David Moss (basketball)
No. 34 – Basket Brescia Leonessa | |
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Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
League | Lega Basket Serie A |
Personal information | |
Born |
Chicago, Illinois | September 9, 1983
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Thornwood (South Holland, Illinois) |
College | Indiana State (2002–2006) |
NBA draft | 2006 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2006–present |
Career history | |
2006–2007 | Polpak Swiecie |
2007–2008 | Aurora Basket Jesi |
2008–2009 | Teramo Basket |
2009–2010 | Virtus Bologna |
2010–2013 | Montepaschi Siena |
2013–2015 | Emporio Armani Milano |
2015–present | Basket Brescia Leonessa |
Career highlights and awards | |
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David Jerard Moss (born September 9, 1983) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Basket Brescia Leonessa of the Italian League. He is a 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) shooting guard-small forward. His agent is a former professional basketball player John Greig.
Amateur career
Moss attended Thornwood High School in South Holland, Illinois, USA. There he played basketball, soccer, tennis, and track & field. He played collegiate basketball at Indiana State University, where he played with the Indiana State Sycamores in the Missouri Valley Conference. 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 fifth all-time leading scorer, with 1,562 points career points scored.
Professional career
Moss went undrafted by an NBA 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 NBA Summer League with the Atlanta Hawks. 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 Teramo Basket in the Italian First Division, and enjoyed great success there, finishing second in the league MVP voting to Terrell McIntyre.[1] After playing in the 2009 NBA Summer League with the Portland Trail Blazers, he signed a three-year contract with the Italian club Montepaschi Siena,[2] but he first joined Virtus Bologna on a sports loan, until the end of the contract's first season.
With Montepaschi Siena, Moss helped the team to win eight national domestic titles; winning 3 Italian League championships (2011, 2012, 2013), 3 Italian Cup titles (2011, 2012, 2013), and 2 Italian Supercup 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.[3][4]
He began the 2015–16 season with Basket Brescia Leonessa, a Serie A2 Basket team. At the end of the season, the club was promoted in Serie A after 24 years.[5]
Moss was confirmed by Basket Brescia Leonessa for the new 2015-16 season.
Career statistics
Legend | |||||||
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GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | ||
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage | ||
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | ||
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating | ||
Bold | Career high |
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
Euroleague
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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2010–11 | Montepaschi | 22 | 20 | 21.4 | .477 | .452 | .806 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.4 | .4 | 7.6 | 7.4 |
2011–12 | Montepaschi | 20 | 15 | 22.7 | .455 | .420 | .870 | 2.5 | 1.1 | .9 | .3 | 8.2 | 6.8 |
2012–13 | Montepaschi | 24 | 24 | 30.8 | .420 | .396 | .875 | 4.0 | 1.5 | .7 | .0 | 9.8 | 8.7 |
2013–14 | Milano | 26 | 16 | 24.9 | .451 | .364 | .806 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | .1 | 7.3 | 7.6 |
2014–15 | Milano | 23 | 13 | 21.1 | .398 | .333 | .773 | 3.1 | 1.2 | .7 | .1 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
Career | 115 | 88 | 24.3 | .440 | .384 | .824 | 3.2 | 1.4 | .9 | .2 | 7.6 | 7.2 |
References
- ↑ "McIntyre MVP of Italian Serie A". Sportando.com. May 11, 2009. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
- ↑ "MONTEPASCHI tabs forward David Moss". Euroleague.net. July 10, 2009. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
- ↑ "EA7 EMPORIO ARMANI inks Moss". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ↑ "Olimpia Milano announced David Moss". Sportando. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ↑ "Gara 5 Finale A2 Citroën, Brescia supera la Fortitudo Bologna e vola in Serie A" [Game 5 A2 Citroën Finals, Brescia is promoted to Serie A after beating the Fortitudo]. basketnet.it (in Italian). Retrieved 25 June 2016.
External links
- David Moss at draftexpress.com
- David Moss at eurobasket.com
- David Moss at euroleague.net
- David Moss at legabasket.it (Italian)
- David Moss on Twitter
- David Moss on Instagram