Othyus Jeffers

Othyus Jeffers
Othyus Jeffers
Jeffers with the Wizards
No. 12   Washington Wizards
Shooting guard / Small forward
Personal information
Date of birth August 5, 1985 (1985-08-05) (age 26)
Place of birth Chicago, Illinois, United States
Nationality American
High school Westinghouse HS (Chicago, Illinois)
Hubbard HS (Chicago, Illinois)
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
College Los Angeles Southwest (2003–2004)
Illinois-Chicago (2005–2007)
Robert Morris (Illinois) (2007–2008)
NBA Draft 2008 / Undrafted
Pro career 2008–present
Career history
2008–2009 Iowa Energy (D-League)
2009 NGC Cantù (Italy)
2010 Iowa Energy (D-League)
2010 Utah Jazz
2010–2011 Iowa Energy (D-League)
2011 San Antonio Spurs
2011–present Washington Wizards
Career highlights and awards
Othyus Jeffers at NBA.com

Othyus Jeffers (born August 5, 1985) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Washington Wizards in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Jeffers played college basketball with the University of Illinois at Chicago for two years, before transferring to Robert Morris University for his senior season. He then started his professional career with the Iowa Energy in the NBA Development League (NBA D-League), a minor league basketball organization owned and run by the NBA. During his time in the D-League, he has twice received a call-up to the NBA and has played for the Utah Jazz and the San Antonio Spurs. He has also spent a short stint in Italy with NGC Cantù.

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Early life

Othyus Jeffers was born in Chicago, Illinois to Geraldine Allen. He grew up in the Chicago's West Side. His three older brothers, Henry Allen, Gerome Allen and Edmund Allen, all played basketball in high school and Jeffers often attended his brothers' games and practice. In 1993, when Jeffers was in the third grade, Gerome was shot to death near the family's apartment. Nine years later, during his senior year at Hubbard High School, he lost another brother. Edmund was shot to death in another shooting incident nearby. However, the incident did not stop him from playing basketball, as he and his half-brother and high school teammate, Standell King, attended practice just a day after the incident.[1][2]

Prior to attending Hubbard, Jeffers attended and played basketball with Westinghouse High School. He transferred to Hubbard as a sophomore and continued to play basketball there. He averaged 22 points and 11 rebounds per game as a junior. In his senior season, he led Hubbard to IHSA Regional and Sectional titles while averaging 28 points and 16 rebounds per game. He graduated as the school's all-time leading rebounder with 1,987 rebounds.[3]

College career

Community college and Illinois-Chicago

Jeffers, who did not qualify academically for an National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I scholarship, opted to attend Los Angeles Southwest College, a community college near the city of Los Angeles. He starred and averaged 22.3 points and 10.7 rebounds as a freshmen. However, after a year, he returned home to Chicago and transferred to the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). He was reportedly rejected offers from Big East and Big 12 conference schools and chose to attend Illinois-Chicago in order to be close with his family who lived nearby the school. He started his college career with the UIC Flames in 2005, after sitting out the 2004–05 season while establishing academic eligibility.[3][4]

In the 2005–06 season, Jeffers played in all 31 games, 30 as a starter. He led the Flames in rebounding (7.6 rebounds per game) and assists (3.0 assists per game) while also ranked second in scoring with 11.6 points per game. He also won the Horizon League Newcomer of The Year awards for his debut season with the Flames. He improved his performance in his junior season by averaging 15.4 points, 8.6 rebounds and 2,6 assists per game in 32 games, all as a starter. He recorded a career-high 27 points and 14 rebounds at the University of Pennsylvania on December 21, 2005. He led the team in both scoring and rebounding and was named in the All-Horizon League First Team. However, he had a difficult relationship and frequently clashed with head coach Jimmy Collins.[3][1]

Shooting incident

A few weeks after his junior season finished, Jeffers was shot in the leg while trying to defend his sister from Andre Childs, his sister's boyfriend. His sister earlier called Jeffers for help in a dispute against Childs. Jeffers came to his sister's defense and confronted Childs. After a fight, Childs allegedly pulled a gun fired several shots. Two bullets hit both Jeffers and his sister. Jeffers was shot in the left thigh and his sister was hit in the left calf. Jeffers and his sister survived and Childs was later arrested and charged with attempted murder.[1][2][5]

Jeffers was fortunate that the bullet went through his thigh without hitting any major arteries. He left the hospital that night after getting treatment, even though the doctor wanted him to stay overnight for further observation. Jeffers, who wanted to play basketball as soon as possible, was supposed to use crutches for three weeks but he only used them for three days. He then began to play basketball again in less than a month.[1][2][5]

Robert Morris University

After the shooting incident, combined with his conflict with coach Collins, Jeffers transferred schools once again.[1] He transferred to Robert Morris University who played in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). By transferring from an NCAA school to an NAIA school, Jeffers did not have to sit out another season. He also switched his major from psychology/sociology to business major. He concluded his college career there by averaging 24.0 points, 11.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game as a senior. He led the RMU Eagles to a Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) championship and was named as the CCAC Player of the Year. He then played in the NAIA Basketball Tournament, leading the Eagles to the Final Four, where they were defeated by the Concordia University. Despite failing to win the championship, Jeffers was named as NAIA Player of the Year by The Sporting News and as co-Player of the Year the Basketball Times.[6]

