Personal information | |
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Born | December 21, 1992 |
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) |
Listed weight | 109 kg (240 lb) |
Career information | |
High school | Shroder (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
College | Northern Kentucky (2011–2016) |
NBA draft | 2016: undrafted |
Playing career | 2017–2022 |
Position | Power forward / center |
Career history | |
2017 | Cockburn Cougars |
2017 | Glasgow Rocks |
2018 | Joondalup Wolves |
2019 | Southern Huskies |
2021–2022 | Toyoda Gosei Scorpions |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Jalen Christopher Billups[1] (born December 21, 1992) is an American former professional basketball player. He played five years of college basketball for Northern Kentucky before starting his professional career in Australia with the Cockburn Cougars of the State Basketball League (SBL) in 2017. After a short stint in Scotland with the Glasgow Rocks, he returned to the SBL in 2018 and won the league's MVP with the Joondalup Wolves. He joined the Southern Huskies in 2019 for their inaugural season in the New Zealand NBL and then moved to Japan in 2021 to play for the Toyoda Gosei Scorpions of the Japanese B.League.