Jodie Meeks

Meeks and teammate Patrick Patterson are among UK's more productive pairs of teammates since the days of Dan Issel and Mike Pratt in the early 1970s.

Orestes Jodie Meeks II (born August 21, 1987) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Birmingham Squadron of the NBA G League.

He played college basketball for the University of Kentucky.

Meeks was named a unanimous selection to the All-SEC First team during his junior season and was the first player since Chuck Hayes in 2004–05 to be named AP First Team All-SEC.

He was named the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) District IV Player of the Year.

Meeks attended Norcross High School, which he led to its first state basketball championship in 2006 under coach Eddie Martin.

During his senior high school season, Meeks averaged 23.6 points per game during the regular season and 28.3 points per game during the state playoffs.

Meeks was named the 2006 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Player of the Year.

He was also named 2006 Gwinnett Daily Post Player of the Year, 2006 Atlanta Tipoff Club Metro Player of the Year and Player of the Month (February 2006).

He was named to the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) All Star Team and led the North Team to its first victory in over three years.

He was named the North Squads' MVP.

He was also named to the All Tournament Team at Bob Gibbons, Kingwood, The Main Event (Las Vegas), Chick-Fil-A, and Dell Curry's Bojangles tournament.

Also, he was named to the 2006 Kentucky Derby Classic all-star game and played with many of his future Kentucky teammates on April 15, 2006, against rival Louisville recruits.

Considered a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Meeks was listed as the No. 7 shooting guard and the No. 39 player in the nation in 2006.

Meeks made his college debut on November 2, 2006, in an exhibition game against Lindsey Wilson College at Rupp Arena coming off the bench.

He finished the game with 17 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

He was named CBS/Chevrolet Player of the Game during the nationally televised game against Louisville in Freedom Hall, after pouring in a career-high 18 points in the Wildcats' win over Louisville on December 16, 2006.

He was named the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Freshman of the Week three times during his freshman season.

Meeks was a unanimous selection to the SEC All-Freshman team.

He was also recognized among America's best freshman selected by The Collegeinsider.com to the Freshmen All-America team.

The Freshmen All-America team consists of 16 players selected by Division I coaches and NBA scouts.

Expectations were high for Meeks coming into his sophomore season, and it appeared that Meeks was going to match those expectations after scoring 34 points in an exhibition game against Pikeville College.

However, injury limited him to 11 games that season.

On April 2, it was announced that Meeks was diagnosed with a sports hernia.

On November 15, 2008, during the season-opener against Virginia Military Institute, Meeks scored 39 points, but the Wildcats lost 111–103.

On November 28, Meeks scored 37 points in the Findlay Invitational tournament in Las Vegas against the Kansas State Wildcats.

Kentucky would go on to win the tournament.

Meeks had more points than the whole Kansas State team combined at half-time of that game.

On December 20, Meeks scored a then-career high 46 points against Appalachian State at the annual home game for the Wildcats at Freedom Hall in Louisville.

He tied former Kentucky Wildcat, Tony Delk's record for most three-pointers in a game with 9.

He set a record for the most points scored by a Wildcat in Freedom Hall with 46.

He followed that performance two days later by scoring 32 points in just 28 minutes against Tennessee State University.

On January 13, 2009, he gained national recognition by breaking the Kentucky single-game scoring record with 54 points in a nationally televised game on ESPN against Tennessee.

In the same game, he broke the university's single-game three-point record by making 10 three-pointers.

On January 13, 2009, Meeks broke Kentucky's single-game scoring record (formerly held by Dan Issel) by scoring 54 points in a 90–72 win against rival Tennessee.

In that game he also broke Tony Delk's single-game record, which he had shared, for three-pointers by making 10 of 15 attempts and was 14 of 14 from the free throw line.

On February 11, 2009, Meeks made the game-winning three-point shot with 4.7 seconds left against the Florida Gators.

Meeks would again break the 40-point margin on February 14, scoring 45 points against the Arkansas Razorbacks team, a performance that produced the most points scored in a game by an individual at Bud Walton Arena.

Meeks also broke the record for most 3-pointers in a season at UK, with 117.

Meeks won the 2019 NBA championship as a member of the Toronto Raptors.