Professional career

2008–09 season

Jeffers was automatically eligible for the 2008 NBA Draft after finishing his four-year college eligibility. However, he went undrafted. He then signed a contract to play in the NBA Development League (D-League) and became eligible for the 2008 D-League Draft. On November 7, 2008, Jeffers was selected 47th overall in the third round by the Iowa Energy.[7] On February 11, 2009, after playing 24 games while averaging 19.9 points and 8.9 rebounds with the Energy, Jeffers was selected to the D-League All-Star Game roster.[8] In the game, he scored 14 points as his team, the Red Team, defeated the Blue Team 113–103.[9] He also participated in the D-League Dream Factory Friday Night Slam Dunk Contest, but was eliminated in the first round.[10] He averaged 20.9 points on 53.5 percent shooting, 9.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game in 47 games and was named as the Rookie of the Year for the 2008–09 season.[11] He played one game in the D-League playoffs as the Energy was eliminated in the first round by the Dakota Wizards

2009–10 season

During the offseason, he was selected to play with the NBA D-League Select Team in the NBA Summer League.[12] He played in two games, averaging 20.5 points and 7.0 rebounds in 23.0 minutes per game.[13] After failing to earn a spot in the NBA teams' training camp, he opted to play overseas with the NGC Cantù in Italy. He left Cantù in December 2009 after only playing in 10 games while averaging 9.3 points and 5.7 rebounds per game.[14]

He returned to the D-League and rejoined the Iowa Energy on January 9, 2010.[15] On March 3, 2010, Jeffers was signed to a 10-day contract by the Utah Jazz. Prior to the call-up, he was averaging 14.3 points and 6.8 rebounds per game in 22 games with the Energy.[6] He made his first NBA appearance on March 6, 2010 in a game against the Los Angeles Clippers. He then signed a second 10-day contract on March 14, 2010.[16] After playing in seven games for the Jazz, he was signed for the remainder of the season on March 24, 2010.[17] He played 10 games with the Jazz, averaging 2.6 points and 1.4 rebounds per game in 5.1 minutes per game. He also played 6 games in the playoffs.

2010–11 season

Jeffers remained on the Jazz roster throughout the 2010 NBA Summer League, the training camp and the preseason games. In the Summer League, he played in five games and averaged 7.6 points and 3.6 rebounds in 19.2 minutes per game.[18] He then played in five preseason games, averaging 6.4 points and 2.4 rebounds in 8.6 minutes per game. However, he was waived before the start of the season.[19] He then returned to the Iowa Energy for the 2010–11 season.[20] On February 3, 2011, Jeffers, who was leading the league in scoring with 21.1 points per game, received his second selection to the D-League All-Star Game.[21] In the game, he scored 14 points as his team, the Eastern Conference All-Stars, defeated the Western Conference All-Stars 115–108.[22]

After playing in 37 games and averaging 21.2 points on 48.0 percent shooting, 9.0 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game, Jeffers was called-up to the San Antonio Spurs. He signed a 10-day contract with them on March 4, 2011.[23] He played only one game with the Spurs before he returned to the Energy on March 13. He played one more game with the Energy before he was signed by the Washington Wizards on March 17, 2011.[24] He signed his second 10-day contracts with the Wizards on March 27, 2011.[25] On April 6, 2011 he was finally signed for the remainder of the season.[26] He scored 15 points, in a game against the Miami Heat on March 20, 2011, his first double-figure scoring game in the NBA. Two days later, he started his first NBA game in a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. He recorded his first double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds on April 9, 2011. He played 16 games with the Wizards, averaging 5.7 points and 4.1 rebounds per game in 13.0 minutes per game. Although he ended the season with the Wizards in the NBA, Jeffers was named to the All NBA D-League Second Team and the NBA D-League All-Defensive First Team.[27][28]

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  Bold  Career high

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2005–06 Illinois-Chicago 31 30 32.3 .488 .000 .530 7.6 3.0 1.0 .6 11.6
2006–07 Illinois-Chicago 32 32 33.0 .469 .167 .665 8.6 2.6 1.7 .2 15.4
2007–08 Robert Morris (Illinois) 33 29.5 .602 .682 8.8 3.3 21.5
Career 96 31.6 .528 .636 8.4 2.9 16.3

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009–10 Utah 14 0 5.1 .414 .000 .684 1.4 .1 .3 .0 2.6
2010–11 San Antonio 1 0 11.6 .333 .000 .000 2.0 1.0 .0 .0 2.2
2010–11 Washington 16 1 13.0 .484 .250 .652 4.1 1.2 1.1 .0 5.7
Career 31 1 12.7 .457 .250 .662 2.8 .7 .7 .1 4.2

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010 Utah 6 0 1.7 .167 .000 .000 0.2 .0 .0 .0 0.3
Career 6 0 1.7 .167 .000 .000 0.2 .0 .0 .0 0.3

D-League

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–09 Iowa 47 32 37.9 .535 .286 .735 9.0 2.8 2.1 .4 21.0
2009–10 Iowa 22 16 29.2 .510 .167 .663 6.8 1.9 1.8 .3 14.3
2010–11 Iowa 38 37 38.2 .482 .311 .731 9.1 3.1 1.9 .2 21.1
Career 107 85 36.2 .510 .301 .724 8.6 2.7 2.0 .3 19.7

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009 Iowa 1 1 43.0 .722 .000 .714 14.0 4.0 1.0 2.0 31.0
Career 1 1 43.0 .722 .000 .714 14.0 4.0 1.0 2.0 31.0

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