Arnett Moultrie
Arnett Moultrie | |
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| Born | November 18, 1990 United States |
| Occupation | Professional basketball player |
| Years active | 2008–present |
Arnett Nathaniel Moultrie (born November 18, 1990) is an American professional basketball athlete who most recently played for the Kaohsiung Aquas in the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). His collegiate basketball career included stints at both UTEP and Mississippi State.
High school
During his junior year at Raleigh-Egypt High School, Moultrie posted averages of 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 2 blocks per contest. He sustained similar scoring and rebounding numbers in his senior season, maintaining 15 points and 8 rebounds per game while increasing his blocks to 4 per game.
Freshman season
In his freshman year at UTEP, Moultrie recorded averages of 8.8 points and 8.2 rebounds per game, earning a place on the Conference USA All-Freshman Team. Throughout the College Basketball Invitational, he improved his output to 13.2 points and 8.7 rebounds per game, playing a key role as UTEP advanced to the finals before falling to Oregon State.
Sophomore season
Moultrie's sophomore campaign at UTEP saw him average 9.8 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. His performance during the Conference-USA Tournament, where he averaged 12 points per game, secured him a spot on the all-tournament team.
Junior season
After transferring to Mississippi State, Moultrie sat out for one season due to transfer rules. In the 2011–12 season, he averaged an impressive 16.4 points alongside 10.5 rebounds per game, achievements that earned him All-SEC men's basketball honors. On March 28, 2012, he officially declared for the 2012 NBA draft.
Professional career
Selected with the 27th pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the Miami Heat, Moultrie was promptly traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Justin Hamilton and a future first-round pick. On December 21, 2012, he was assigned to the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA D-League, recalled back to Philadelphia on January 6, 2013, and later reassigned to the Delaware 87ers on February 4, 2014. Moultrie made his first NBA start on February 21, contributing 6 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 steals. However, on March 31, he received a five-game suspension for violating the league's anti-drug policy.
On October 27, 2014, Moultrie was traded to the New York Knicks but was released shortly thereafter.
Following this, he pursued opportunities overseas: signing with the Jiangsu Dragons of China’s Basketball Association in December 2014; joining Lebanese side Al-Riyadi Beirut in December 2015; and competing in the Philippine Basketball Association with the NLEX Road Warriors during the 2018 Commissioner's Cup.
Toward the end of 2018, Moultrie inked a deal with BC Kalev/Cramo, participating in both the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League and VTB United League. He made a strong debut by tallying 16 points and nine rebounds.
By December of 2019, he returned to China’s CBA with the Beijing Royal Fighters, where he averaged a double-double of 18.8 points and 11.3 rebounds per game. In October 2020, Moultrie signed with the Nanjing Monkey Kings, and in March of the following year recorded a personal best of 34 rebounds in a single contest.
In March 2023, Moultrie signed with Taiwan’s Taichung Suns competing in the T1 League. On August 12, 2024, he joined Israeli team Maccabi Rishon LeZion of the second-tier league Liga Leumit. Later that year in November, he became part of Taiwan’s Taipei Fubon Braves roster in the P. League+, departing from the club by February 2025.
Shortly after leaving Taipei Fubon Braves on February 7, he signed with Taiwan's Kaohsiung Aquas in the TPBL. Nevertheless, by April he was not included on final team rosters and his contract was subsequently terminated.
Regular season
|- | align="left" | | align="left" | Philadelphia | 47 || 0 || 11.5 || .582 || .000 || .643 || 3.1 || 0.2 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 3.7 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Philadelphia | 12 || 2 || 15.6 || .421 || .000 || .800 || 2.9 || 0.2 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 3.0 |- | align="center" colspan="2" | Career | 59 || 2 || 12.4 || .547 || .000 || .667 || 3.1 || 0.2 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 3.6 |-
College statistics
|- |style="text-align:left;"|2008–09 |style="text-align:left;"|UTEP |37||34||26.8||.502||.282||.535||8.2||0.6||0.8||0.9||8.8 |- |style="text-align:left;"|2009–10 |style="text-align:left;"|UTEP |33||33||28.9||.475||.225||.651||8.2||1.2||1.4||0.8||9.8 |- |style="text-align:left;"|2011–12 |style="text-align:left;"|Mississippi State |30||30||35.8||.549||.444||.780||10.5||1.2||0.8||0.8||16.4 |
CBA statistics
|- | align="left" | 2020-21 | align="left" | Nanjing | 48 || 45 || 36.7 || .576 || .300 || .818 || 13.0 || 2.7 || 1.5 || 1.2 || 26.3 |- | align="left" | 2021-22 | align="left" | Xinjiang | 25 || 25 || 41.3 || .648 || .000 || .865 || 14.8 || 3.0 || 2.1 || 1.4 || 29.6 |
Source: basketball-stats.de (as of March 26, 2022)
International career
At the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship held in New Zealand, Moultrie competed with the U-19 USA national squad, where he earned a gold medal.