Nate Grimes
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| No. 32 – El Calor de Cancún | |
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| Position | Power forward |
| League | LNBP |
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| Born | May 1, 1996 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Listed weight | 227 lb (103 kg) |
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| NBA draft | 2020: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2020–present |
| Career history | |
| 2020–2021 | Kobrat |
| 2021–2022 | Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen |
| 2022 | BG Göttingen |
| 2022–2023 | Hapoel Eilat |
| 2023 | Sigal Prishtina |
| 2023 | Iwate Big Bulls |
| 2024 | Golden Eagle Ylli |
| 2024–2025 | Assigeco Piacenza |
| 2025 | Borneo Hornbills |
| 2025–present | El Calor de Cancún |
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Nathanial Paul Grimes[1] (born May 1, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Borneo Hornbills of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL). He played college basketball for the Fresno State Bulldogs.
Grimes began his high school career at Desert Pines High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. For his senior season, Grimes transferred to Quality Education Academy in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with whom in 24 games he averaged 13.6 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.7 steals, and 1.4 assists per game.[2] In September 2014, he committed to play college basketball at Fresno State over offers from Boise State, Iowa, San Francisco, Utah State, Washington State and Wichita State.[3]
College career
Grimes redshirted his freshman season. He averaged 1.7 points and 1.8 rebounds per game as a redshirt freshman.[4] As a sophomore, Grimes averaged 4.6 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks (7th in the conference) per game.[5] He was third in the country in total rebounds per minute (0.44 rebounds per minute played).[4]
He averaged 11.8 points, 9.2 rebounds per game (3rd in the conference), and 1.7 blocks per game (2nd), while leading the conference with a two-point .625 field goal percentage, as a junior.[5][6] On January 25, 2020, Grimes was suspended for one game for conduct detrimental to the team.[7][8]
As a senior, he averaged 11.5 points and 10.2 rebounds per game (3rd in the conference), while leading the conference with 1.6 blocks per game.[5][6] Grimes was named to the Third Team All-Mountain West by the media.[9] On March 16, 2020, Grimes was arrested and charged on suspicion of inflicting corporal injury to a spouse/cohabitant.[10][11]