Jerome Beasley (born May 17, 1980) is an American former professional
basketball
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player. Standing at 6 ft 10 in, he played the
center
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and
power forward
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positions.
High school career
Beasley graduated from
Moreno Valley High School in California in 1999. In his senior year, he led Moreno Valley to a 25–6 record and averaged 19 points, 15 rebounds, and 4 assists per game.
College career
From 1999 to 2001, Beasley played at
Midland College
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, a junior college in Texas, then transferred to the
University of North Dakota
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.
As a senior Beasley averaged 26.6 points and 8.9 rebounds per game, while shooting 51.3% from the field, and with a 73.6% free throw accuracy.
Professional career
Drafted by the
NBA
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's
Miami Heat
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in the second round of the
2003 NBA Draft
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, he played only two games for them before being cut. These two games with Miami ended up being Beasley's only time in the NBA, as his final game ever was also his 2nd game on November 16, 2003. That day, Miami would lose to the
Los Angeles Lakers
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77 - 99, with Beasley recording 1 rebound and only 2 and half minutes of playing time. In his 2 NBA games, Beasley had career totals of 2 points, 1 rebound, and 5 minutes of playing time.
He also played for the
CBA's
Sioux Falls Skyforce
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and the
NBA D-League
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's
Dakota Wizards
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for nine games before buying out his own contract.
Beasley played for the
Sydney Kings
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of Australia's
NBL during the 2006–07 season, but he was released following the team's exit from the playoffs. In October 2007, he moved to Israel and signed with
Ironi Ramat Gan
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. Beasley joined the
EiffelTowers Den Bosch
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of the Netherlands for the 2008–2009 season, but he was released in January 2009, after testing positive for Carboxy-THC, the active ingredient of
marijuana
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. He was then resigned to a one-year contract by the EiffelTowers for the 2009/2010 season in hope that he would be their starting center for the season, and won the 2009
Dutch Basketball Cup
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with them.
In the 2010/2011 season he signed with
BC Dnipro
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from the
top division in Ukraine.
In June 2011 he moved to
APOEL
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in
Cyprus
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for the 2011/2012 season and then quit his professional career.
Legal problems
In 2010, Beasley was arrested for falling behind on child support payments.
Former UND hoops star arrested for child support
''USA Today''. November 11, 2010. Retrieved on July 10, 2012.
American National Team
Beasley took part in the preliminary matches of the 2006 FIBA World Championship
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, playing ten games for Team USA
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Olympic teams
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.
Notes
External links
Jerome Beasley
at acb.com
Jerome Beasley
at ESPN.com
at sportsstats.com
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1980 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Australia
American expatriate basketball people in Cyprus
American expatriate basketball people in the Dominican Republic
American expatriate basketball people in Israel
American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands
American expatriate basketball people in Poland
American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
American expatriate basketball people in Ukraine
American expatriate basketball people in Venezuela
American men's basketball players
APOEL B.C. players
Basketball players from Compton, California
BC Dnipro players
CB Granada players
Centers (basketball)
Dakota Wizards players
Heroes Den Bosch players
Ironi Ramat Gan players
Israeli Basketball Premier League players
Midland Chaps basketball players
Liga ACB players
Miami Heat draft picks
Miami Heat players
North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball players
People from Moreno Valley, California
Power forwards (basketball)
Sioux Falls Skyforce (CBA) players
Sportspeople from Riverside County, California
Sydney Kings players
Trotamundos B.B.C. players
United States men's national basketball team players