McCALEB

High school and college basketball
McCalebb attended O. Perry Walker High School in New Orleans, Louisiana. He played college basketball at the University of New Orleans. McCalebb was named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year in 2007. In his five-year career with the Privateers, he played 128 games, averaging 20.9 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3 assists per game.^[1]

[edit] Professional career

[edit] Mersin

McCalebb started his professional career in Turkey with Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi. He had a lot of success in Mersin, averaging 17.4 points and 4.7 assists per game during the 2008–09 season. He was also the Turkish Basketball League leader in steals with 2.7 per game.

[edit] Partizan

On October 16, 2009, McCalebb signed a one-year contract for KK Partizan of Serbia, a week after the team released former point guard Milt Palacio for failure to join the team on time.^[2] He had an amazing season with Partizan winning the regional ABA League, Serbian League and Cup titles. He also helped the team to reach the Euroleague Final Four, earning an All-Euroleague Second Team selection.

[edit] Montepaschi Siena

In July 2010, McCalebb signed a three-year deal with Montepaschi Siena.^[3] In his first season in Italy, he had even more success, helping his team to the Euroleague Final Four, and winning the Italian League, Cup and Supercup.

[edit] Macedonian national team

In 2010, McCalebb accepted to play for the Macedonian national basketball team after which he received a Macedonian passport. The "Macedonian MVP", as Macedonians call him, was the second leading scorer in the qualifying for the EuroBasket 2011, with a strong showing against Great Britain and NBA star Luol Deng.

[edit] EuroBasket 2011

On August 31, in the first tournament game for Macedonia, McCalebb scored 17 points in an overtime loss against Montenegro. On September 1, Macedonia beat Croatia with McCalebb scoring 19 points. He had another strong showing versus Greece on September 3, scoring game-high 27 points and leading the team to a 72–58 win. On September 4, McCalebb scored 18 points against Finland in a 72–70 win. On September 5, McCalebb scored 22 points in a 75–63 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina, which qualified them to the second phase as the first place team in Group C. Then, on September 8 (Macedonia Independence Day), he led the team with 27 points in their 65–63 win over Georgia and thus placed Macedonia to the quarter-finals. In the last two games of the second phase, McCalebb scored 19 points in Macedonian victory against Slovenia, and 16 points in the dramatic loss against Russia. On September 14, Macedonia defeated the host nation Lithuania to qualify to the semi-finals. McCalebb scored 23 points. In the semi-finals Macedonia was defeated 92–80 by Spain, with McCalebb scored 25 points. In the bronze medal battle, McCalebb scored 22 points, but Macedonia was defeated by Russia, in another dramatic game, 72–68. McCalebb earned All Tournament Team selection. He averaged 21.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists for 34.2 minutes a contest.^[4] With 235 points, McCalebb was also the best scorer on the tournament