Jordan Mickey Bio: Career, Net Worth & More [2023 Update]

Jordan Mickey traveled to Europe in the summer of 2018 to play baseball there. Before that, a lot of things had occurred. Before the Celtics selected him with the 33rd overall choice in the 2015 NBA Draft, he played collegiate basketball for Louisiana State University.

Mickey moved from Miami to Moscow, signed for Khimki, then resided in Madrid for the 2019–20 season before returning to Moscow for the 2020–21 campaign.

Jordan After moving to a different location and finding a new home in Europe, Mickey eventually went back to Moscow, where he had played some of his best basketball.

To elaborate, Mickey might someday return home—this time, to his natural home—and rejoin the American basketball scene if everything proceeds in the same manner it appears to have since he first began bouncing a basketball.

However, don’t be fooled: Mickey is still very young and hasn’t yet reached his pinnacle as a professional basketball player. Those first bounces happened several years ago, and he’s only 27 now.

Let’s explore more about him through the article here.

Quick Facts 

Early Career 

Before switching to Prime Prep Academy in 2012, Mickey attended Arlington Grace Prep for three years, leading the program to a state championship during his junior season.

He averaged ten rebounds, 16 points, and two blocks per game in his lone season with Prime Prep in 2012–2013. Mickey, a four-star recruit, was ranked as the nation’s No. 12 power forward and No. 38 player in 2013 by ESPN.com.

In 2013–14, Mickey immediately impacted as a freshman at LSU, recording double-doubles in each of his first three games.

Mickey ranked first in the US with 15.4 points, 9.9 rebounds, and 3.6 blocked shots per game as a sophomore in 2014–15. Between December 18 and January 3, he stopped at least six shots in four consecutive games.

He did, however, struggle with nagging ankle and shoulder problems all through his sophomore year, but he continued to play through the discomfort.

Mickey forfeited his remaining two years of NCAA eligibility when he declared for the NBA draft on March 31, 2015.