Jonah Bolden

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Basketball player
Jonah Bolden
Bolden in 2018
Player information
birthday January 2, 1996 (24 years and 243 days)
place of birth Melbourne , Victoria , Australia
size 208 cm
position Power Forward / Center
college UCLA
NBA draft 2017 , 36th Pick, Philadelphia 76ers
Clubs as active
2016-2017 SerbiaSerbia FMP Belgrade
2017-2018 IsraelIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv
2018-2020 United StatesUnited States Philadelphia 76ers
000002020 United StatesUnited States Phoenix Suns

Jonah Anthony Bolden (born January 2, 1996 in Melbourne , Victoria ) is an Australian basketball player .

career

The son of former professional basketball player Bruce Bolden began his club career at the age of five with the Bankstown Bruins in Sydney . He moved to the United States in 2013 and played for the Brewster Academy team in New Hampshire in the 2013-14 season . From 2014 to 2016 he was a member of the basketball team at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). In the 2014/15 season he did not play a game, in 2015/16 he played 31 games for UCLA and scored 4.6 points and 4.8 rebounds per encounter. Bolden then decided to switch to the professional camp. He played for FMP Belgrade in Serbia, in the NBA drafting process in 2017, the rights to the Australian went to the Philadelphia 76ers . He spent the 2017/18 game year with the Israeli top team Maccabi Tel Aviv . With Maccabi he also took part in the EuroLeague .

In July 2018, the Philadelphia 76ers provided him with a contract. In February 2020, Bolden was removed from Philadelphia's squad, the Australian had only appeared in four NBA games in the 2019/20 season and had mostly played for the Delaware Blue Coats training team . In mid-February 2020, he signed a ten-day contract with the Phoenix Suns .

National team

Bolden was a member of the Australian selection that took part in the 2013 U19 World Cup. He was part of the Australian national team ahead of the 2019 World Cup, but left the team before the tournament for personal reasons.

Web links

Commons : Jonah Bolden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jonah Bolden profile, FIBA ​​U19 Championship for Men 2013. Retrieved October 13, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Jonah Bolden - Men's Basketball. Retrieved October 13, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Jonah Bolden curiously leaves UCLA basketball team to turn pro. In: Daily News. July 26, 2016, Retrieved October 13, 2019 (American English).
  4. ↑ 2017 NBA Draft picks: Complete results, full list of players selected, highlights, grades. Retrieved October 13, 2019 .
  5. ^ Jonah Bolden, Maccabi: 'I'm just scratching the surface'. Retrieved October 13, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Team Signs Jonah Bolden. Retrieved October 13, 2019 .
  7. ↑ https://www.inquirer.com/sixers/philadelphia-sixers-norvel-pelle-jonah-bolden-nba-trade-deadline--20200207.html
  8. ↑ Phoenix Suns: Jonah Bolden hoping for a second 10-day contract. Retrieved February 24, 2020 .
  9. ^ Australian Associated Press: Jonah Bolden withdraws from Australia's Basketball World Cup squad . In: The Guardian . August 19, 2019, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed October 13, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Bolden, Jonah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bolden, Jonah Anthony (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH Melbourne