Charles Matthews (basketball)

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Charles Matthews
Chicago, Illinois, US
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High schoolSt. Rita of Cascia
(Chicago, Illinois)
College
2022–2023
Windy City Bulls
2023–PresentBC Luleå
Career highlights and awards

Charles I. Matthews (born November 15, 1996) is an American professional basketball player who is currently playing for BC Luleå in Sweden. He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines. He played his freshman season for the 2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team after attending St. Rita of Cascia High School. As a high school senior he was a 2015 Jordan Brand Classic All-American selection.

He earned West Region Most Outstanding Player in the 2018 NCAA basketball tournament for the 2017–18 team that won the 2018 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament and reached the 2018 NCAA championship game. After playing his redshirt junior season for the 2018–19 Wolverines, he declared for the 2019 NBA draft.

Early life

Matthews was raised in the

Community area of Chicago,[1] near 79th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue,[2] which is on the borderline between the Chatham and Greater Grand Crossing Community areas on the South Side.[2] Matthews briefly lived in Matteson, Illinois before returning to the South Side where he attended Ray Elementary and began his basketball career at the 63rd and Stony Island YMCA.[1] In his youth, he played chess, hockey,[1] the trombone and skateboarded, but he began to take basketball seriously the summer before his high school freshman year.[2] Matthews committed to playing basketball for John Calipari and the Kentucky Wildcats on February 26, 2014 during his junior year. At the time, he was rated as the number 11 player and number 3 shooting guard in the national class of 2015 by Rivals.com and number 12 player by ESPN.[3][4] Among his other offers at the time were Illinois, Kansas, Marquette and Michigan State.[5] Matthews was the first to commit to playing basketball for Kentucky's 2015 class.[6] On June 1, Matthews won the 2014 USA Basketball 3-on-3 Under-18 National Championship Tournament with teammates Braxton Blackwell, Tim Delaney and Kipper Nichols. Matthew earned the tournament's Most Valuable Player (MVP) award.[7]

Matthews officially signed his

247Sports.com's composite ranking.[16] Nonetheless, Matthews was selected to play in the 2015 Jordan Brand Classic.[17] At Kentucky, he joined fellow Chicagoan and former AAU teammate Tyler Ulis in the Kentucky backcourt.[4]

College career

Kentucky

Matthews with the 2015–16 Wildcats

Matthews played in 36 games (including 3 starts) for the 2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats, posting averages of 1.7 points, 1.6 rebounds and 10.3 minutes.[18] Matthews' three starts included the season opener against Albany and the December 26 rivalry game against #16 ranked Louisville,[10] when Isaiah Briscoe injured his ankle in pregame warmups and sat out.[19] His season highs were 11 points against South Florida (November 27),[20] 7 rebounds against Boston University (November 24) and 34 minutes against Illinois State (November 30).[10]

Michigan

Matthews with the 2017–18 Wolverines

Following the season he had a medical procedure on his hip. Matthews was granted his release from the team on May 18, 2016.[18] On June 20, 2016, reports confirmed that Matthews, who would have to sit out the 2016–17 season, had visited both Xavier and Michigan and selected Michigan.[21][22] Michigan confirmed the story on July 1.[11] He served on the scout team for the 2016–17 Michigan Wolverines.[23]

Sophomore Year

As a redshirt sophomore, Matthews scored 20 points against

Moe Wagner added 21 points and 10 rebounds, the team had its first pair of double-doubles in a game since Glenn Robinson III and Trey Burke did so for the 2012–13 national runner-up Wolverines on January 6, 2013.[30][31] On December 21, Michigan defeated the previously winless Alabama A&M Bulldogs 97–47 as Matthews posted 31 points, another career high.[32][33] Matthews tallied 20 or more points six different times before the final four, but none in 2017–18 Big Ten Conference play, where he never scored more than 16 points.[34][35]

