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July 23, 2020
Jermaine Blackburn
- Nationality: USA
- Date of Birth: 8/02/83
- Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri (USA)
- Position: G/F
- Height (CM): 201
- Weight (KG): 95
- Junior Assoc: None
- College: Missouri State-West Plains (2001-2003) / Boise State (2003-2005)
- NBL DEBUT: 2/09/05
- AGE AT DEBUT: 22
- LAST NBL GAME: 29/10/05
- AGE AT LAST GAME: 22
- NBL History: West Sydney 2006
- Championships: 0
- None
BIO: Jermaine Blackburn, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, played junior college basketball for two seasons after graduating from Hazelwood Central High School.
NBL EXPERIENCE
Jermaine Blackburn made his NBL debut with the West Sydney Razorbacks at 22 years of age. He scored 23 points in his first game.
Since 2005, Blackburn has played in various professional and semi-professional basketball League. He was released after just 11 games for the Razorbacks.
Other stints have included the CBA for the East Kentucky Miners and Yakama Sun Kings (for whom he was a CBA All-Star in 2008), the American Basketball Association for the Southeast Texas Mavericks, the Snohomish County Explosion in the International Basketball League as well as the NBA Development League Idaho Stampede.
Jermaine Blackburn played one season in the NBL. He averaged 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 2.6 assists in 11 NBL games.
NBL TOTAL STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-06 | 23 | West Sydney | 5-27 (11) | 11 | 404.0 | 198 | 55 | 29 | 26 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 30 | 21 | 82 | 182 | 45% | 15 | 50 | 30% | 19 | 40 | 48% | 49% | 49% | 33 | Totals | 11 | 404 | 198 | 55 | 29 | 26 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 30 | 21 | 82 | 182 | 45.1% | 15 | 50 | 30.0% | 19 | 40 | 47.5% | 50% | 49% | 33 |
NBL PER GAME STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-06 | 23 | West Sydney | 5-27 (11) | 11 | 36.7 | 18.0 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 7.5 | 16.5 | 45% | 1.4 | 4.5 | 30% | 1.7 | 3.6 | 48% | 49% | 49% | 33 | Total | 11 | 36.7 | 18.0 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 7.5 | 16.5 | 45.1% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30.0% | 1.4 | 4.5 | 47.5% | 50% | 49% | 33 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 33 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
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INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Canada - Laval Kebs (2011–2012), Saint John Mill Rats (2012, 2013–2014), London Lightning (2012–2013)
Blackburn played in Canada’s National Basketball League in it;s inaugural 2011–12 season with the Quebec Kebs, where he played 17 games and averaged 12.47 points on 46% shooting and 4.2 rebounds per game before moving at the transaction deadline on February 17, 2012 to the Saint John Mill Rats, with head coach Jaren Jackson noting his ability to create offense off the dribble as Saint John adjusted its roster during the deadline window.
After joining Saint John late in 2012, he produced 16.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game on 59% shooting across seven games, and Saint John then narrowly lost both games of a best-of-three playoff series to the London Lightning by an average of 3.5 points.
Blackburn spent the 2012–13 season with the London Lightning and in 40 games averaged 12.3 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game while shooting .464 from three-point range and .872 at the foul line, and during that season he led the NBL Canada in both free-throw percentage (.883) and three-point percentage (.472) as London won the league championship with Marvin Phillips named Finals MVP.
He agreed to return to Saint John on October 28, 2013, with the club noting his earlier playoff run against London and listing veteran teammates around the group including Anthony Anderson, Will Blalock and Tyrone Levett, and during the 2013–14 NBL Canada season he played 36 games for Saint John and averaged 12.9 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.1 steals per game, including a December 14, 2013 game where he led the Mill Rats with 25 points while Anthony Anderson scored 24 and Casey Love added 18.
COLLEGE
Blackburn played two junior-college seasons at Missouri State University–West Plains from 2001 to 2003 before transferring to Boise State in the Western Athletic Conference, an NCAA Division I program.
At Missouri State University–West Plains in 2001/02, Blackburn averaged 10.4 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game, then raised his production in 2002/03 to 15.8 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game across the season.
One early 2002/03 example of his West Plains output came on November 29, 2002 against Barton County, when he scored 21 points in 38 minutes, shooting 7-for-16 from the field with 2 rebounds, 4 assists, and 1 steal recorded in the box score.
After transferring to Boise State, Blackburn appeared in 27 games for the Broncos in 2003/04 and averaged 13.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game while playing 26.9 minutes per night, and his shooting splits for the season were 49.3% from the field, 30.5% on three-pointers, and 68.8% at the free-throw line.
In that first Boise State season, he helped the Broncos reach the Sweet 16 of the 2004 National Invitation Tournament, a run that included an 84–69 win over UNLV, a 73–70 win over Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and a 66–53 loss at Marquette on March 23, 2004 to end Boise State’s postseason at 23–10 overall.
Blackburn’s senior season at Boise State in 2004/05 featured 34 games at 32.8 minutes per game, and he led the team in scoring at 15.4 points per game while adding 4.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game with season splits of 43.1% from the field, 33.6% from three, and 69.6% at the line, along with 0.7 steals, 0.3 blocks, and 3.4 turnovers per contest.
Boise State entered the 2005 WAC Men’s Basketball Tournament as the #8 seed and made the championship game, highlighted by a 73–72 second-round win over Nevada on March 10, 2005 in which Blackburn scored 16 points and made the decisive basket in the final seconds, followed by an 86–85 semifinal win over Fresno State on March 11 to continue the Broncos’ run in Reno.
The tournament ended in the title game loss to #2 UTEP, 91–78, and Blackburn’s postseason was recognized with a place on the WAC All-Tournament Team as Boise State finished the 2004/05 season 16–18 overall (6–12 in WAC play) with Blackburn’s 523 points (15.4 per game) pacing the Broncos across his 34 appearances.
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