Jamel McLean (born 18 April 1988) is an American professional

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player who last played for Skyliners Frankfurt of the Basketball Bundesliga. Standing at , he plays at the

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and

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positions.

Professional career

After failing to get drafted at the 2011 NBA draft, Mclean signed with

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of Belgium, for the 2011–12 season. On October 5, 2012, he signed a two-month deal with

Telenet Oostende Basketball Club Oostende, for sponsorship reasons Filou Oostende, is a Belgian professional basketball team. The club is based in Ostend and was founded in 1970. The club competes domestically in the BNXT League and internationally in the Baske ...

of Belgium. After his contract expired, he left Oostende. On January 5, 2013, he signed with

Telekom Baskets Bonn Telekom Baskets Bonn, also known as Baskets Bonn, is a German professional basketball club that is based in Bonn, Germany. The club plays in the Basketball Bundesliga, which is German basketball league system, the highest level pro basketball le ...

of Germany for the rest of the season. On June 28, 2013, he re-signed with Telekom Bonn for one more season. On August 5, 2014, McLean signed a one-year contract, with an option for another season, with the German club Alba Berlin. In the 2014–15 season, he was named the Basketball Bundesliga MVP. On July 3, 2015, he opted out of his contract with Alba. On July 9, 2015, McLean signed a two-year contract with Italian club EA7 Emporio Armani Milano. On July 12, 2017, McLean signed a two-year contract with Greek club

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

. On June 29, 2018, McLean's agent announced that Olympiacos had opted out of their contract with the player. On July 17, 2018, McLean signed with the Russian team Lokomotiv Kuban. On August 28, 2019, he has signed with

Dinamo Sassari Polisportiva Dinamo, commonly known as Dinamo Sassari and currently known as Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Sassari, Sardinia. They are the current European Cu ...

of the Italian

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. At mid 2019-20 season McLean resigned from Sassari to move to Japan, where he signed with

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until the end of the

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. On February 22, 2021, McLean signed with

MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg Riesen Ludwigsburg ( en, Giants Ludwigsburg), for sponsorship reasons MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg, is a professional basketball club that is based in Ludwigsburg, Germany. The club currently plays in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the first tier of ...

of the Basketball Bundesliga for the remainder of the 2021 season. On July 7, 2021, he has signed with Casademont Zaragoza of the Liga ACB. McLean averaged 9 points and 4 rebounds per game. He parted ways with the team on November 21. On November 22, McLean signed with Skyliners Frankfurt of the Basketball Bundesliga.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , style="text-align:left;", Alba Berlin , 21 , , 14 , , 25.4 , , .559 , , .000 , , .770 , , 5.6 , , 1.6 , , 1.0 , , .2 , , 13.0 , , 16.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;",

Milano Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city ha ...

, 10 , , 9 , , 22.5 , , .531 , , .000 , , .830 , , 4.1 , , .9 , , 1.0 , , .1 , , 10.7 , , 13.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;",

, 30 , , 9 , , 20.4 , , .591 , , .167 , , .716 , , 4.2 , , 1.4 , , .7 , , .25 , , 8.7 , , 10 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;", Career , style="text-align:left;", , 31 , , 23 , , 24.5 , , .551 , , .000 , , .787 , , 5.1 , , 1.4 , , 1.0 , , .2 , , 12.3 , , 15.7

References

External links

draftexpress.com profile

eurobasket.com profile

EuroLeague profile

Lega Basket profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:McLean, Jamel 1988 births Living people 20th-century African-American people 21st-century African-American sportspeople African-American basketball players Alba Berlin players American expatriate basketball people in Belgium American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Russia American expatriate basketball people in Spain American men's basketball players Basketball players from New York City Basketball players from Virginia Basket Zaragoza players BC Oostende players Centers (basketball) Dinamo Sassari players Kumamoto Volters players Lega Basket Serie A players Leuven Bears players Liga ACB players Riesen Ludwigsburg players Nagoya Diamond Dolphins players Olimpia Milano players Olympiacos B.C. players PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban players Power forwards (basketball) Skyliners Frankfurt players Sportspeople from Brooklyn Sportspeople from Hampton, Virginia Telekom Baskets Bonn players Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball players Xavier Musketeers men's basketball players