Jon Kreft | |
Position: | Center |
Height Ft: | 7 |
Height In: | 0 |
Weight Lbs: | 250 |
League: | Thailand Basketball League |
Team: | OSK R Airlines |
Nationality: | American |
Birth Date: | 1986 10, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Coral Springs, Florida |
Highschool: | Stoneman Douglas (Parkland, Florida) |
College: |
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Draft Year: | 2012 |
Career Start: | 2012 |
Years1: | 2012 |
Team1: | Tsmoki-Minsk |
Years2: | 2013 |
Team2: | Kelantan Warriors |
Years3: | 2013–2014 |
Team3.: | 2014–2015 Osaka japan |
Team3: | Tulsa 66ers |
Years4: | 2016–present |
Team4: | OSK R Airlines |
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Jonathan Bruce "Jon" Kreft (born October 21, 1986) is an American professional basketball player, most recently for the CBA (China Basketball Association) and NBL of China (National Basketball League) formerly for the OSK R Airlines of the Thailand Basketball League and the Bj League for Osaka in Japan. He played college basketball for Chipola College and Florida State University.
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11| style="text-align:left;"| Florida State| 25 || 0 || 9.8 || .475 || .000 || .511 || 2.3 || .3 || .2 || .4 || 3.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2011–12| style="text-align:left;"| Florida State| 35 || 0 || 10.3 || .464 || .000 || .741 || 2.3 || .2 || .3 || .6 || 2.8|-
After going undrafted in the 2012 NBA draft, Kreft joined the Memphis Grizzlies for the 2012 NBA Summer League. On September 12, 2012, he signed with Tsmoki-Minsk of Belarus for the 2012–13 season.[1] In November 2012, he left after three games.
In August 2013, he signed with the Kelantan Warriors for the 2013 Malaysia National Basketball League season. On November 1, 2013, he was selected in the second round of the 2013 NBA D-League draft by the Santa Cruz Warriors. Three days later, he was traded to the Tulsa 66ers.[2]
In June 2016, Kreft was signed by OSK R Airlines of the Thailand Basketball League.
|-| align="left" | 2013–14| align="left" | Tulsa 66ers| 40 || 8 || 11.2 || .485 || .000 || .841 || 2.8 || .4 || .3 || .6 || 3.4|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" || 40 || 8 || 11.2 || .485 || .000 || .841 || 2.8 || .4 || .3 || .6 || 3.4
Kreft is the son of Paula and Bruce Kreft. His older brother, Dan, played college basketball at Northwestern from 1994 to 1996. He also has a younger brother, Mike, who served in the U.S. Army and played football at Valdosta State University from 2012 to 2013.[3]