Michael Roll (basketball)

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Michael Roll
Olimpia Milano
2021–2022Pınar Karşıyaka
2023Paris Basketball
2023US Monastir
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Tunisia
AfroBasket
Gold medal – first place 2021 Rwanda
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Tunisia

Michael Brandon Roll (born April 12, 1987)

naturalized
citizen in 2015.

Roll played

NCAA tournament appearances during his tenure. Roll was the Bruins leading scorer in his final season in 2009–10, when he earned all-conference honors in the Pacific-10
. He has played professionally in Turkey, Belgium, Spain, Israel, Italy, and France.

Early life

Roll was born in Mission Viejo, California, to Richard and Joyce Roll. He played basketball at Aliso Niguel High School, where as a senior he was named the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section Division I-A Player of the Year.[1] That season, he averaged almost 25 points per game while leading the Wolverines over top-seeded Lake Forest El Toro in the Division I-A title game.[2]

Ranked as the No. 1 shooting guard in the West by Scout.com,[3][4] Roll originally gave a verbal, non-binding, commitment to attend college at the University of California, Santa Barbara, before he changed to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).[4][5]

College career

As a freshman for UCLA in

medical redshirt, earning another year of eligibility to effectively remain a junior.[7] He returned the following season, but continued as a role player behind Shipp and freshman Jrue Holiday.[4][8] Roll and the Bruins again qualified for the NCAA Tournament, but were eliminated in the round of 32.[8]

Roll with UCLA in 2009

After years of being a role player for the Bruins, Roll became a leader of the team as a fifth-year senior in

All-Pac-10 honors, and was named the Bruins' most valuable player after leading the team in scoring with 14.1 points per game. He also led UCLA with 3.6 assists per game,[15] and set the school record for most career games played (147), surpassing Collison and Aboya's previous mark (142).[16] Roll was selected to play in the Reese's College All-Star Game during the Final Four.[17]

Professional career

Bornova Belediye (2010–2011)

After going undrafted in the

Bornova Belediye, signing a one-year deal.[19]

Antwerp Giants (2011–2012)

On July 24, 2011, Roll signed with the Belgian team

Okapi Aalstar
.

Zaragoza (2012–2014)

On July 5, 2012, Roll joined the Spanish team

Copa del Rey Quarterfinals. On June 30, 2013, Roll signed a one-year contract extension with Zaragoza.[23]

Türk Telekom (2014–2015)

On July 28, 2014, Roll signed with Türk Telekom of the Turkish Basketball Super League for 2014–15 season.[24]

Büyükçekmece (2015–2016)

On July 13, 2015, Roll signed a one-year deal with

Tüyap Büyükçekmece B.K.[25] On January 24, 2016, Roll participated in the 2016 Turkish Super League All-Star Game
. In 30 games played during the 2016–17 season, Roll averaged 16.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game.

Baskonia (2016)

On May 24, 2016, Roll signed with the Spanish team Baskonia for the 2016 ACB Playoffs as well as the following season,[26] but parted ways with the team at the end of the playoffs.

Beşiktaş (2016–2017)

On July 19, 2016, Roll returned to Turkey for a third stint, signing with

Fenerbahçe
.

Maccabi Tel Aviv (2017–2019)

On July 3, 2017, Roll joined the Israeli team

Brose Bamberg.[29] Roll won the 2017 Israeli League Cup and the 2018 Israeli League Championship
titles with Maccabi.

On June 27, 2018, Roll signed a one-year contract extension with Maccabi.[30] On January 3, 2019, Roll recorded a season-high 23 points, shooting 6-of-7 from three-point range, along with four rebounds, five assists and three steals in a 91–79 loss to Real Madrid.[31] Roll went on to win the 2019 Israeli League Championship with Maccabi, winning his second straight Israeli League title in the process.

Olimpia Milano (2019–2021)

On July 25, 2019, Roll signed a two-year deal with

Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A and the EuroLeague.[32]
On June 23, 2021, Roll officially parted ways with the Italian club.

Pınar Karşıyaka (2021–2022)

On October 1, 2021, Roll signed with

Basketball Super League.[33]

Paris Basketball (2023)

In January 2023, Roll was announced by the Tunisian champions

Kyle Allman and appeared in two league games for the Paris side, averaging 7 points per outing.[36] He left the team on February 7, 2023.[37]

US Monastir (2023)

Shortly after leaving Paris, he finally joined US Monastir.

2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
, before leaving the team shortly after.

National team career

Roll became a

Tunisia national basketball team and compete in AfroBasket 2015, which was hosted in Tunisia.[39][40] On July 3, 2017 following Roll's signing with Israeli basketball club Maccabi Tel Aviv, Ali Benzarti, president of the Tunisian Basketball Federation (FTBB), announced that Roll would not be on the Tunisian national team "for now" because of his recent integration with a team in the Israeli League. Relations between Tunisia and Israel have been stressed since the Second Intifada of 2000.[41][42] After leaving Maccabi in July 2019, Roll once again joined Tunisia national team, becoming a member of the squad representing Tunisia at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup
.

Career 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  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2017–18
 Maccabi 29 28 26.2 .470 .408 .889 2.1 2.9 .3 .1 9.1 9.3
2018–19
 Maccabi 29 7 21.5 .472 .407 .905 2.2 2.7 .7 .0 9.1 8.7
Career 58 35 23.8 .471 .407 .894 2.1 2.8 .5 .1 9.1 8.9

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2005–06 UCLA 38 5 14.7 .369 .383 .714 .9 .9 .3 .1 3.4
2006–07 UCLA 36 1 16.3 .393 .358 .750 1.4 1.1 .3 .1 4.8
2007–08 UCLA 6 0 15.5 .240 .286 .333 1.7 2.3 .3 .0 2.8
2008–09 UCLA 35 2 17.1 .491 .515 .684 1.3 1.4 .5 .3 6.7
2009–10 UCLA 32 32 35.8 .468 .426 .766 2.8 3.6 1.0 .1 14.1
Career 147 40 20.3 .437 .417 .726 1.6 1.7 .5 .1 6.8

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