Gerry Blakes

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Gerry Blakes
No. 4–Scafati Basket
Position Point guard / shooting guard
League LBA
Personal information
Born (1993-11-16) November 16, 1993 (age 30)
Inglewood, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft 2016: undrafted
Playing career2016–present
Career history
2016–2017 Enosis Neon Paralimni
2017–2018 Norrköping Dolphins
2018–2019 Cantù
2019–2020 Oldenburg
2020 SIG Strasbourg
2020–2021 Cholet Basket
2021–2022 Limoges CSP
2022 VEF Rīga
2023 MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza
2023–2024Cholet Basket
2024–present Scafati
Career highlights and awards

Gerry Royce Blakes [1] (born November 16, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Scafati Basket of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for Arizona State.

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Early life and high school

Blakes was born and raised in Inglewood, California, and began high school at Leuzinger High School. At Leuzinger, Blakes was a teammate of future NBA point guard Delon Wright and came off the bench to help the Olympians win the California state championship in his junior season. He transferred to Morningside High School before his senior year. [2]

College career

San Bernardino Valley College

Blakes played his first two seasons at San Bernardino Valley College and was named the Foothill Conference Most Valuable Player both years and the California Community College Athletic Association co-Player of the Year as a sophomore after averaging 23.7 points per game. [2] [3]

Arizona State

Blakes played his final two seasons for the Arizona State Sun Devils. In his first season at Arizona State, Blakes started all but one of the Sun Devils' games and was second on the team with 11.2 points per game. [4] He played in 66 games (62 starts) and averaged 11.1 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game. [5]

Professional career

Enosis Neon Paralimni

Blakes signed with Enosis Neon Paralimni B.C. of Cyprus Basketball Division A on October 12, 2016. [6] He averaged 14.3 points, 6.2 rebounds (5th in the league), 3.1 assists and 1.5 steals over 20 games during the 2016–17 season. [7]

Norrköping Dolphins

Blakes signed with the Norrköping Dolphins of the Swedish Basketligan on July 3, 2017. [8] He averages 16.1 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.1 steals in 40 games with Norrköping and was named Eurobasket.com All-Swedish Basketligan 1st Team. [9]

Pallacanestro Cantù

Blakes signed with the Pallacanestro Cantù the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) on July 16, 2018. [10] Blakes averaged 12.3 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 30 LBA games (seven starts) and 19.0 points, 3.8 rebounds, 4.8 assists, and 1.5 steals in four Champions League games. [11]

Oldenburg

Blakes signed with EWE Baskets Oldenburg of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) on June 20, 2019. [12] Blakes averaged 10.4 points, 2.0 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.2 steals per game in nine BBL games and 12.3 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists in ten EuroCup games before leaving the team in February 2020. [13]

Strasbourg

Blakes signed with SIG Strasbourg of the French LNB Pro A on February 21, 2020. [14] In one game, he had 16 points, 6 rebounds and an assist. [15]

Cholet Basket

On July 24, 2020, he has signed with Brose Bamberg of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). [16] On October 5, 2020, his contract with the team was terminated before playing in any competitive game. [17] He signed with Cholet Basket of the LNB Pro A on October 29. [15]

Limoges CSP

On August 2, 2021, Blakes signed with Limoges CSP. [18]

VEF Rīga

On July 20, 2022, he has signed with VEF Rīga of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League. [19]

Return to Cholet Basket

On July 7, 2023, he signed with Cholet Basket of the French LNB Pro A for a second stint. [20]

Return to Cholet Basket

On February 2, 2024, he signed with Scafati Basket of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). [21]

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  2. 1 2 Heller, Doug (February 25, 2015). "ASU basketball's Gerry Blakes, Utah's Delon Wright meet again". AZCentral.com. The Arizona Republic . Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  3. ↑ Hopen, Zane (October 7, 2014). "ASU Men's Basketball: Finding a point guard is a priority for Herb Sendek". CronkiteSports.com. Walter Cronikite Sports Network. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  4. ↑ Krueger, Nick (March 23, 2015). "ASU Basketball: The 2014–15 season in review". HouseOfSparky.com. SB Nation . Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Player Stats – Gerry Blakes – Arizona State Sun Devils". Washington Post. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  6. ↑ Mammides, Chris (October 12, 2016). "Enosis tab Gerry Blakes". EuroBasket.com. EuroBasket Data Center. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  7. ↑ Mammides, Chris (July 3, 2017). "Gerry Blakes (ex Enosis) is a newcomer at Norrkoping". EuroBasket.com. EuroBasket Data Center. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Norrköping recruits American". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). July 3, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  9. ↑ "MIA-RO Cantu adds Blakes to their roster, ex Norrkoping". EuroBasket.com. EuroBasket Data Center. July 15, 2018. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Gerry Blakes signs with Cantu". Court-Side.com. Court Side Newspaper. July 16, 2018. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  11. ↑ Schmidt-Scheuber, Miles (June 20, 2018). "he EWE Baskets Add Gerry Blakes". EuroBasket.com. EuroBasket Data Center.
  12. ↑ Blancke, Lars (June 20, 2019). "EWE Baskets find first access in Italy". NWZOnline.de (in German).
  13. ↑ Yahyabeyoglu, Fersu (February 22, 2020). "Strasbourg adds Blakes to their roster, ex EWE Baskets". EuroBasket.com. EuroBasket Data Center. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
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  15. 1 2 "Gerry Blakes is a newcomer at Cholet". Eurobasket. October 29, 2020. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
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  19. ↑ "VEF Rīga sastāvu papildina Gerijs Bleiks". Sportando. July 20, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
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  21. ↑ "Gerry Blakes È Un Nuovo Tesserato Della Givova Scafati". scafatibasket.com (in Italian). February 2, 2024. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
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