV (2014–2015)
Draft Year:2015
Draft Round:1
Draft Pick:17
Draft Team:Milwaukee Bucks
Career Start:2015
Years1:
Team1:Milwaukee Bucks
Years2:2016
Team2:Canton Charge
Years3:2016
Team3:Westchester Knicks
Team4:Brooklyn Nets
Team5:Orlando Magic
Years6:2018
Team6:Texas Legends
Years7:2018–2019
Team7:Delaware Blue Coats
Years8:2019–2020
Team8:Igokea
Years9:2020
Team9:Budućnost
Years10:2020–2021
Team10:Prometey
Years11:2021
Team11:Dnipro
Years12:2022
Team12:Lavrio
Years13:2022–2023
Team13:Cleveland Charge
Years14:2023–2024
Team14:Apollon Patras
Highlights:

Rashad DeAndre Vaughn (born August 16, 1996) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Apollon Patras of the Greek Basket League. He played college basketball for the UNLV Runnin' Rebels.

High school career

For the first three years of his high school career, Vaughn attended Robbinsdale Cooper High School in New Hope, Minnesota. As a junior in 2012–13, he averaged 28 points and nine rebounds per game. For his senior year, he transferred to Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nevada, where he averaged 19.9 points and 4.9 assists per game in 2013–14. He subsequently earned McDonald's All-American honors and Jordan Brand Classic selection.[1]

College career

After considering offers from Iowa State, Kansas, Kentucky and North Carolina, Vaughn finally committed to UNLV.[2] [3] Vaughn played one season of college basketball for UNLV where he was named the Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year after averaging 17.8 points and 4.8 rebounds in 23 games.[4] [5]

College statistics

|-|style="text-align:left;"|2014–15|style="text-align:left;"|UNLV|23||23||32.3||.439||.383||.694||4.8||1.6||.8||.3||17.8|}

Professional career

Milwaukee Bucks (2015–2018)

On June 25, 2015, Vaughn was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 17th overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft.[6] He later joined the Bucks for the 2015 NBA Summer League[7] and signed his rookie scale contract with the team on July 17.[8] He made his debut for the Bucks in the team's season opener against the New York Knicks on October 28, scoring 10 points off the bench in a 122–97 loss.[9] On March 18, 2016, pursuant to the flexible assignment rule, he was assigned to the Canton Charge, the Cleveland Cavaliers' D-League affiliate.[10] On March 26, he was recalled by the Bucks.[11]

On October 29, 2016, Vaughn scored a career-high 22 points and hit six three-pointers in a 110–108 win over the Brooklyn Nets.[12] On November 19, pursuant to the flexible assignment rule, he was assigned to the Westchester Knicks[13] and was recalled four days later.[14] On November 26, he was reassigned to Westchester[15] and recalled on December 1.[16]

Brooklyn Nets (2018)

On February 5, 2018, Vaughn was traded, along with a second-round pick, to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for Tyler Zeller.[17] He made his debut for the Nets the following day, collecting one assist in four minutes against the Houston Rockets.[18] On February 8, 2018, Vaughn was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans in exchange for Dante Cunningham.[19] He was waived by the Pelicans two days later.[20]

Orlando Magic (2018)

On February 20, 2018, Vaughn signed a 10-day contract with the Orlando Magic.[21] He signed a second 10-day contract with the Magic on March 2,[22] only to be waived by the team five days later due to injury.[23]

Texas Legends (2018)

On October 8, 2018, the Mavericks announced they signed Vaughn to a training camp deal.[24] He was waived three days later.[25] He then was added to the roster of the Texas Legends, the Mavericks’ G League affiliate.

Delaware Blue Coats (2018–2019)

On December 31, 2018, Vaughn, alongside a 2019 third-round draft pick, was traded to the Delaware Blue Coats for the returning player rights to Askia Booker and a 2019 second-round pick.[26]

Igokea (2019–2020)

On July 30, 2019, Vaughn signed a one-year contract for Igokea of the Adriatic League.[27] He averaged 16.5 points per game.

Budućnost VOLI (2020)

On June 7, 2020, he signed with Budućnost.[28] On October 23, Budućnost and Vaughn parted ways after he appeared in six games.[29]

Prometey (2020–2021)

On December 22, 2020, he has signed with Prometey of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague.[30]

Dnipro (2021)

On August 12, 2021, he has signed with Dnipro of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague.[31] Vaughn averaged 12.2 points, 4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. He parted ways with the team on November 28.[32]

Lavrio (2022)

On January 28, 2022, Vaughn signed with Lavrio of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League.[33] In 12 league games, he averaged 14.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1 assist in 25 minutes per game.

Cleveland Charge (2022–2023)

On October 24, 2022, Vaughn joined the Cleveland Charge training camp roster.[34]

Apollon Patras (2023–2024)

On November 20, 2023, Vaughn signed with Apollon Patras of the Greek Basket League.[35] On January 29, 2024, Vaughn parted ways with the Greek club and was replaced by Ryan Boatright.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee| 70 || 6 || 14.3 || .305 || .293 || .800 || 1.3 || .6 || .4 || .2 || 3.1|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee| 41 || 2 || 11.2 || .365 || .321 || .400 || 1.2 || .6 || .5|| .2 || 3.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee| 22 || 0 || 7.9 || .402 || .371 || .667 || .8 || .5 || .2 || .1 || 2.7|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Brooklyn| 1 || 0 || 4.0 || – || – || – || .0 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || .0|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Orlando| 5 || 0 || 7.0 || .333 || .500 || – || .8 || .0 || .2 || .0 || 1.0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 139 || 8 || 12.0 || .337 || .313 || .692 || 1.1 || .5 || .4 || .2 || 3.0

