Jason Calliste
| File:Jason Calliste.jpg Calliste playing for Oregon | |
| No. 2 – Moncton Magic | |
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| Position | Point guard |
| League | Basketball Super League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | January 27, 1990 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Quality Education Academy (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| College |
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| NBA draft | 2014: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2014–present |
| Career history | |
| 2014–2015 | Maine Red Claws |
| 2015–2016 | BK Barons |
| 2016–2017 | Maine Red Claws |
| 2017 | KW Titans |
| 2017 | Palencia Baloncesto |
| 2018–present | Moncton Magic |
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| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Jason Ryan Calliste[1] (born January 27, 1990) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Moncton Magic of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC).
Early life
[edit | edit source]Calliste is from Toronto and his father Jude runs an appliance-repair business in Ontario. Calliste moved to North Carolina to attend prep school.[2]
College career
[edit | edit source]Calliste played basketball at Detroit for four years and earned a communications degree.[2] In his last season with the Titans, Calliste averaged 14.4 points, 3.3 assists, and 3.1 rebounds per game. He took advantage of the graduate transfer rule and moved to Oregon for his final season of eligibility.[3] He came off the bench to help the Ducks to an NCAA tournament appearance.[2] Calliste averaged 12.4 points and 2.0 rebounds per game in his only season in Eugene.[4] His best game was a 31-point performance on December 22, 2013, in a 100–96 overtime win over BYU.[5]
Professional career
[edit | edit source]Calliste played his first professional season with the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Development League. In the 2015–16 season he played for BK Barons of Riga. In 2016, he rejoined the Red Claws.[6] Later in the season, he returned to Canada to play for the KW Titans. In September he joined the Spanish team Palencia Baloncesto.[7] In January 2018, Calliste joined the Moncton Magic and averaged 9.3 points and 2.7 rebounds per game in 34 games.[8] In the 2018–19 season, Calliste averaged 9.4 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game. He was named to the All-Canadian Third Team.[9] During the 2019–20 season, Calliste averaged 11.9 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game, earning All-Canadian First Team honors.[10]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- 1990 births
- Living people
- Basketball players from Toronto
- BK Barons players
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia
- Canadian men's basketball players
- Detroit Mercy Titans men's basketball players
- KW Titans players
- Maine Red Claws players
- Moncton Magic players
- Oregon Ducks men's basketball players
- Palencia Baloncesto players
- Point guards
- Sportspeople from Scarborough, Ontario
- 21st-century Canadian sportsmen