Dallas Joseph Moore (born October 27, 1994) is an American-born naturalized Albanian professional

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player for the

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of the

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(CBA). He played

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for

University of North Florida The University of North Florida (UNF) is a public university, public research university in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It is part of the State University System of Florida and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern ...

(UNF), where he was named the ASUN Conference Player of the Year after both his junior and senior seasons in 2016 and 2017.

College career

Moore, a 6'1

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from

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, immediately entered the starting lineup upon arriving at UNF. As a freshman during the 2013–14 season, he averaged 12.5

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and 2.6

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– both team highs – and was named the

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Freshman of the Year. As a sophomore, Moore led the team to its first NCAA tournament berth and was named first-team All-Atlantic Sun. In his junior season, Moore averaged 19.8 points and 6.0 assists per game and was named the Atlantic Sun Player of the Year. Following his junior year, Moore declared his eligibility for the

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, before ultimately choosing to return to the Ospreys for his senior season. In his senior year at North Florida, he averaged 23.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.1 steals per game. Moore finished his college career with 2,437 points, which is the most in UNF history and 2nd most in ASUN Conference history. On February 26, 2017, Moore was named Atlantic Sun Player of the Year, becoming the third student-athlete in ASUN history to secure back-to-back ASUN Player of the Year recognition.

Professional career

Pesaro (2017–2018)

After going undrafted in the

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, Moore joined the

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for the 2017 NBA Summer League, where he averaged 9.3 points and 1.6 rebounds per game. On July 15, 2017, Moore started his professional career with the Italian team Consultinvest Pesaro, signing a one-year deal. On October 8, 2017, Moore recorded a season-high 29 points, shooting 9-of-13 from the field, along with four rebounds and three assists in a 102–95 win over

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. He was subsequently named LBA Round 2 MVP. In 22 games played for Pesaro, Moore finished the season as the LBA second-leading scorer with 18.7 points, to go with 3.7 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.2 steals per game.

Hapoel Tel Aviv (2018)

On August 16, 2018, Moore signed with the Israeli team

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for the 2018–19 season. On October 6, 2018, Moore recorded 24 points in his first Israeli League game, he shot 9-of-13 from the field, along with three rebounds and four assists in a 100–81 win over Hapoel Eilat. On November 10, 2018, Moore parted ways with Hapoel after appearing in six games.

Auxilium Torino (2018–2019)

On November 20, 2018, Moore signed a deal with Italian team

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. On January 13, 2019, Moore recorded a career-high 30 points, shooting 12-19 from the field, along with six rebounds in a 102–98 loss to

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. In 23 LBA games played for Torino, he averaged 15.9 points, 2.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game, while shooting 40 percent from three-point range.

Nanterre 92 (2019–2020)

On July 23, 2019, Moore signed a one-year deal with

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of the French

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. He averaged 14.2 points and 2.4 assists per game. Moore signed a one-year extension with the team on June 16, 2020.

Guangzhou Loong Lions (2020–2021)

On October 17, 2020, Moore signed with Guangzhou Loong Lions.

KK Partizan (2021–2022)

On July 23, Moore signed with

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of the

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and EuroCup.

Albania national team

On May 24, 2018, Moore received an Albanian passport, making him eligible for the

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. On July 1, 2018, Moore made his first appearance for the Albanian team in the EuroBasket 2021 qualification game against

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References

External links

North Florida Ospreys bioRealGM profileFIBA profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Dallas 1994 births Living people ABA League players Albanian men's basketball players Albanian people of African-American descent American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Russia American expatriate basketball people in Serbia American men's basketball players Albanian expatriate basketball people in Italy Albanian expatriate basketball people in Serbia Auxilium Pallacanestro Torino players Basketball players from St. Petersburg, Florida Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. players Lega Basket Serie A players KK Partizan players Nanterre 92 players Naturalised basketball players Naturalized citizens of Albania North Florida Ospreys men's basketball players PBC CSKA Moscow players Point guards Shooting guards Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro players 21st-century American sportsmen Guangzhou Loong Lions players 21st-century Albanian sportsmen American expatriate basketball people in China Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin players