Jordan Adams (basketball, born 1994)

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Jordan Adams
Atlanta, Georgia
, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school
College
Iowa Energy
2019Al Wahda
2019Rio Grande Valley Vipers
2020Venados de Mazatlán
2020Libertadores de Querétaro
2020–2022Club Comunicaciones
2022Libertadores de Querétaro
2022Club Atlético Aguada
2023Gladiadores de Anzoátegui
2023–2024Dewa United Banten
2024San Miguel Beermen
2024–presentDewa United Banten
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com 
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Jordan LaVell Adams (born July 8, 1994)

points in his first four games, and was an all-conference first-team selection in the Pac-12 Conference in his sophomore year. After deciding to forgo his remaining college eligibility and enter the 2014 NBA draft, Adams was selected by Memphis Grizzlies
in the first round with the 22nd overall pick. He played two seasons with Memphis before being waived after multiple knee surgeries.

Early life

Adams was born in Atlanta to John Adams, a nutrition manager, and Sabrina Robinson Johnson, a dental hygienist.[1][2] His parents never married but remained friends. When Adams was in the fourth grade and his life began to revolve around American football and basketball, he moved from his mother's house to his father's. One of Adams' coaches was usually his father from when he was six until he was 16.[2]

Adams attended

Oak Hill Academy in Virginia for his final two seasons,[3]
where he was the ninth player in their basketball program's rich history to score 1,000 career points.

Considered a four-star recruit by ESPN.com, Adams was listed as the No. 9 small forward and the No. 41 player in the nation in 2012.[4]

He also played Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball with the Atlanta Celtics. Shortly after Celtics' coach Korey McCray became an assistant coach at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Adams accepted an athletic scholarship to play for the UCLA Bruins.[5]

College career

Adams in 2012 joined fellow incoming freshman

McDonald's All-American in high school. Despite the competition, he remained committed to UCLA.[5]

He began the

free throw percentage.[1][7][8] UCLA coach Ben Howland and Arizona Wildcats coach Sean Miller were surprised that Adams did not make the conference's all-freshman team. Miller further believed that Adams should have been named to the All-Pac-12 team as well as the conference's all-defensive team.[7] In the semifinals of the 2013 Pac-12 tournament, Adams scored 11 points in the last six minutes in a comeback victory over Arizona. However, he broke his right foot on the final play of the game; he had fractured the same foot in high school.[2] Without Adams, the Bruins lost their next two games, including a season-ending loss to the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the opener of the 2013 NCAA tournament.[2] Two days after the season ended, Howland was fired and replaced by Steve Alford.[2] Adams did not play basketball for four months while his foot healed.[9]

Adams with UCLA against USC in 2014

In his sophomore season in

team player.[18]

In April 2014, Adams

declared early for the NBA draft, foregoing his final two years of college eligibility.[20][21] Many analysts believed he had a chance to be a first-round pick.[22][23] He finished his career at UCLA having played 69 games while averaging 16.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 2.1 assists. He made 46.7 percent of his field goals and had a school-record 2.43 steals per game.[24]

Professional career

Memphis Grizzlies (2014–2016)

On June 26, 2014, Adams was selected in the first round with the 22nd overall pick of the

NBA Development League.[30][31] While he spent most of the season in the D-League, Adams appeared in 30 games for Memphis, typically when they were behind by a large margin. In limited action, he shot 40 percent from three-point range and his active hands on defense led to a high steal rate.[32][33]

During the offseason, Adams underwent minor surgery to repair the

Orlando Summer League in July.[32][34][35] However, he missed most of the 2015–16 exhibition season as he continued to bothered by soreness related to the procedure.[36][37] Adams appeared in two out of the team's first four games of the regular season before being sidelined by right knee soreness.[38] On January 12, 2016, he underwent right knee surgery and missed the rest of the season.[38][39][40] On June 15, Adams underwent cartilage transplant surgery on his right knee, a procedure that generally addresses issues with motion, bone damage and pain.[41] The following month, he watched Grizzlies summer league games holding a crutch in one hand and wearing a knee brace.[42] Following the preseason on October 24, Adams was waived by the Grizzlies after he was expected to miss the season.[43][44]

2017–present

The following year, Adams joined the Portland Trail Blazers to play in the 2017 NBA Summer League.[45] He played with the Sons of Westwood in The Basketball Tournament 2018,[46] and competed with Al Wadha of Syria in the Dubai International Basketball Championship in 2019.[47] In February 2019, Adams was acquired by the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA G League.[48][49] He appeared in two games, averaging 1.5 points, before being waived in March.[50]

In March 2020, Adams joined

Liga Nacional de Básquet.[54] He played with Comunicaciones until April 2022.[55]

After a stint with Libertadores de Querétaro in July and August 2022, Adams played for Club Atlético Aguada in October and November 2022.[55] In February 2023, Adams joined with Gladiadores de Anzoátegui in Venezuela.[56] In December 2023, Adams signed the Dewa United Banten of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL).[57] In August 2024, Adams signed with San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) as the team's import for the 2024 PBA Governors' Cup.[58] In December 2024, Adams returned to the Dewa United Banten for the 2025 IBL season.[59]

Career statistics

NBA statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2014–15 Memphis 30 0 8.3 .407 .400 .609 .9 .5 .5 .2 3.1
2015–16 Memphis 2 0 7.5 .333 .000 .600 1.0 1.5 1.5 .0 3.5
Career 32 0 8.2 .402 .385 .607 .9 .6 .6 .2 3.2

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015
 Memphis 4 0 2.5 .667 1.000 .500 .3 .0 .3 .0 1.8
Career 4 0 2.5 .667 1.000 .500 .3 .0 .3 .0 1.8

College statistics

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 UCLA 33 27 30.3 .447 .307 .843 3.8 1.8 2.2 .4 15.3
2013–14 UCLA 36 36 30.1 .485 .356 .836 5.3 2.3 2.6 .1 17.4
Career 69 83 30.2 .467 .331 .839 4.6 2.1 2.4 .2 16.4

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