Hunter Clarke
January 10, 2023
Isaiah Moss
- Nationality: USA
- Date of Birth: 8/10/96
- Place of Birth: Chicago, USA
- Position: GRD
- Height (CM): 197
- Weight (KG): 94
- Junior Assoc:
- College: Iowa (2016-2019) / Kansas (2019-2020)
- NBL DEBUT: 21/01/22
- AGE AT DEBUT: 25
- LAST NBL GAME: 11/04/22
- AGE AT LAST GAME: 25
- NBL History: Brisbane 2022
- Championships: 0
- None
BIO: Isaiah Moss was born in Chicago, USA.
NBL EXPERIENCE
Isaiah Moss made his NBL debut with the Brisbane Bullets at 25 years of age. He went scoreless in his first NBL game.
Coming off the back of finishing sixth last season, it was announced that Andrej Lemanis was leaving the side after five years as head coach. After considering assistant coach and former Bullets player CJ Bruton for the role, they instead brought in former Sydney Kings assistant James Duncan as the team’s new head coach.
The Bullets were also forced to re-tool their roster, making several changes to key personnel. While import Lamar Patterson returned, the Bullets lost Vic Law to Perth, and with BJ Johnson signing a NBA deal with Orlando, they were unable to retain him either. Local bigs Matt Hodgson (to Perth), Harry Froling (to Illawarra) and development player Callum Dalton (to Melbourne) all headed elsewhere, looking for better opportunities.
Brisbane re-signed Tyrell Harrison (two-year deal) and Jason Cadee (two-year deal) and filled the remaining gaps with international flavour, signing Chuanxing Liu (China), Jack Salt (New Zealand), Deng Deng (South Sudan), Next Star Tom Digbeu (France) and import Robert Franks (USA).
In the opening game of the season, the Bullets fell short against the JackJumpers in Tasmania (74-83). While the overtime loss didn’t end the team’s season, it set the tone for the Bullets, who saw single-digit losses pile up against the league’s top team’s all season.
As the competition hit the halfway mark, Brisbane’s record was 5-9, and with injuries to Harrison (elbow) and star guard Nathan Sobey (knee), Brisbane struggled to find any rhythm during the second half of the season with the duo missing 11 and 16 games respectively.
Robert Franks (18.2 points, 8.8 rebounds, and 1.6 assists) was the Bullets high scorer in 13 games, and leading vote getter for the Leroy Loggins MVP Award (Club MVP). While leading the team in scoring, he shot 50% from the field and 76% from the free-throw line and finished fifth in the league for points per game.
Patterson (16.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 1.0 steals), Sobey (16.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 3.5 assists), and Jason Cadee (10.4 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 4.9 assists) were the only other players scoring in double figures.
This season new head coach James Duncan wanted the Bullets to be better defensively, at the start of the season the 44-year-old would have been impressed with how his team was playing defensively. However, Brisbane wasn’t able to maintain it, and its defence fluctuated throughout the year, it finished the year as the worst defensive team, conceding 89.3 points per game and finishing first for turnovers, averaging 14.6 per game.
Although the Bullets did show small glimpses of potential under the reigns of new coach Duncan, Brisbane would miss the finals for the third straight year, finishing in eighth place (10-18). Moss would appear in 18 games for the Bullets, averaging 4.3 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 0.4 assists.
Isaiah Moss played one season in the NBL. He averaged 4.2 points, 1.5 rebounds, and 0.3 assists in 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | 25 | Brisbane | 10-18 (8) | 18 | 238.2 | 77 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 27 | 77 | 35% | 10 | 42 | 24% | 17 | 35 | 49% | 41% | 42% | 11 | Totals | 18 | 238 | 77 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 27 | 77 | 35.1% | 10 | 42 | 23.8% | 17 | 35 | 48.6% | 42% | 42% | 11 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | 25 | Brisbane | 10-18 (8) | 18 | 13.2 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 4.3 | 35% | 0.6 | 2.3 | 24% | 0.9 | 1.9 | 49% | 41% | 42% | 11 | Total | 18 | 13.2 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 4.3 | 35.1% | 0.0 | 23.8% | 0.6 | 2.3 | 48.6% | 42% | 42% | 11 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
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STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE
- Rockhampton (2022)
Moss joined Rockhampton for the 2022 NBL1 North season and made an early impact in Round 3, scoring 26 points, 11 rebounds and three assists while shooting 3/6 from three-point range in a 92–77 road win over Mackay. Rockhampton trailed 26–25 at quarter-time before moving ahead 46–41 by half-time and closing out the win after building a nine-point lead by three quarter-time.
