Jackson Brett Vroman (June 6, 1981 – June 29, 2015) was an American-born Lebanese professional basketball player. He was naturalized as a Lebanese citizen to play for the Lebanon national basketball team, replacing the other naturalized American Lebanese player,

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. He is the son of former NBA player

Brett Vroman Brett Grant Vroman (born December 25, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player. A 7'0" 220 lb center, he played college basketball at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and at the University of Nevada, Las Veg ...

, who played briefly for the Utah Jazz in the

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Early life and education

His senior year in high school, he played at Viewmont High School in Bountiful, Utah for coach Emery. He later attended and played basketball at

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in Ephraim, Utah and Iowa State University. During his time at Iowa State, Vroman was a subject of an NCAA rule violation when it was revealed that his former head coach

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paid players, including Vroman, for making free throws during practice and games during the 2002–03 season.

Professional career

Vroman was a second-round draft pick of the Chicago Bulls in the

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. He played for the

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and the New Orleans Hornets/ New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets, averaging 4.6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game. During the

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he was part of a trade that saw him and teammates Casey Jacobsen and

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being sent to the Hornets for guard Jim Jackson. In the 2006-07 season, he played for

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in the Spanish ACB. He began the 2007/08 season with CB Girona before being signed by BC Lietuvos Rytas in February 2008. In October 2010 he signed with the

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in China. For the 2011–12 season, he signed with the

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in South Korea, but in December 2011, he signed a contract with the

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. He then signed for the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippines and played his first game for them on March 4, 2012. Later that year, he joined the

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of China.

Personal life

His father, Brett had a 12-year basketball career and played for the Utah Jazz during the

Death

Vroman was found dead in a swimming pool at his friend's home in Hollywood, California on June 29, 2015. The death was ruled accidental; security camera footage showed him falling into his pool. Autopsy showed an

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, with toxicology reports showing ketamine, cocaine, and GHB in his system.Vroman death
Retrieved July 16, 2017

Honours

Club

* Asian Championship ** Champions:

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(Mahram) * West Asian Championship ** Champions:

(Mahram) ** 3rd:

(Saba Mehr) * Iranian Basketball Super League ** Champions: 2009–10 (Mahram) ** 3rd: 2008–09 (Saba Mehr)

Individual

* Asian Championship ** Most Valuable Player:

(Mahram) * FIBA Asia Championship 2009 6th-top scorer averaging 17.3 ppg * FIBA Asia Championship 2009 5th-top rebounder averaging 8.1 rpg

Notes

References

External links

*
Jackson Vroman NBA Profile

Basketpedya.com Profile

Jackson Vroman Online Memorial Website
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