Kyle Korver

Kyle Elliot Korver (born March 17, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player who currently serves as the assistant general manager for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

He played college basketball for the Creighton Bluejays.

He moved to Iowa in 1993 when his father accepted his current pastoral position and graduated from Pella High School.

As a freshman at Creighton in 1999–2000, Korver was named to the MVC's All-Bench team, All-Freshman team, and All-Newcomer team while averaging 8.8 points per game.

He came off the bench in all but one game, hitting 43.4 percent of his three-pointers and 89.5 percent at the free-throw line.

As a sophomore in 2000–01, Korver earned second-team All-MVC honors while leading the league champion Jays with 14.6 points per game.

As a junior in 2001–02, Korver led Creighton in scoring (15.1), rebounding (5.5), assists (3.3) and steals (1.6) while earning MVC Player of the Year and honorable-mention All-America honors.

As a senior in 2002–03, Korver became one of six players to repeat as MVC Player of the Year, joining Larry Bird, Hersey Hawkins, Xavier McDaniel, Lewis Lloyd, and Junior Bridgeman.

He was a consensus All-American, including second-team honors from the Associated Press, ESPN.com, and the USBWA.

Korver earned MVC tournament MVP honors for the second year in a row.

In 34 games as a senior, he averaged 17.8 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.5 steals in 31.8 minutes per game.

Korver finished his career at Creighton fourth all-time in scoring (1,801), first in three-pointers made (371), first in three-point attempts (819), first in three-point accuracy (45.3), first in free throw accuracy (89.1), eighth in assists (294), ninth in blocked shots (58) and fourth in steals (172).

His 371 career made three-pointers is an MVC record and tied for sixth most in NCAA history.

Korver also holds Creighton single-season records for three-pointers made (129), three-point percentage (.480), and free-throw percentage (.908).

Korver graduated with a bachelor's degree in visual communications.

Korver was drafted in the second round of the 2003 NBA draft by the New Jersey Nets.

He was immediately traded to the Philadelphia 76ers.

After four and a half seasons in Philadelphia, he was traded to the Utah Jazz.

On June 26, 2003, Korver was selected by the New Jersey Nets with the 51st overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft.

The Nets, fresh off an Atlantic Division win and an appearance in the NBA Finals, were low on cash and had none of their preferred draft choices remaining on the board.

The organization selected Korver and immediately sold his draft rights to the 76ers for $125,000.

During his first stint with the Jazz in 2009–10, Korver shot 53.6 percent from three-point range, which set an NBA single-season three-point field goal accuracy record.

In 2010, he joined the Chicago Bulls.

He made a then-record 100 three-pointers while ranking 12th nationally with 45.2 percent accuracy from downtown.

He was also named to the MVC All-Tournament team.

In 2012, he was traded to the Atlanta Hawks, where in 2015 he was named an NBA All-Star.

He ranked 12th nationally in free throw percentage (89.0) and 41st in three-point percentage (42.9) while leading the Jays to MVC regular-season and Tournament titles.

In 2017, he was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he was a member of back-to-back Finals teams.

In 2018, he was traded back to the Jazz.

In 2018, he and his three brothers were still in the top 10 in both career scoring and rebounding at Pella High.

In 2019, he signed with the Milwaukee Bucks.

Korver ranks among the most prolific 3-point shooters in NBA history, ranking sixth all-time in 3-point field goals made and tenth all-time in 3-point field goal percentage.

He is the only player to lead the NBA in three-point shooting percentage four times.

Korver holds the Hawks and Jazz single-season three-point field goal percentage records and depending on the source/minimum threshold he is the Hawks career three-point percentage record-holder.

Korver was born in Paramount, California, and is the oldest of four children of Kevin Korver, a pastor for the Third Reformed Church in Pella, Iowa, and Laine Korver.

Both of his parents played basketball at Central College in Pella.

His grandfather, Harold Korver, is also a pastor at the Emmanuel Reformed Church in Paramount, California.

He grew up in the Los Angeles area and was a Los Angeles Lakers fan as a child.

Watching Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and the Showtime Lakers instilled a love of basketball in Korver that made him want to pursue it himself.

He returned to Creighton in May 2019 to deliver the keynote at the university's graduation ceremony.