Former Washington forward Keion Brooks Jr. is getting another shot to show he belongs, this time with the Indiana Pacers in Summer League.
The Pacers released their Summer League roster, and Brooks was on it, giving the former Huskies standout a chance to keep pushing for a place in the NBA after going undrafted in 2024. Brooks has already spent time in the league and in the G League, but this is another opportunity to make an impression.
Brooks played two seasons at Washington from 2022-24 after beginning his college career at Kentucky from 2019-22. Before that, he was one of the top high school prospects in the Class of 2019, earning five-star status and ranking as the 14th-best player in the country by the website.
He originally entered the 2022 NBA Draft while keeping his college eligibility intact, but instead of making the leap then, he transferred to Washington and became one of the Pac-12’s best players over his final two years in college.
Brooks earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors in his first season with the Huskies in 2023, then followed that with first-team All-Pac-12 recognition in 2024. During the 2023-24 season, he averaged 17.7 points in 30 games, all starts, while shooting 43.3% from the field and adding 6.7 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game.
He took another step in his final college season, putting up 21.1 points across 32 starts while shooting 48.7% from the floor and 38% from 3-point range. He also averaged 6.8 rebounds.
That production still wasn’t enough to get him selected in the 2024 NBA Draft. Brooks went undrafted, landed with the New Orleans Pelicans for Summer League and spent most of the season with the Birmingham Squadron, the team’s G League affiliate.
He remained in the Pelicans organization until March, when he was acquired by the Noblesville Boom, the Pacers’ G League affiliate.
Brooks’ NBA experience so far has been limited to one season with New Orleans, where the 25-year-old averaged 10.1 points on 48.6% shooting in 14 games, including six starts, along with 4.1 rebounds per game.
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