Jordan King | |
Number: | 2 |
Position: | Point guard |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 0 |
Weight Lbs: | 175 |
League: | Primera FEB |
Team: | Lucentum Alicante |
Birth Date: | 2 March 2001 |
Birth Place: | Albany, New York, U.S. |
High School: | Christian Brothers Academy (Albany, New York) |
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Draft Year: | 2024 |
Career Start: | 2024 |
Years1: | 2024–present |
Team1: | Lucentum Alicante |
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Jordan King (born March 2, 2001) is an American basketball player for Lucentum Alicante of Spain's Primera FEB. He played college basketball player for the Richmond Spiders, Siena Saints and East Tennessee State Buccaneers.
King attended Christian Brothers Academy in Albany, New York.[1] As a senior, he averaged over 24 points per game, before committing to play college basketball at Siena College.[2]
As a freshman at Siena, King appeared in 30 games, averaging 4.7 points per game.[3] His production increased the following season, as he averaged 12.2 points per game, before entering the transfer portal.[4] [5]
On June 9, 2021, King announced that he would be transferring to East Tennessee State University to play for the East Tennessee State Buccaneers.[6] In his first season with East Tennessee State, he averaged 14.6 points per game while shooting 42.9% from three-point range.[7] The following season, in a game against The Citadel in January 2023, King scored a career-high 42 points in a 96–74 rout.[8] He finished the year averaging 15.6 points and 3.6 rebounds per game before entering the transfer portal for a second time.[9]
In April 2023, King announced that he would be transferring to the University of Richmond to play for the Richmond Spiders.[10] [11] In his Richmond debut, King scored 34 points, helping lead Richmond to a 93–75 victory.[12]
Following the close of his college career, King signed his first professional contract, with Lucentum Alicante of Spain's Primera FEB.[13]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;"| Siena|| 30 || 2 || 18.0 || .348 || .370 || .917 || 1.3 || .7 || .5 || .0 || 4.7|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:left;"| Siena|| 17 || 17 || 33.8 || .413 || .344 || .828 || 1.6 || 1.9 || .8 || .1 || 12.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22| style="text-align:left;"| East Tennessee State|| 32 || 31 || 32.7 || .450 || .429 || .768 || 3.3 || 2.3 || .8 || .1 || 14.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23| style="text-align:left;"| East Tennessee State|| 32 || 31 || 35.9 || .399 || .315 || .853 || 3.6 || 3.1 || 1.1 || .1 || 15.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24| style="text-align:left;"| Richmond|| 33 || 33 || 35.2 || .454 || .414 || .816 || 3.8 || 2.5 || 1.3 || .1 || 18.0