Francis Stanley Kaminsky III[1] (born April 4, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Raptors 905 of the NBA G League.
On November 19, 2013, Kaminsky broke the Wisconsin single-game scoring record with 43 points against North Dakota.
The previous Wisconsin single-game record was 42 points, set by Ken Barnes (vs. Indiana on March 8, 1965) and Michael Finley (vs. Eastern Michigan on December 10, 1994).
[14] On March 29, 2014, Kaminsky scored 28 points and had 11 rebounds as Wisconsin defeated #1 seeded Arizona 64–63 in overtime during the NCAA tournament to advance to the Final Four.
[15] Ahead of the 2014 season, Kaminsky was named the Big Ten preseason player of the year.
There, they avenged their previous season's loss to Kentucky, upsetting the 38–0 Wildcats 71–64 behind Kaminsky's 20 points and 11 rebounds.
[18] In the Badgers' first national championship game in 74 years, they lost a 9-point second-half lead and were defeated 68–63 by the Duke Blue Devils.
For the season, he finished with 18.8 PPG and 8.2 RPG, despite playing for a team that ranked 346th out of 351 in adjusted tempo.
[21] He also received the Oscar Robertson Trophy as the United States Basketball Writers Association College Player of the Year.
[26] On December 2, he scored 16 points in a 116–99 loss to the Golden State Warriors, earning increased minutes with starting center Al Jefferson out injured.
[30] In Game 3 of the Hornets' first-round playoff series against the Miami Heat, Kaminsky scored 15 points in a 96–80 win.
[31] On November 21, 2016, Kaminsky tied a career high with 23 points on 9-of-11 shooting in a 105–90 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies.
[32] On February 1, 2017, he set a new career high with 24 points off the bench in a 126–111 loss to the Golden State Warriors.
[39] He lost his spot in the rotation in 2018–19 under new coach James Borrego, appearing in just 26 games at the conclusion of February.
[40] On March 1, 2019, he was inserted into the rotation to combat zone defense with his passing ability, going on to score 15 points in a 123–112 win over the Brooklyn Nets.
He returned to action during the 2020 NBA Bubble period on July 31, 2020, helping the Suns with a 125–112 win over the Washington Wizards.
[46] Kaminsky ultimately helped the team by coming off the bench for the majority of the rest of the season, ending with a record of 8–0 in the 2020 NBA Bubble, with Phoenix thus having a winning streak of at least eight games for the first time since March 2010.
[60] On February 9, 2023, Kaminsky, Justin Holiday, and two future second-round draft picks were traded to the Houston Rockets in exchange for Bruno Fernando and Garrison Mathews.
[66] In November 2019, coach Igor Kokoškov announced that inviting Kaminsky to the Serbian national team was under consideration.