By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Panathinaikos announced that Jacob Wiley has signed a one-year deal with the club.
The 24-year-old American joined Gran Canaria in February and averaged ten points along with 2.6 rebounds over seven Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games. In Spanish League, he posted 16.5 points, 5.1 boards and one assist per game.
Per Panathinaikos:
Panathinaikos BC announces the agreement for an one-year contract with Jacob Wiley.
Jacob Wiley was born in September 4, 1994 who played college basketball for the Montana Grizzlies, Lewis–Clark State Warriors, and Eastern Washington Eagles. During his first and only year at Montana, he averaged a very discouraging 1.0 point and 3.0 minutes per game with Montana, including tying a team-high 5 points in a blowout 81–34 2013 NCAA Tournament loss to Syracuse. He started over his basketball career, transferring to Lewis–Clark State in the NAIA.
His first year at Lewis–Clark led to Wiley earning All-Conference honors and was named an All-American honorable mention there. During his junior year at Lewis–Clark, he was named a First-Team NAIA All-American and helped the program win its first ever NAIA Tournament Championship. After that, he transferred to Eastern Washington to try and earn a master’s degree while also playing basketball. In 2016–17, during his only year at Eastern Washington, Wiley was named the Big Sky Conference Player of the Year after averaging 20.2 points, 9.2 rebounds, 2.8 blocks, and 2.3 assists per game for the Eagles.
After going undrafted in the 2017 NBA draft, Wiley played with the Brooklyn Nets during the 2017 NBA Summer League. He later signed a two-way contract with the Nets on August 14, 2017. Under the terms of the deal, he would split time with Brooklyn and their NBA G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets. He made his NBA debut on October 29, 2017, playing four minutes and recording two rebounds in a 124–111 loss over the Denver Nuggets. On January 15, 2018, he was waived by the Nets. He also appeared in 16 games with Long Island, averaging 7.8 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 20.6 minutes per contest.
On March 4, 2018, Wiley signed with MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg of the Basketball Bundesliga.
On August 1, 2018, after playing with the Dallas Mavericks during the 2018 NBA Summer League, Wiley signed with the Adelaide 36ers for the 2018–19 NBL season.
On February 20, 2019, Wiley signed with Spanish team Gran Canaria.