Playoffs

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2017| style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee| 3 || 0 || 3.3 || .500 || 1.000 || – || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 2.0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 3 || 0 || 3.3 || .500 || 1.000 || – || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 2.0

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rashad Vaughn Bio. UNLVRebels.com. April 7, 2015.
  2. Web site: Five-star shooting guard Rashad Vaughn commits to UNLV . NBC Sports . February 11, 2014 . July 28, 2015 . Payne, Terrence.
  3. Web site: Top recruit Rashad Vaughn chooses UNLV over Iowa State . CBS Sports . February 11, 2014 . July 28, 2015 . Borzello, Jeff.
  4. Web site: Rashad Vaughn Stats. Sports-Reference.com. July 13, 2015.
  5. Web site: MOUNTAIN WEST ANNOUNCES 2014–15 MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM. TheMW.com. March 11, 2015. July 13, 2015. dead. https://archive.today/20150310203156/http://www.themw.com/news/mountain-west-announces-2014-15-mens-basketball-all-conference-team-03-09-2015. March 10, 2015.
  6. Web site: 10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT RASHAD VAUGHN. June 26, 2015. NBA.com. June 26, 2015.
  7. Web site: BUCKS ANNOUNCE 2015 SUMMER LEAGUE ROSTER. July 1, 2015. NBA.com. July 13, 2015.
  8. Web site: BUCKS SIGN FIRST ROUND PICK RASHAD VAUGHN. July 17, 2015. NBA.com. July 17, 2015.
  9. Web site: Williams scores 24, Knicks beat Bucks 122–97 in opener. NBA.com. October 28, 2015. October 28, 2015.
  10. Web site: BUCKS ASSIGN RASHAD VAUGHN TO CANTON CHARGE. NBA.com. March 18, 2016. March 18, 2016.
  11. Web site: BUCKS RECALL RASHAD VAUGHN FROM CANTON CHARGE. NBA.com. March 26, 2016. March 26, 2016.
  12. Web site: Henson's tip-in at buzzer leads Bucks past Nets. ESPN.com. October 29, 2016. October 30, 2016.
  13. Web site: BUCKS ASSIGN RASHAD VAUGHN TO THE WESTCHESTER KNICKS. NBA.com. November 19, 2016. November 21, 2016.
  14. Web site: BUCKS RECALL RASHAD VAUGHN FROM WESTCHESTER KNICKS. NBA.com. November 23, 2016. November 26, 2016.
  15. Web site: BUCKS ASSIGN RASHAD VAUGHN TO WESTCHESTER KNICKS. NBA.com. November 26, 2016. November 26, 2016.
  16. Web site: BUCKS RECALL RASHAD VAUGHN FROM WESTCHESTER KNICKS. NBA.com. December 1, 2016. December 2, 2016.
  17. Web site: BROOKLYN NETS ACQUIRE RASHAD VAUGHN AND SECOND ROUND DRAFT PICK FROM MILWAUKEE. NBA.com. February 5, 2018. February 5, 2018.
  18. Web site: Rashad Vaughn 2017–18 Game Log. Basketball-Reference.com. February 8, 2018.
  19. Web site: Pelicans acquire Rashad Vaughn. NBA.com. February 8, 2018. February 8, 2018.
  20. Web site: New Orleans Pelicans waive Rashad Vaughn, Mike James. NBA.com. February 10, 2018. February 13, 2018.
  21. Web site: Denton. John. Magic Sign Rashad Vaughn to 10-Day Contract. NBA.com. February 20, 2018. February 20, 2018.
  22. Web site: Magic Sign Rashad Vaughn to Second 10-Day Contract. NBA.com. March 2, 2018. March 2, 2018.
  23. Web site: Robbins. Josh. Magic waive Rashad Vaughn, likely will sign Rodney Purvis to 10-day contract. OrlandoSentinel.com. March 7, 2018. March 7, 2018.
  24. Web site: Mavericks sign Vaughn and Ingram. mavs.com. October 8, 2018. October 8, 2018.
  25. Web site: Mavericks Release Rashad Vaughn, Donte Ingram. Mavs.com. October 11, 2018. October 11, 2018.
  26. Web site: Blue Coats Acquire Rashad Vaughn from Texas Legends . NBA G League . December 31, 2018 . December 31, 2018.
  27. Web site: Rashad Vaughn is the new Igokea player . aba-liga.com . 30 July 2019.
  28. News: KK Buducnost signs Rashad Vaughn . Sportando . June 7, 2020 . June 7, 2020. Carchia . Emiliano .
  29. News: Buducnost, Rashad Vaughn agree to part ways . Sportando . October 23, 2020 . October 23, 2020. Borghesan . Ennio Terrasi .
  30. News: Rashad Vaughn signs with Prometey. December 22, 2020. Sportando. En. August 12, 2021. Maggi . Alessandro .
  31. News: BC Dnipro sign Rashad Vaughn, Rawle Alkins. August 12, 2021. Sportando. En. August 12, 2021. Skerletic . Dario .
  32. News: BC Dnipro, Rashad Vaughn part ways . Sportando . November 28, 2021 . November 28, 2021. Skerletic . Dario .
  33. Web site: Mammides . Chris . Rashad Vaughn (ex Dnipro) agreed terms with Lavrio . Eurobasket . January 9, 2022 . January 9, 2022.
  34. Web site: Charge 2022 Training Camp Roster. NBA.com. October 24, 2022. October 24, 2022.
  35. News: Dario. Skerletic. Apollon Patras BC signs Rashad Vaughn. Sportando. November 20, 2023. January 21, 2024.