Bryce 'Brown Sugar' Caldwell

Bryce Caldwell is probably the most talented player ever to play in the HBL. That's not to slight great HBL players like Domino or Shooter, but it's true. In fact, Bryce is the first player in HBL history to really "out-grow" the league. Through three dominating seasons, he proved he could score at will and still be the biggest defensive force in the league if he wanted. In 2000, through his team's 6-0 start, they looked and may have been unbeatable. However, schedule conflicts and such have prevented Bryce from finishing an HBL season since 1998, so his future involvement in the league is very doubtful. His high school basketball career, however, is just getting off to a successful start, and he has a great college and possibly professional future ahead of him. No matter what, everyone will always remember the pure talent of the one called "Brown Sugar".

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Was the first-ever winner of two new HBL awards, Rookie of the Year, and Defensive Player of the Year, in 1998...Was the only person to obtain ALL four first-place votes for an award, and did so in both the ROY and DPOY balloting...Led his team in every statistical category but rebounding in 1998...Set the now-beaten record for points in a game with 41 against the Warriors in Week 2 of 1998...Helped spearhead a league-record 4-0 run in Weeks 2 and 3...Led the league in lowest turnover per game average in 1998...Was the second-most accurate three point shooter in the 1998 season...During the 1998 AND 1999 mid-season skills competitions, went to the finals against Chris Hartley in the 3-pt. shooting contest...Was named HBL Week 2 MVP in 1998...Led the Lightning to their first HBL Finals in 1998...Was named HBL Co-MVP of Week 2 in 1999...Was the second leading scorer in 1999 when he had to forfeit the rest of his season due to lack of availability...Had similar success in 2000 as the leading scorer in the league before his departure...Led the Lightning of him and KG to a 6-0 start in 2000...Averaged 7 three-pointers a game in 2000...Set a record that may stand forever, scoring 72 points against the Warriors in 2000's Week 2...

TEAMS PLAYED FOR
1998-Lightning
1999-Lightning
2000-Lightning

CAREER STATS

Year    FG/Att.  %  3P/Att.  %  FT/Att  %  PPG  RPG  APG SPG BPG TOPG F
1998    95/219 .434 15/56  .268  ---   --- 25.6 10.8 4.9 3.1 1.5 1.8 13
1999+   85/217 .392 32/104 .308  7/10 .700 41.8 19.2 3.6 3.0 0.6 0.8 15
2000   100/207 .483 42/104 .404 12/16 .750 43.0 21.8 6.7 2.3 0.5 2.2  9
Career 280/643 .435 89/264 .337 19/26 .731 35.3 16.5 5.1 2.8 0.9 1.6 38