Former Seton Hall star Jeremy Hazell has signed with the Phoenix Suns D-League team, the Bakersfiled Jam.
“After much discussion and thinking it through, my agent Seth Cohen and I decided to accept the offer from the Phoenix Suns’ D-League affiliate, the Bakersfield Jam, rather than return overseas at this time,” Hazell told SNY.tv . “I look forward to continuing to develop my game in the pursuit of achieving my goal and playing in the NBA.”
The 6-foot-5 Hazell scored more than 2,000 points at Seton Hall, but missed out on surpassing Terry Dehere as the program’s all-time leading scorer because he missed 13 games with a broken wrist. He was also the victim of a shooting during a robbery attempt gone bad on Christmas Day.
Hazell then missed an opportunity to showcase himself at the Portsmouth Invitational in April because his wrist was not completely healed.
In September, SNY.tv broke the news that Hazell signed a two-year deal with Lucentum Alicante in Spain after also considering offers in Italy and Israel.
Hazell averaged 8.8 points in just under 15 minutes a game and shot 70 percent from the field and 40 percent from beyond the arc in Spain, but Cohen said he left the team in order to pursue his dream in the NBA.
After appearing in Suns training camp, Phoenix asked him to go to the D-League.
