![]() Honeycutt at UCLA
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No. 2 – Anadolu Efes | |
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Position | Small forward |
League |
Turkish Basketball Super League EuroLeague |
Personal information | |
Born |
Sylmar, California |
July 15, 1990
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
Listed weight | 198 lb (90 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Sylmar (Sylmar, California) |
College | UCLA (2009–2011) |
NBA draft | 2011 / Round: 2 / Pick: 35th overall |
Selected by the Sacramento Kings | |
Playing career | 2011–present |
Career history | |
2011–2013 | Sacramento Kings |
2012 | →Reno Bighorns |
2013 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers |
2013–2014 | Ironi Nes Ziona |
2014–2016 | Khimki |
2016–present | Anadolu Efes |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Tyler Deon Honeycutt (born July 15, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins starting in 2009. He played for two seasons at UCLA before being drafted by the Sacramento Kings in the second round of the 2011 NBA Draft. He was traded to the Houston Rockets in 2013, but never played for them; Houston assigned him to the Vipers before waiving him.
Honeycutt attended Sylmar High School in Sylmar, California.
Considered a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Honeycutt was listed as the No. 4 small forward and the No. 28 player in the nation in 2009.
In his freshman year at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), he played in the final 26 games, starting 18, and led the team in rebounding at 6.5 per game. He was named to the Pac-10 All-Freshman team. His sophomore year, he improved significantly, being named a team co-MVP, first team All-Pac-10 player, after averaging 12.8 points per game and leading the conference in blocks with 2.1 per game. He declared for the NBA draft after the season.
Honeycutt was drafted in the second round with the 35th overall pick by the Sacramento Kings in the 2011 NBA Draft. He played in his first NBA game on December 31, 2011, and scored two points in four minutes. On January 1, 2012, Honeycutt was assigned to the Reno Bighorns of the NBA D-League. The Kings recalled him on January 24.