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Jaye Crockett

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Jaye Crockett
Crockett in February 2012
No. 30 – Keravnos
PositionPower forward / small forward
LeagueCyprus Basketball Division 1
Personal information
Born (1991-10-16) October 16, 1991 (age 33)
Watertown, New York
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High schoolClovis (Clovis, New Mexico)
CollegeTexas Tech (2010–2014)
NBA draft2014: undrafted
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014–2015Derthona Basket
2015Shinshu Brave Warriors
2016SAM Massagno
2016–2017Forlì
2017Trapani
2017–2018Bakken Bears
2018–2019Le Portel
2019Anibal Zahle
2019South East Melbourne Phoenix
2020Astana
2020Fribourg Olympic
2020–2021Peristeri
2021–2022Södertälje
2022–2023Karhu Basket
2023Akita Northern Happinets
2023–presentKeravnos
Career highlights and awards

Jeffrey "Jaye" Crockett (born October 16, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Keravnos of the Cyprus Basketball Division 1. He played college basketball for Texas Tech before playing professionally in Italy, Japan, Switzerland, Denmark, France, Lebanon, Australia and Greece.

College career

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Crockett played four years of college basketball for Texas Tech, where he was named Big 12 All-Academic second team in 2012, All-Big 12 Honorable Mention in 2013, and third-team All-Big 12 in 2014.[1] In 125 games, he made 42 starts and averaged 9.9 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.[2]

Professional career

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Crockett began his professional career in Italy, spending the 2014–15 season with Derthona Basket in the Serie A2 Basket.[1] For the 2015–16 season, he started with the Shinshu Brave Warriors in Japan, before finishing with SAM Massagno in Switzerland.[1] For the 2016–17 season, he returned to Italy, splitting the year with Forlì and Trapani.[1] For the 2017–18 season, he played in Denmark with the Bakken Bears and helped the team win the Danish Cup and the Danish League.[1] He subsequently earned Basketligaen Finals MVP honors.[3]

Crockett's 2018–19 season in France with Le Portel was marred by injury, starting with a heel injury at the beginning of the season and then a season-ending toe injury in January 2019.[4]

After starting the 2019–20 season in Lebanon with Anibal Zahle,[4][5] Crockett signed with the South East Melbourne Phoenix of the Australian NBL as a temporary injury replacement for Tai Wesley on October 16, 2019.[6] He parted ways with the Phoenix on December 6, 2019, following Wesley's return from injury.[7] In January 2020, he joined Astana of the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship.[8] Crockett signed a three-month contract with Fribourg Olympic in Switzerland on August 12.[9] On November 30, he signed with Peristeri of the Greek Basket League.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Jeffrey Crockett". australiabasket.com. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  2. ^ "Jeffrey Crockett". sports-reference.com. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  3. ^ "Basketligaen Priser". basketligaen.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on October 13, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "DEUX ANCIENS DU PORTEL ONT TROUVÉ PRENEUR : DARRELL WILLIAMS FILE EN ITALIE ET JEFFREY CROCKETT REBONDIT AU LIBAN". bebasket.fr (in French). July 15, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  5. ^ "Anibal Zahle vs Beirut". eurobasket.com. October 9, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  6. ^ "Phoenix sign Crockett as Wesley replacement". semphoenix.com.au. October 16, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  7. ^ "Crockett's contribution". semphoenix.com.au. December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  8. ^ "Astana signed the American forward Jeffrey Crockett". pbcastana.kz. January 14, 2020. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  9. ^ "Jaye Crockett signs 3 month contract with Olympic Fribourg". Sportando. August 12, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  10. ^ Mammides, Chris (November 30, 2020). "Peristeri GS Athens sign Jeffrey Crockett, ex Fribourg". Eurobasket. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
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