When Jon Brockman was younger he went to Snohomish High School. Although Snohomish is outside of the city Brockman still played on the top traveling elite squad from Seattle at the time, named Friends of Hoop. This team featured Martell Webster who was a lottery pick out of high school as well as several other players given D1 scholarships. It was on Friends of Hoop that he solidified himself as one of the nation’s top prospects. Jon was ranked as the #4 power forward in the country out of high school. Jon averaged over 30 points a game his senior year and was selected to the Mcdonald’s All American Team. He even entered the dunk contest there where he did surprisingly well making it out of the first round. Coach K came all the way to Jon’s living room in Snohomish from Duke University to to offer him a scholarship. Jon turned down loads of offers, notably Duke and UCLA to stay home at University of Washington. His main reasoning for staying put was so that his parents could be at all his games as traveling across the country would get quite expensive.
Jon stepped in immediately to start and continued to do so for the next four years. The only game he did not start was on senior night during his freshman season. This made way for a respective senior to start. As a freshman the Huskies made a second straight sweet sixteen appearance. That year he was able to learn from a future NBA superstar Brandon Roy who was later a lottery pick after that season. Brandon also passed over a lot of the leadership responsibilities to Brockman when he left. At over 250 pounds Jon Brockman was a beast on the boards. Jon ended his senior year as the all time leader in rebounds and second in scoring at the University of Washington. He averaged slightly better than 11.5 rebounds a game both his junior and senior season. His senior season he lead his team to first place in the conference during the regular season and a Pac 10 tournament win. Despite being the best player for the best team in the conference he was edged out for Pac 10 player of the year honors by James Harden.
Last year was Jon’s rookie season in the NBA and he struggled to get much playing time averaging 12.6 minutes across 52 contests. Brockman managed a good rebounding rate and high field goal percentage which was no surprise to anyone familiar with his game. Jon was slowed in the second half of the season due to a strained knee but insists he is fine now. Jon never had a defined role on the team but was instrumental in several comebacks and recorded five games of ten or more rebounds. Jon did not sign a multi year contract and is a restricted free agent this off season. It is most likely he will be in a Kings jersey again next season but he is still waiting on a qualifying offer. Jon Brockman’s contract will be an interesting story to watch for in the off season. His playing time would not stand to see much of an increase even though Spencer Hawes was traded away to the 76ers this off season. The Sacramento Kings drafted two very talented young big men in DeMarcus Cousins and Hassan Whiteside. They will both be developed with substantial playing time at Brockman’s position.
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Edit: Jon Brockman was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks.
