Jon Leuer

Jon Leuer (born May 14, 1989) is an American former professional basketball player.

Another one stated: "Flew under the radar prior to the spring of 2006. Excellent player from behind the stripe, especially when you consider that he pushes 6-10. Face up four man will need to add strength to reach his potential. Could be an Andrew Brackman type of forward."

In his junior year, he averaged 18 points and 8 rebounds per game and earned honorable mention all-state and first-team all-conference honors.

He averaged 23.2 points and 12.0 rebounds per game as a senior and was selected to Minnesota State All-star game while landing second-team all-state and first-team all-conference honors.

He ended up with 35 double digit scoring games and a career high of 37.

He played AAU basketball with the Minnesota Magic.

Leuer had originally entered high school as a guard, but had a 10-inch growth spurt before his senior year.

Leuer was born in Long Lake, Minnesota and attended Orono High School in Long Lake, where he was ranked the 82nd-best college recruit in the nation from the class of 2007.

One scouting report read: "At 6-foot-10, 228-pounds, Leuer definitely needs some time to fill out his frame for high-major competition. Nonetheless, he is a pure shooter with good overall skills with the ball. He can knock down a jump hook and can play off the dribble. He moves well up and down the court, but has a ways to go defensively and as a rebounder. Could be an impact player with his size and unique skill set if he does get stronger."

Leuer never started, but played in 32 games during the 2007–2008 season for the Wisconsin Badgers.

The most points he scored during the non-conference season was 12, but he exploded for 25 (on 8 of 9 shooting) against the Michigan Wolverines in the Big Ten opener.

However, after scoring 7 in the follow-up game, Leuer would only score 9 points for the remainder of the season.

Much of this spoke to Wisconsin's great depth, as the Badgers would go on to win both the Big Ten regular season, with a 16–2 record, and Big Ten Conference tournament.

They would later advance to the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA tournament and finished with a 31–5 record.

Leuer finished the season averaging 2.9 points per game and 1.3 rebounds in 8.6 minutes.

Leuer played in all 33 games and started the final 12 games of the year during the 2008–2009 season.

He had 13 double digit scoring games including 17 in a victory at Virginia Tech in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.

He had a season high of 19 points against SIU-Edwardsville.

He averaged 8.8 points per game and 3.8 rebounds in 21.3 minutes.

The Badgers finished tied for fourth in the Big Ten with a 10–8 record, and a 20–13 record overall.

They would upset the #5 seeded Florida State Seminoles in the first round of the NCAA tournament before succumbing to the Xavier Musketeers in the second round.

Leuer was named to the Academic All-Big Ten Team.

The Badgers went into the 2009–2010 season picked 9th in the Big Ten.

However, they upset the Arizona Wildcats and Maryland Terrapins in the Maui Invitational.

On December 2, 2009, in a game on ESPN, Wisconsin shocked the #5 Duke Blue Devils (who would be the eventual National Champions).

Leuer poured in 17 points on his way to scoring double digits in 13 of the first 15 games of the year.

He followed up the effort against Duke with back-to-back double doubles at UW-Green Bay (a career high 26 points and 10 rebounds) and against Marquette University (24 points, 12 rebounds).

He would also score 25 against UW-Milwaukee and 21 at Michigan State.

Wisconsin was off to a surprising 13–3 start (3-1 in the Big Ten) after a 73–66 upset against #4 Purdue.

However, Leuer had an off night against Purdue and only scored 4 points on 2-15 shooting.

It was revealed after the game that Leuer had broken his wrist in the first half, yet still played 38 of the 40 minutes in the game.

Leuer was ruled out indefinitely and he ended up missing the next 9 games.

When Leuer returned, he was eased back into the lineup, scoring 4 points in his first game back, a loss against the Minnesota Golden Gophers.

However, Leuer would score double digits in each of the final five games of the year, including 20 against the University of Illinois, as the Badgers went 4-1 down the stretch and finished 13–5 in the Big Ten, good enough for fourth place and a #13 national ranking.

Leuer won Big Ten Player of the week for the final week of the regular season.

Yet, the Badgers would lose to the Illinois Fighting Illini in the first round of the Big Ten tournament and were upset by Cornell in the second round of the NCAA tournament, despite 14 and 23 points from Leuer respectively.

Leuer ended up leading the Badgers in points per game (15.4), rebounds per game (5.8), and blocks per game (1.33).

Due to the wrist injury, he only played in 24 games, starting 22 of them.

He was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 40th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft.

During his National Basketball Association (NBA) career, he also played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Memphis Grizzlies, Phoenix Suns and Detroit Pistons.