Introduction
Earl Genard Calloway (born September 30, 1983) is an American-born naturalized Bulgarian professional basketball player for İstanbul BB of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL).
High school career
Calloway played high school basketball at Westlake High School, in Atlanta, Georgia.
College career
Calloway played college basketball at New Mexico State from 2002 to 2003, at Georgia Perimeter College from 2004 to 2005 and at Indiana University with Indiana Hoosiers from 2005 to 2007 .
Career overview
After going undrafted in the 2007 NBA draft, Calloway joined Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Development League. He led his team in scoring with 19 points per game and was sixth in the league with 5.8 assists and fourth with 2.1 steals per game. He also contributed 5.1 rebounds per game and was named team MVP at the end of the season.
The next season, he signed with Cibona Zagreb. With Cibona, he won the Croatian League and the Croatian Cup.
On August 3, 2009, Calloway joined Cajasol Sevilla on a one year deal. In his first season with Cajasol, he averaged 9.4 points and 4.2 assists in 36 Spanish League games. On July 23, 2010, he extended his contract until the end of the 2011-12 season.
From 2012 to 2014 he played with Unicaja Málaga.
In July 2014, he signed a two-year deal with the Turkish team Royal Halı Gaziantep.
On August 24, 2016, Calloway signed with İstanbul BB for the 2016–17 season.
Bulgaria national team
Calloway has citizenship with Bulgaria, and he played with the senior men's Bulgaria national basketball team at the qualification tournament for EuroBasket 2011
Euroleague career statistics
| Legend | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | ||
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage | ||
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | ||
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating | ||
| Bold | Career high | ||||||
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–09 | Cibona | 16 | 16 | 29.6 | .507 | .333 | .842 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 1.6 | .0 | 12.6 | 13.8 |
| 2012–13 | Unicaja | 23 | 19 | 25.0 | .497 | .443 | .733 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 1.2 | .2 | 9.3 | 11.3 |
| 2013–14 | Unicaja | 22 | 17 | 19.5 | .422 | .362 | .933 | 2.1 | 2.9 | .8 | .1 | 6.7 | 7.1 |
| Career | 61 | 52 | 24.2 | .477 | .391 | .824 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.2 | .1 | 9.2 | 10.5 |