DeAndre Jordan

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Basketball player
DeAndre Jordan
DeAndre Jordan
Player information
Full name Hyland DeAndre Jordan Jr.
birthday 21st July 1988 (age 32)
place of birth Houston , Texas , United States
size 211 cm
Weight 120 kg
position center
High school Christian Life Center Academy (Texas)
college Texas A&M University
NBA draft 2008 , 35th Pick , Los Angeles Clippers
Club information
society Brooklyn Nets
league NBA
Jersey number 6th
Clubs as active
2008–2018 Los Angeles Clippers 2018–2019 Dallas Mavericks 2019 New York Knicks Since 2019 Brooklyn NetsUnited StatesUnited States
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National team
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Hyland DeAndre Jordan Jr. (born July 21, 1988 in Houston , Texas ) is an American basketball player who has been a center in the NBA for the Brooklyn Nets since 2019 . In contrast to his extremely high field hit rate, Jordan has long been a very weak free throw shooter . Opponents gladly took advantage of this weakness and used the Hack-a-Shaq tactic against Jordan. Since the 2018/19 season , his free throw rate has improved a lot.

Careers in the NBA

Los Angeles Clippers (2008 to 2018)

2008-2009

In the 2008 NBA Draft , Jordan was selected 35th by the Los Angeles Clippers and signed by them shortly thereafter. After being used relatively rarely in the first half of the season, Jordan slipped into the starting five of the team in January due to the Clippers' injury concerns . In six days and three different games he put his temporary highs ("career highs") in blocks (6 against the Minnesota Timberwolves ), points (23 against the Los Angeles Lakers ), dunks (10 against the Los Angeles Lakers) and rebounds (20 against the Golden State Warriors ).

2009-2010

Although Jordan knew how to surprise in his rookie season, he only got slightly more playing time (16.2 minutes). Although he was able to increase his point and rebound average by 0.5 each, he was unable to improve his great weakness, the free throws (below 40%). Experts refer to Jordan as a similar type of player to Andrew Bynum of the Indiana Pacers .

2011-2015

Jordan achieved his breakthrough in the 2010/11 season . He started in 66 of 80 games and scored 7.1 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.8 blocks on average. In the 2012/13 season he led the league for the first time in the field hit rate, with 64% of the converted throws. With an average of 13.6 rebounds, Jordan was the best rebounder in the league in the 2013/14 season . This replaced Dwight Howard , who had been the league's best rebounder in the previous two seasons. He also blocked 2.5 throws per game, which brought him third place in the league. Also in the following season 2014/15 Jordan led the league with 15.0 rebounds and a field hit rate of 71.0%. For his good performance, he was appointed to the All-NBA Third Team and the NBA All-Defensive First Team .

Offseason 2015

As ESPN.com reported on 3 July 2015, the Texas native agreed with the Dallas Mavericks to a contract over four years totaling more than 80 million US dollars . The - initially oral - contract offered the center a release clause after the third year. One day before he was allowed to sign a new contract, Jordan met with those in charge of the Clippers who wanted to convince him to stay in Los Angeles . Jordan then changed his mind and extended his contract with the Clippers.

Since 2015

On November 4, 2015, Jordan overtook Elton Brand as the most successful rebounder in Clippers history with 13 rebounds against the Golden State Warriors . A few days later on November 30th, Jordan set an NBA record with 22 discarded free throws and drew level with Wilt Chamberlain . A few weeks later this record was exceeded by Andre Drummond with 23 discarded free throws. Although he was not called up to the NBA All-Star Game , Jordan was called to both the NBA All-Defensive First Team and the All-NBA First Team . With an average of 12.7 points, he also set his personal best career average. At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , he won the gold medal with the US selection. In 2017, Jordan's first All-Star nomination followed . When his contract expired in summer 2018, Jordan decided to leave the Clippers after 10 years.

Dallas Mavericks (2018-2019)

After a commitment in summer 2015 failed, the Dallas Mavericks and DeAndre Jordan finally started working together in summer 2018, and they agreed on a one-year contract.

New York Knicks (2019)

At the end of January 2019, Jordan was swapped for the New York Knicks .

Brooklyn Nets (2019)

In July 2019, Jordan agreed to a contract with the Brooklyn Nets as a free agent . With a term of four years, Jordan will receive 40 million US dollars. His new teammates Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving waived maximum contracts.

Achievements and Awards

Regular season

season team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008-09 LA Clippers 53 13 14.5 .633 .000 .385 4.5 0.2 0.2 1.1 4.3
2009-10 LA Clippers 70 12 16.2 .605 .000 .375 5.0 0.3 0.2 0.9 4.8
2010-11 LA Clippers 80 66 25.6 .686 .000 .452 7.2 0.5 0.5 1.8 7.1
2011-12 LA Clippers 66 66 27.2 .632 .000 .525 8.3 0.3 0.5 2.0 7.4
2012–13 LA Clippers 82 82 24.5 .643 .000 .386 7.2 0.3 0.6 1.4 8.8
2013-14 LA Clippers 82 82 35.0 .676 .000 .428 13.6 0.9 1.0 2.5 10.4
2014–15 LA Clippers 82 82 34.4 .710 .250 .397 15.0 0.7 1.0 2.2 11.5
2015–16 LA Clippers 77 77 33.7 703 .000 .430 13.8 1.2 0.7 2.3 12.7
2016–17 LA Clippers 81 81 31.7 .714 .000 .430 13.8 1.2 0.6 1.7 12.7
total 673 561 27.7 .677 .091 .430 10.1 0.7 0.6 1.8 9.1

Web links

Commons : DeAndre Jordan  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marc Stein, Tim MacMahon: DeAndre Jordan, Mavericks reach agreement on max contract. ESPN , July 3, 2015, accessed July 13, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Tom Ziller: DeAndre Jordan's flip-flop is the most amazing NBA free agency disaster ever. SB Nation, July 9, 2015, accessed July 13, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Trisity Miller: DeAndre Jordan is the best rebounder in Clippers history . clipperholics.com, December 2015, accessed on July 13, 2016.
  4. ↑ Jordan grabs 24 rebounds, Clippers beat Blazers 10. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016 ; accessed on July 13, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Keith Langlois: Pistons open 2nd half with big road win at Houston to foil Hack-a-Dre excess . NBA website, January 20, 2016, accessed July 13, 2016.
  6. ↑ DJ Siddiqi: NBA Free Agency 2019: DeAndre Jordan to sign four-year, $ 40M deal with Nets; Durant and Irving agree to take less. In: CBS Sports. June 30, 2019, accessed July 2, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Jordan, DeAndre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jordan, Hyland DeAndre junior (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Houston , Texas