Jalen Reynolds


Jalen Reynolds is an American professional basketball player for Bayern Munich of the Basketball Bundesliga and the Euroleague. He played college basketball for Xavier University before playing professionally in Italy, Spain, Russia, China and Israel.

College career

Reynolds enrolled at Xavier University in 2012 after graduating from Brewster Academy. Being ruled ineligible, he sat out the 2012-13 season and made his XU debut during the 2013-14 campaign. He was suspended indefinitely in January 2014. Statistically, his best year was in 2014-15, his sophomore season, when Reynolds averaged 9.9 points and 6.1 rebounds a contest. He received BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament Team honors that year. In March 2015, a complaint was filed against him by another student, Reynolds was cleared in the matter in May. After averaging 9.6 points and 6.5 rebounds a game in the 2015-16 season, Reynolds declared for the 2016 NBA Draft, but went undrafted.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA Draft, in August 2016, he signed his first professional contract with Basket Recanati of the Italian second-tier Serie A2. He appeared in 18 games for the team, averaging 18.2 points and 7.9 rebounds per outing.
In January 2017, he transferred to Pallacanestro Reggiana of Italy’s top-flight Lega Basket Serie A. He played in 17 games for Reggiana, averaging 6.5 points as well as 4.4 rebounds a contest.
In May 2018, he signed with FC Barcelona Lassa for the remainder of the season. On July 4, 2018, he signed a one-year deal with Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League.
On August 19, 2019, he signed with Zhejiang Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association. On December 6, 2019, the Stockton Kings announced that they had acquired Reynolds off waivers.
On December 28, 2019, he signed with Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League as an injury cover for Tarik Black. On January 9, 2020, Reynolds scored 17 points in his second EuroLeague game with Maccabi, while also recording seven rebounds in a 95–89 win over Alba Berlin. Reynolds parted ways with the team on May 7, 2020.
On July 31, 2020, he has signed with Bayern Munich of the Basketball Bundesliga.

The Basketball Tournament (TBT)

In the summer of 2017, Reynolds played in The Basketball Tournament on ESPN for team Armored Athlete. He competed for the $2 million prize, and for team Armored Athlete, he averaged 12.8 points per game, also shooting 79 percent behind the free-throw line. Reynolds helped take team Armored Athlete to the West Regional Championship, where they lost to Team Challenge ALS 75-63.