Jalen Brooks Slawson (born October 22, 1999) is an American professional

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player for the

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of the

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(NBA), on a

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with the

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of the

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. He played

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for the

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Early life and high school career

Slawson grew up in

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and attended

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. He was named the Area Player of the Year after averaging 14.6 points, 10.5 rebounds, 4.1 blocks, and 3.5 assists per game as a senior. Slawson committed to playing college basketball for Furman.

College career

Slawson was a key bench player during his freshman season at Furman and became a starter entering his sophomore year. He averaged 8.7 points as a junior. Slawson was named the

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(SoCon) Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-SoCon after averaging 14.5 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.7 steals, and 1.7 blocks per game during his senior season. Slawson decided to utilize the extra year of eligibility granted to college athletes who played in the 2020 season due to the

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and return to Furman for a fifth season. He was named the SoCon Player of the Year as he helped lead the Paladins' to their first NCAA tournament appearance in 43 years. Slawson averaged 15.6 points, 7.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.5 steals, and 1.5 blocks per game on the season. He scored 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the Paladins' 68–67 upset win over

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in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

Professional career

Slawson was selected by the

in the second round of the 2023 NBA draft with the 54th overall pick and on July 2, 2023, he signed a

with them.

Career statistics

College

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;", Furman , 26 , , 0 , , 6.0 , , .364 , , .167 , , .250 , , 1.5 , , .2 , , .5 , , .5 , , .7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , style="text-align:left;", Furman , 32 , , 32 , , 22.6 , , .497 , , .265 , , .727 , , 5.1 , , 1.5 , , 1.1 , , .8 , , 6.9 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...

, style="text-align:left;", Furman , 25 , , 17 , , 25.5 , , .569 , , .368 , , .691 , , 5.3 , , 2.8 , , 1.2 , , 1.2 , , 8.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2021–22 , style="text-align:left;", Furman , 34 , , 34 , , 30.9 , , .486 , , .306 , , .795 , , 7.4 , , 3.7 , , 1.7 , , 1.7 , , 14.5 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2022–23 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...

, style="text-align:left;", Furman , 36 , , 36 , , 30.7 , , .556 , , .394 , , .775 , , 7.1 , , 3.2 , , 1.5 , , 1.5 , , 15.6 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 153 , , 119 , , 24.0 , , .519 , , .329 , , .754 , , 5.5 , , 2.4 , , 1.3 , , 1.2 , , 9.9

Personal life

Slawson's father, Tom Slawson, played college basketball at

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References

External links

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Furman Paladins bio
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