| Buddy Boeheim | |
| Position: | Shooting guard |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 5 |
| Weight Lbs: | 205 |
| Team: | Free agent |
| Birth Date: | 11 November 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Fayetteville, New York, U.S. |
| High School: | |
| College: | Syracuse (2018–2022) |
| Draft Year: | 2022 |
| Career Start: | 2022 |
| Team1: | Detroit Pistons |
| Years2: | 2022–2023 |
| Team2: | →Motor City Cruise |
| Years3: | 2023–2024 |
| Team3: | Motor City Cruise |
| Team4: | Detroit Pistons |
| Years5: | 2024 |
| Team5: | →Motor City Cruise |
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Jackson Thomas "Buddy" Boeheim (born November 11, 1999) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Motor City Cruise of the NBA G League. The son of Hall of Fame basketball coach Jim Boeheim, he played college basketball for the Syracuse Orange.
Boeheim attended Jamesville-DeWitt High School in DeWitt, New York.[1] As a junior, he averaged 26.3 points and 9.8 rebounds per game, leading his team to a Class A Section III title, and was named All-Central New York Large School Player of the Year.[2] For his senior season, Boeheim transferred to Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, where he served as team captain.[3] He committed to playing college basketball at Syracuse, where his father was serving as head coach, over offers from Gonzaga and UMass.[4]
Boeheim came off the bench in his freshman season at Syracuse, averaging 6.8 points per game.[5] He entered the starting lineup as a sophomore and averaged 15.3 points.[6] [7] On March 11, 2021, Boeheim scored a career-high 31 points in a 72–69 loss to Virginia at the ACC tournament quarterfinals.[8] In his next game, on March 19, he scored 30 points in a 78–62 first-round win over sixth-seeded San Diego State at the NCAA tournament.[9] As a junior, Boeheim averaged 17.8 points and 2.6 assists per game, while shooting 38.3 percent from three-point range.[10] He was named to the All-ACC First Team as a senior.[11]
After going undrafted in the 2022 NBA draft, Boeheim signed a two-way contract with the Detroit Pistons.[12] Boeheim later joined the Pistons' 2022 NBA Summer League team.[13] In his Summer League debut, Boeheim scored no points, going 0-for-2 from the field in around nine minutes in an 81–78 win against the Portland Trail Blazers.[14] Four nights later he scored a team-high 18 points for the Pistons in a loss to the Indiana Pacers.[15]
In July 2023, Boeheim joined the Pistons for the 2023 NBA Summer League[16] and on October 2, he signed a standard contract with them.[17] However, he was waived on October 21[18] and nine days later, he joined the Motor City Cruise.[19]
On February 23, 2024, Boeheim signed a standard contract with Detroit.[20] However, he was waived on June 29.[21]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Detroit| 10 || 0 || 9.0 || .185 || .160 || 1.000 || .6 || .4 || .2 || .0 || 1.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Detroit| 10 || 0 || 8.4 || .310 || .320 || .800 || 1.0 || .3 || .0 || .1 || 3.4|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 20 || 0 || 8.7 || .250 || .240 || .833 || .8 || .4 || .1 || .1 || 2.5
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19| style="text-align:left;"| Syracuse| 32 || 5 || 17.1 || .381 || .353 || .788 || 1.6 || 1.0 || .6 || .1 || 6.8|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;"| Syracuse| 32 || 32 || 35.6 || .407 || .370 || .714 || 1.9 || 2.2 || 1.1 || .2 || 15.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:left;"| Syracuse| 25 || 25 || 36.2 || .433 || .383 || .849 || 2.6 || 2.6 || 1.3 || .0 || 17.8|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22| style="text-align:left;"| Syracuse| 32 || 32 || 38.0 || .406 || .341 || .884 || 3.4 || 3.1 || 1.5 || .1 || 19.2|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 121 || 94 || 31.5 || .410 || .362 || .827 || 2.4 || 2.2 || 1.1 || .1 || 14.6
His father is Hall-of-Fame basketball coach Jim Boeheim, whom he played for at Syracuse.[22] [23] Two of his siblings play college basketball: his older brother, Jimmy, who played with him at Syracuse, and his twin sister, Jamie, at Rochester.[24] [25]