Josh Nzeakor | |
Position: | Power forward |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 8 |
Weight Lb: | 225 |
League: | NBA G League |
Team: | Birmingham Squadron |
Number: | 7 |
Birth Date: | 13 June 1997 |
Birth Place: | Mesquite, Texas, U.S. |
Nationality: | American / Nigerian |
High School: | Mesquite (Mesquite, Texas) |
College: | Lamar (2015–2019) |
Draft Year: | 2019 |
Career Start: | 2019 |
Years1: | 2019–2020 |
Team1: | PS Karlsruhe Lions |
Years2: | 2020–2021 |
Team2: | Atenas |
Years3: | 2021 |
Team3: | AS Police |
Years4: | 2021–2022 |
Team4: | Memphis Hustle |
Years5: | 2022 |
Team5: | SLAC |
Years6: | 2022 |
Team6: | Correcaminos UAT Victoria |
Years7: | 2022–2023 |
Team7: | Texas Legends |
Years8: | 2023 |
Team8: | Birmingham Squadron |
Years9: | 2023 |
Team9: | Béliers de Kemper |
Years10: | 2023 |
Team10: | Texas Legends |
Years11: | 2024 |
Team11: | Santa Cruz Warriors |
Years12: | 2024 |
Team12: | Westchester Knicks |
Years13: | 2024–present |
Team13: | Birmingham Squadron |
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Jawachi "Joshua" Nzeakor (born June 13, 1997) is an American-Nigerian professional basketball player for the Birmingham Squadron of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Lamar Cardinals.
Nzeakor signed with Malian club AS Police of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).[1]
A year later, Nzeakor joined the Memphis Hustle of the NBA G League. On January 10, 2022, he recorded 6 points and 7 rebounds in his debut during a 132–130 defeat to the Santa Cruz Warriors.[2]
In March 2022, Nzeakor signed with Guinean club SLAC ahead of the second season of the BAL.[3]
On July 28, 2022, he joined Correcaminos UAT Victoria of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP).[4]
On November 3, 2022, Nzeakor was named to the opening night of the Texas Legends.[5] On January 23, 2023, Nzeakor was waived.[6]
On January 25, 2023, Nzeakor was acquired by the Birmingham Squadron.[7]
On April 12, 2023, Nzeakor signed with Béliers de Kemper of the LNB Pro B.[8]
On October 30, 2023, Nzeakor re-signed with the Birmingham Squadron, but was waived on November 9.[9] On November 27, he re-signed with the Texas Legends,[10] but was waived on December 9.[11] However, two days later, he re-signed with the Legends, but was waived again on December 28.
On January 2, 2024, Nzeakor joined the Santa Cruz Warriors,[12] but was waived six days later.[13]
On January 11, 2024, Nzeakor joined the Westchester Knicks,[14] but was waived five days later.[15]
On January 19, 2024, Nzeakor rejoined the Birmingham Squadron.[16]
|-| style="text-align:left;"|2021| style="text-align:left;"|Police| 3 || 3 || 31.7 || .565 || .167 || .692 || 8.3 || 2.0 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 20.7|-| style="text-align:left;"|2022| style="text-align:left;"|SLAC| 5 || 5 || 32.6 || .417 || .182 || .615 || 6.2 || 1.6 || 0.6 || 0.0 || 13.6|-|-