Arnett Nathaniel Moultrie (born November 18, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Taipei Fubon Braves of the P. League+. He played college basketball with UTEP and Mississippi State.
In Moultrie's junior season at Raleigh-Egypt High School, he averaged 15 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks per game. In his senior season, he averaged 15 points, 8 rebounds and 4 blocks per game.[1]
In Moultrie's freshman season at UTEP, he averaged 8.8 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. He was also named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team. Moultrie averaged 13.2 points and 8.7 rebounds per game in the College Basketball Invitational as UTEP lost in the final round to Oregon State.[1]
In his sophomore season at UTEP, Moultrie averaged 9.8 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. In the Conference-USA Tournament, Moultrie averaged 12.0 points per game and earned a spot on the all-tournament team.[1]
Moultrie was forced to sit out a season after transferring to Mississippi State. In his first and only season playing for Mississippi State, (2011–12), Moultrie averaged 16.4 points and 10.5 rebounds per game.[2] He was also named to the All-SEC men's basketball team.[3] On March 28, 2012, Moultrie decided to enter his name in the 2012 NBA draft.[4]
Moultrie was drafted with the 27th pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the Miami Heat. He was then traded to the Philadelphia 76ers for Justin Hamilton and a future first-round draft pick.[5] On December 21, 2012, Moultrie was assigned to the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA D-League.[6] He was recalled on January 6, 2013.[7]
On February 4, 2014, he was assigned to the Delaware 87ers.[8] On February 9, 2014, he was recalled by the 76ers.[9] On February 21, 2014, Moultrie had his first career start. In 31 minutes, he recorded 6 points, 5 rebounds and 2 steals in a 112–124 loss to the Dallas Mavericks.[10] On March 15, 2014, he was reassigned to the 87ers.[11] On March 31, 2014, he was suspended for five games for violating the NBA's anti-drug policy.[12] On April 6, 2014, he was again recalled to the 76ers.
On October 27, 2014, he was traded to the New York Knicks in exchange for Travis Outlaw, a 2019 second-round draft selection and the option exchange 2018 second-round draft selections. Upon acquisition, he was waived by the Knicks.[13]
On December 16, 2014, he signed with the Jiangsu Dragons of the Chinese Basketball Association.[14]
On December 5, 2015, Moultrie signed with Al-Riyadi Beirut of Lebanon.[15]
In March 2018, Moultrie signed with the NLEX Road Warriors of the Philippine Basketball Association as their import for the 2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup.[16]
In November 2018, Moultrie signed with Kalev/Cramo of the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League (LEBL) and the VTB United League.[17] His first game for the team was in the VTB United League as he scored 16 points and grabbed 9 rebounds in 26 minutes against Parma as Kalev/Cramo won 93–82.[18]
In December 2019, Arnett moved to the Beijing Royal Fighters of the Chinese Basketball Association.[19] He debuted on 5 January 2020, as club won 112–96 against Shanghai Sharks. Moultrie averaged 18.8 points and 11.3 rebounds per game. On October 29, 2020, he signed with the Nanjing Monkey Kings.[20] On March 28, 2021, Moultrie scored 37 points and grabbed a career-high 34 rebounds in a 105–95 victory over the Jiangsu Dragons. His 34 rebounds were five rebounds short of breaking the CBA record for most rebounds in a single game.[21]
On March 8, 2023, Taichung Suns registered Arnett as import player.[22] On March 9, Arnett signed with the Taichung Suns of the T1 League.[23]
On August 12, 2024, Arnett signed with the Maccabi Rishon LeZion of the Liga Leumit.[24][25]
On November 22, 2024, Arnett signed with the Taipei Fubon Braves of the P. League+.[26]
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 | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012–13 | Philadelphia | 47 | 0 | 11.5 | .582 | .000 | .643 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3.7 |
2013–14 | Philadelphia | 12 | 2 | 15.6 | .421 | .000 | .800 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
Career | 59 | 2 | 12.4 | .547 | .000 | .667 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3.6 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008–09 | UTEP | 37 | 34 | 26.8 | .502 | .282 | .535 | 8.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 8.8 |
2009–10 | UTEP | 33 | 33 | 28.9 | .475 | .225 | .651 | 8.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 9.8 |
2011–12 | Mississippi State | 30 | 30 | 35.8 | .549 | .444 | .780 | 10.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 16.4 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020-21 | Nanjing | 48 | 45 | 36.7 | .576 | .300 | .818 | 13.0 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 26.3 |
2021-22 | Xinjiang | 25 | 25 | 41.3 | .648 | .000 | .865 | 14.8 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 29.6 |
Source: basketball-stats.de (Date: 26. March 2022)[27]
Moultrie represented the U-19 United States national team at the 2009 U-19 World Championship held in New Zealand, where they won the gold medal.