David Moss (basketball)

David Moss
No. 34 – EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
Position Shooting guard / Small forward
League Italian League
Euroleague
Personal information
Born September 9, 1983
South Holland, Illinois
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school Thornwood (South Holland, Illinois)
College Indiana State (2002–2006)
NBA draft 2006 / Undrafted
Pro career 2006–present
Career history
2006–2007 Polpak Swiecie
2007–2008 Aurora Basket Jesi
2008–2009 Teramo Basket
2009–2010 Virtus Bologna
2010–2013 Montepaschi Siena
2013–present Emporio Armani Milano
Career highlights and awards

David Jerard Moss (born September 9, 1983) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Emporio Armani Milano of the Italian League. He is a 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) shooting guard-small forward. His agent is a former professional basketball player John Greig.

Amateur career

Moss attended Thornwood High School in South Holland, Illinois, USA. There he played basketball, soccer, tennis, and track & field. He played collegiate basketball at Indiana State University, where he played with the Indiana State Sycamores in the Missouri Valley Conference. While there, he was named Conference Freshman of the Year, and earned All-Conference Team honors all four years. He finished as the school's fifth all-time leading scorer, with 1,562 points career points scored.

Professional career

Moss went undrafted by an NBA team and started his professional career in the 2006–07 season in the Polish League, playing with Polpak Swiecie. Following that season, he played in the NBA Summer League with the Atlanta Hawks. Not able to make the team, he went back to Europe to play in the Italian Second Division, with Aurora Jesi, during the 2007-08 season. With Jesi, he won the Italian Second Division Cup.

The following season, 2008–09, he played with Teramo Basket in the Italian First Division, and enjoyed great success there, finishing second in the league MVP voting to Terrell McIntyre.[1] After playing in the 2009 NBA Summer League with the Portland Trail Blazers, he signed a three-year contract with the Italian club Montepaschi Siena,[2] but he first joined Virtus Bologna on a sports loan, until the end of the contract's first season.

With Montepaschi Siena, Moss helped the team to win eight national domestic titles; winning 3 Italian League championships (2011, 2012, 2013), 3 Italian Cup titles (2011, 2012, 2013), and 2 Italian Supercup titles (2010, 2011). He was also named an Italian League All-Star for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons.

On July 29, 2013, Moss officially signed a two-year contract with Emporio Armani Milano.[3][4]

Euroleague career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season, he also played in domestic competition.

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2010–11 Montepaschi 22 20 21.4 .477 .452 .806 2.4 1.8 1.4 .4 7.6 7.4
2011–12 Montepaschi 20 15 22.7 .455 .420 .870 2.5 1.1 .9 .3 8.2 6.8
2012–13 Montepaschi 24 24 30.8 .420 .396 .875 4.0 1.5 .7 .0 9.8 8.7
2013–14 Milano 26 16 24.9 .451 .364 .806 3.6 1.5 1.0 .1 7.3 7.6
2014–15 Milano 23 13 21.1 .398 .333 .773 3.1 1.2 .7 .1 5.0 5.0
Career 115 88 24.3 .440 .384 .824 3.2 1.4 .9 .2 7.6 7.2

Assault controversy

In October 2010, Moss was accused of sexual assault on a woman. Moss admits he met the woman on a Lufthansa flight in Europe and later went on a date. The woman stated that Moss made advances on her inside the house that were rejected, but later in a secluded car Moss forced himself on her. Bruises were found on the accuser's body; also internal bruises were found by doctors. Moss maintains that he is innocent of all charges.[5][6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "McIntyre MVP of Italian Serie A". Sportando.com. May 11, 2009. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  2. ↑ "MONTEPASCHI tabs forward David Moss". Euroleague.net. July 10, 2009. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  3. ↑ "EA7 EMPORIO ARMANI inks Moss". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Olimpia Milano announced David Moss". Sportando. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  5. ↑ Gazzetta.it David Moss accusato di stupro Avrebbe violentato una hostess (Italian).
  6. ↑ Blitzquotidiano.it Violenza sessuale: hostess denuncia per stupro il giocatore di basket David Moss (Italian).
  7. ↑ Unionesarda.it Basket: accuse di stupro a un giocatore della Montepaschi Siena (Italian).
  8. ↑ VIP.it Hostess accusa di violenza sessuale un giocatore di basket (Italian).

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