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Dwayne Lee Bacon Jr. (born August 30, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. He has also played for the Charlotte Hornets and the Orlando Magic in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Bacon played college basketball for the Florida State Seminoles.

Dwayne Bacon

Bacon with the Charlotte Hornets in 2019
No. 24 – Panathinaikos
Position	Small forward
League	Greek Basket League EuroLeague
Personal information
Born	(1995-08-30) August 30, 1995 (age 27) Lakeland, Florida, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	221 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	McKeel Academy (Lakeland, Florida) Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Virginia)
College	Florida State (2015–2017)
NBA draft	2017 / Round: 2 / Pick: 40th overall
Selected by the New Orleans Pelicans
Playing career	2017–present
Career history
2017–2020	Charlotte Hornets
2017–2020	→ Greensboro Swarm
2020–2021	Orlando Magic
2021–2022	AS Monaco
2022–present	Panathinaikos
Career highlights and awards
Second-team All-ACC (2017) McDonald's All-American (2015) First-team Parade All-American (2015)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

High school career

Dwayne Bacon attended the McKeel Academy in his native Lakeland, Florida until transferring to the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida for his junior season. At Mckeel Academy, Bacon averaged 23 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals as a sophomore in 2012–2013. He led Mckeel to a 17–8 overall record and to the FHSAA championship tournament regional semifinals in 2013. In his junior season of 2013–2014 at IMG Academy Bacon was IMG's leading scorer. In his only season at IMG he averaged 19.3 ppg and led in assist with 4.0 apg while shooting 42% from the field and 70% from the free throw line in 12 games played.[1] Bacon transferred to the Oak Hill Academy for his senior season.[2] On September 5, 2014. Dwayne Bacon committed to Florida State over offers from Oklahoma State, Georgia Tech, and Auburn.[3] In his senior year at Oak Hill, Dwayne Bacon led Oak Hill to an undefeated regular season with a record of 45–0 and averaged 24.4 points per game, 4.4 rebounds per game, 3.4 assists per game, and 2.2 steals per game. He was ranked 14th on ESPN 100.[4] Bacon played for the Showtime Ballers AAU program based in Orlando for three seasons.

College career

Dwayne Bacon signed with Florida State on September 5, 2015. As a freshman at Florida State Bacon received the National Freshman of the week honors from CBS Sports on November 21. He was a three time ACC rookie of the week (Nov 16, Dec 21 and 28). In his first career game Bacon had 23 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 assist. Bacon achieved his first career win over Charleston Southern with 20 points and 10 rebounds.[1] He appeared in every game during the 2015–16 season for the Seminoles and averaged 15.8 points and 5.8 rebounds over 28.8 minutes per game. On March 23, Bacon announced via Twitter that he would test his draft status for the 2016 NBA draft. He did not hire an agent and retained his amateur status and the ability to return to Florida State for the 2016–17 season.[5] However, on March 28 he announced he will return to college.[6]

During his sophomore season, Bacon was named a member of the All-ACC second team for his work with Florida State that season. After his team was eliminated from the 2017 NCAA tournament, Bacon declared for the 2017 NBA draft (with a commitment that he'd sign with an agent soon afterward) on March 22, 2017.

Professional career

Charlotte Hornets (2017–2020)

On June 22, 2017, Bacon was selected by the New Orleans Pelicans with the 40th overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft. He was later traded to the Charlotte Hornets on draft night.[7] On July 6, 2017, he signed with the Hornets.[8] Dwayne Bacon made his debut in the NBA on October 18, 2017, with a loss against the Detroit Pistons, scoring 8 points with 2 rebounds and 2 assists. Bacon scored a career high 18 points against the San Antonio Spurs on November 3, 2017, with 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal. On December 26, 2017, Bacon and Malik Monk got assigned from the Hornets to the Greensboro Swarm. Later, Julyan Stone got assigned from the Hornets to the Swarm. On that same day, Bacon got assigned back to the Charlotte Hornets from the Swarm.

Orlando Magic (2020–2021)

On November 24, 2020, Bacon signed with his hometown team, the Orlando Magic.[9] On March 28, Bacon scored a career-high 26 points in a 96–93 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. He later then scored a career-high 28 points in a 122–112 loss to the Charlotte Hornets.

On August 8, 2021, the Magic waived Bacon.[10] Eleven days later, he signed with the New York Knicks,[11] but was waived on October 14.[12]

AS Monaco Basket (2021–2022)

On October 26, 2021, Bacon signed with AS Monaco Basket of the French LNB Pro A.[13]

On September 26, 2022, Bacon signed with the Los Angeles Lakers.[14] He was waived on October 8, 2022.[15]

Panathinaikos (2022–present)

On October 21, 2022, Bacon officially signed a two-year deal with Greek club Panathinaikos.[16]

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

NBA

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2017–18	Charlotte	53	6	13.5	.375	.256	.899	2.3	.7	.3	.0	3.3
2018–19	Charlotte	43	13	17.7	.475	.437	.739	2.1	1.1	.3	.1	7.3
2019–20	Charlotte	39	11	17.6	.348	.284	.660	2.6	1.3	.6	.1	5.7
2020–21	Orlando	72	50	25.7	.402	.285	.824	3.1	1.3	.6	.1	10.9
Career		207	80	19.4	.402	.314	.780	2.6	1.1	.5	.1	7.3

College

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2015–16	Florida State	34	32	28.8	.447	.281	.714	5.8	1.5	1.0	.0	15.8
2016–17	Florida State	35	35	28.8	.452	.333	.754	4.2	1.7	1.0	.1	17.2
Career		69	67	28.8	.449	.312	.733	5.0	1.6	1.0	.1	16.5

References

External links

• Florida State Seminoles bio

На других языках

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Dwayne Lee Bacon, Jr. (Lakeland, Florida, 30 de agosto de 1995) es un baloncestista estadounidense que actualmente se encuentra sin equipo. Con 2,01 metros de estatura, juega en la posición de escolta .

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