Jared Ahern Jordan (born October 14, 1984) is a former American professional

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player for various teams in Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). He last played for

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of the Liga Națională in Romania during the 2019–20 season.

College career

Jordan, who graduated from Kingswood-Oxford School in

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in 2003, became the point guard for the

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team until his graduation in 2007. Wearing #25, and nicknamed "The Magician", he led the nation for two years in a row in assists, the only

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Division I player to do so since

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, the former head coach of the

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. Jordan averaged 8.5 assists, 16.1 points, and 4.8 rebounds per game as a junior at Marist, and 8.7 assists, 17.2 points, and 5.9 rebounds per game as a senior. He became the all-time career assists leader at Marist, a record that still stands as of 2021. He won the 74th

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as the 2006-07 All-Met Division I men's college basketball player of the year.

Professional career

On June 28, 2007, Jordan was selected 45th in the 2007 NBA Draft by the

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, then played in the 2007 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, in which he averaged 4.2 points and 4.8 assists in five games (all starts). On September 30, the Clippers traded him to the New York Knicks for cash. Jordan played a total of eight minutes in three preseason games for the Knicks, who waived him on October 25. On December 3, Jordan signed a contract with

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in Lithuania. He was released from the team after the season ended. In July 2008, the Phoenix Suns announced that Jordan would play in the team's 2008 NBA Summer League games. Coming off the bench in five games, he averaged 3.2 points, 2.6 assists and 14.6 minutes. On September 27, 2008, the

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signed Jordan to a non-guaranteed training camp contract. The guard played in two games and averaged 3.0 points and 3.0 assists in preseason play. On October 22, the team cut him from its roster. On December 17, 2008, Jordan signed on with the

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, an NBA Development League team based in Hidalgo, Texas. He played his first game in a Vipers uniform the following day, notching two assists in an 89-80 victory over the

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. Over the season, he led the league in assists per 48 minutes (13.7) and ranked second in assists per game (8.8) and assists per turnover (3.29). He set the Vipers' record for assists in a game (21 in a 122-116 victory over Fort Wayne on Feb. 26). On June 30, 2009, the Golden State Warriors announced that he would play for their 2009 NBA Summer League team in Las Vegas. In mid-summer 2009, Jordan signed a one-year contract to play for

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in Germany, where he averaged 9.0 points and 5.3 assists per game in the

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. In September 2010 he signed with Colossus Rhodes in Greece. In July 2011, Jordan returned to Telekom Baskets Bonn under a two-season contract. He left them in February 2014, and signed with

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for the rest of the season with an option for next year. In August 2014, he signed a one-year deal with San Sebastián Gipuzkoa BC of the Spanish Liga ACB. On August 6, 2015, Jordan signed with

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of the French LNB Pro A league. However, the next month he left Dijon before appearing in a game for them. On November 15, 2015, he signed a short-term contract with the German club Tigers Tübingen. On December 23, 2015, he re-signed with Tübingen until the end of the 2016–17 season. Since February 25, 2017, Jordan has led the

's all-time assists list. With his 1,458th assist, he passed the previous record holder, Dru Joyce.

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