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and his cousin,

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, is an NBA player. When he was in seventh grade, he was not selected to an elite AAU team, which fueled his determination. After his eighth-grade year at Kawameeh Middle School in Union, Briscoe repeated the grade at

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in Irvington. He was invited to the

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Skills Academy. Briscoe played well, using his body to get to the rim, he was advanced physically for his age. Briscoe was one of only three players from the 2015 class to be invited. After the eighth grade, He attended

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. He teamed with current Fenerbahçe Basketball point guard, Tyler Ennis, to lead the Gray Bees to the brink of an

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National High School Invitational championship. They lost on a last-second 3-pointer to

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, 67–65. Briscoe had 11 points in the game. Isaiah averaged 15.1 points, 4.6 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 2.3 steals his sophomore season for the 32–2 Gray Bees. Briscoe transferred to

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for his junior year, where he was coached by Dave Boff. He led the team to state titles in 2014 and 2015, scoring 27 points in his final high school game to lead Roselle Catholic to a win in the state's overall Tournament of Champions. As a senior, Briscoe averaged 21 points, five rebounds and three assists per game. He models his game after

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and

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. Prior to his senior year, Briscoe led the AAU New Jersey Playaz to the championship at the 2014

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Peach Jam in

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. He posted averages of 19.2 points and 5 assists over 23 total games in the

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(EYBL) in 2014. Isaiah finished as

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#10 nationally ranked player and the #1 point guard in the class of 2015. He committed to Kentucky on November 13, 2014, live on

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, becoming the third highest ranked point guard that

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signed at the school. "(UK) puts me in the best position to play basketball after college," Briscoe said. "Calipari puts you on the highest stage. The last couple years, all his point guards have been in the NBA. I'm just trying to be the next one." He chose Kentucky over St. John's. He was the nation's consensus top point guard, was ranked No. 13 overall player by

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and

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, No. 10 by

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, and No. 12 by 24/7 Sports recruiting services. He helped lead Team USA at the 2014 FIBA Americans U18 Championships to a gold medal. He was a first-team

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in 2015. He was a

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,

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, and

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game selection.

College career

As a freshman, Briscoe averaged 9.6 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. However, he struggled with his shooting particularly from outside, hitting only 14 percent of his attempts from behind the arc. Coming into his sophomore season, he worked as playing more of a point guard role. He posted 12.1 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 4.2 assists per game as a sophomore. At the conclusion of his sophomore season, Briscoe announced that he would forgo his final two years of collegiate eligibility and enter the

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, becoming the fourth Kentucky Wildcat to do so.

Professional career

Kalev/Cramo (2017–2018)

After going undrafted in the

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, Briscoe joined the

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for the

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. In six games for the 76ers, he averaged 5.5 points and 2.2 assists per game. On September 14, 2017, he signed a training camp contract with the

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. He was waived by the Trail Blazers on October 13, 2017 after appearing in six preseason games. Briscoe signed with Estonian club Kalev/Cramo. On February 16, 2018 Briscoe scored 50 points as he took home MVP honors at the Estonia/Latvia All Star Game. On June 9, 2018, Briscoe won the

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award, given to the league's best player under age 23. In the 2017–18 season Briscoe averaged 18.5 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4.2 assists, and 1.6 steals in 26.7 minutes per game.

Orlando Magic (2018–2019)

On July 6, 2018, Briscoe signed with the

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. He made his NBA debut on October 19, 2018, recording 10 points and 3 assists off the bench in a 88–120 loss to the

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. On April 4, 2019, Briscoe was waived by the

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.

ratiopharm Ulm (2019–2020)

On October 25, 2019,

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of the

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(BBL) announced that Briscoe had signed with them. He averaged 7.6 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game for the team.

King Szczecin (2020)

On February 1, 2020, he has signed with King Szczecin of the PLK. He played in three games for the team (averaging 15.7 points, 3.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game) before the season was shortened due to COVID-19 outbreak.

Iowa Wolves (2021–2022)

On October 26, 2021, Briscoe signed with the

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. He now plays in the big 3 on team trilogy

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

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References

External links

Kentucky Wildcats bioNBADraft.net profile
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Early life and high school career

College career

Professional career

Kalev/Cramo (2017–2018)

Orlando Magic (2018–2019)

ratiopharm Ulm (2019–2020)

King Szczecin (2020)

Iowa Wolves (2021–2022)

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

College

References

External links