David Jerard Moss (born September 9, 1983) is an American professional

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coach and former player. He was a

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. He is the current

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for

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Collegiate career

Moss attended

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in South Holland, Illinois, USA. There he played

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, and

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. He played

Indiana State University Indiana State University (ISU) is a public university in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. It was founded in 1865 and offers over 100 undergraduate majors and more than 75 graduate and professional programs. Indiana State is classified ...

, where he played with the

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in the

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. 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

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by an

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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

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with the

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. 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

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in the Italian First Division, and enjoyed great success there, finishing second in the league MVP voting to

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. After playing in the 2009 NBA Summer League with the

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, he signed a three-year contract with the Italian club

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, but he first joined

Virtus Bologna Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna, known for sponsorship reasons as Virtus Segafredo Bologna, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1929, which makes it the oldest club in Italy and one ...

on a sports loan, until the end of the contract's first season. With

, Moss helped the team to win eight national domestic titles; winning three Italian League championships (2011, 2012, 2013), three

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titles (2011, 2012, 2013), and two

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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. On March 16, 2016, Moss signed with

Basket Brescia Leonessa The Pallacanestro Brescia, better known for sponsorship reasons as Germani Brescia, is an Italian professional basketball team, based in Brescia, Lombardy. Founded in 2009, the team plays in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) since the 2016–17 seaso ...

, a

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team for the rest of the 2015–16 season. At the end of the season, the club was promoted in

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after 24 years. On July 2, 2016, Moss re-signed with Basket Brescia Leonessa. On February 2, 2018, he signed a two-year contract extension with Brescia. As of February 23, 2022; Moss remains the Team Captain of Brescia.

Career statistics

Euroleague

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Collegiate career

Professional career

Career statistics

Euroleague

References

External links