Brandon Young

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Brandon Young
No. 2 – Al Ahli Doha
Position
Kyiv-Basket
2021–2022Trefl Sopot
2022Szolnoki Olajbányász
2022–2024CSKA Sofia
2024–presentAl Ahli Doha
Career highlights and awards
  • Bulgarian Cup winner (2020)
  • Swiss League
    champion (2017)
  • Swiss League
    Finals MVP (2017)
  • Swiss Cup
    winner (2017)
  • Big East All-Rookie Team (2011)

Brandon Young (born November 16, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Al Ahli Doha of the Qatari Basketball League. After four years at DePaul University, Young entered the 2014 NBA draft but was not selected in the draft's two rounds.

High school career

Randallstown High School class of 2009

College career

Young chose to play college basketball at DePaul after finishing high school at Friendship Collegiate Academy. At DePaul, he is the only player in program history with at least 1,200 points, 400 assists and 100 three-pointers. He is also the only player in program history with at least 100 assists in all four seasons. In his four seasons in the college, Young scored 102 career games in double-figures and reached double-figures in 81 percent of games (102-of-126). Also he had 31 games of at least 20 points including two games of 30 or more points.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the

NBA Development League on January 14, 2015.[1]
He averaged 6 points and 2,2 assists.

In September 2015, he signed with

Fribourg Olympic
.

On October 9, 2017, Young signed with

Champville of the Lebanese Basketball League.[5] On January 31, 2018, he moved to Kolossos Rodou of the Greek Basket League.[6]

On July 14, 2020, he has signed with

On June 30, 2021, he has signed with Trefl Sopot of the Polish Basketball League.[8] Young averaged 11.1 points, 3.6 rebounds, 4.8 assists, and 1.3 steals per game. He parted ways with the team on February 17, 2022.[9]

On February 21, 2022, he has signed with

NB I/A.[10]

He spent almost two seasons in CSKA Sofia, reaching the final of the National Cup with the Bulgarian club and finishing third in the Bulgarian Championship.

In 2024, he started playing for Qatar's Al Ahli Doha.

References

  1. ^ "Legends Acquire Brandon Young". Texas.dleague.nba.com. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  2. ^ "GS Lavrio signs Krubally, Young and Hill". Sportando.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  3. ^ "Brandon Young re-signs with Lavrio GS". Sportando.com. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  4. ^ "Monthey tabs Brandon Young, ex Lavrio". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  5. ^ "Brandon Young inks with Champville". Sportando.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Έναρξη συνεργασίας με τον Μπράντον Γιανγκ". kolossosbc.gr (in Greek). January 31, 2018. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  7. ^ "BC Kiev ink Brandon Young". Sportando. July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  8. ^ "Nowy rozgrywający w Treflu". plk.pl (in Polish). June 30, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  9. ^ "Brandon Young leaves Trefl". Eurobasket. February 17, 2022. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  10. ^ "Brandon Young agreed terms with Szolnok". Eurobasket. February 21, 2022. Retrieved February 21, 2022.

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