Jon Leuer

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Basketball player
Jon Leuer
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Player information
birthday 14th May 1989 (age 31)
place of birth Long Lake, Minnesota , United States
size 208 cm
Weight 103 kg
position Power Forward / Center
college Wisconsin
NBA draft 2011 , 40th Pick , Milwaukee Bucks
Clubs as active
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Jon Leuer (born May 14, 1989 in Long Lake , Minnesota ) is a retired American basketball player who spent most of his professional career in the NBA , most recently for the Detroit Pistons .

Leuer played for the Bundesliga club Skyliners Frankfurt until December 2011, during the NBA lockout . He then signed a contract with the NBA team Milwaukee Bucks , who had elected him 40th in the 2011 NBA Draft .

After a season he was transferred from the Bucks to the Houston Rockets . There, his contract was canceled after a few days and Leuer then signed a contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers .

In January 2013, Leuer was transferred from the Cavaliers to the Memphis Grizzlies by trade . There he signed a new contract in the summer of 2013 with a term until 2016. After two years with the Grizzlies, Leuer was transferred to the Phoenix Suns in summer 2015 , for the draft rights to Andrew Harrison .

In the NBA Free Agency in the summer of 2016, Leuer signed a 4-year contract with the Detroit Pistons . He was active for the Pistons until the end of the 2018/19 season. On May 24, 2020, he announced the end of his career via Instagram .

Web links

Commons : Jon Leuer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Detroit Pistons Sign Free Agents Ish Smith and Jon Leuer | Detroit Pistons . In: Detroit Pistons . ( nba.com [accessed January 8, 2017]).
  2. Jon Leuer on Instagram: “I love the game of basketball. I still want to play, but I know deep down it's not the right decision for my health anymore. The past 3… “ In: instagram.com. Retrieved May 25, 2020 (English).