Anthony Leon Tucker Jr., better known as P.J. Tucker, is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers. P.J. Tucker has been married to his longtime girlfriend, Tracey Tucker, for 22 years. With this union came three children by the name of King, Zoe, and Aaliyah. Tucker attended William G. Enloe High School in North Carolina, where as a junior, he was named North Carolina's Player of the Year and in later years had his jersey retired.
During Tucker's college year, he chose to attend the University of Texas at Austin. He had great stats with the Longhorns but was unable to play the majority of his sophomore year due to poor grades. In his junior year, he was named Big 12 Player of the Year and second-team All-American. P.J. Tucker left Texas his junior season and was the 35th overall pick in the 2006 NBA Draft.