Andre Drummond

Andre Jamal Drummond (born August 10, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Born in Mount Vernon, New York in 1993 to Jamaican parents, Drummond moved to Middletown, Connecticut as a 7-year-old with his mother and sister, then went to Woodrow Wilson Middle School before starting high school at Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Hartford.

During his freshman year, he averaged 12.7 points, 11.9 rebounds and 6.5 blocks per game.

He improved during his sophomore year at Capital Prep, averaging 20.2 points, 16.6 rebounds, 7.2 blocks and 4.5 steals per game.

After two years at Capital Preparatory Magnet School, he transferred to St. Thomas More in Oakdale, where he reclassified and repeated his sophomore year as he recovered from a stress fracture in his foot.

At St. Thomas More, Drummond was one of the most dominating centers in high school basketball.

In the summer of 2010, Drummond was a member of the gold medal-winning United States team at the 2010 FIBA Under-17 World Championship.

He helped lead team USA to a 111–80 victory over Poland in the gold medal game.

Drummond was one of the top-rated basketball players in the high school class of 2011, and played one season of college basketball with the Connecticut Huskies before declaring for the draft.

He spent two years at St. Thomas More and led the team to the national prep championship in 2011.

He graduated in the spring that year.

Drummond was rated as the No. 1 player in the class of 2011 by ESPN and NBADraft.net, while being ranked No. 2 player by Rivals.com and Scout.com.

Drummond initially declared he would spend a postgraduate year at Wilbraham & Monson Academy in 2011–12.

Two weeks later on August 26, 2011, he announced via Twitter that instead he intended to reclassify again and attend the University of Connecticut.

According to ESPN, the decision "created a media frenzy due to the sheer surprise."

Drummond had also been considering attending Kentucky, Louisville, Georgetown, or West Virginia.

Drummond appeared in 34 games as a freshman at UConn, starting 30 times.

He averaged 28.4 minutes of playing time per game, during which he scored 10.0 points and grabbed 7.6 rebounds.

He led the team in rebounds per game, blocks per game (2.7) and field goal percentage (.538).

He scored 20+ points in 2 games during the season, including a 24-point performance against Holy Cross, in which he shot 11-of-12 from the field.

Drummond's collegiate career ended in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, as the ninth-seeded Huskies fell to eight-seed Iowa State.

The freshman center scored two points before fouling out in 26 minutes.

A center, he was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the first round of the 2012 NBA draft with the ninth overall pick.

A month later, Drummond announced his decision to enter the 2012 NBA draft.

Drummond was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the ninth overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft.

In his rookie season, Drummond averaged 7.9 points, 7.6 rebounds, 1.0 steal and 1.6 blocks in 20.7 minutes per game.

He was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team with Detroit in 2013, and was named an All-Star for the first time in 2016.

On May 14, 2013, he was named to the 2012–13 NBA All-Rookie Second Team.

He also finished fourth in NBA Rookie of the Year voting.

He was a member of the 2014 U.S. national team that won a gold medal in the FIBA Basketball World Cup.

On January 24, 2014, Drummond recorded a then career-high 20 rebounds to go with 20 points in a loss to the New Orleans Pelicans.

On February 14, Drummond scored 30 points and an NBA Rising Stars Challenge record 25 rebounds, and was named the MVP of the event.

On March 3, Drummond recorded 17 points and a then career-high 26 rebounds in a win over the New York Knicks.

On March 11, 2015, Drummond recorded 22 points and a season-high 25 rebounds in a loss to the Golden State Warriors.

This was Drummond's fourth 20-point, 20-rebound game over the previous two seasons, the most in the NBA in that time span.

On March 29, Drummond recorded a then career-high 32 points in a loss to the Miami Heat.

He was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2020.

After reaching a buyout agreement with Cleveland in 2021, he joined the Los Angeles Lakers for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.

Drummond has also played for the Philadelphia 76ers and Brooklyn Nets.

Drummond has perennially been among the league leaders in rebounding.