Jason Boone

Jason Gregory Boone (born October 8, 1985) is a retired American professional basketball player.

Jason Boone
No. 21 – SCM CSU Craiova
PositionPower forward / Center
LeagueLiga Națională
Personal information
Born (1985-10-08) October 8, 1985
Sugar Loaf, New York
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Career information
High schoolWarwick Valley
(Warwick, New York)
CollegeNYU (2003–2007)
NBA draft2007 / Undrafted
Playing career2007–present
Career history
2007–2008SSV Lokomotive Bernau
2008–2011BG Göttingen
2011–2014S.Oliver Würzburg
2014–2015Konya Selcuk
2015SO Maritime Boulogne
2015–2017MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
2017Start Lublin
2017–2018CSA Steaua București
2018–2019SCM 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
  1. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  2. "2006-07 Men's All-America Team". D3hoops. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  3. "MEN'S BASKETBALL" (PDF). uaasports.info. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  4. INTERDONATO, SAL. "Basketball: Boone making name for himself in Europe". recordonline.com. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  5. "Publikumsliebling geht: Auch Jason Boone verlässt die BG". hna.de (in German). 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  6. "Jason Boone | EuroChallenge (2010) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  7. "Auch Jason Boone kommt aus Göttingen: soliver-wuerzburg.de". www.soliver-wuerzburg.de. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  8. "easyCredit - 9227 Jason gregory BOONE". www.easycredit-bbl.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  9. "easyCredit - Boone nach Ludwigsburg". www.easycredit-bbl.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  10. Germany, Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgart. "MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg: Jason Boone verlässt die MHP Riesen". stuttgarter-nachrichten.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  11. "EUROBASKET NEWS". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  12. "Federatia Romana de Baschet - Jucatori - Jason Gregory BOONE". www.frbaschet.ro. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  13. Germany, nordbayern.de, Nürnberg. "100.000 Dollar: Falcons gewinnen "Jump10" in Shanghai" (in German). Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  14. "Every Athlete Dies Twice". Good Pillar. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
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