Jon Brockman

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Basketball player
Jon Brockman
Player information
Full name Jonathan Rodney Brockman
birthday 20th March 1987 (age 33)
place of birth Snohomish , Washington , USA
size 201 cm
Weight 111 kg
position Power Forward / Center
college Washington
NBA draft 2009 : 38th Pick, Portland Trail Blazers
Clubs as active
2005–2009 Washington Huskies ( NCAA ) 2009–2010 Sacramento Kings 2010–2012 Milwaukee Bucks 2012–2013 Limoges CSP 2013–2014 Élan Sportif Chalonnais 2014–2016 MHP Riesen LudwigsburgUnited StatesUnited States
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Jonathan Rodney Brockman (born March 20, 1987 in Snohomish , Washington ) is a retired American basketball player . After completing his studies, he began a professional career in the highest-paying professional league, the NBA . After a total of three years with the Sacramento Kings and the Milwaukee Bucks , Brockman continued his career in Europe from 2012. After two years in the French LNB Pro A , he played for two years in the basketball Bundesliga for the German first division club MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg . As in his first European season , Brockman, who was rather short for a front court player, was by far the best rebounder in the top German division in 2015 thanks to his strength and overview .

Career

Youth and college

Brockman was able to draw attention to himself as a basketball player while he was still at school and in his senior year 2005 he was invited to the McDonald's All-American Game of the nation's 24 best students. Brockman got a scholarship to study at the "home" at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he played for the university team Huskies in the then Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) of the NCAA . However, the Huskies missed further success in Brockman's active days.

After the Huskies in Brockman's freshman year 2006 in the nationwide NCAA finals had only lost the last sixteen Sweet Sixteen against the top seeded namesake of the University of Connecticut after extra time, Brockman and his teammates Justin Dentmon and Isaiah Thomas could only get together in his final college season Qualify for the NCAA finals again in 2009 with the best season record of any Pac-10 team. At the end of his college career Brockman lost with the Huskies but already the second round game against the Boilermakers of Purdue University by just two points.

In his NCAA career, Brockman scored 1,805 points and very strong 1,283 rebounds, which averaged just under 14 points and 9.8 rebounds per game. So he just missed a double-double over his overall career, which he was able to achieve in his last two college seasons. With these values, the player, who is rather small for a front court player at 2.01 m, was one of the ten best rebounders in NCAA Division I twice in a row.

Professional career

With these achievements he was also able to convince the clubs of the highest endowed professional league NBA , so that Brockman was selected in the NBA draft 2009 by the Portland Trail Blazers in 38th position. On the day of the Entry Draft , the Trail Blazers passed the rights to Brockman along with Sergio Rodríguez to the Sacramento Kings for the rights to Jeff Ayres .

With the Kings Brockman reached in his debut season in the NBA 2009/10 in 52 missions an average of four rebounds a good two points in twelve minutes of play per game. In the summer of 2010, the Kings, who had again missed the play-offs for the championship, exchanged Brockman for Darnell Jackson and a draft pick with which they appropriately selected Brockman's former teammate Isaiah Thomas in 2011. At the Milwaukee Bucks, however, Brockman's game shares then increasingly decreased. After just under eleven minutes per game in 63 games of the NBA 2010/11 , he came in 35 appearances in the shortened NBA 2011/12 only to less than seven minutes of average playing time. In addition, the Bucks missed the play-offs twice in a row. After a player swap that brought Brockman to the Houston Rockets , he was released from his contract by the Texans a few days before the start of the 2012/13 season. This ended Brockman's NBA career for the time being. Especially during his time in the NBA, as Brockness Trickshot Monster , he entertained his fan base, which grew to over 3,000 "followers" on Twitter , with videos on art throws .

After the start of the 2012/13 season, Brockman joined the first division returnees and traditional club Cercle Saint-Pierre from Limoges in France . In contrast to the rise two years earlier, the club from the Massif Central was able to prevent direct relegation and achieved relegation in 13th place thanks to an average double double from Brockman of eleven points and 10.6 rebounds per game. In the following season, the club even reached its tenth championship, but Brockman had switched to league rivals Élan Sportif in Chalon-sur-Saône . With the 2012 champions from Burgundy , Brockman was eliminated as the main round eight in the first play-off round against Strasbourg IG . With reduced playing time Brockman was able to increase his batting average to just under 60%, but missed a renewed double-double in the top French league LNB Pro A .

It was only after the start of the 2014/15 season that Brockman signed a contract with the weak German first division club MHP Riesen from Ludwigsburg . Together with his compatriot DJ Kennedy , who also became top scorer of the league, Brockman, who came to over twelve points and 9.8 rebounds per game over the entire season, was able to lead the Swabians to a play-off place where they could as the main round eight as in the previous year in the first round against the eventual title winner. In the 2014/15 basketball Bundesliga play-offs, Brose Baskets were able to regain the title. Brockman also signed a contract for the following season in Ludwigsburg, which was given the new nickname "Barockman" in the former residential and self-proclaimed baroque city .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Player Alumni List 12–2013. (PDF; 280 kB) McDonaldsAllAmerican.com, December 2013, p. 2 , accessed on June 27, 2015 (English, alphabetical list of all previous participants).
  2. ^ Associated Press : After slow start, UConn outlasts, UW in OT in classic dogfight. ESPN , March 25, 2006, accessed June 27, 2015 (game report with statistics).
  3. ^ Colin Fly: Bucks, Kings complete Brockman-Jackson trade. The Seattle Times , July 21, 2010, accessed June 27, 2015 .
  4. ^ A b Jon Brockman - Joueurs - Pro A. Ligue Nationale de Basket , accessed on June 27, 2015 (French, player profile).
  5. ↑ Andreas Eberle: The "Holzhacker" becomes the "Barockman". Südwest Presse , November 22, 2014, accessed June 27, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Brockman, Jon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brockman, Jonathan Rodney (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Snohomish (Washington) , USA