David Moss (basketball)

David Jerard Moss (born September 9, 1983) is an American professional basketball player for Basket Brescia Leonessa of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He is a 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) shooting guard-small forward.

David Moss
No. 34 – Basket Brescia Leonessa
PositionShooting guard / Small forward
LeagueLBA
Personal information
Born (1983-09-09) September 9, 1983
Chicago, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Listed height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight100 kg (220 lb)
Career information
High schoolThornwood (South Holland, Illinois)
CollegeIndiana State (2002–2006)
NBA draft2006 / Undrafted
Playing career2006–present
Career history
2006–2007Polpak Swiecie
2007–2008Aurora Basket Jesi
2008–2009Teramo Basket
2009–2010Virtus Bologna
2010–2013Montepaschi Siena
2013–2015Emporio Armani Milano
2016–presentBasket Brescia Leonessa
Career highlights and awards

Amateur career

Moss attended Thornwood High School in South Holland, Illinois, USA. There he played basketball, soccer, tennis, and track & field. He played collegiate basketball at Indiana State University, where he played with the Indiana State Sycamores in the Missouri Valley Conference. While there, he was named Conference Freshman of the Year, and earned All-Conference Team honors all four years. He finished as the school's sixth all-time leading scorer, with 1,562 points career points scored; currently, he ranks seventh.

Professional career

Moss went undrafted by an NBA team and started his professional career in the 2006–07 season in the Polish League, playing with Polpak Swiecie. Following that season, he played in the NBA Summer League with the Atlanta Hawks. Not able to make the team, he went back to Europe to play in the Italian Second Division, with Aurora Jesi, during the 2007-08 season. With Jesi, he won the Italian Second Division Cup.

The following season, 2008–09, he played with Teramo Basket in the Italian First Division, and enjoyed great success there, finishing second in the league MVP voting to Terrell McIntyre.[1] After playing in the 2009 NBA Summer League with the Portland Trail Blazers, he signed a three-year contract with the Italian club Montepaschi Siena,[2] but he first joined Virtus Bologna on a sports loan, until the end of the contract's first season.

With Montepaschi Siena, Moss helped the team to win eight national domestic titles; winning three Italian League championships (2011, 2012, 2013), three Italian Cup titles (2011, 2012, 2013), and two Italian Supercup titles (2010, 2011). He was also named an Italian League All-Star for the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons.

On July 29, 2013, Moss officially signed a two-year contract with Emporio Armani Milano.[3][4]

On March 16, 2016, Moss signed with Basket Brescia Leonessa, a Serie A2 Basket team for the rest of the 2015–16 season.[5] At the end of the season, the club was promoted in Serie A after 24 years.[6]

On July 2, 2016, Moss re-signed with Basket Brescia Leonessa.[7] On February 2, 2018, he signed a two-year contract extension with Brescia.[8] As of January 25, 2020; Moss remains the Team Captain of Brescia.

Career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Euroleague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2010–11 Montepaschi 222021.4.477.452.8062.41.81.4.47.67.4
2011–12 Montepaschi 201522.7.455.420.8702.51.1.9.38.26.8
2012–13 Montepaschi 242430.8.420.396.8754.01.5.7.09.88.7
2013–14 Milano 261624.9.451.364.8063.61.51.0.17.37.6
2014–15 Milano 231321.1.398.333.7733.11.2.7.15.05.0
2015–16 Milano 231321.1.398.333.7733.11.2.7.15.05.0
Career 2029827.3.463.403.7944.21.4.9.37.610.2

References
  1. "McIntyre MVP of Italian Serie A". Sportando.com. May 11, 2009. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  2. "MONTEPASCHI tabs forward David Moss". Euroleague.net. July 10, 2009. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  3. "EA7 EMPORIO ARMANI inks Moss". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  4. "Olimpia Milano announced David Moss". Sportando. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  5. "Centrale del Latte Brescia announces David Moss". Sportando.com. March 16, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  6. "Gara 5 Finale A2 Citroën, Brescia supera la Fortitudo Bologna e vola in Serie A" [Game 5 A2 Citroën Finals, Brescia is promoted to Serie A after beating the Fortitudo]. basketnet.it (in Italian). Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  7. "Centrale del Latte Brescia officially re-signs David Moss". Sportando.com. July 2, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  8. "David Moss signs a two-year contract extension with Leonessa Brescia". Sportando.com. February 2, 2018. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
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