Zachery Xavier Peacock II (born October 13, 1987) is an American

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

player who last played for

Fos Provence Basket Fos Provence Basket, also known as Fos-sur-mer, is a professional basketball team based in Fos-sur-mer, France. The team currently plays in the first tier LNB Pro A, after its promotion in the 2020–21 season. Home games are played in the Complex ...

of the

LNB Pro A The LNB Pro A, currently known for sponsorship reasons as Betclic Élite, is the top-tier men's professional basketball league in France. The competition has existed since 1921. Since 1987, the Ligue Nationale de Basket has governed the league. ...

. He played college basketball for

Georgia Tech The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech or The Institute, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1885, it is part of ...

, before starting a professional career in 2010. In his career he played for several teams in

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

and

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

.realgm.co
Zachery Peacock at Realgm
accessed May 19, 2017

College career

He played four seasons with the

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets is the name used for all of the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), located in Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia. The teams have also been nicknamed the Rambl ...

, where he averaged 8.3 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.sports-reference.co
Zachery Peacock Stats
accessed May 19, 2017

Professional career

After going undrafted in the

2010 NBA draft The 2010 NBA draft was held on June 24, 2010, at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The draft, which started at 7:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (2300 UTC), was broadcast in the United States on ESPN. In this draft, National ...

, Peacock signed with the

Gießen 46ers The JobStairs GIESSEN 46ers (formerly GIESSEN 46ers) is a professional basketball club based in Gießen, Germany, that plays in the Basketball Bundesliga. Their home arena is Sporthalle Gießen-Ost, with a capacity of 4,003 people. History The ...

of the German

Basketball Bundesliga The Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) (English language: ''Federal Basketball League''), for sponsorship reasons named easyCredit BBL, is the highest level league of professional club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 18 teams. A BBL season ...

(BBL) on August 2. In his rookie season, he averaged 13.7 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. For the following 2011–12 season, he transferred to other BBL team

Eisbären Bremerhaven Eisbären Bremerhaven ( en, Polar Bears Bremerhaven) is a professional basketball club from Bremerhaven, Germany, that competes in the ProA. The team was established as the professional section of the club BSG Bremerhaven and played in the first- ...

, where he averaged 11.8 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. In October 2012, Peacock signed with his third BBL club

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 ...

, where averaged 15.4 points and 5.2 rebound per game. In the 2013–14 season, Peacock played in the French second-tier Pro B, with

SOMB Somb (in Serer, also ''Som'' or ''Sombe'') is a town in Senegal situated in the west of the country. History Somb figure prominently in Serer religious affairs for a long part of its history. It takes its name from the ''Somb'' tree (Latin : ...

. He averaged 20.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game with SOMB. He won the Foreign MVP award in his debut season and helped the team advance to Pro A. In June 2014, he signed with

Cholet Basket Cholet Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Cholet, France. The club plays in the French League. Their home arena is La Meilleraie. Established in 1975, Cholet won its first French championship in the 2009–10 season. In 1 ...

of the first tier Pro A. However, in February 2015 he was released from the team after being suspended following a discussion with his teammat]. Peacock then signed with Turkish side Melikşah Üniversitesi S.K. of the Turkish second-tier

TBL Part of the troff suite of Unix document layout tools, tbl is a preprocessor that formats tables in preparation for processing with troff/nroff. Overview Mike Lesk is the original author of tbl. Like the main troff program, it uses command l ...

the following week. Peacock finished the season averaging 15.6 points and 8.9 rebounds per game. In June 2015, Peacock returned to France by signing with

JL Bourg Basket 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 Pro B to a two-year deal. A year later, he achieved promotion to the Pro A with the club. In the 2016–17 season, Peacock was named the

LNB Pro B MVP The LNB Pro B Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award is an annual professional basketball award that is given by the second tier division in France, the LNB Pro B The LNB Pro B, commonly known as Pro B, is the 2nd-tier level men's professional basketb ...

while leading his team to the championship and promotion. In May 2018, Peacock won the Pro A Most Valuable Player Award after leading the league in points, 19.3 per game, and evaluation rating, 20.3 per game. On July 24, 2021, Peacock signed with

Le Mans Le Mans (, ) is a city in northwestern France on the Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Man ...

. On August 25, 2021, his club announced, after three successive postponements of his arrival in France, they could only note the absence of the player and terminated his contract. On December 21, 2021, he has signed with

of the

References

External links

RealGM Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Peacock, Zachery 1987 births Living people Miami Norland Senior High School alumni American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Turkey American men's basketball players Basketball players from Miami Centers (basketball) Cholet Basket players Eisbären Bremerhaven players Fos Provence Basket players Giessen 46ers players JL Bourg-en-Bresse players Power forwards (basketball) Skyliners Frankfurt players SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer players