Roy Hibbert

Hibbert was the second All-Star to ever go scoreless in consecutive games in the playoffs, the first being Jim King in 1968.

Roy Denzil Hibbert (born December 11, 1986) is a Jamaican–American former professional basketball player.

Hibbert was named to the All-Big East Second Team in 2006 along with teammate Jeff Green.

In 2007, he and Green were unanimous selections to the All-Big East First Team, with Green earning Big East Player of the Year honors.

The two led the Hoyas to victory in the 2007 Big East Conference Championship for the first time since 1989 against the Pittsburgh Panthers; Hibbert contributed a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds.

Before the 2007–08 season he was named Big East's preseason player of the year.

He was also named a pre-season All-American along with the likes of Tyler Hansbrough, whose North Carolina Tar Heels were upset by Hibbert's Hoyas in the Elite Eight of the 2007 NCAA Tournament.

Hibbert had repeatedly said that he planned to play all four years and graduate from Georgetown, continuing the tradition of graduating Hoya centers such as Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo.

However, his performance in helping to lead the Hoyas to the 2007 Final Four catapulted him into lottery pick status.

Hibbert declared his eligibility for the 2007 NBA draft, but did not sign with an agent.

On May 23, 2007, Hibbert announced he would return to school for his senior season.

Hibbert said of Georgetown, "My heart was here. ... I feel like I have unfinished business here."

Hibbert played college basketball for the Georgetown Hoyas and was named a consensus second-team All-American as a senior in 2008.

He was drafted 17th overall in the 2008 NBA draft by the Toronto Raptors and was subsequently traded to the Indiana Pacers on draft night.

Hibbert has represented the Jamaica national team in international competition, being eligible because of his dual U.S. and Jamaican citizenship.

Hibbert was born in Queens, New York City to Roy, Sr. and Patty Hibbert.

His father is originally from Jamaica and his mother from Trinidad.

The family moved to Adelphi, Maryland when Roy was two.

Around that time, the New York Post states, his parents introduced him to basketball after they had "tried to get him to play tennis, then golf, then the piano".

Following the Hoyas' upset loss to Davidson and Stephen Curry in the second round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Hibbert's collegiate career came to a close.

In college, Hibbert was often referred to as the "Big Stiff" from reporters and fans.

Hibbert was drafted 17th overall by the Toronto Raptors in the 2008 NBA draft.

On July 9, 2008, his rights were traded to the Indiana Pacers, along with T. J. Ford, for Jermaine O'Neal.

On July 15, he signed his first professional contract with the Pacers.

Hibbert was selected to the 2012 NBA All-Star Game as a reserve for the East.

He played 10 minutes and scored three points, going 1–3 from the field.

In Game 1 of the first round of the 2012 NBA playoffs against the Orlando Magic, Hibbert recorded nine blocks.

On July 13, 2012, Hibbert re-signed with the Pacers on a reported four-year, $58 million contract.

On November 21, 2012, Hibbert set a career high by recording 11 blocks as part of a 10 point, 11 rebound, 11 block triple-double in a victory against the New Orleans Hornets.

The 11 blocks also broke the franchise record for most blocks in a single game, and Hibbert became only the second player in Pacers history (alongside Jermaine O'Neal) to record a points-rebounds-blocks triple-double.

Hibbert was the runner-up for the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award in the 2013–14 NBA season, placing second behind Joakim Noah.

In Game 3 of a 2013 Eastern Conference Semifinals series against the New York Knicks, Hibbert recorded 24 points and 12 rebounds in a Pacers win.

In Game 6, Hibbert recorded 25 points and 12 rebounds, along with five blocks, including a significant block on Carmelo Anthony, which led the Pacers to the 2013 Eastern Conference Finals.

Hibbert averaged 15.8 points and 3.8 blocks in this series.

He is a two-time NBA All-Star, and earned NBA All-Defensive Second Team honors in 2014 with the Indiana Pacers.

Hibbert was selected as an All-Star reserve for the East in 2014.

He played 12 minutes and tallied eight points on 4–5 shooting.

At the end of the season, Hibbert finished second in the Defensive Player of the Year voting with 166 out of the 1125, losing to Joakim Noah, who had 555 of the points.

Hibbert averaged 2.2 blocks per game.

During the 2014 NBA playoffs, Hibbert went scoreless in games 5 and 6 of the Pacers' first round match against the eighth seed, Atlanta Hawks.