| Free Agent | |
|---|---|
| Guard | |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | May 1, 1987 |
| Place of birth | Rockville, Maryland |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | University of Connecticut |
| Pro career | 2010–present |
| Career history | |
| 2010-11 | Tulsa 66ers |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| 2010 Third Team All-Big East | |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Basketball | ||
| Competitor for United States | ||
| Pan American Games | ||
| Bronze | 2011 Guadalajara | National team |
Jerome Dyson (born May 1, 1987) is an American professional basketball player. He also played professionally with the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA Development League. He played college basketball with the University of Connecticut Huskies.
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Dyson grew up in Potomac, Maryland's Scotland neighborhood.[1] He attended Winston Churchill High School in Potomac for his first two years of high school before transferring to Proctor Academy in Andover, New Hampshire for his final two years. While at Proctor, Dyson matured and was recruited to play basketball with the University of Connecticut Huskies under coach Jim Calhoun. During his freshman season at UConn, Dyson was compared by Calhoun to NBA players and UConn alumni Ray Allen and Richard Hamilton.[1] During his sophomore season, he and teammate Doug Wiggins were caught by on-campus police in a car with alcohol and a small amount of marijuana. He was eventually reinstated. In February 2009 during his junior year, he was tore a lateral meniscus in his right knee in an on-court collision with Syracuse University guard Andy Rautins. At the time of the injury, he had started all 24 games for the Huskies, scoring in double figures 18 times and averaging 13.2 points per game.[2] He returned the following season and scored 17.7 points and 4.4 assists per game. In March 2010, the Sporting News named Dyson their 2010 Comeback Player of the Year.[3]
Dyson went undrafted in the 2010 NBA Draft and played with the Oklahoma City Thunder during the 2010 preseason before being cut. He then signed with the Thunder's NBA Development League affiliate, the Tulsa 66ers. He appeared in 47 games with the 66ers, starting 10. He averaged 15.5 points and 27.3 minutes per game and was the team's leading scorer..[4][5] Following the season, Dyson was named to the United States men's national basketball team for the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. Dyson averaged 11.4 points, including a team high 19 against Uruguay. The team, comprised entirely of non-NBA players due to the 2011 NBA lockout, finished with the bronze medal.[5]
Through six games in the 2011-12 season with the 66ers, Dyson started all of the games, scoring 19.7 points in 32.5 minutes per game.[4] On December 9, Dyson was among nine players added to the training camp roster of the New Orleans Hornets.[6]
Dyson's mother, Julie Harriday, is a pastor at the Immanuel Church of God in Germantown, Maryland.[1]