Moss followed this the next week with 27 points, nine rebounds and six assists in a 97–91 win over Brisbane. He hit 4/7 from three-point range, and Rockhampton finished the game with a 24–15 fourth quarter after trailing by three points at three quarter-time.
Moss added another strong road performance in Round 5, finishing with 26 points, six rebounds and four assists while hitting four three-pointers as Rockhampton beat Townsville 100–91. The Rockets opened with a 32–18 first quarter, led 54–40 at half-time and improved to 4–1, with the team shooting 15/43 from three-point range in the win.
Moss backed up the next night against Cairns with 21 points and seven rebounds in a 103–97 loss as Rockhampton split its Round 5 double. The Rockets led 25–17 at quarter-time and were ahead 45–46 at half-time before Cairns took control with a 34–28 third quarter.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
- New Zealand - Otago (2021)
Isaiah Moss spent the 2021 season in New Zealand with the Otago Nuggets in the New Zealand National Basketball League after signing his first professional contract on 20 January 2021, and across 18 games he averaged 21.1 points (eighth highest in the league), 5.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists while playing 32.8 minutes per game and shooting 44.0 percent from the field, 37.4 percent from three-point range and 85.1 percent at the free throw line.
Moss produced early scoring bursts during the Otago campaign, including 33 points in his third game in a 108–96 win over the Manawatu Jets, and he later scored 28 points in Otago’s first win of the season, a 93–66 result against the Taranaki Airs where teammate Sam Timmins added 22 points, 18 rebounds and five assists, with Darcy Knox and Geremy McKay also featuring in the rotation and Richie Rodger among the players receiving official MVP votes from the game coverage.
COLLEGE
Moss redshirted at Iowa before getting on the floor as a redshirt freshman in 2016-17, when the Hawkeyes went 19-15 overall (10-8 Big Ten) under head coach Fran McCaffery and reached the NIT.
In that 2016-17 season at Iowa, Moss played 34 games and made 28 starts, averaging 6.5 points, 1.6 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 0.6 steals, and 0.4 blocks in 17.1 minutes per game while shooting 41.2% from the field, 35.8% from three, and 74.2% at the line.
Moss took on a bigger role as a sophomore in 2017-18, starting all 33 games for a 14-19 Iowa team (4-14 Big Ten) and producing 11.1 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game in 24.2 minutes, with a shooting line of 42.0% from the field, 44.4% from three, and 87.9% on free throws.
His 2017-18 campaign included a signature scoring burst on February 21, 2018 against Minnesota, when he set his career-high with 32 points in an 86-82 loss, highlighted by 19 points in the final 1:36 and a 19-point run in 96 seconds.
As a junior in 2018-19, Moss again started every game (35 starts in 35 appearances) for Iowa as the Hawkeyes finished 23-12 overall (10-10 Big Ten) and reached the NCAA Tournament, and he averaged 9.2 points, 2.9 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 0.9 steals, and 0.2 blocks in 24.1 minutes per game while shooting 39.9% from the field, 42.1% from three, and 79.1% at the foul line.
In 2018-19, he was Iowa’s co-winner of the team’s Most Improved Player award, ranked fourth in the Big Ten in three-point percentage (42.1%), recorded double-doubles of 12 points and 10 rebounds against Nebraska (with five assists) and again against Maryland, and had a 21-point game versus Illinois that featured a career-high six assists with zero turnovers while going 5-for-6 from three.
Moss closed his Iowa career with NCAA Tournament games against Cincinnati (5 points in 23 minutes in a 79-72 win) and Tennessee (16 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 steals in 29 minutes in an 83-77 overtime loss), and he finished his three playing seasons at Iowa with 906 career points before transferring as a graduate to Kansas for 2019-20.
At Kansas in 2019-20, Moss played 30 games with nine starts for a Jayhawks team coached by Bill Self that went 28-3 overall (17-1 Big 12) and won the Big 12 regular-season title before the Big 12 Tournament and NCAA Tournament were canceled, and he averaged 7.9 points, 2.3 rebounds, 0.6 assists, and 0.5 steals in 24.6 minutes per game while shooting 38.7% from the field, 34.8% from three, and 91.2% at the line.
His Kansas season included a season-high 21 points versus UNC Greensboro on November 8, 2019 with 5-for-6 three-point shooting, a 20-point game at Oklahoma on January 14, 2020 in his first KU start while hitting 6-of-11 from deep and playing a career-high 38 minutes, his 1,000th career point coming against Baylor on January 11, 2020, Big 12 Newcomer of the Week honors on January 20, 2020, and he ended his NCAA career with 1,144 total points across 132 games for Iowa and Kansas combined.
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