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Karima Christmas-Kelly

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1989)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2011}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Karima Christmas-Kelly

| image = Karima Christmas-Kelly (cropped).jpg

| caption = Christmas-Kelly in 2019

| league = WNBA

| team = Indiana Fever

| position = Assistant Coach

| height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0

| weight_lbs = 180

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1989|09|11}}

| birth_place = Long Beach, California

| nationality = American

| high_school = Dobie (Houston, Texas)

| college = Duke (2007–2011)

| draft_league = WNBA

| draft_year = 2011

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 23

| draft_team = Washington Mystics

| career_start = 2011

| career_end =

| years1 = {{WNBA Year|2011}}

| team1 = Washington Mystics

| years2 = {{WNBA Year|2011}}–{{WNBA Year|2012}}

| team2 = Tulsa Shock

| years3 = {{WNBA Year|2012}}–{{WNBA Year|2014}}

| team3 = Indiana Fever

| years4 = {{WNBA Year|2015}}–{{WNBA Year|2018}}

| team4 = Tulsa Shock / Dallas Wings

| years5 = 2016–2017

| team5 = Guri KDB Life Winnus

| years6 = {{WNBA Year|2019}}–{{WNBA Year|2020}}

| team6 = Minnesota Lynx

| cyears1 = {{WNBA Year|2023}}-Present

| cteam1 = Indiana Fever (Asst.)

| highlights =

| wnba_profile = karima_christmas

}}

Karima Brittany Christmas-Kelly (born September 11, 1989) is an American basketball coach and former professional basketball player. Christmas-Kelly is currently an assistant coach for the Indiana Fever of the WNBA. She played college basketball at Duke.

Duke statistics

Source

{{NBA player statistics legend}}

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Team

!GP

!Points

!FG%

!3P%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!SPG

!BPG

!PPG

2007–08

|Duke

|30

|123

|52.1

| –

|59.0

|2.6

|0.5

|0.8

|0.2

|4.1

2008–09

|Duke

|32

|239

|49.4

|45.9

|65.1

|4.2

|1.0

|1.4

|0.3

|7.5

2009–10

|Duke

|36

|347

|43.1

|28.6

|71.7

|5.3

|1.5

|2.2

|0.4

|9.6

2010–11

|Duke

|36

|343

|37.5

|21.1

|69.9

|6.3

|1.7

|1.6

|0.4

|9.5

Career

|Duke

|134

|1052

|43.5

|28.3

|68.3

|4.7

|1.2

|1.5

|0.3

|7.9

WNBA

File:Karima Christmas WNBA.jpg in 2011]]

Christmas-Kelly was selected the second round of the 2011 WNBA draft (23rd overall) by the Washington Mystics.http://www.wnba.com draft2011/draft_board.html 2011 WNBA Draft board

On February 5, 2015, Christmas signed with the Tulsa Shock, which she previously played from 2011 to 2012.{{Cite news|url=https://www.swishappeal.com/2015/2/6/7990553/karima-christmas-tulsa-shock-free-agent-signing-wnba-2015|title=Tulsa Shock signs Karima Christmas|work=Swish Appeal|access-date=2017-09-05}}

On February 1, 2019, Christmas-Kelly signed with the Minnesota Lynx.{{Cite news|url=https://lynx.wnba.com/news/minnesota-lynx-sign-forward-karima-christmas-kelly/|title=Minnesota Lynx Sign Forward Karima Christmas-Kelly|work=WNBA|access-date=2019-02-08}} On July 30, 2020, Christmas-Kelly was waived by the Lynx after suffering a season-ending achilles injury.{{Cite news|url=https://lynx.wnba.com/news/lynx-awarded-erica-mccall-from-waivers/|title=Lynx Awarded Erica McCall From Waivers|work=WNBA|access-date=2020-07-30}}

