![]() Killeya-Jones with Kentucky in October 2016 | |
No. 6–Surne Bilbao Basket | |
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Position | Power forward |
League | Liga ACB |
Personal information | |
Born | Highland Park, New Jersey | August 10, 1998
Nationality | American / British |
Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | |
College | Kentucky (2016–2018) |
NBA draft | 2019: undrafted |
Playing career | 2019–present |
Career history | |
2019 | Sparta Praha |
2019–2020 | Kalev/Cramo |
2020–2021 | MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza |
2021–2022 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil |
2022–2023 | Oklahoma City Blue |
2023–present | Surne Bilbao Basket |
Career highlights and awards | |
Sacha Liam Killeya-Jones (born August 10, 1998) is an American-British professional basketball player for Surne Bilbao Basket of the Liga ACB. He played college basketball for Kentucky.
Killeya-Jones grew up playing football at the quarterback position. As a freshman at Woodberry Forest School in Woodberry Forest, Virginia, he played football, a year before giving up the sport in exchange for basketball, which better suited his height and build. [1] For his final two years, Killeya-Jones transferred to Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg, Virginia. In his senior season, he averaged 23.6 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks per game and led his team to a VISAA Division II state title. [2] He was also selected to play in the 2016 McDonald's All-American Game. [3] Killeya-Jones left high school as a consensus five-star recruit. He originally committed to Virginia before switching to Kentucky. [4]
As a freshman at Kentucky, Killeya-Jones played 14 games, averaging 2.9 points and 2.2 rebounds in 6.9 minutes per game. He did not play for much of the second half of the season, logging minutes in 14 total games. [5] In his sophomore season, he became a more frequent contributor off the bench, averaging 3.3 points and 2.9 rebounds in 13.7 minutes per game through 34 appearances. [6] After the season, Killeya-Jones announced that he was transferring from Kentucky. [7] On May 15, 2018, he committed to continue his career at NC State and sit out his next season due to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) transfer rules. [8] On February 28, 2019, before becoming eligible to play, Killeya-Jones left NC State to pursue a professional career. [9]
In April 2019, Killeya-Jones joined Get Better Academy, a private basketball academy based in Prague. [10] He played 12 games for the academy team Sparta Praha of the 1.Liga, the second-tier Czech basketball league, and averaged 18.7 points and 8.3 rebounds per game. [11] On July 11, Killeya-Jones signed with Braunschweig of the Basketball Bundesliga, the top-tier German league, but never played an official game with the team. [12] For the 2019–20 season, he signed with Kalev/Cramo, an Estonian team competing in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League and VTB United League. [11] He averaged 10.3 points and 4.0 rebounds per game for the club. [13]
On July 13, 2020, Killeya-Jones signed with MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza of the Polish Basketball League. [14] He averaged 19 points, 8.9 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks per game, but left the team in January 2021.
On August 23, 2021, Killeya-Jones signed with Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. [15] In 2021–22, he led the league in scoring, averaging 18.4 points per game. [16]
On October 2, 2022, Killeya-Jones signed with the Oklahoma City Thunder as Sterling Brown was waived. [17] In his first preseason game with the Thunder, he recorded one block against Vlatko Čančar. After just one preseason game, he was waived on October 4. On November 3, he was named to the opening night roster for the Oklahoma City Blue. [18]
On June 30, 2023, Killeya-Jones signed with Surne Bilbao Basket of the Liga ACB. [19]
Killeya-Jones, who has a British-born mother, is a dual citizen of the United States and the United Kingdom. He represents Great Britain at the international level. Killeya-Jones attended the team's training camp for FIBA EuroBasket 2017. [20] He earned his first international cap against Ukraine in the Patras Tournament on 7 August 2017, but did not play, he was only 18-years-old. A few days later, Killeya-Jones saw action for the first time and scored 9 points vs Israel in a closed international test match. He played for Great Britain at FIBA EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers. [21]
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