

Still, while Middleton has the reputation as a shooter, his ability to stuff the stat sheet often goes unnoticed, making him a quality fantasy target in the third or fourth round of most drafts. 2 option behind Antetokounmpo, though the Bucks did make a move to add Jrue Holiday, who could take some ballhandling responsibilities away from Middleton. Heading into the 2020-21 season, Middleton's role should be safe as the Bucks' clear No. That didn't stop him from having big games, however, as he secured seven double-doubles and had six efforts with at least 30 points, including a 51-point performance against the Wizards. Like Giannis Antetokounmpo, Middleton's minutes were limited as the Bucks went 56-17 and were on the winning end of plenty of blowouts. He averaged a career-high 20.9 points, a career-high 6.2 rebounds, 4.3 assists and a career-high 2.4 threes in 29.9 minutes. Middleton had another strong season in Milwaukee, almost putting together a 50/40/90 shooting season, finishing just short with 49.7 FG%, 41.5 3P% and 91.6 FT%. After that junior year, Middleton declared for the 2012 Draft. He still managed to average 13.2 points and 5.0 rebounds. His junior season was plagued by a knee injury and he was limited to 20 games. Middleton racked up 16 points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals in the first-round defeat to Florida State. He set a career-high with 31 points during a win over Arkansas and helped the team back to the NCAA Tournament while also being named to the All-Big 12 Second Team. The forward became the team's leading scorer as a sophomore with 14.3 points to go along with 5.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists. Texas A&M was invited to the Big Dance and Middleton dropped a season-high 19 points - including five three-pointers - in the first-round win over Utah State. He started 22 games as a freshman and averaged 7.2 points and 3.7 rebounds. The 6-8 forward's college career began as a reserve, but he moved into the starting lineup after Derrick Roland's injury. You can follow Khris Middleton on Twitter and on Instagram Middleton moved from South Carolina to Texas to play for the Aggies. For these efforts and more, Middleton was nominated for the season-long NBA Cares Community Assist Award in 2019, which honors a player's "strong commitment and positive impact on his community".
#KHRIS MIDDLETON STATS GAME 6 MOVIE#
He also works with the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Club of Metro Milwaukee, hosting Christmas sprees and holding private movie screenings. He leads a holiday initiative called the "12 Days of Khristmas", where he participates in 12 acts of service in the two weeks leading up to Christmas. Middleton has donated his time and efforts to various charitable causes aimed at social justice education and training for underserved youth. Middleton spent the following three years at Texas A&M, where he started 72 games over three seasons, improving his points per game totals from 7.2 points in his freshman year to 13.2 points two years later. His senior year numbers helped lead Porter-Gaud to the state title matchup. While at Porter-Gaud School in Charleston, Middleton twice earned state Player of the Year honors and averaged 22.4 points and 8.6 rebounds as a senior and 21.0 points and 8.6 rebounds as a junior.

His cousin, Josh Powell, played 316 NBA games and a second cousin, Kenny Manginault, played at Wichita State. Middleton comes from a basketball family. James Khristian Middleton was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1991.
