Position Shooting guard Name Dwayne Bacon Nationality American Role Basketball Player | Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Height 2.01 m Listed weight 221 lb (100 kg) Weight 100 kg | |
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League Atlantic Coast Conference High school McKeel Academy(Lakeland, Florida)IMG Academy(Bradenton, Florida)Oak Hill Academy(Mouth of Wilson, Virginia) Current team Florida State Seminoles men's basketball (#4 / Shooting guard) |
Dwayne bacon goes off at marshall county oak hill basketball 2014 2015
Dwayne Lee Bacon, Jr. (born August 30, 1995) is an American basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Contents
- Dwayne bacon goes off at marshall county oak hill basketball 2014 2015
- Dwayne bacon day in the life
- High school career
- College career
- Professional career
- References

Dwayne bacon day in the life
High school career

Dwayne Bacon attended the McKeel Academy in his native Lakeland, Florida until transferring to the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida for his junior season. At Mckeel Academy Bacon averaged 23 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals as a sophomore in 2012-2013. He led Mckeel to a 17-8 overall record and to the FHSAA championship tournament regional semifinals in 2013. In his junior season of 2013-2014 at IMG Academy Bacon was IMG’s leading scorer. In his only season at IMG he averaged 19.3 ppg and led in assist with 4.0 apg while shooting 42% from the field and 70% from the free throw line in 12 games played. Bacon transferred to the Oak Hill Academy for his senior season. On September 5, 2014. Dwayne Bacon committed to Florida State over offers from Oklahoma State, Georgia Tech, and Auburn. In his senior year at Oak Hill, Dwayne Bacon led Oak Hill to an undefeated regular season with a record of 45-0 and averaged 24.4 points per game, 4.4 rebounds per game, 3.4 assists per game, and 2.2 steals per game. He was ranked 14th on ESPN 100.
College career

Dwayne Bacon signed with Florida State on September 5, 2015. As a freshman at Florida State Bacon received the National Freshman of the week honors from CBS Sports on November 21. He was a three time ACC rookie of the week (Nov 16, Dec 21 and Dec 28). In his first career game Bacon had 23 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 assist. Bacon achieved his first career win over Charleston Southern with 20 points and 10 rebounds. He appeared in every game during the 2015-16 season for the Seminoles and averaged 15.8 points and 5.8 rebounds over 28.8 minutes per game. On March 23, Bacon announced via Twitter that he would test his draft status for the 2016 NBA Draft. He did not hire an agent and retained his amateur status and the ability to return to Florida State for the 2016-17 season. However, on March 28 he announced he will return to college.

During his sophomore season, Bacon was named a member of the All-ACC second team for his work with Florida State that season. After his team was eliminated from the 2017 NCAA Tournament, Bacon declared for the 2017 NBA Draft (with a commitment that he'd sign with an agent soon afterward) on March 22, 2017.
Professional career

On June 22, 2017, Bacon was selected by the New Orleans Pelicans with the 40th overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft. He was later traded to the Charlotte Hornets on draft night. On July 6, 2017, he signed with the Hornets.
