Puerto Rican-American basketball player
Jacques leandro Pinto Nzadi Conceição (born 4 September 1989) is an Angolan-Portuguese basketball player.[1][2] for Galitos F.C. of the LPB.[3]
College career
Before attending college, he played basketball at the Atlético Clube de Portugal where he won the South conference and was third at the Final Four as a senior.[4] He moved to William Paterson University in 2011, he averaged 7.79 points, 5.68 rebounds and 1.61 assists in his freshman year.[5][6] In his sophomore year, he averaged 7.79 points, 5.68 rebounds and 1.61 assists.[7] In his junior year, he averaged 10.42 points, 7.89 rebounds and 1.22 assists.[8] In his Senior year, he averaged 8.10 points, 5.07 rebounds and 1.59 assists.[9][10]
Professional career
Conceição played for the Galitos F.C. in the 2015–16 season, he averaged 6.66 points, 3.38 rebounds and 1.56 assists.[11] In the 2016–17 season, he averaged 10.92 points, 3.62 rebounds and 2.30 assists.[12] In the 2017–18 season, he moved to the Angolan side Primeiro de Agosto[13] He moved Back to Portugal in the 2018–19 season to play for the S.L. Benfica where he averaged 2.48 points, 1 rebound and 0.65 assists.[14] He moved to the ADO Basquetebol Sad Ovarense in the 2019–20 season.[15][16]
National Team Career
Conceição represented the Angola national basketball team at the AfroBasket 2017 where he averaged 4.8 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.[17] Conceição also represented the Angola national basketball team at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China, where he averaged 3 points, 1 rebound and 1.5 assists per game.[18]
Personal life
Jacques Conceição is the son of the retired Angolan-Portuguese basketball player Jean-Jacques Conceição.[19]
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