Jason Boone
Jason Gregory Boone (born October 8, 1985) is a retired American professional basketball player.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 8, 1985 Sugar Loaf, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Warwick Valley (Warwick, New York) |
| College | NYU (2003–2007) |
| NBA draft | 2007 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2007–present |
| Position | Power forward / Center |
| Number | 21 |
| Career history | |
| 2007–2008 | SSV Lokomotive Bernau |
| 2008–2011 | BG Göttingen |
| 2011–2014 | S.Oliver Würzburg |
| 2014–2015 | Konya Selcuk |
| 2015 | SO Maritime Boulogne |
| 2015–2017 | MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg |
| 2017 | Start Lublin |
| 2017–2018 | CSA Steaua București |
| 2018–2019 | SCM U Craiova |
Career
College
After graduating from Warwick Valley High School in 2003, Boone played at NCAA Division 3 school New York University. He appeared in 104 career games at NYU, averaging 12.7 points, 8.1 rebounds, 2.0 blocked shots and 1.6 assists per game. As a senior in 2006–07, Boone was NYU's second-leading scorer (14.1ppg), while leading the Violets in rebounding (9.6rpg) and blocks (2.4bpg).[1] He earned D3hoops.com All-America Third Team honors that year.[2] During his college career, Boone also garnered 2006 All-University Athletic Association Player of the Year and 2006 and 2007 All-University Athletic Association First Team distinction.[3]
Professional
Boone started his professional career with SSV Lokomotive Bernau of Germany's third-tier Regionalliga. "I was making less than $1,000 a month. I was out there experiencing it, enjoying it and I was able to say I lived abroad", he told recordonline.com in 2010.[4] In the course of his first year in Germany, he was picked up by BG Göttingen of the country's top-flight Basketball Bundesliga, after Göttingen's Ben Jacobson, a former University of Northern Iowa player, had convinced Göttingen's head coach John Patrick to bring in Boone. Jacobson and Boone had earlier played on an NIT summer all-star team together.[4] Boone would stay in Göttingen until 2011. Thanks to his physical presence in the paint and his outgoing personality, he became a fan favorite.[5] In 2010, he helped Göttingen capture the FIBA EuroChallenge title, averaging 10.7 points and 6.8 rebounds during the title run.[6]
In 2011, Boone followed Coach John Patrick to fellow Bundesliga side S.Oliver Würzburg.[7] Statistically, his best season in the Bundesliga came in 2012–13, when he averaged 10.1 points a game in 34 contests.[8] Following a three-year stint, Boone took his game to Turkey and France, before returning to Germany in 2015. At Ludwigsburg, he again played under Coach Patrick.[9] In February 2017, Boone exercised an option to leave Ludwigsburg and accepted an offer from Polish first-division side Start Lublin,[10] where he played for the remainder of the 2016–17 campaign.
In July 2017, Boone inked a deal with CSA Steaua București of the Romanian top-flight Liga Națională.[11] In the Romanian league, Boone scored at a 7.7 points per game clip during 19:04 minutes of action per outing (20 games), while grabbing 4.8 rebounds a contest in the 2017–18 season.[12] In August 2018, he helped "Team k1x Germany" win the "Jump10" tournament in Shanghai.[13] He retired at the conclusion of the 2018–19 season, which he had spent with Romanian team SCM U Craiova. Boone subsequently moved to Los Angeles and started a career in marketing.[14]
References
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
- ^ "2006–07 Men's All-America Team". D3hoops. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
- ^ (PDF). uaasports.info. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
- ^ a b INTERDONATO, SAL. "Basketball: Boone making name for himself in Europe". recordonline.com. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
- ^ "Publikumsliebling geht: Auch Jason Boone verlässt die BG". hna.de (in German). 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
- ^ "Jason Boone | EuroChallenge (2010) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
- ^ "Auch Jason Boone kommt aus Göttingen: soliver-wuerzburg.de". www.soliver-wuerzburg.de. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
- ^ "easyCredit – 9227 Jason gregory BOONE". www.easycredit-bbl.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-09-17.
- ^ "easyCredit – Boone nach Ludwigsburg". www.easycredit-bbl.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-09-17.
- ^ Germany, Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgart. "MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg: Jason Boone verlässt die MHP Riesen". stuttgarter-nachrichten.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-09-17.
- ^ "EUROBASKET NEWS". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
- ^ "Federatia Romana de Baschet – Jucatori – Jason Gregory BOONE". www.frbaschet.ro. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
- ^ Germany, nordbayern.de, Nürnberg. "100.000 Dollar: Falcons gewinnen "Jump10" in Shanghai" (in German). Retrieved 2018-08-22.
- ^ "Every Athlete Dies Twice". Good Pillar. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
External links
- NYU Profile
- EuroCup Profile
- Eurobasket.com Profile