Rickey Paulding

Rickey Paulding is a former professional basketball player from Detroit, Michigan. He played college basketball at the University of Missouri from 2000-04 scoring over 1600 points during his career. Rickey graduated from Mizzou with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies.

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Paulding was drafted by the Detroit Pistons, 54th overall in the second round of the 2004 NBA draft. He began his professional career in Israel with Hapoel Jerusalem (Jerusalem, 04-05 season) and then played two years in France with Asvel Lyon-Villeurbanne Basket (Lyon, 05-06 season) and BCM Gravelines Dunkerque (Gravelines, 06-07 season). In 2007, Paulding signed in Germany with EWE Baskets Oldenburg and played there for 15 seasons until retiring in 2022.

Since retiring, he has been coaching at the high school and AAU in the metro-Kansas City area.