Jackson Thomas "Buddy" Boeheim (born November 11, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Motor City Cruise of the NBA G League. He played for Syracuse Orange of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). He is the son of Hall of Fame basketball coach Jim Boeheim.
![]() Boeheim with Syracuse in 2020 | |
No. 27 – Detroit Pistons | |
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Position | Shooting guard |
League | NBA |
Personal information | |
Born | (1999-11-11) November 11, 1999 (age 23) Fayetteville, New York, U.S. |
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Career information | |
High school |
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College | Syracuse (2018–2022) |
NBA draft | 2022 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2022–present |
Career history | |
2022–present | Detroit Pistons |
2022–present | →Motor City Cruise |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Boeheim attended Jamesville-DeWitt High School in DeWitt, New York.[1] As a junior, he averaged 26.3 points and 9.8 rebounds per game, leading his team to a Class A Section III title, and was named All-Central New York Large School Player of the Year.[2] For his senior season, Boeheim transferred to Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, where he served as team captain.[3] He committed to playing college basketball at Syracuse, where his father was serving as head coach, over offers from Gonzaga and UMass.[4]
Boeheim came off the bench in his freshman season at Syracuse, averaging 6.8 points per game.[5] He entered the starting lineup as a sophomore and averaged 15.3 points.[6][7] On March 11, 2021, Boeheim scored a career-high 31 points in a 72–69 loss to Virginia at the ACC tournament quarterfinals.[8] In his next game, on March 19, he scored 30 points in a 78–62 first round win over sixth-seeded San Diego State at the NCAA tournament.[9] As a junior, Boeheim averaged 17.8 points and 2.6 assists per game, while shooting 38.3 percent from three-point range.[10] He was named to the First Team All-ACC as a senior.[11]
After going undrafted in the 2022 NBA draft, Boeheim signed a two-way contract with the Detroit Pistons.[12] Boeheim later joined the Pistons' 2022 NBA Summer League team.[13] In his Summer League debut, Boeheim scored no points, going 0-for-2 from the field in around nine minutes in an 81–78 win against the Portland Trail Blazers.[14] Four nights later he scored a team-high 18 points for the Pistons in a loss to the Indiana Pacers.[15]
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 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2018–19 | Syracuse | 32 | 5 | 17.1 | .381 | .353 | .788 | 1.6 | 1.0 | .6 | .1 | 6.8 |
2019–20 | Syracuse | 32 | 32 | 35.6 | .407 | .370 | .714 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.1 | .2 | 15.3 |
2020–21 | Syracuse | 25 | 25 | 36.2 | .433 | .383 | .849 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.3 | .0 | 17.8 |
2021–22 | Syracuse | 32 | 32 | 38.0 | .406 | .341 | .884 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 1.5 | .1 | 19.2 |
Career | 121 | 94 | 31.5 | .410 | .362 | .827 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.1 | .1 | 14.6 |
His father is Hall of Fame basketball coach Jim Boeheim, for whom he played at Syracuse.[6][16][17] Two of his siblings play college basketball: his older brother, Jimmy, who played with him at Syracuse, and his twin sister, Jamie, at Rochester.[18][19]
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Motor City Cruise current roster | |
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