Dekker with Bahçeşehir Koleji in 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Free agent | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Small forward / power forward | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | (1994-05-06) May 6, 1994 Sheboygan, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 219 lb (99 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Sheboygan Lutheran (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Wisconsin (2012–2015) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2015: 1st round, 18th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Houston Rockets | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2015–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Houston Rockets | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | →Rio Grande Valley Vipers | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Los Angeles Clippers | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Cleveland Cavaliers | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Washington Wizards | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Lokomotiv Kuban | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Türk Telekom | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Toronto Raptors | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Bahçeşehir Koleji | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | London Lions | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2026 | Joventut Badalona | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights | |||||||||||||||
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| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Samuel Thomas Dekker (born May 6, 1994) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Joventut Badalona of the Spanish Liga ACB. Dekker played college basketball for the Wisconsin Badgers. After finishing college on a championship game run in the 2015 NCAA Tournament, Dekker was selected by the Houston Rockets with the 18th overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft.