Jamario Moon

Jamario Moon is a professional basketball player from the U.S. with a career in the United States Basketball League (NBA) and the NBA Development League, Fuerza Regia, and Toronto Raptors.

In college, he played basketball at Meridian Community College in one season from 1999 to 2000. His average was 20.8 points and 8.7 rebounds for every game.

During the [NBA][1] Summer League, he played for the Milwaukee Bucks, hoping to get picked. Unfortunately, Moon did not have an impressive performance enough for the 2001 NBA Draft.

As a result, he signed with the Mobile Revelers, a National Basketball Development League (NBDL) team, for the 2001-2002 season. After the D-League season, he quickly joined the Dodge City Legend.

During his early years, Moss played for numerous teams, such as the Los Angeles Lakers and Utah Jazz, during the 2002 NBA Summer League. He later joined the Mobile Revelers again for the 2002-2003 season but left them in November 2002.

The other teams he joined include Huntsville Flight, the Harlem Globetrotters, Rockford Lighting, Kentucky Colonels, Rome Gladiators, Albany Patroons, Fort Worth Flyers, Marietta Storm, Fuerza Regia, and Gary Steelheads from 2003 to 2007.

NBA Career

In July 2007, Moon successfully impressed the Toronto Raptors, signing a two-year deal with them. In his first game with the Raptors, Moon scored 12 points, six rebounds, and three steals, plus one block within 23 minutes.

He stayed as a starting player in the team’s next few games. Moon broke the club record by making at least one block in the 12 successive games the team played. He was also named the NBA Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month (January).

However, twelve days after this recognition, the Raptors traded Moon and Jermaine O’Neal to the Miami Heat for Marcus Banks and Shawn Marion. By the end of the season, the Cleveland Cavaliers gave Moon a 3-year offer worth $8.92 million.

The Heat did not match the offer, and Moon officially joined the Cavaliers. In 2008, Moon participated in the NBA All-Star Weekend for the Rookie Challenge. He joined the Rookie team.

Moon participated as well in the Slam Dunk Contest, finishing third after Dwight Howard and Gerald Green. The Cavaliers traded Moon to the Los Angeles Clippers and later signed with NBA Development League’s Los Angeles D-Fenders in 2012.

He signed with the D-Fenders in March, and in that same month, he was named the league’s Player of the Month. In April, he moved to the Charlotte Bobcats but was waived off a few months later.

D-League and International Career

Moon returned to the Los Angeles D-Fenders in November 2012. The following year, Los Angeles D-Fenders re-acquired Moon, but he eventually left the team again in January 2014.

Moon started his international career when he signed with Olympiacos, the reigning Euroleague champion, in January 2014. A few months later, Olympiacos decided to let him go. For the 2014 LPB season, Moon played with the Guaros de Lara.

The D-Fenders re-acquired Moon in November 2014 and was relieved by December of the same year. He signed again with Guaros de Lara in January 2015 for the 2015 LPB season but was waived off the next month.

For a short time, Moon played for Atlético Aguada from Uruguay in December 2017. Moon also re-joined the Albany Patroons for the third time, announced in November 2017.

The Basketball Tournament

Moon played for team Trained To Go on ESPN’s The Basketball Tournament (TBT) in 2017. The team competed for the prize money of $2 million, with him scoring 13 points within 23 minutes. However, the team still lost to the Broad Street Brawlers.

Career Achievements & Highlights

2005 - WBA Champion
2005 - All-WBA Fourth Team
2005 - WBA All-Defensive Team
2006 - LNBP All-Star
2007 - CBA All-Star Game
2007 - CBA All-Defensive Team
2007 - CBA Defensive Player of the Year
2007 - All-CBA First Team
2007 - USBL All-Defensive Team
2007 - All-USBL First Team
2008 - NBA All-Rookie Second Team

[1]: https://www.sportspundit.com/basketball/terms/1723-nba