During his four years on the basketball team, the Greenies won 139 out of 150 games, winning four consecutive state championships. Plumlee's contribution to the team increased each year. By his junior year, when both his brothers were playing for Duke, Plumlee averaged 8.6 points, 8.0 rebounds, and 2.6 blocks per game.
As a senior, Plumlee averaged 11.5 points, 10.3 rebounds, and 2.5 blocks per game. Following that season, the 6-foot-11-inch (2.11 m) Plumlee was named the Gatorade Player of the Year in North Carolina and named to the 2011 McDonald's All-American Game.[3][4][5][6][7]
In Plumlee's freshman year at Duke, both of his brothers were on the team and Marshall redshirted.[10] He made his debut in 2012–13, but his playing time was limited by a stress fracture in his foot.[10] In Plumlee's junior year (2014–15), he saw limited action, playing 8.5 minutes per game in 30 contests.[10]
By his junior year, Plumlee had developed into a steady inside defender, backing up Jahlil Okafor, a freshman who went on to be the 3rd pick in that year's NBA draft. That 2015 Duke team won the NCAA national championship.[10]
During his final season at Duke, Plumlee served as a team captain along with Amile Jefferson and Matt Jones.[11] Plumlee started all 36 games that year, averaging 8.3 points, 8.6 rebounds, and 1.6 blocked shots per game.
After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft, Plumlee joined the New York Knicks for the 2016 NBA Summer League.[12] On July 8, 2016, he signed with the Knicks.[13] During his rookie season, he had multiple assignments to the Westchester Knicks of the NBA Development League.[14] Plumlee made his NBA debut on November 20, 2016, against the Atlanta Hawks. He was rushed into the city from his D-League assignment when starting center Joakim Noah was sent home due to illness. He gathered a rebound and committed a foul in five minutes of action in a win over the Hawks.[15] On July 7, 2017, he was waived by the Knicks.[16]
Agua Caliente Clippers (2017–2018)
On September 27, 2017, Plumlee signed with the Los Angeles Clippers.[17] He was waived by the Clippers on October 14, 2017, after appearing in four preseason games.[18] A week later, he was named in the inaugural Agua Caliente Clippers training camp roster.[19] He went on to earn a spot in the team's opening-night roster.[20]
In 2019, Plumlee graduated from Ranger School, with his mother affixing the Ranger Tab, and transitioned to an active-duty military status. According to Plumlee, his inspiration to serve in the military stemmed from his childhood just as his desire to play professional basketball. General Robert Brooks Brown, a retired commanding general of United States Army Pacific, became a mentor of Plumlee's in high school. Both men played collegiate basketball under coach Mike Krzyzewski.[22]
Business career
In May 2022, Plumlee announced that he would be entering the two-year MBA program at Harvard Business School, joining the HBS class of 2024.[23]
Personal life
Plumlee grew up with brothers Miles and Mason, and they reunited during the 2011–12 basketball season at Duke University; they also have a sister named Madeleine, who played volleyball at the University of Notre Dame.[24] They were only the third trio of brothers to play on the same college basketball team at the same time.
His parents are Millard "Perky" (a former Tennessee Tech basketball player) and Leslie Plumlee (a former Purduewomen's basketball player who set the school single-game rebound record with 25).[25][26][27] The two met at a basketball camp during the summer of 1979.[28] His grandfather Albert "Bud" Schultz played basketball at Michigan Tech (1944), his uncle William Schultz played basketball at Wisconsin–Eau Claire (1971–72), and his uncle Chad Schultz played basketball at Wisconsin–Oshkosh (1983–86).[29]
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