Josh Bostic

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Josh Bostic
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Houston Rockets
PositionPlayer development coach
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1987-05-12) May 12, 1987 (age 36)
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Listed height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight102 kg (225 lb)
Career information
High school Westland (Galloway, Ohio)
College Findlay (2005–2009)
NBA draft 2009: undrafted
Playing career2009–2023
Career history
As player:
2009–2010 Kyoto Hannaryz
2010–2011 New Mexico Thunderbirds
2011–2012 Liège
2012–2013 Belfius Mons-Hainaut
2013 Élan Chalon
2013–2014 Spartak Saint Petersburg
2014–2015 Grand Rapids Drive
2015 Spirou
2016 VEF Rīga
2016–2017 Juvecaserta
2017–2018 Zadar
2018 Dinamo Sassari
2018–2020 Arka Gdynia
2020–2021 Reggio Emilia
2021 New Basket Brindisi
2022–2023 Anwil Włocławek
2023 CSM U Oradea
As coach:
2023–present Houston Rockets (player development)
Career highlights and awards

Joshua Lamont Bostic (born May 12, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player and current coach. He currently serves as a player development coach for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA) .

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College career

Bostic went to the University of Findlay and wrapped up his college career as NABC NCAA Division II National Player of the Year, [1] Division II Bulletin Player of the Year, [2] Midwest Region Player of the Year [3] and Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Player of the Year. [4] He led the Findlay Oilers to winning the 2009 NCAA Division 2 championship, [5] averaging 18.6 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.4 steals a contest during the 2008–09 season.

Professional career

Bostic went undrafted in the 2009 NBA draft. In August 2009, he signed with Kyoto Hannaryz of Japan for the 2009–10 season. [6]

On November 1, 2010, Bostic was selected by the New Mexico Thunderbirds in the third round of the 2010 NBA D-League Draft. [7]

On August 17, 2011, Bostic signed a one-year deal with Liège Basket of Belgium [8] and earned 2012 Eurobasket.com All-Belgian League 1st Team honors. [9] On June 7, 2012, he signed a two-year deal with Belfius Mons-Hainaut. [10] He left them after one season.

On June 24, 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Élan Chalon of France. [11] On November 11, 2013, he parted ways with Chalon. [12] On November 27, 2013, he signed with Spartak Saint Petersburg of Russia for the rest of the season. [13]

On September 25, 2014, Bostic signed with the Detroit Pistons. [14] However, he was later waived by the Pistons on October 20, 2014. [15] On November 1, 2014, he was acquired by the Grand Rapids Drive as an affiliate player. [16] On January 7, 2015, he was waived by the Drive. [17] The next day, he signed with Spirou Charleroi of the Belgian League for the rest of the season. [18]

On February 3, 2016, he signed with VEF Rīga of Latvia for the rest of the season. [19]

On August 26, 2016, Bostic signed with Juvecaserta Basket of Italy for the 2016–17 season. [20]

On October 18, 2017, Bostic signed with Zadar of Croatia for the rest of the 2017–18 season. [21] He played a great half-season at Zadar during which he was named ABA League MVP of December. [22] On January 29, 2018, he left Zadar and signed with Dinamo Sassari of Italy for the rest of the season. [23]

On August 4, 2020, Bostic returned to Italy and signed a one year deal with Reggio Emilia in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A. [24]

On February 22, 2021, before the end of the season, he transferred to New Basket Brindisi. [25] [26]

On June 8, 2022, he has signed with Anwil Włocławek of the Polish Basketball League. [27]

Post-playing career

In October 2023, Bostic joined the Houston Rockets as a player development coach.

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References

  1. ↑ "Bostic Named NCAA DII Player of the Year – Findlay". athletics.findlay.edu. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
  2. ↑ "Findlay's Bostic Named 2009 DIIB Player of the Year" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-05-21.
  3. ↑ "Bostic Named Midwest Region Player of the Year – Findlay". athletics.findlay.edu. 11 March 2009. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
  4. ↑ "Findlay's Josh Bostic Named 2008–09 GLIAC Men's Basketball Player of the Year". GLIAC. 2009-03-05. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
  5. ↑ "#1 Oilers Win National Title In Dramatic Fashion – Findlay". athletics.findlay.edu. 28 March 2009. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
  6. ↑ Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf joins Kyoto Hannaryz
  7. ↑ 2010 NBA D-League Draft Archived 2010-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ Belgacom Liege adds Josh Bostic
  9. ↑ "Belgian Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings – eurobasket". www.eurobasket.com. Archived from the original on March 18, 2018. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
  10. ↑ Dexia Mons-Hainaut sign Josh Bostic to a two-year deal
  11. ↑ ELAN CHALON adds swingman Bostic
  12. ↑ Chalon sign Kris Joseph, part ways with Bostic and Jurevicus
  13. ↑ Spartak SPB signs Josh Bostic
  14. ↑ Detroit Pistons Sign Four to Training Camp Roster
  15. ↑ "Pistons release Thabeet, three others". NBA.com . Archived from the original on 2014-12-09. Retrieved 2014-10-21.
  16. ↑ Grand Rapids DRIVE: 2014–15 Draft Archived 2014-11-14 at the Wayback Machine
  17. ↑ NBA D-League 2014–15 Transactions Archived 2015-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ↑ Charleroi tabs Josh Bostic, parts ways with William Hatcher
  19. ↑ VEF Riga signs Josh Bostic
  20. ↑ FIRMATO JOSH BOSTIC (in Italian)
  21. ↑ Josh Bostic inks a deal with Zadar
  22. ↑ MVP of December: Joshua Bostic (Zadar)
  23. ↑ Josh Bostic nella pattuglia biancoblu (in Italian)
  24. ↑ "UNAHOTELS, ingaggiato Josh Bostic" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 4 August 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  25. ↑ "Risolto il contratto di Josh Bostic" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 22 February 2021.[ permanent dead link ]
  26. ↑ "Josh Bostic è un nuovo giocatore della Happy Casa Brindisi" (in Italian). newbasketbrindisi.it. 22 February 2021.
  27. ↑ Skerletic, Dario (June 8, 2022). "Josh Bostic signs with Anwil Wloclawek". Sportando. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
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