Scott Machado

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Scott Machado
File:Scott Machado.jpg
Machado with the Houston Rockets in October 2012
Free agent
Position Point guard
Personal information
Born (1990-06-08) June 8, 1990 (age 34)
Queens, New York
Nationality Brazilian / American
Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight 205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school Saint Benedict's Prep
(Newark, New Jersey)
College Iona (2008–2012)
NBA draft 2012 / Undrafted
Playing career 2012–present
Career history
2012–2013 Houston Rockets
2012–2013 →Rio Grande Valley Vipers
2013 Santa Cruz Warriors
2013 Golden State Warriors
2013–2014 →Santa Cruz Warriors
2014 Idaho Stampede
2014 ASVEL Basket
2014–2015 BC Kalev/Cramo
2015–2016 EWE Baskets Oldenburg
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com

Michael Scott Machado (born June 8, 1990)[1] is an American-born Brazilian professional basketball player who last played for EWE Baskets Oldenburg of the Basketball Bundesliga. He played college basketball for Iona College.

He played for the Brazilian national basketball team on several occasions.

High school career

Machado played for three years at St. Mary's High School in Manhasset, New York, where he was teammates with Danny Green. He transferred to Saint Benedict's Preparatory School for his senior year, where he played for Hall of Fame coach Bob Hurley's son, Danny.[2]

College career

As a freshman at Iona, Machado led the Gaels in points scored (288, a 9.2 per game average), set a school record for assists by a freshman (150) and was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference rookie of the year. As a sophomore, he averaged 12.5 points and 3.9 assists, leading the Gaels to a 21-win season. He was selected second team All-Conference. As a junior, Machado broke out, averaging 13.2 points and 7.6 assists per game (second in the nation). He set a school record for assists in a season (281) and was named first team all-conference.[2]

As a senior, Machado broke the school record for assists in the first game of the season and broke Siena's Ronald Moore's MAAC record in a February 18 game against Nevada.[3] After emerging as one of the top point guards in the country, he was named a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award[4] and the Wooden Award.[5]

Professional career

2012–13 season

After going undrafted in the 2012 NBA draft, Machado joined the Houston Rockets for the 2012 NBA Summer League.[6] In five games, he averaged 8.0 points, 5.6 assists and 2.2 rebounds per game.[7] On September 7, 2012, he signed with the Rockets.[8][9]

On November 14, 2012, Machado was assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Development League.[10] On November 26, 2012, he was recalled by the Rockets.[11] Two days later, he made his NBA debut with the Rockets, recording two points and one assist in a 98-120 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.[12] On November 30, 2012, he was reassigned to the Vipers.[13] On December 22, 2012, he was recalled by the Rockets.[14] On January 7, 2013, he was waived by the Rockets.[15]

On January 29, 2013, Machado was acquired by the Vipers. On March 8, 2013, he was traded to the Santa Cruz Warriors in exchange for Chris Daniels and a second-round draft pick.[16]

On April 7, 2013, Machado signed a 10-day contract with the Golden State Warriors.[17] The next day, he was assigned back to Santa Cruz.[18] On April 17, 2013, he signed with Golden State for the rest of the season.[19] Machado stayed with the Santa Cruz Warriors for the team's D-League playoff run until Santa Cruz lost the best-of-three 2013 NBA D-League Finals series to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers on April 26. Two days later, he returned to Golden State and made his debut in Game 4 of the Warriors' first-round series against the Denver Nuggets, recording two points and one rebound in the Warriors' 115-101 victory.[20]

2013–14 season

In July 2013, Machado joined the Golden State Warriors for the 2013 NBA Summer League. On July 24, 2013, he was waived by the Warriors.[21]

On September 26, 2013, he signed with the Utah Jazz.[22] However, he was later waived by the Jazz on October 26, 2013.[23] On January 14, 2014, he was re-acquired by the Santa Cruz Warriors.[24] On February 26, 2014, he was traded to the Idaho Stampede.[25]

On April 7, 2014, he signed with ASVEL Basket of France for the rest of the 2013–14 LNB Pro A season.[26]

2014–15 season

In July 2014, Machado joined the Toronto Raptors for the 2014 NBA Summer League. On September 3, 2014, he signed with BC Kalev/Cramo of Estonia for the 2014–15 season.[27]

2015–16 season

On July 24, 2015, Machado signed with EWE Baskets Oldenburg of Germany for the 2015–16 season.[28]

NBA 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  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 Houston 6 0 3.5 .500 .000 1.000 .2 1.0 .3 .0 1.3
Career 6 0 3.5 .500 .000 1.000 .2 1.0 .3 .0 1.3

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2013 Golden State 5 0 1.6 .500 .000 .500 .2 .2 .0 .0 .6
Career 5 0 1.6 .500 .000 .500 .2 .2 .0 .0 .6

Personal

Machado is the son of Brazilian parents Luiz and Solenir Machado.[29] As a child, Machado started referring to himself by his middle name "Scott" instead of his birth name "Michael" after his childhood favourite team, the New York Knicks, were constantly beaten in the playoffs by Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls.[30]

See also

References

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External links

  • Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
  • Career statistics and player information from WNBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). and Basketball-Reference.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Iona bio
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  8. ↑ Rockets Sign Scott Machado
  9. ↑ Rockets sign Scott Machado
  10. ↑ Machado, Motiejūnas assigned to D-League
  11. ↑ Houston Rockets recall guard Scott Machado from D-League
  12. ↑ Notebook: Thunder 120, Rockets 98
  13. ↑ Rockets Assign Jones and Machado to Vipers
  14. ↑ Rockets recall Scott Machado from D-League
  15. ↑ Rockets Sign Beverley
  16. ↑ Santa Cruz Warriors Acquire Guard Scott Machado from Vipers
  17. ↑ Warriors Sign Scott Machado To 10-Day Contract
  18. ↑ Golden State Warriors Assign Santa Cruz Warriors Guard Scott Machado to NBA D-League Affiliate Santa Cruz Warriors
  19. ↑ Warriors Sign Scott Machado for Remainder of Season
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  21. ↑ Golden State Warriors Waive Dwayne Jones, Scott Machado and Kevin Murphy
  22. ↑ Jazz round out roster with three camp invites
  23. ↑ Utah Jazz waive Brian Cook, Dominic McGuire, Justin Holiday, Lester Hudson and Scott Machado
  24. ↑ Santa Cruz Warriors Re-Acquire Scott Machado
  25. ↑ Stampede trade for CJ Leslie, Scott Machado
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  29. ↑ Iona College’s Machado set to tryout for Brazilian National Team
  30. ↑ Iona's junior point guard Scott Machado makes name for self as Division I leader in assists
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