Jackson Vroman
 Vroman shooting a free throw with Lebanon against Japan |
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| No. 4 Jiangsu Dragons | |
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| Power Forward/Center | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | June 6, 1981 Laguna, California |
| Nationality |  USA,  Lebanon |
| High school | Viewmont High School |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Iowa State |
| NBA Draft | 2004 / 31st overall |
| Selected by the Chicago Bulls | |
| Pro career | 2004–present |
| League | CBA |
| Career history | |
| Phoenix Suns (2004-05) New Orleans Hornets (2005-06) CB Gran Canaria (2006-07) CB Girona (2007-08) BC Lietuvos Rytas (2008) Saba Mehr (2009) Mahram (2009-10) Dongguan Leopards (2010-2011) Incheon ET Land Elephants (2011) Jiangsu Dragons (2011-present) |
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Jackson Vroman (born June 6, 1981 in Laguna, California) is a US-born Lebanese professional basketball player. He was naturalized as a Lebanese citizen to play in the Lebanon national basketball team, substituting the other naturalized American Lebanese player, Joe Vogel. He is the son of former NBA player Brett Vroman, who played briefly for the Utah Jazz in the 1980-81 NBA season.
His senior year in high school, he played at Viewmont High School in Bountiful, Utah for coach Emery. After a career at Snow Community College in Ephraim, Utah[1] and Iowa State University, Jackson was a second-round draft pick of the Chicago Bulls in the 2004 NBA Draft. He played for the Phoenix Suns and the New Orleans Hornets/New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets, averaging 4.6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.
During the 2004-05 NBA season he was part of a trade that saw him and teammates Casey Jacobsen and Maciej Lampe being sent to the Hornets for guard Jim Jackson.
In the 2006/07 season he played for CB Gran Canaria in the Spanish ACB.[2] He began the 2007/08 season with CB Girona[3] before being signed by BC Lietuvos Rytas in February 2008.[4] In October 2010 he signed with the Dongguan Leopards in China.[5] For the 2011-2012 season, he signed with the Incheon ET Land Elephants in South Korea, but in December 2011, he signed a contract with the Jiangsu Dragons.
His father Brett had a 12-year basketball career and played for the Utah Jazz during the 1980–81 NBA season.[6]
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[edit] Honours
[edit] Club
[edit] Individual
- Asian Championship
- Most Valuable Player: 2009 (Mahram)
- FIBA Asia Championship 2009 6th Top Scorer averaging 17.3 ppg
- FIBA Asia Championship 2009 5th Top Rebounder averaging 8.1 rpg
[edit] Notes
- ^ Jackson Vroman NBA.com Bio
- ^ Gran Canaria inks Vroman
- ^ Jackson Vroman moves to Girona
- ^ Lietuvos Rytas sign Jackson Vroman
- ^ Vroman signs up for DongGuan Leopards
- ^ Going the Long Way, by Paul Coro, The Arizona Republic, posted June 26, 2004
[edit] External links
- Jackson Vroman NBA Profile
- Jackson Vroman Iowa State Profile
- Basketpedya.com Profile
- Vorman signs to play for Lebanon
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- American basketball players
- American emigrants to Lebanon
- Lebanese basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in China
- American expatriate basketball people in Lithuania
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Basketball players from California
- Expatriates in Iran
- Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball players
- Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
- Chicago Bulls draft picks
- New Orleans Hornets players
- Phoenix Suns players
- BC Lietuvos rytas players
- Liga ACB players
- CB Gran Canaria players
- People from Sacramento County, California
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Centers (basketball)
- American people of Lebanese descent
- Chinese Basketball Association players
