Jeff Adrien, a solid front court player is an American professional basketball player.
He was born on February 10, 1986 in Brookline, Massachusetts, and plays with the Golden State Warriors of the Nationa Basketball Association. Adrien 6’7″ and weight 245lb is a forward and also served as captain for the University of Connecticut Huskies.
His Previous teams include Rio Grande (USA-D-League), Erie Bay H. (USA-D-League) and Breogan (Spain).
Adrein according to a consensus was in top 50 recruit and was among the elite fifth-year players in the country at Brewster Academy (NH). During his one postgraduate season at Brewster, Adrein averaged 18 points and 12 rebounds per game, and as a senior at Brookline HS he averaged 27 points and 14 rebounds.
Adrein appeared in 38 games for Leche Rio Bregan of the Spanish League, averaging 12.3 points and 7.7 rebounds in 28.7 minutes, he also scored 10-plus points 23 times and scored 20-plus points twice. Another achievement is that he collected double-figures in rebounds on 11 occasions and registered seven double-doubles. Jeff said that he feels great about his attributes like his leadership, rebounding, toughness, and the ability to score over taller guys.
No doubt the bread and butter of Adrien’s game and his main virtue as an NBA prospect is his rebounding ability. he establishing himself as the most productive player in the league and he being traded to Rio Grande Valley. Adrien is ranked as the best rebounder in the league and one of the top-10 scorers, he did so extremely efficiently and in turn leading the league in PER.
Adrien has improved his game quite a bit since college; he noticeably improved his basketball IQ and became a much more polished player. The lone year that he spent playing in Spain helped him a great deal he has become a much better passer and ball-handler.
Adrien also has improved his free throw shooting, and looks more aggressive offensively than he was at UConn.
Adrien’s brief career history is that he played with Leche Río Breogán (Spain) from 2009 to 2010, Erie BayHawks (NBDL) in 2010, Rio Grande Valley Vipers (NBDL) from 2010 to 2011 and Golden State Warriors from 2010; 2011-present.
Some of the awards or achievements made by Adrein are, he won Big East Regular Season Champion -06, Big East All-Rookie Team -06, NCAA Sweet 8 -06, NABC All-NCAA District 1 2nd Team -07, All-Big East 2nd Team -07, NABC Division I All-District 1 First Team -08, All-Big East 1st Team -08, NABC Division I All-District 5 Second Team -09, Big East Regular Season Runner-Up -09, All-Big East 3rd Team -09 and AP NCAA All-America Honorable Mention -09.