#13 JUSTIN WRIGHT-FOREMAN

POSITION: Guard

HEIGHT: 6-0 (1.83 m)

WEIGHT: 190 lbs (86 kg)

BIRTHDATE: October 27, 1997 (Queens, NY) 

HIGH SCHOOL: Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture (Queens, NY)

UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE: Hofstra '19 (Hempstead, NY)

X/INSTAGRAM: @JayWright_3/@j.wright3

HOW ACQUIRED: Signed as a free agent in June 2024

YEARS PRO: 5

2024 STATISTICS

G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
14 34.4 26.3 .432 .457 .857 0.2 3.1 3.4 6.2 1.1 0.1 1.1 4.1

BIO

PROFESSIONAL CAREER


Has averaged 16.6 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.7 assists through 175 professional games in seven different countries.


2023-24:
Averaged 18.3 points, 2.5 rebounds and 3.8 assists through 12 games with the Mexico City Capitanes of the NBA G League … Came off the bench in his first two contests before transitioning to the starting lineup for his remaining games … Scored double-digit points in each of his starts, including five outings with 20 or more … Dished out multiple assists in every game … Poured in a season-high 31 points Jan. 7 against the Rip City Remix … Scored 28 points while collecting a season-high seven rebounds Jan. 15 vs. Austin … Assisted a season-best six baskets Jan. 19 against the Ignite … Signed with Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro of Italy’s LBA in February, averaging  15.3 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 10 games … Started five games … Scored in double figures eight times … Scored 25 points on four-of-five shooting from three in his first game with the team on March 3.


2023: Averaged 29.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.2 assists through 18 contests with the Saskatchewan Rattlers … Achieved the highest scoring average in CEBL history … Scored 30 or more points on nine occasions … Exploded for a season-high 39 points to lift Saskatchewan over Brampton on July 17 … Scored 21 points and assisted a season-high 11 baskets in a double-double performance July 5 vs. Ottawa … Posted an impressive all-around performance with 23 points, eight assists and four steals May 31 vs. Vancouver … Named a finalist for the CEBL’s Most Valuable Player Award … Named to All-CEBL First Team. 


2022-23: Began the year with the Shenzhen Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association, averaging 6.8 points and 8.3 minutes in a six-game stint … Scored 22 points in a victory Dec. 12 over Shandong … Acquired by the Westchester Knicks of the NBA G League on Jan. 30 … Averaged 14.6 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 18 games with the Knicks … Scored in double figures in 12 games … Poured in a professional career-high 41 points, also adding eight rebounds and nine assists March 18 vs. Motor City … Notched 26 points and a season-high 12 assists in a double-double effort March 14 vs. Stockton.


2021-22: Signed with Petkim Spor of Turkey’s Basketball Super League in August … Averaged 16.8 points, 2.7 rebounds and 3.1 assists through 14 games with the club … Scored 20 or more points five times … Scored 29 points Nov. 13 vs. Afyonkarahisar … Logged 27 points to go along with a season-high seven assists in a win Oct. 24 over Turk Telecom … Joined the NBA G League’s Birmingham Squadron (formerly Erie BayHawks), averaging 12.1 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 15 games … Scored double-digit points off the bench 12 times …  Signed with Brose Bamberg of the German Basketball Bundesliga in July, averaging 18.5 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists over 11 games … Scored in double figures in 10 games, including a season-high 33 Sept. 23 vs. BC Budivelnyk. 


2020-21: Signed an Exhibit-10 Contract with the New Orleans Pelicans, eventually signing with the Erie BayHawks as an affiliate player … Averaged 12.8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists through 15 contests … Scored in double figures in 12 games … Scored 20 points on seven of nine from the floor March 5 vs. Westchester … Joined Chorale Roanne of France’s LNB Pro A in April, averaging 16.9 points, 2.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists through 15 games … Started every game in which he appeared …  Scored 20 or more points in five games … Scored 29 points May 28 vs. Limoges.


2019-20: Selected 53rd overall in the 2019 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz … Appeared in four NBA Summer League games for the team, averaging 11.8 points per game … Scored 20 points on eight-of-13 shooting in a matchup with the Cavaliers July 2 … Signed to a Two-Way Contract with the Jazz July 16, going on to spend most of the season with the team’s G League affiliate Salt Lake City Stars … Averaged 17.3 points and 40.3 per cent three-point shooting with the Stars, with 15 performances of 20 or more points … Scored 32 points on four of eight from deep Nov. 13 vs. Iowa … Pulled down a season-high nine rebounds in a double-double with 11 points Feb. 19 vs. Iowa … Called up to the Jazz for four contests, averaging 4.8 points and 11.3 minutes per game.



UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE CAREER 


Averaged 18.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists through 125 games over four years at Hofstra University … Ended his collegiate career as Hofstra’s second all-time leading scorer (2,327) and with the seventh-longest streak of double-digit scoring games in NCAA DI history (88 games).


2018-19: Led the Hofstra University Pride to their winningest season in program history as a true senior with 27 victories … Averaged 27.1 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 35 games, ranking second overall in NCAA DI in scoring … Shot a collegiate career-best 42.5 per cent from three on the season …  Scored 20 or more points in all but seven games, with 10 games of 30 or more … Poured in a collegiate career-high 48 points, tying the Pride single-game record, on 7-12 from deep Feb. 9 against William & Mary … Scored 42 points Jan. 5 vs. Northeastern, then again March 11 vs. Delaware … Pulled down a season-high seven rebounds in five games … Scored 37 points and dished out a season-high six assists Nov. 21 vs. Cal State Fullerton … Reset the program and Coastal Athletic Conference (CAA) single-season scoring record (948 points) … Named CAA Player of the Year and to All-CAA First Team for the second consecutive season. 


2017-18: Averaged 24.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 31 games as a junior … Ranked fifth in NCAA DI in scoring … Scored 20 or more points in 24 games … Logged a season-high 39 points to go along with five rebounds and six assists Jan. 7 vs. Elon … Scored 19 points and assisted a season-high seven baskets Feb. 15 vs. William & Mary … Named CAA Player of the Year and to All-CAA First Team. 


2016-17: Averaged 18.1 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 32 games as a sophomore … Started 17 games … Scored in double figures 25 times … Put up back-to-back 30-point performances Jan. 21 vs. Northeastern and Jan. 26 vs. Drexel … Scored a season-high 35 points on seven of 12 from three to go with six assists in a victory Feb. 23 over William & Mary.


2015-16: Averaged 1.6 points and 4.1 minutes per game through 27 contests as a true freshman at Hofstra … Scored a season-high nine points coming off the bench Nov. 16 vs. Molloy.



PERSONAL


Majored in rhetorical studies and minored in linguistics in college … Names LeBron James and Russell Westbrook as his favourite athletes … Favourite actor is Denzel Washington … Represented his country on Team U.S.A.’s  2022 FIBA World Cup and 2024 AmeriCup qualifying teams … Helped lead Construction to Public Schools Athletic League Queens borough championships in each of his high school seasons.



CAREER STATISTICS

CEBL TOTALS

Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2023 Saskatchewan 18 608 525 98-183 70-156 119-147 6 88 94 76 25 4 29 69
Totals 18 608 525 98-183 70-156 119-147 6 88 94 76 25 4 29 69

CEBL AVERAGES

Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2023 Saskatchewan 18 33.8 29.2 .536 .449 .810 0.3 4.9 5.2 4.2 1.4 0.2 1.6 3.8
Totals 18 33.8 29.2 .536 .449 .810 0.3 4.9 5.2 4.2 1.4 0.2 1.6 3.8

