Jeff Brooks (basketball)

Jeff Brooks (born June 12, 1989) is an American-Italian professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the Basketball Euroleague. He also represents the Italian national team.[1]

Jeff Brooks
Brooks in October 2018
No. 32 – Olimpia Milano
PositionPower forward
LeagueLBA
Basketball EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1989-06-12) June 12, 1989
Louisville, Kentucky
NationalityAmerican / Italian
Listed height2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight94 kg (207 lb)
Career information
High schoolDoss (Louisville, Kentucky)
CollegePenn State (2007–2011)
NBA draft2011 / Undrafted
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–2012Aurora Jesi
2012–2013Cantù
2013–2014Juvecaserta
2014–2015Dinamo Sassari
2015–2016Avtodor Saratov
2016–2018Unicaja
2018–presentOlimpia Milano
Career highlights and awards

College career

After playing high school basketball at Doss High School, in Louisville, Kentucky, Brooks played 4 seasons of college basketball at the Pennsylvania State University, with the Penn State Nittany Lions.[2]

Professional career

On July 20, 2011, he signed with Aurora Basket Jesi of the Italian Legadue Basket for the 2011–12 season.[3]

On July 31, 2012, he signed with Pallacanestro Cantù for the 2012–13 season.[4] With Cantù he won the Italian Supercup and played in the 2012–13 Euroleague.

On August 9, 2013, he signed with Juvecaserta Basket for the 2013–14 season.[5] He was selected to play at the 2014 Serie A All-Star game.[6]

On June 13, 2014, he signed a one-year deal with Dinamo Sassari.[7] With Sassari he won the Italian Serie A and the Italian Cup in 2015.

On July 17, 2015, he signed a two-year deal with Avtodor Saratov.[8] After one season he left Saratov and signed a one-year deal with Spanish club Unicaja.[9] In the 2016–17 season, Brooks won the EuroCup with Unicaja after beating Valencia BC in the Finals.[10]

On June 25, 2018, Brooks signed a two-year deal with Italian club Olimpia Milano.[11][12] On June 11, 2020, he announced he was returning to the team for a third season.[13]

Career statistics

Domestic Leagues
Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2011–12 Fileni BPA Jesi LegaDue 2835.056.6%40.9%77.4%6.90.91.70.417.0
2012–13 Lenovo Cantù Serie A 4324.350.6%32.7%77.1%4.90.90.70.77.9
2013–14 Pasta Reggia Caserta Serie A 3031.455.1%45.2%77.0%6.31.51.50.514.4
2014–15 Banco di Sardegna Sassari Serie A 2128.344.4%31.9%81.6%7.51.30.90.68.7
2015–16 Avtodor Saratov VTB United League 2627.353.9%41.9%78.5%5.82.21.20.311.0
2016–17 Unicaja Málaga Liga ACB 3820.449.3%27.5%82.6%4.01.00.60.36.9
2017–18 Unicaja Málaga Liga ACB 3320.548.3%37.8%89.4%4.30.90.50.28.5
2018–19 AX Armani Exchange Milano Serie A 3522.555.0%33.3%78.7%4.51.00.70.55.9

European Competitions
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2012–13 Euroleague Mapooro Cantù 10323.536.7%10.0%55.6%4.91.30.60.08.39.2
2014–15 Euroleague Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari 8829.152.8%47.1%76.9%5.01.32.00.69.313.0
2015–16 Eurocup Avtodor Saratov 131230.757.0%38.5%89.6%8.22.41.20.513.121.3
2016–17 Eurocup Unicaja Málaga 222122.745.1%36.1%71.4%4.21.00.60.47.38.3
2017–18 Euroleague Unicaja Málaga 262322.950.0%39.5%78.0%4.31.00.60.48.89.8
2018–19 EuroLeague AX Armani Exchange Milano 292925.150.0%39.6%83.3%5.31.00.80.36.08.6

Italian national team
Year Tournament National Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2019 FIBA World Cup Italy 5017.056.2%33.3%66.7%4.21.01.61.24.4
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.

Personal life

Brooks is married to an Italian woman and they have a son.[14]

On September 6, 2018, Brooks became officially Italian. He got the Italian passport and he was registered to FIBA for the upcoming 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification against Poland and Hungary.[15]

References
  1. "Italia: si aggregano oggi Amedeo Della Valle e Jeff Brooks" [Italy: Amedeo Della Valle and Jeff Brooks will join the team today] (in Italian). Sportando.basketball. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  2. "Penn State Bio". Archived from the original on 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2014-07-05.
  3. Aurora Basket Jesi lands rookie Jeff Brooks
  4. Cantu tabs forward Brooks
  5. Juve Caserta announce Jeff Brooks
  6. Roster for All-Star Game Italia named
  7. Dinamo Sassari announces Jeff Brooks
  8. Avtodor inks versatile forward Brooks
  9. Jeff Brooks joins Unicaja Malaga
  10. "7DAYS EuroCup Finals, Game 3: Unicaja Malaga is the champion!". Eurocupbasketball.com. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  11. "Olimpia Milano officially signs Jeff Brooks". Sportando. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  12. "Olimpia Milano officially signs Jeff Brooks". EuroLeague.net. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  13. "Milano forward Jeff Brooks confirms "Round 3 is official"". Sportando. June 11, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  14. Saraceno, Alessandro (April 10, 2018). "Esclusiva BU, Jeff Brooks: "Vorrei giocare per l'Italia! Sassari? Sarei voluto restare ma…"". BasketUniverso (in Italian). Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  15. "Jeff Brooks officially gets Italian passport, will join Italy's NT training camp Sunday". Sportando.basketball. September 6, 2018. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
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