Fred VanVleet
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Fredderick Edmund VanVleet Sr. (born February 25, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is also the current president of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA). A point guard, VanVleet played college basketball for Wichita State University before beginning his NBA career. He contributed to a resurgence of Wichita State Shockers basketball that included a Final Four run by the 2012–13 Shockers team and an undefeated regular season by the 2013–14 team. VanVleet was named as a 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American by a variety of media outlets. As a junior for the 2014–15 Shockers, he was an All-Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) first-team selection and received All-American honorable mention recognition from the Associated Press. VanVleet is the Wichita State career assists leader and was named MVC Men's Basketball Player of the Year as both a sophomore and a senior. After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft, VanVleet signed with the Toronto Raptors. He spent time with the Raptors and their G League affiliate, Raptors 905, during the 2016–17 season and was a member of Raptors 905's 2017 championship team. He went on to become a key player (setting the NBA Finals record with 16 made three-point shots off the bench) for the Raptors and won an NBA championship with the team in 2019. VanVleet holds the Raptors records for single-game assists (20) and single-game points (54), making him the only player to have sole possession of both records for an NBA franchise. VanVleet's 54 points is also an NBA single-game record for undrafted players. He was named to his first NBA All-Star Game in 2022. VanVleet specializes in deflecting/stripping the ball in the motion of shooting before it is above the shoulders and holds the NBA single-season record for blocked shots by a player listed at 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) or less.