Rayan Rupert
| No. 21 – Portland Trail Blazers | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Shooting guard / small forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | NBA | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 31 May 2004 Strasbourg, France | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2023: 2nd round, 43rd overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Portland Trail Blazers | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2019–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Centre Fédéral | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Pôle France | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | New Zealand Breakers | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Portland Trail Blazers | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | →Rip City Remix | ||||||||||||||
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Rayan Rupert (/ˈraɪ.ən ruːˈpɛər/ RYE-ən roo-PAIR;[1] born 31 May 2004) is a French professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously played for the New Zealand Breakers.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Rupert is a graduate of the INSEP Academy in France.[2] He is of Martiniquais[3] and Moroccan[4] descent.
Professional career
[edit | edit source]Between 2019 and 2021, Rupert played for Centre Fédéral in the French NM1.[5] He continued in the NM1 in the 2021–22 season with Pôle France.[5]
On 10 June 2022, Rupert signed with the New Zealand Breakers for the 2022–23 NBL season as part of the league's Next Stars program.[2] The Breakers had previously seen fellow Frenchmen Hugo Besson and Ousmane Dieng selected in the 2022 NBA draft.
Portland Trail Blazers / Rip City Remix (2023–present)
[edit | edit source]Rupert was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the second round of the 2023 NBA draft with the 43rd overall pick and on 4 July 2023, he signed with the Blazers. He made his Blazers debut but didn't put up any points. In a game against the Thunder, Rupert put up 14 points. In a game against the Jazz, he put up 7 points. And in a game against the Hornets, he put up 2 points.[6] Throughout his rookie and sophomore seasons, he has been assigned several times to the Rip City Remix.[7][8]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
NBA
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–24 | Portland | 39 | 12 | 16.2 | .335 | .359 | .760 | 2.4 | 1.6 | .3 | .1 | 4.0 |
| 2024–25 | Portland | 52 | 0 | 8.8 | .408 | .271 | .767 | 1.3 | .5 | .3 | .1 | 3.0 |
| Career | 91 | 12 | 12.0 | .370 | .321 | .764 | 1.8 | 1.0 | .3 | .1 | 3.4 | |
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Rupert's father, Thierry, was a EuroLeague player and captain of the French national team while his sister, Iliana, was the 12th overall pick in the 2021 WNBA draft. His cousin, Kameron Jones, a cancer survivor, is a chemistry major at Boston University.[9]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- 2004 births
- Living people
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- Basketball players from Strasbourg
- French expatriate basketball people in the United States
- French expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand
- French men's basketball players
- French people of Martiniquais descent
- French sportspeople of Moroccan descent
- NBA players from France
- New Zealand Breakers players
- Portland Trail Blazers draft picks
- Portland Trail Blazers players
- Rip City Remix players
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards