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Position | Forward |
League | NBA G League |
Personal information | |
Born | (2001-06-09) June 9, 2001 (age 23) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | New Haven (New Haven, Michigan) |
College | DePaul (2019–2021) |
NBA draft | 2021: undrafted |
Playing career | 2021–present |
Career history | |
2021–2023 | Memphis Hustle |
2023–present | Rip City Remix |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Medals |
Romeo Jajuan Weems (born June 9, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Rip City Remix of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the DePaul Blue Demons.
Weems grew up in Detroit, Michigan and attended New Haven High School in New Haven, Michigan, where he was a four-year starter on the basketball team.[1] As a freshman in 2015–16, he started in all 25 games and averaged 16 points, 10.7 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 4 steals and 1.8 blocks to help his team to a 22–3 record, a regional championship and the state Class B quarterfinals. As a sophomore in 2016–17, he started in all 28 games and averaged 18.1 points, 11.8 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 3.7 steals and 3.2 blocks to help his team to a 27–1 record, a second-straight regional title and a Class B state title. He averaged 23.5 points, 10.8 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 4.8 steals and 2 blocks per game and was named All-Michigan by USA Today in his junior season. As a senior, Weems averaged 27.9 points, 11.4 rebounds, 4.2 steals, 3.5 assists and 2.6 blocks per game and was named the Associated Press Division 2 Player of the Year and Mr. Basketball of Michigan.[2] Weems finished his high school career with 2,151 points scored.[3] Weems was considered to be a Top 50 recruit in his class and committed to playing college basketball for DePaul over offers from Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State and Oregon.[4]
As a freshman, Weems averaged 8 points, 1.7 assists, 4.9 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game and was named to the Big East Conference All-Freshman team.[5][6] He was named the conference Freshman of the Week after a nine-point, five-rebound, three-block game in a 93–78 victory over Iowa on November 11, 2019, and scoring nine points with eight rebounds and four assists in a 75–54 win against Cornell on November 16, 2019.[7][8] Weems repeated as Freshman of the Week after scoring 17 points, 11 rebounds, three steals and two assists in a 72–67 win over Boston College.[9] As a sophomore, Weems averaged 7.3 points and 5 rebounds per game. On April 7, 2021, he declared for the 2021 NBA draft, forgoing his remaining college eligibility.[10]
After going undrafted in the 2021 NBA draft, Weems joined the Memphis Grizzlies for the 2021 NBA Summer League[11] and on October 8, he signed with the Grizzlies.[12] However, he was waived on October 15.[13] On October 23, he signed with the Memphis Hustle as an affiliate player.[14]
On June 8, 2023, Weems was selected by the Rip City Remix in the 2023–24 NBA G League Expansion Draft[15] and on October 30, he officially joined the team.[16]
Weems played for United States National Team as they won the 2017 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship.[17] He was a starter for Team USA and averaged 8.6 points and 8.1 rebounds per game when they won the 2018 FIBA U17 World Cup.[18]
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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2019–20 | DePaul | 32 | 32 | 30.1 | .427 | .365 | .607 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 1.3 | .8 | 8.0 |
2020–21 | DePaul | 18 | 15 | 28.6 | .376 | .366 | .696 | 5.0 | .9 | 1.3 | .6 | 7.3 |
Career | 50 | 47 | 29.5 | .408 | .365 | .633 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | .7 | 7.7 |