Jordan Theodore (born December 11, 1989) is an American-born naturalized Macedonian professional

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player who last played for

Reyer Venezia S.S.P. Reyer Venezia Mestre, commonly known as Reyer Venezia or simply Reyer, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Venice, Veneto. The club currently plays in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the highest tier of basketball in ...

of the

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. He also represents the senior North Macedonia national team. He played

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Seton Hall Seton Hall University (SHU) is a private Catholic research university in South Orange, New Jersey. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan u ...

High school career

Theodore grew up in

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, and attended and played high school basketball at

Paterson Catholic High School Paterson Catholic Regional High School was a private four year Roman Catholic Church, Catholic Secondary education in the United States, high school located in Paterson, New Jersey that served students from 9th through 12th grade. It was under ...

College career

Theodore played his entire

career at

Seton Hall University Seton Hall University (SHU) is a private Catholic research university in South Orange, New Jersey. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan un ...

, with the

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. He finished his senior season with the Pirates, averaging 16.1 points per game and 6.6 assists per game. Theodore broke Golden Sunkett's single-season school record of 197 assists. He had 226 assists in his senior season. The previous record was set 49 years prior, in the 1962–63 season.

Professional career

On July 15, 2012, Theodore signed to play with Antalya BSB of the Turkish BSL. On March 21, 2013, Theodore signed with the

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club

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. A week later he was released, as his team, Antalya BSB, did not agree to release him. In May 2013, Theodore has signed with Mets de Guaynabo, of Puerto Rico's top league, the BSN. On July 17, 2013, Theodore signed with

Huracanes del Atlántico Marineros de Puerto Plata is a professional basketball team based in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. The team currently plays in Dominican top division Liga Nacional de Baloncesto The Liga Nacional de Baloncesto (LNB) is the top men's professi ...

, of the Dominican League. On October 22, 2013, Theodore returned to the Turkish BSL, signing with Mersin BSB. He finished the Turkish League season with an average of 12.3 points per game, but didn't help the team to avoid

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. On January 12, 2015, he signed at

JL Bourg-en-Bresse Jeunesse Laïque de Bourg-en-Bresse, commonly known as JL Bourg or simply Bourg, is a basketball club based in Bourg-en-Bresse, France that plays in the Pro A. Their home arena is Ekinox, which has a capacity of 3,548 people. History In 2014, J ...

of the French

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. On September 17, 2015, he signed with the German

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team

Fraport Skyliners The Skyliners Frankfurt, currently known as Fraport Skyliners for sponsorship reasons, are a professional basketball club based in Frankfurt, Germany. Their home arena is Ballsporthalle. The club has played in the Basketball Bundesliga sinc ...

. On July 28, 2016, Theodore signed with the Turkish club

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. In February, he won the

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with Banvit. Theodore was named the Turkish Cup Final MVP. Banvit also played in one of the two European-wide secondary leagues, the

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, as well, and in that competition, Theodore was named the Quarter-finals MVP, after his team defeated

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, in a two-leg series. On April 30, Theodore was named the MVP of the FIBA Champions League's 2016–17 season. On July 15, 2017, Theodore signed a two-year contract with the Italian LBA club

Olimpia Milano Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano, commonly known as Olimpia Milano or as EA7 Emporio Armani Milan after its title sponsor, is an LBA Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy. Its colors are white and red, and the team is sometimes ...

. On September 24, 2017, Olimpia Milano won the 2017 Italian Supercup. Theodore was named tournament's MVP, after a game in which he had 29 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. On January 4, 2019, Theodore signed a contract with the

Greek Basket League The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso ...

club

AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greece, Greek multi-sport club based in Nea ...

, which kept him at the club until the end of the 2018-19 Greek Basket League season. On July 26, 2019, Theodore signed a contract with

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of the

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. On December 27, 2019, Theodore signed a contract with

UNICS Kazan BC UNICS (russian: БК УНИКС) is a professional basketball club in Kazan, Russia, that plays in the VTB United League, and formerly played in the EuroLeague. On February 28, 2022, EuroLeague Basketball suspended the team because of the 2022 ...

of the

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. He averaged 10.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 7.7 assists per game. Theodore parted ways with the team on July 16, 2020. On November 20, 2020, Theodore signed a new contract with

of the

. On June 23, 2021, he signed with

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of the Japanese

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. However, he failed the physical and was released from the team. On January 18, 2022, Theodore signed with

of the Italian

National team career

Theodore gained Macedonian citizenship in 2017, so that he could represent the senior

Macedonian national basketball team The North Macedonia men's national basketball team ( mk, Кошаркарска репрезентација на Северна Македонија, Košarkarska reprezentacija na Severna Makedonija) represents North Macedonia in internationa ...

. With North Macedonia, he played at the 2019 FIBA World Cup European Qualification.

Career statistics

FIBA Champions League

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Domestic Leagues

Regular season

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High school career

College career

Professional career

National team career

Career statistics

FIBA Champions League

Domestic Leagues

Regular season

References

External links