PROFESSIONAL TOTALS

Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2024 Pesaro 10 247 153 42-72 15-53 24-28 4 17 21 16 21 0 6 24
2023-24 Mexico City 12 352 220 59-118 26-72 16-21 3 27 30 45 20 0 7 28
2023 Saskatchewan 18 608 525 98-183 70-156 119-147 6 88 94 76 25 4 29 69
2023 Westchester 18 457 262 63-135 32-71 22-26 6 50 56 60 28 4 14 29
2022-23 Shenzhen 6 50 41 10-27 4-10 9-11 1 6 7 5 2 0 0 10
2022 Bamberg 11 309 203 45-162 28-76 29-32 4 32 36 28 12 1 9 19
2022 Birmingham 15 369 182 35-59 33-86 9-12 7 41 48 22 11 0 14 10
2021-22 Petkim Spor 14 414 235 50-110 33-104 36-41 6 38 44 36 24 1 4 37
2021 Roanne 12 371 203 29-53 35-93 40-50 4 21 25 44 26 3 5 27
2021 Erie 15 358 192 39-67 33-76 10-17 6 28 34 33 28 1 10 25
2019-20 Utah 4 45 19 5-10 2-10 3-4 0 5 5 7 5 0 2 3
2019-20 Salt Lake City 36 1,012 621 144-287 79-196 63-79 19 92 111 91 74 4 23 92
2019-20 Utah (NBA Summer League) 4 106 47 12-31 4-17 11-13 1 9 10 13 9 0 6 12
Totals 175 4,698 2,903 631-1,314 394-1,020 391-481 67 454 521 476 285 18 129 385

PROFESSIONAL AVERAGES

Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2024 Pesaro 10 24.7 15.3 .583 .283 .857 0.4 1.7 2.1 1.6 2.1 0.0 0.6 2.4
2023-24 Mexico City 12 29.3 18.3 .500 .361 .762 0.3 2.3 2.5 3.8 1.7 0.0 0.6 2.3
2023 Saskatchewan 18 33.8 29.2 .536 .449 .810 0.3 4.9 5.2 4.2 1.4 0.2 1.6 3.8
2023 Westchester 18 25.4 14.6 .467 .451 .846 0.3 2.8 3.1 3.3 1.6 0.2 0.8 1.6
2022-23 Shenzhen 6 8.3 6.8 .370 .400 .818 0.2 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.7
2022 Bamberg 11 28.1 18.5 .278 .368 .906 0.4 2.9 3.3 2.5 1.1 0.1 0.8 1.7
2022 Birmingham 15 24.6 12.1 .593 .384 .750 0.5 2.7 3.2 1.5 0.7 0.0 0.9 0.7
2021-22 Petkim Spor 14 29.6 16.8 .455 .317 .878 0.4 2.7 3.1 2.6 1.7 0.1 0.3 2.6
2021 Roanne 12 30.9 16.9 .547 .376 .800 0.3 1.8 2.1 3.7 2.2 0.3 0.4 2.3
2021 Erie 15 23.9 12.8 .582 .434 .588 0.4 1.9 2.3 2.2 1.9 0.1 0.7 1.7
2019-20 Utah 4 11.3 4.8 .500 .200 .750 0.0 1.3 1.3 1.8 1.3 0.0 0.5 0.8
2019-20 Salt Lake City 36 28.1 17.3 .502 .403 .797 0.5 2.6 3.1 2.5 2.1 0.1 0.6 2.6
2019-20 Utah (NBA Summer League) 4 26.5 11.8 .387 .235 .846 0.3 2.3 2.5 3.3 2.3 0.0 1.5 3.0
Totals 175 26.8 16.6 .480 .386 .813 0.4 2.6 3.0 2.7 1.6 0.1 0.7 2.2

UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE TOTALS

Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2018-19 Hofstra 35 1,321 948 220-387 110-259 178-206 12 129 141 102 67 7 30 91
2017-18 Hofstra 31 1,171 755 168-326 96-262 131-164 10 93 103 100 62 7 25 69
2016-17 Hofstra 32 905 580 141-242 67-180 97-127 21 93 114 52 59 2 24 45
2015-16 Hofstra 27 110 44 13-21 4-17 6-11 1 8 9 4 13 3 4 7
Totals 125 3,507 2,327 542-976 277-718 412-508 44 323 367 258 201 19 83 212

UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE AVERAGES

Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2018-19 Hofstra 35 37.7 27.1 .568 .425 .864 0.3 3.7 4.0 2.9 1.9 0.2 0.9 2.6
2017-18 Hofstra 31 37.8 24.4 .515 .366 .799 0.3 3.0 3.3 3.2 2.0 0.2 0.8 2.2
2016-17 Hofstra 32 28.3 18.1 .583 .372 .764 0.7 2.9 3.6 1.6 1.8 0.1 0.8 1.4
2015-16 Hofstra 27 4.1 1.6 .619 .235 .545 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.3
Totals 125 28.1 18.6 .555 .386 .811 0.4 2.6 2.9 2.1 1.6 0.2 0.7 1.7
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