Matthews averaged 10 points and 5.5 rebounds during Michigan's four games in the 2018 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament,[36] helping the team win its second consecutive Big Ten tournament championship.[37][38] On March 15, Michigan began play in the 2018 NCAA tournament with a 61–47 victory over Montana in the first round, as Matthews posted 20 points and a career-tying 11 rebounds, for his fourth double-double of the season.[39][40] On March 21, Matthews became an Academic All-Big Ten honoree.[41] On March 24, Michigan defeated Florida State 58–54 in the West regional finals. Michigan, who established a single-season school-record 32 wins with the win, was led by Matthews with 17 points. Matthews, who averaged 16.5 points and 7.3 rebounds to lead Michigan in the first four games of the NCAA tournament, was named West Region Most Outstanding player.[42][43][44] On March 31 in the national semifinals, Matthews contributed 17 as Michigan defeated Loyola–Chicago 69–57.[45][46] The team lost in the 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game to (#2 Coaches Poll/#2 AP Poll) Villanova.[47][48] For the tournament he averaged 14.8 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.2 assists, and 1.2 steals.[49] For the season, he averaged 13.0 points and 5.5 rebounds.[50] Since the team reached the championship games of both the Big Ten tournament and the NCAA tournament, Matthews shares the Michigan (and NCAA) single-season games played record (41) with teammates Robinson, Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman, Jon Teske and Zavier Simpson.[51] Members of the 2010–11 Connecticut Huskies also played 41 games (an NCAA record).[52]

Following the season he declared for the

NBA Draft Combine.[54] Nonetheless, he had workouts with multiple NBA teams.[55][56] In the 2017 draft class, 84 of the 137 underclassmen that declared were not invited to the NBA draft combine and only 4 remained in the draft. None of the four was drafted in the 2017 NBA draft.[57] Matthews withdrew from the 2018 NBA draft.[58]

Junior year

Matthews for the 2018–19 Wolverines

Matthews was a preseason All-Big Ten selection by the Big Ten Media.

Iggy Brazdeikis and Jordan Poole) declared for the 2019 NBA draft with the intention of hiring agents.[79] On April 17, Matthews announced, via the Michigan basketball Twitter account, that he would forgo his remaining year of eligibility at Michigan.[80][81]

Professional career

Canton / Cleveland Charge (2021–2022)

On June 9, 2019, Matthews tore his anterior cruciate ligament during a predraft workout with the Boston Celtics and subsequently went undrafted in the 2019 NBA draft.[82]

Matthews signed with the

Canton Charge of the NBA G League.[83]

On October 23, 2021, Matthews re-signed with the since-renamed Cleveland Charge.[84] On January 20, 2022, he was waived.[85]

Memphis Hustle (2022)

On February 24, 2022, Matthews was acquired via available player pool by the Memphis Hustle.[86] On March 11, 2022, he was waived.[87]

Maine Celtics (2022)

On March 14, 2022, Matthews was acquired via available player pool by the Maine Celtics.[88]

Windy City Bulls (2022–2023)

On October 23, 2022, Matthews joined the Windy City Bulls training camp roster.[89]

BC Luleå (Sweden) (2024)

On January 28, 2024, Matthews joined the Swedish basketball team BC Luleå and started his journey as a professional basketball player in Europe. [90]

Personal life

Matthews' parents are Nichole and Charles Matthews who met at Southern Illinois University.[10] His older brother, Dominique, was a St. Rita's teammate until he graduated in 2014.[2] Dominique went on to play for the UIC Flames.[10] His younger brother, Jordan, was four classes behind Charles at St. Rita's.[1]

Matthews and his co-founders of The Players Trunk appeared on the final thirteenth-season episode of Shark Tank. They asked for $650,000 in exchange for 5% of their business. However, Mark Cuban and Kevin Hart offered them $650,000 for a 30% stake and they declined the offer.[91]

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
* Led NCAA Division I

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015–16 Kentucky 36 3 10.3 .442 .250 .412 1.6 .4 .4 .2 1.7
2017–18 Michigan 41* 41* 30.1 .495 .318 .558 5.5 2.4 .7 .6 13.0
2018–19 Michigan 34 34 31.5 .431 .299 .645 5.0 1.4 1.1 .5 12.2
Career 111 78 24.1 .464 .308 .576 4.1 1.4 .7 .4 9.1

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