WNBA career statistics

{{WNBA player statistics legend}}

class="wikitable"
style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|†

|Denotes seasons in which Christmas-Kelly won a WNBA championship

=Regular season=

{{WNBA player statistics start}}

|-

| align="left" | 2011

| align="left" | Washington

| 14 || 0 || 10.1 || .310 || .217 || .696 || 1.2 || 0.1 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 0.6 || 3.4

|-

| align="left" | 2011

| align="left" | Tulsa

| 17 || 0 || 9.8 || .370 || .235 || .800 || 1.2 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 0.9 || 3.2

|-

| align="left" | 2012

| align="left" | Tulsa

| 14 || 6 || 11.5 || .333 || .313 || .739 || 1.9 || 0.2 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 0.4 || 3.6

|-

|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| 2012†

| align="left" | Indiana

| 16 || 0 || 10.9 || .314 || .318 || .500 || 2.3 || 0.8 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 0.5 || 2.9

|-

| align="left" | 2013

| align="left" | Indiana

| 34 || 28 || 26.9 || .373 || .300 || .811 || 4.1 || 1.1 || 1.9 || 0.3 || 1.2 || 8.6

|-

| align="left" | 2014

| align="left" | Indiana

| 34 || 3 || 21.6 || .343 || .386 || .755 || 3.6 || 0.9 || 0.9 || 0.3 || 0.7 || 6.9

|-

| align="left" | 2015

| align="left" | Tulsa

| 32 || 32 || 28.7 || .396 || .386 || .782 || 5.0 || 1.7 || 1.1 || 0.3 || 1.2 || 10.6

|-

| align="left" | 2016

| align="left" | Dallas

| 34 || 34 || 31.6 || .400 || .317 || .796 || 5.9 || 2.1 || 1.2 || 0.7 || 1.5 || 12.4

|-

| align="left" | 2017

| align="left" | Dallas

| 34 || 34 || 29.7 || .380 || .292 || .851 || 4.2 || 2.2 || 1.2 || 0.2 || 1.6 || 10.4

|-

| align="left" | 2018

| align="left" | Dallas

| 6 || 6 || 27.8 || .448 || .444 || .813 || 5.5 || 1.5 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 1.7 || 9.3

|-

| align="left" | 2019

| align="left" | Minnesota

| 6 || 0 || 12.0 || .278 || .273 || .600 || 0.8 || 1.0 || 0.8 || 0.2 || 0.7 || 2.7

|-

| align="left" | 2020

| align="left" | Minnesota

| 2 || 0 || 12.5 || .143 || .000 || .875 || 3.0 || 0.5 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 2.0 || 4.5

|-

| align="left" | Career

| align="left" | 10 years, 4 teams

| 243 || 143 || 22.9 || .374 || .321 || .791 || 3.7 || 1.3 || 1.1 || 0.3 || 1.1 || 7.0

{{S-end}}

=Playoffs=

{{WNBA player statistics start}}

|-

|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| 2012†

| align="left" | Indiana

| 3 || 0 || 10.7 || .250 || .167 || 1.000 || 2.7 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.7 || 3.0

|-

| align="left" | 2013

| align="left" | Indiana

| 4 || 4 || 30.8 || .400 || .286 || .625 || 6.0 || 2.3 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 3.5 || 10.8

|-

| align="left" | 2014

| align="left" | Indiana

| 5 || 0 || 25.0 || .333 || .333 || .824 || 4.6 || 1.6 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 0.6 || 7.4

|-

| align="left" | 2015

| align="left" | Tulsa

| 2 || 2 || 32.5 || .211 || .000 || .875 || 5.0 || 1.0 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 1.5 || 7.5

|-

| align="left" | 2017

| align="left" | Dallas

| 1 || 1 || 34.0 || .222 || .000 || 1.000 || 5.0 || 3.0 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 6.0

|-

| align="left" | Career

| align="left" | 5 years, 2 teams

| 15 || 7 || 25.3 || .324 || .214 || .821 || 4.7 || 1.5 || 0.7 || 0.5 || 1.5 || 7.3

{{S-end}}

References

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{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=Women's Basketball Player stats|date=|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careersearch|website=NCAA|accessdate=2 October 2015}}

}}

External links

  • [http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=1096742& Duke Blue Devils bio]

{{2011 WNBA draft}}

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{{Indiana Fever 2012 WNBA Champions}}

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Category:Minnesota Lynx players

Category:Parade High School All-Americans (girls' basketball)

Category:Tulsa Shock players

Category:Washington Mystics draft picks

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