Romeo Jajuan Weems (born June 9, 2001) is an American professional

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player for the Portland NBA G League team of the

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. He played

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for the

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Early life and high school career

Weems grew up in

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and attended New Haven High School in

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, where he was a four-year starter on the basketball team. As a freshman in 2015–16, he started in all 25 games and averaged 16 points, 10.7 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 4 steals and 1.8 blocks to help his team to a 22–3 record, a regional championship and the state Class B quarterfinals. As a sophomore in 2016–17, he started in all 28 games and averaged 18.1 points, 11.8 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 3.7 steals and 3.2 blocks to help his team to a 27–1 record, a second-straight regional title and a Class B state title. He averaged 23.5 points, 10.8 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 4.8 steals and 2 blocks per game and was named All-Michigan by

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in his junior season. As a senior, Weems averaged 27.9 points, 11.4 rebounds, 4.2 steals, 3.5 assists and 2.6 blocks per game and was named the

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Division 2 Player of the Year and

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. Weems finished his high school career with 2,151 points scored. Weems was considered to be a Top 50 recruit in his class and committed to playing college basketball for DePaul over offers from

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and

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College career

As a freshman, Weems averaged 8 points, 1.7 assists, 4.9 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game and was named to the Big East Conference All-Freshman team. He was named the conference Freshman of the Week after a nine-point, five-rebound, three-block game in a 93–78 victory over

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on November 11, 2019, and scoring nine points with eight rebounds and four assists in a 75–54 win against

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on November 16, 2019. Weems repeated as Freshman of the Week after scoring 17 points, 11 rebounds, three steals and two assists in a 72–67 win over

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. As a sophomore, Weems averaged 7.3 points and 5 rebounds per game. On April 7, 2021, he declared for the

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, forgoing his remaining college eligibility.

Professional career

Memphis Hustle (2021–2023)

After going undrafted in the

, Weems joined the Memphis Grizzlies for the

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and on October 8, he signed with the Grizzlies. However, he was waived on October 15. On October 23, he signed with the Memphis Hustle as an affiliate player.

Portland NBA G League team (2023–present)

On June 8, 2023, Weems was selected by the Portland NBA G League team in the 2023–24 NBA G League Expansion Draft.

National team career

Weems played for

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as they won the

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. He was a starter for Team USA and averaged 8.6 points and 8.1 rebounds per game when they won the 2018 FIBA U17 World Cup.

Career statistics

College

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References

External links

DePaul Blue Demons bioUSA Basketball bio
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