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Karima Christmas-Kelly

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Karima Christmas-Kelly
Christmas-Kelly in 2019
Indiana Fever
PositionAssistant Coach
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1989-09-11) September 11, 1989 (age 35)
Long Beach, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High schoolDobie (Houston, Texas)
CollegeDuke (2007–2011)
WNBA draft2011: 2nd round, 23rd overall pick
Selected by the Washington Mystics
Playing career2011–present
Career history
As player:
2011Washington Mystics
2011–2012Tulsa Shock
2012–2014Indiana Fever
2015–2018Tulsa Shock / Dallas Wings
2016–2017Guri KDB Life Winnus
2019–2020Minnesota Lynx
As coach:
2023-PresentIndiana Fever (Asst.)
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Karima Brittany Christmas-Kelly (born September 11, 1989) is an American basketball coach and former professional basketball player. Christmas-Kelly is currently an assistant coach for the Indiana Fever of the WNBA. She played college basketball at Duke.

Duke statistics

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Source[1]

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
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2007–08 Duke 30 123 52.1 – 59.0 2.6 0.5 0.8 0.2 4.1
2008–09 Duke 32 239 49.4 45.9 65.1 4.2 1.0 1.4 0.3 7.5
2009–10 Duke 36 347 43.1 28.6 71.7 5.3 1.5 2.2 0.4 9.6
2010–11 Duke 36 343 37.5 21.1 69.9 6.3 1.7 1.6 0.4 9.5
Career Duke 134 1052 43.5 28.3 68.3 4.7 1.2 1.5 0.3 7.9

WNBA

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Christmas-Kelly playing for the Washington Mystics in 2011

Christmas-Kelly was selected the second round of the 2011 WNBA draft (23rd overall) by the Washington Mystics.[2]

On February 5, 2015, Christmas signed with the Tulsa Shock, which she previously played from 2011 to 2012.[3]

On February 1, 2019, Christmas-Kelly signed with the Minnesota Lynx.[4] On July 30, 2020, Christmas-Kelly was waived by the Lynx after suffering a season-ending achilles injury.[5]

WNBA career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader
† Denotes seasons in which Christmas-Kelly won a WNBA championship

Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2011 Washington 14 0 10.1 .310 .217 .696 1.2 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.6 3.4
2011 Tulsa 17 0 9.8 .370 .235 .800 1.2 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.9 3.2
2012 Tulsa 14 6 11.5 .333 .313 .739 1.9 0.2 1.0 0.3 0.4 3.6
2012† Indiana 16 0 10.9 .314 .318 .500 2.3 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.5 2.9
2013 Indiana 34 28 26.9 .373 .300 .811 4.1 1.1 1.9 0.3 1.2 8.6
2014 Indiana 34 3 21.6 .343 .386 .755 3.6 0.9 0.9 0.3 0.7 6.9
2015 Tulsa 32 32 28.7 .396 .386 .782 5.0 1.7 1.1 0.3 1.2 10.6
2016 Dallas 34 34 31.6 .400 .317 .796 5.9 2.1 1.2 0.7 1.5 12.4
2017 Dallas 34 34 29.7 .380 .292 .851 4.2 2.2 1.2 0.2 1.6 10.4
2018 Dallas 6 6 27.8 .448 .444 .813 5.5 1.5 0.3 0.3 1.7 9.3
2019 Minnesota 6 0 12.0 .278 .273 .600 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.2 0.7 2.7
2020 Minnesota 2 0 12.5 .143 .000 .875 3.0 0.5 1.5 0.5 2.0 4.5
Career 10 years, 4 teams 243 143 22.9 .374 .321 .791 3.7 1.3 1.1 0.3 1.1 7.0

Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2012† Indiana 3 0 10.7 .250 .167 1.000 2.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.7 3.0
2013 Indiana 4 4 30.8 .400 .286 .625 6.0 2.3 1.0 0.5 3.5 10.8
2014 Indiana 5 0 25.0 .333 .333 .824 4.6 1.6 0.4 0.4 0.6 7.4
2015 Tulsa 2 2 32.5 .211 .000 .875 5.0 1.0 1.5 0.5 1.5 7.5
2017 Dallas 1 1 34.0 .222 .000 1.000 5.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 6.0
Career 5 years, 2 teams 15 7 25.3 .324 .214 .821 4.7 1.5 0.7 0.5 1.5 7.3

References

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  1. ^ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  2. ^ http://www.wnba.com draft2011/draft_board.html 2011 WNBA Draft board
  3. ^ "Tulsa Shock signs Karima Christmas". Swish Appeal. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  4. ^ "Minnesota Lynx Sign Forward Karima Christmas-Kelly". WNBA. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  5. ^ "Lynx Awarded Erica McCall From Waivers". WNBA. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
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