James Caliber

James Caliber
(German Shepherd, G)
ID# 1108

No. 8 – Winnipeg Voyageurs
Position	Guard
Species	German Shepherd ( Canidae )
Gender	Male
Nickname(s)
Caliber
Personal information
Born	(1996-04-08) April 8, 1996 Plymouth, Minnesota
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	189 lb (86 kg)
Shoots	Right-handed
Career information
School	Oregon State
FBA draft	2019 / Round: 2 / Pick: 37th overall
Selected by the Winnipeg Voyageurs
Pro playing career	2019–present
Career history
2019 - present	Winnipeg Voyageurs
Contract information
Contract year	2019
Player Contacts
(IC) Agent	Jacob smith
(OOC) Creator	beat
(OOC) Actor	Unknown
(OOC) Usage	Ask me before any use

Biography

James Caliber's first love in sports was football, where he played Quarterback all the way through his Freshman year of High School. By then he had hit his growth spurt, adding twelve inches to his height by Sophomore year. As he grew however, his father pushed him to try out for the basketball team. James had spent much of his time playing football as the backup Quarterback, usually only brought onto the field for trick plays due to his mobility, and his prospects in High School for starting were bleak at best. Though that truly was not the only reason his father pushed him towards basketball, for his dad had played Power Forward in collage for Oregon and wished for his son to follow him. James eventually caved to his father's pressure, giving up football and started playing basketball, lucky for him his High School team was quite bad and easily made the team with his athletic abilities. Though is High School career he started turning heads as he developed into an athletic 3-Point specialist, eventually being offered a full ride to Oregon State.

But it was cut short his Freshman year. In his third day of preseason training, he suffered a tear in his groin and was forced to redshirt his freshman year due to the injury. When he came back he still couldn't play for three months as the injury continued to linger and nag him. Finally, he was healthy enough to return to the court wherein the first game he started as their Shooting Guard, scoring 25 points while shooting efficiently with a 55% field goal percentage, and caring his team to victory. But his on the court success did not translate to school, as his Sophomore year came to a close it became evident he would fail multiple classes and got declared academically ineligible, essentially kicking him off the team for his Junior year. By the time he had raised his grades to a point that kept him barely eligible it was already his Senior year. It started off well, continuing where he left off leading his team in scoring from the field and proving deadly beyond the arc. However; just as things started to look up he yet again he found himself unable to keep his grades up. With the first semester ending, he faced inevitable academic ineligibility for the second time. Thanks to his Redshirt status his Freshman year he did have the opportunity to return the following season, but rather than face the same cycle of grades getting in his way he quit the team, instead of devoting the rest of his time focusing on preparing for the upcoming draft. Unfortunately, due to his limited playing time in college due to injury and grades, he ultimately would have gone undrafted had he declared for the 2018 FBA Draft. Instead, he chose to use the new avenue of heading into the D-League in order to prove himself before the 2019 FBA Draft.