Background
Babbitt was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Babbitt was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Babbitt finished his high school career by scoring 2,616 points, breaking future college teammate Armon Johnson"s Nevada state scoring record.
He played college basketball at the University of Nevada-Reno for two seasons before declaring for the 2010 National Basketball Association Draft following his sophomore year. He was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the 16th overall pick in the 2010 National Basketball Association Draft, then traded to the Portland Trail Blazers. At the age of nine his family moved to Reno, Nevada.
As a junior, Babbitt averaged 27.8 points and 9.5 rebounds per game while leading Galena to a state championship.
Considered a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Babbitt was listed as the Number. 12 power forward and the Number.
31 player in the nation in 2008. After originally verbally committing to Ohio State, Babbitt backed out and decided to attend the University of Nevada-Reno.
In his first game, Babbitt recorded a 20-point, 12 rebound double-double versus Montana State.
He went on to average 16.9 points per game during his freshman year including a season-high 30 points on March 12, 2009 versus San Jose State. In his sophomore season, Babbitt led the team in scoring with 21.9 points per game. He scored a career-high 33 points in the Western Athletic Conference tournament semifinals on March 13, 2010 versus New Mexico State.
Despite losing that game and ending their hopes of going to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament, Nevada was invited to the National Institute of Technology, where they lost in the second round to the University of Rhode Island.
On April 20, 2010, Babbitt hired an agent and declared for the National Basketball Association Draft. Babbitt was selected with the 16th overall pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2010 National Basketball Association draft.
His rights were later traded along with Minnesota forward Ryan Gomes to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Martell Webster. On July 9, 2010, Babbitt signed his rookie contract with the Blazers.
He then joined the Blazers for the 2010 National Basketball Association Summer League.
On December 8, 2010, Babbitt was assigned to the Idaho Stampede of the National Basketball Association Doctorate-League. On December 18, 2010, he was recalled by the Trail Blazers. On March 3, 2011, he was reassigned to the Idaho Stampede.
On March 28, 2011, he was recalled.
On January 4, 2012, he was reassigned to the Idaho Stampede. On January 10, 2012, he was recalled by the Trail Blazers.
Babbitt joined the Trail Blazers for the 2012 National Basketball Association Summer League. In August 2013, Babbitt signed with Nizhny Novgorod of Russia for the 2013-2014 season.
In January 2014, he left Russia under controversial circumstances.
On February 4, 2014, Babbitt signed with the New Orleans Pelicans. On July 20, 2015, he re-signed with the Pelicans. 2009-2010 Women's Army Corps All-Decade Team.