Anthony De Cardo

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Anthony Ramirez Costa De Cardo (born January 29th 1997) is a Shmakalakan Professional Basketball Player who plays in the NBA as a Point Guard or Shooting Guard for the Orlando Magic. De Cardo was offered a scholarship to the Arizona State University in 2015 where he played 1 season of College Basketball enjoying success by earning all-conference honors as a freshman. After the season De Cardo decided to forego the remainder of his college eligibility and declared for the 2016 NBA draft, where he was selected 4th by the Orlando Magic. De Cardo was a member of the Shmakalaka National Basketball Team which won Bronze at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janiero
==Early Life==
Antony De Cardo was born in Hugarga a suburb in North Palmero, when he was young he enjoyed Football and still to this day remains a FC Palmeiras fan. De Cardo began playing Basketball on the streets with his older siblings and their friends, when he began attending Secondary school he began playing properly however already was a very talented player. De Cardo began training with the Palmero Pirates when he was 16 and was waiting to gain his eligibility to play for them in the Shmakalakan league, however when De Cardo was 17 the Arizona State team played a friendly game against De Cardo's Palmero Pirates team. De Cardo played extremely well and ASU invited him to train and trial with the Basketball team back in Arizona, where he was successful and earned a scholarship to the University in April 2015 ready for the upcoming season which began in September.
= University of Arizona=
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Many regarded De Cardo as one of the best in the 2016 NCAA season however due to UOA's sub par performances failing to go deep into the National tournament he was selected 3rd.
Year 	Team 	GP	GS	MPG 	FG% 	3P% 	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
2015-2016	Arizona Wildcats	29	27	35.7	.496	.395	78%	6.8	5.1	12.8
== NBA Career ==
=== Orlando Magic ===
De Cardo was selected with the 3rd overall pick in the 2016 draft class by the Orlando Magic, before the draft De Cardo had workout sessions with both the Philadelphia 76'ers and the Los Angeles Lakers as well as the Orlando Magic, who eventually selected him with the 4th overall pick.
== Rookie Year ==
De Cardo recorded 5 triple doubles in his rookie season and later went on to be named in the All-Rookie first team of 2017 backing up his 4th overall selection in the 2016 NBA draft. De Cardo was the standout player of the year from the 2016 draft class and subsequently won the 2017 NBA rookie of the year award to back this fact up.
== NBA Career Statistics ==
Year 	Team 	GP	GS	MPG	FG% 	3P% 	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG 	Individual Notes
2016-2017	Orlando Magic 	76	70	 	.419	.307	74%	6.0	5.2	17.1	2017 Rookie of the Year, Rookie First Team
2017-2018	Orlando Magic 	74	74	 	.435	.312	79%	6.4	6.7	19.7	
2018-2019	Orlando Magic 	72	72	 	.439	.319	81%	7.4	6.8	23.2	All Star Reserve
2019-2020	Orlando Magic 	42	38	 	 	 	 	8.7	8.0	26.3	
2020-21 	Orlando Magic 	12	18	 	 	 	 	8.6	9.1	22.8	
2021-22 	Toronto Raptors	 	 	 	 	 	 	8.4	8.2	25.4	
2022-23 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	8.8	7.8	24.1