Jacob Pullen

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Jacob Pullen
Jacob Pullen.jpg
Pullen with the Delaware 87ers in 2017
No. 0–Napoli Basket
Position Point guard
League Lega Basket Serie A
Personal information
Born (1989-11-10) November 10, 1989 (age 34)
Maywood, Illinois, U.S.
NationalityAmerican / Georgian
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school Proviso East (Maywood, Illinois)
College Kansas State (2007–2011)
NBA draft 2011: undrafted
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–2012 Biella
2012–2013 Hapoel Jerusalem
2013 Virtus Bologna
2013–2014 Barcelona
2014 Sevilla
2014–2015 Brindisi
2015–2016 Cedevita
2016–2017 Khimki
2017–2018 Philadelphia 76ers
2017–2018→Delaware 87ers
2018 Mahram Tehran
2018 Afyon
2018–2019Cedevita
2019–2021 Mornar
2021–2022 Cedevita Olimpija
2022–2023 Kuwait SC
2023–present Napoli
Career highlights and awards
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com

Jacob Everse Pullen (born November 10, 1989) is an American-Georgian professional basketball player for Napoli Basket of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played for the Kansas State Wildcats. [1] Pullen has both American and Georgian citizenship, and has played for the Georgian national team. [2]

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College career

In his college debut against Sacramento State, Pullen scored 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting and ended up scoring in double figures in eight of his first 10 games. He was a large part of Kansas State's renewed basketball success. As a freshman, he was one of just three players who appeared in all 33 games. Alongside Michael Beasley, he helped upset #2 Kansas with a season-high 20 points, going 10-for-10 from the free throw line.[ citation needed ]

In the 2008–09 season, Pullen was one of only two players to start all 34 games for the Wildcats (Luis Colon was the other). He notched his career best of 38 points against Kansas on Feb. 14, 2011. He recorded at least one steal in 27 games of the 2009 season and had at least one three-pointer in 29 games. [3]

In the 2009-10 season, Pullen continued his strong play in his junior season, leading Kansas State to a 29–8 overall record (11–5, Big 12), with wins at Dayton, at UNLV, at Alabama, against Xavier, and against then undefeated, #1-ranked Texas. Playing under coach Frank Martin, Pullen averaged 19.3 points per game on 41.9% shooting. [4] With backcourt mate Denis Clemente, Pullen received accolades for his part in the turnaround in K-State's basketball. In 2009–2010, Pullen and Clemente combined for the third-highest points-per-game of any guard tandem in school history, at almost 35 combined points. They trailed only the combo of Mike Evans and Chuckie Williams (who averaged more in both the 1974–75, and 1975–76 seasons) in the K-State record books. The two led the Wildcats to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament before eventually losing to Butler. Pullen was selected to the All Big-12 Team that year. [5] As a senior, Pullen and the Cats lost to Wisconsin in the third round of the NCAA tournament and he was named a Fourth Team All-American by Fox Sports. [6] Pullen is the All Time Scoring Leader in the history of Kansas State University Men's Basketball with 2,132 career points.[ citation needed ]

Professional career

2011–12 season

Pullen went undrafted in the 2011 NBA draft. On July 12, 2011, he signed with Angelico Biella of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A for the 2011–12 season. [7]

2012–13 season

In July 2012, Pullen joined the Philadelphia 76ers for the 2012 NBA Summer League. [8] On August 31, 2012, he signed with Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Super League for the 2012–13 season. [9] On March 13, 2013, he signed with Virtus Bologna of Italy for the rest of the season. [10]

2013–14 season

On August 13, 2013, Pullen signed with FC Barcelona of Spain for the 2013–14 season. [11] On 8 March 2014, Pullen scored 12 three-point field goals in a 111-66 win over CB Valladolid, breaking the Liga ACB single-game record, which was previously held by Oscar Schmidt. [12]

2014–15 season

In August 2014, he signed with Liaoning Flying Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association. [13] However, he left Liaoning before the start of the season. On September 28, 2014, Pullen returned to Spain and signed with Baloncesto Sevilla. [14] On November 7, 2014, he parted ways with Sevilla. [15]

On November 14, 2014, he signed with New Basket Brindisi of Italy for the rest of the season. [16]

2015–16 season

On August 8, 2015, Pullen signed with Cedevita Zagreb of Croatia for the 2015–16 season. [17]

2016–17 season

On September 29, 2016, Pullen signed a one-month deal with Russian club Khimki. [18] On October 31, he re-signed with Khimki for the rest of the season. [19] He was officially released from the Russian team on July 4, 2017.

2017–18 season

On September 22, 2017, Pullen signed with the Philadelphia 76ers. [20] On October 14, his contract was converted to a two-way deal. Under terms of the deal, he split time between the 76ers and their G League affiliate, the Delaware 87ers. [21] On January 4, 2018, he was waived by the 76ers after appearing in three NBA games. [22]

On January 7, 2018, Pullen signed with Mahram Tehran of the Iranian Super League for the rest of the season. [23]

On February 20, 2018, Pullen signed with Afyon Belediye of the Turkish second-tier Turkish Basketball First League (TBL). [24] With Afyon, he won promotion to the first-tier Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) after winning the play-off finals. [25]

2018–19 season

On November 1, 2018, Pullen returned to Cedevita Zagreb for his second stint with the club. [26]

Mornar (2019–2021)

On July 12, 2019, Pullen signed with Montenegrin club Mornar Bar of the ABA League. [27]

Pullen averaged 16 points, three assists, and 1.4 assists per game during the 2020–21 season with Mornar Bar. [28]

2021–22 season

On August 9, 2021, Pullen signed with KK Cedevita Olimpija of the Slovenian Basketball League. [28]

2023–24 season

On August 26, 2023, he signed with Napoli Basket of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). [29]

National team career

In August, 2012, Pullen was granted Georgian citizenship, which increased his career options across Europe and allowed him to play for the Georgian national team in EuroBasket 2013. [2] He began playing with the team during EuroBasket qualification in 2012.[ citation needed ]

NBA statistics

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2017–18 Philadelphia 302.0.500.000N/A.0.0.0.0.7
Career302.0.500.000N/A.0.0.0.0.7

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  2. 1 2 "Jacob Pullen Granted Georgian Citizenship, Will Play As Bosman". RealGM.com. August 7, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Stats page". Collegebasketball.rivals.com. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Jacob Pullen - Men's Basketball". Kansas State University. Archived from the original on November 15, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Cats Guards Form Dangerous Duo", wibw.com, January 18, 2010. Retrieved January 19, 2010.
  6. ↑ Goodman, Jeff (Mar 7, 2011). "Goodman's 2010-11 All-America teams". Fox Sports . Fox Sports Interactive Media. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
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  8. ↑ "2012 76ers Summer League Team". NBA.com. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  9. ↑ "HAPOEL JERUSALEM adds promising Pullen". Eurocupbasketball.com. August 31, 2012. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
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  11. ↑ "FC BARCELONA announces Jacob Pullen". Euroleague.net. August 13, 2013. Archived from the original on August 25, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Jacob Pullen rompe el récord histórico de Oscar Schmidt" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 8 March 2014. Archived from the original on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  13. ↑ "Jacob Pullen leaves Barcelona to sign in China with Liaoning". Sportando.com. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Baloncesto Sevilla officially lands Jacob Pullen". Sportando.com. September 28, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Baloncesto Sevilla parts ways with Jacob Pullen". Sportando.com. November 7, 2014. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Enel Brindisi announces Jacob Pullen". Sportando.com. November 14, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
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