Jerome Clifton Dyson (born May 1, 1987) is an American former professional
basketball
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player. He played
college basketball
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with the
Connecticut Huskies before playing professionally in the NBA with the
New Orleans Hornets
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Music
* New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz
* ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
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* ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, 1995
* "New" (Daya song), 2017
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, he has also played overseas in Italy, Israel and China. He was the 2012–13
top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League. He was also the 2017
Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP.
Early life and college
Dyson grew up in
Potomac, Maryland
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's Scotland neighborhood.
He attended
Winston Churchill High School in Potomac for his first two years of high school before transferring to
Proctor Academy in
Andover, New Hampshire
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for his final two years. While at Proctor, Dyson matured and was recruited to play basketball with the
University of Connecticut
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Huskies under coach
Jim Calhoun. During his freshman season at UConn, Dyson was compared by Calhoun to NBA players and UConn alumni
Ray Allen
Walter Ray Allen Jr. (born July 20, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. Allen played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a play ...
and
Richard Hamilton.
During his sophomore season, he and teammate Doug Wiggins were caught by on-campus police in a car with alcohol. He was eventually reinstated. In February 2009 during his junior year, he tore a
lateral meniscus in his right knee in an on-court collision with
Syracuse University
Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York, United States. It was established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church but has been nonsectarian since 1920 ...
guard
Andy Rautins. At the time of the injury, he had started all 24 games for the Huskies, scoring in double figures 18 times and averaging 13.2 points per game.
He returned the following season and scored 17.7 points and 4.4 assists per game. In March 2010, the
Sporting News
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named Dyson their 2010 Comeback Player of the Year.
Professional career
2010–11 season
Dyson went undrafted in the
2010 NBA draft
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and played with the Cleveland Cavaliers and
Oklahoma City Thunder
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during the 2010 summer league and preseason before being cut. He then signed with the Thunder's
NBA Development League
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affiliate, the
Tulsa 66ers. He appeared in 47 games with the 66ers, starting 10. He averaged 15.5 points and 27.3 minutes per game and was the team's leading scorer.
Following the season, Dyson was named to the
United States men's national basketball team
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for the
2011 Pan American Games
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in
Guadalajara
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,
Mexico
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. Dyson averaged 11.4 points, including a team high 19 against
Uruguay
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. The team, composed entirely of non-NBA players due to the
2011 NBA lockout, finished with the bronze medal.
2011–12 season
On December 9, Dyson was among nine players added to the training camp roster of the
New Orleans Hornets
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Music
* New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz
* ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
** "New" (Paul McCartney song), 2013
* ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, 1995
* "New" (Daya song), 2017
* "New" (No Doubt song), 1 ...
. He did not make their final roster, and returned to the 66ers. However, the Hornets signed him to a ten-day contract on April 10, 2012. During his nine-game stint with the Hornets, he would average 7.4 points, 2.1 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 1.2 steals per game. He would also start for them for one game.
2012–13 season
On July 27, 2012, Dyson was traded to the
Phoenix Suns
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in a three-team deal. He was waived by the Suns on August 15, 2012. Later that year, he signed a one-year deal with
Hapoel Holon to play in Israel. He was the 2012–13
top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League.
2013–14 season
Dyson played with the Charlotte Bobcats during the 2013 NBA Summer League. After the summer league ended, he signed a one-year deal with
Enel Brindisi to play in Italy.
2014–15 season
On July 10, 2014, he signed with the Italian Euroleague team
Dinamo Sassari for the 2014–15 season. Here, he won the Italian SuperCup, the Italian Cup and the Italian Championship, in a seven game series against
Pallacanestro Reggiana
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2015–16 season
On November 23, 2015, he signed with the Italian League team
Auxilium CUS Torino for the rest of the season.
2016–17 season
On July 12, 2016, Dyson returned to Israel and signed a two-year deal with
Hapoel Jerusalem. During that season, Dyson won
Israeli League Cup with Jerusalem, as well as reaching the
EuroCup semifinals.
On June 15, 2017, Dyson recorded a season-high 30 points, along with 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals in the championship final game against
Maccabi Haifa, leading Jerusalem to win the
2017 Israeli League Championship after an 83–76 victory, he was later named
Finals MVP.
2017–18 season
On July 4, 2017, Dyson signed a one-year contract extension with Jerusalem. On December 16, 2017, Dyson recorded 29 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, including a game-winning layup with 10.9 seconds left in an 88–86 win over
Hapoel Holon. On January 15, 2018, Dyson recorded a season-high 30 points, shooting 8-for-11 from the three-point range, along with 5 assists and 3 steals, in a 92–78 win over
Maccabi Rishon LeZion.
During his second season with Jerusalem, Dyson participated in the
Israeli League All-Star Game and the
Three-Point Shootout
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The 2019 iteration of the contest involved ten participants. From its introduction in 1 ...
during the same event. He was named three-time
MVP of the Round. On June 8, 2018, Dyson was named
2018 All-Israeli League First Team.
Dyson led Jerusalem to the
2018 Israeli League Final Four, where they eventually lost to
Hapoel Holon. In 47 games played during the 2017–18 season (played in the Israeli League and the EuroCup), Dyson averaged 16.6 points, 4 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.6 steals per game.
2018–19 season
On July 8, 2018, Dyson signed with the Chinese team
Jiangsu Dragons for the 2018–19 season. However, In November 2018, Dyson parted ways with Jiangsu after appearing in six games due to a thumb injury.
On February 10, 2019, Dyson returned to Israel for a third stint, joining
Bnei Herzliya for the rest of the season. In 15 games played for Herzliya, he averaged 17.2 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.8 steals per game.
2019–20 season
On July 26, 2019, Dyson returned to Italy for a second stint, signing with
Virtus Roma for the 2019–20 season. On February 26 he transferred to
Fortitudo Bologna that was looking for someone to replace
Kassius Robertson who was injured with the Canadian national team during the
2021 FIBA AmeriCup qualifiers.
2020–21 season
On December 25, 2020, he has signed with
Spójnia Stargard of the
PLK.
The Basketball Tournament
In 2017, Dyson played for The CITI Team of
The Basketball Tournament
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. The Basketball Tournament is an annual $2 million winner-take-all tournament broadcast on
ESPN
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.
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Career statistics
EuroLeague
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Sassari
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New Orleans
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Personal
Dyson's mother, Julie, is a pastor at the Immanuel Church of God in
Germantown, Maryland
Germantown is an urbanized census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. With a population of 91,249 as of the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous community in Maryland, after Baltimore and Columbia, Maryland, Col ...
.
He has two children.
References
External links
* Career statistics and player information fro
NBA.com
Jerome Dysonat euroleague.net
at fiba.com
Jerome Dyson at legabasket.it
Jerome Dysonat realgm.com
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1987 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in China
American expatriate basketball people in Israel
American expatriate basketball people in Italy
American men's basketball players
Auxilium Pallacanestro Torino players
Basketball players at the 2011 Pan American Games
Bnei Herzliya basketball players
Dinamo Sassari players
Hapoel Holon B.C. players
Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. players
Jiangsu Dragons players
Lega Basket Serie A players
Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
New Basket Brindisi players
New Orleans Hornets players
Virtus Roma players
Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in basketball
Sportspeople from Potomac, Maryland
Basketball players from Montgomery County, Maryland
Sportspeople from Rockville, Maryland
Shooting guards
Tulsa 66ers players
UConn Huskies men's basketball players
Undrafted NBA players
United States men's national basketball team players