David Moss (basketball) explained

David Moss
Position:Asisstant coach
Height M:1.96
Weight Kg:100
League:LBA
Team:Basket Brescia Leonessa
Nationality:American
Birth Date:9 September 1983
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois
College:Indiana State (2002–2006)
Draft Year:2006
Career Start:2006
Career End:2023
Career Number:34
Career Position:Shooting guard / small forward
Years1:2006–2007
Years2:2007–2008
Years3:2008–2009
Years4:2009–2010
Years5:2010–2013
Years6:2013–2015
Years7:2016–2023
Team7:Germani Brescia
Cyears1:2023–present
Cteam1:Germani Brescia (assistant)
Highlights:

David Jerard Moss (born September 9, 1983) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He is a shooting guard-small forward. He is the current asisstant coach for Pallacanestro Brescia of Lega Basket Serie A.

Collegiate career

Moss attended Thornwood High School in South Holland, Illinois, USA. There he played basketball, soccer, tennis, and track & field. He played basketball at Indiana State University, where he played with the Indiana State Sycamores in the Missouri Valley Conference. While there, he was named Conference Freshman of the Year, and earned All-Conference Team honors all four years. He finished as the school's sixth all-time leading scorer, with 1,562 points career points scored; currently, he ranks seventh.

Professional career

Moss went undrafted by an NBA team and started his professional career in the 2006–07 season in the Polish League, playing with Polpak Swiecie. Following that season, he played in the NBA Summer League with the Atlanta Hawks. Not able to make the team, he went back to Europe to play in the Italian Second Division, with Aurora Jesi, during the 2007-08 season. With Jesi, he won the Italian Second Division Cup.

The following season, 2008–09, he played with Teramo Basket in the Italian First Division, and enjoyed great success there, finishing second in the league MVP voting to Terrell McIntyre.[1] After playing in the 2009 NBA Summer League with the Portland Trail Blazers, he signed a three-year contract with the Italian club Montepaschi Siena,[2] but he first joined Virtus Bologna on a sports loan, until the end of the contract's first season.

With Montepaschi Siena, Moss helped the team to win eight national domestic titles; winning three Italian League championships (2011, 2012, 2013), three Italian Cup titles (2011, 2012, 2013), and two Italian Supercup titles (2010, 2011). He was also named an Italian League All-Star for the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons.

On July 29, 2013, Moss officially signed a two-year contract with Emporio Armani Milano.[3] [4]

On March 16, 2016, Moss signed with Basket Brescia Leonessa, a Serie A2 Basket team for the rest of the 2015–16 season.[5] At the end of the season, the club was promoted in Serie A after 24 years.[6]

On July 2, 2016, Moss re-signed with Basket Brescia Leonessa.[7] On February 2, 2018, he signed a two-year contract extension with Brescia.[8] As of February 23, 2022; Moss remains the Team Captain of Brescia.

Career statistics

Euroleague

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11| style="text-align:left;"| Montepaschi| 22 || 20 || 21.4 || .477 || .452 || .806 || 2.4 || 1.8 || 1.4 || .4 || 7.6 || 7.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2011–12| style="text-align:left;"| Montepaschi| 20 || 15 || 22.7 || .455 || .420 || .870 || 2.5 || 1.1 || .9 || .3 || 8.2 || 6.8|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13| style="text-align:left;"| Montepaschi| 24 || 24 || 30.8 || .420 || .396 || .875 || 4.0 || 1.5 || .7 || .0 || 9.8 || 8.7|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14| style="text-align:left;"| Milano| 26 || 16 || 24.9 || .451 || .364 || .806 || 3.6 || 1.5 || 1.0 || .1 || 7.3 || 7.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15| style="text-align:left;"| Milano| 23 || 13 || 21.1 || .398 || .333 || .773 || 3.1 || 1.2 || .7 || .1 || 5.0 || 5.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16| style="text-align:left;"| Milano| 23 || 13 || 21.1 || .398 || .333 || .773 || 3.1 || 1.2 || .7 || .1 || 5.0 || 5.0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:left;"| Career| style="text-align:left;"|| 202 || 98 || 27.3 || .463 || .403 || .794 || 4.2 || 1.4 || .9 || .3 || 7.6 || 10.2

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Notes and References

  1. News: McIntyre MVP of Italian Serie A. August 11, 2014. Sportando.com. May 11, 2009.
  2. News: MONTEPASCHI tabs forward David Moss. August 11, 2014. Euroleague.net. July 10, 2009.
  3. Web site: EA7 EMPORIO ARMANI inks Moss. Euroleague.net. 29 July 2013.
  4. Web site: Olimpia Milano announced David Moss. Sportando. 29 July 2013.
  5. News: Centrale del Latte Brescia announces David Moss. December 25, 2017. Sportando.com. March 16, 2016.
  6. Web site: Gara 5 Finale A2 Citroën, Brescia supera la Fortitudo Bologna e vola in Serie A. . basketnet.it . 24 June 2016 . 25 June 2016 . Italian . Game 5 A2 Citroën Finals, Brescia is promoted to Serie A after beating the Fortitudo.
  7. News: Centrale del Latte Brescia officially re-signs David Moss. December 25, 2017. Sportando.com. July 2, 2016.
  8. News: David Moss signs a two-year contract extension with Leonessa Brescia. February 2, 2018. Sportando.com. February 2, 2018.