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{{short description|Uruguayan basketball player (born 1989)}}
{{family name hatnote|Granger|Amodio|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name         = Jayson Granger
| image        = 2021-06-01 ALBA Berlin gegen ratiopharm Ulm (Play-off-Halbfinale 3, Basketball-Bundesliga 2020-21) by Sandro Halank–141.jpg
| image_size   =
| caption      = Granger, during a game with [[Alba Berlin]], in 2021.
| position     = [[Point guard]] / [[shooting guard]]
| height_ft    = 6
| height_in    = 2.5
| weight_lb    = 200
| league = [[Primera FEB]]
| team = CB Estudiantes
| number       = 11
| nationality  = Uruguayan / Italian
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1989|9|15}}
| birth_place  = [[Montevideo]], Uruguay
| high_school  =
| college      =
| draft_year   = 2011
| career_start = 2007
| career_end   = 
| years1       = 2007–2013
| team1        = [[CB Estudiantes|Estudiantes]]
| years2       = 2013–2015
| team2        = [[Baloncesto Málaga|Málaga]]
| years3       = 2015–2017
| team3        = [[Anadolu Efes S.K.|Anadolu Efes]]
| years4       = 2017–2020
| team4        = [[Saski Baskonia|Baskonia]]
| years5       = 2020–2021
| team5        = [[Alba Berlin]]
| years6       = 2021–2022
| team6        = Baskonia
| years7       = 2022–2023
| team7        = [[Reyer Venezia]]
| years8      = 2023–2024
| team8       = [[Peñarol (basketball)|Peñarol]]
| years9      = 2024–present
| team9       = [[CB Estudiantes|Estudiantes]]
| highlights   = 
* [[Basketball Bundesliga Finals MVP|Bundesliga Finals MVP]] ([[2020–21 Basketball Bundesliga|2021]])
*[[All-Basketball Bundesliga Team|All-Bundesliga Second Team]] ([[2020–21 Basketball Bundesliga|2021]])
* [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga champion]] ([[2020–21 Basketball Bundesliga|2021]])
* [[Liga ACB|Liga ACB champion]] ([[2019-20 ACB season|2020]])
* [[All-ACB Team|All-ACB First Team]] ([[2014–15 ACB season|2015]])
* [[Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup|Turkish Presidential Cup]] winner (2015)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's [[basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{bk|Uruguay}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA South American Championship]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2012 South American Basketball Championship|2012 Argentina]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA South American Under-17 Championship]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[FIBA South American Under-17 Championship|2005 Venezuela]]|Under-17}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA South American Under-15 Championship|FIBA South American Under-16 Championship]]| Under-17}}
{{MedalSilver|[[FIBA South American Under-15 Championship|2005 Uruguay]]|}}
}}

'''Jayson Antonie Granger Amodio'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=Y6K |title=nombre completo: Jayson Antonie Granger Amodio {{in lang{{!}}es}}. |access-date=2009-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923163017/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=Y6K |archive-date=2018-09-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> (born September 15, 1989) is a Uruguayan<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=Y6K |title=Jayson Granger nacionalidad {{!}} licencia: ITA {{in lang{{!}}es}}. |access-date=2009-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923163017/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=Y6K |archive-date=2018-09-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Jayson-Granger/Turkey/Anadolu-Efes-Istanbul/63540 JAYSON GRANGER basketball profile Nationality: Uruguayan-Italian.]</ref> professional [[basketball]] player who plays for [[CB Estudiantes|Estudiantes]] of the [[Primera FEB]]. Listed at a height of 6'2{{1/2}}" (1.89 m)<ref>[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=003024#!careerstats GRANGER, JAYSON HEIGHT: 1.89.]</ref> tall without shoes,<ref>[http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Jayson-Granger-5093/ JAYSON GRANGER PREDRAFT MEASUREMENTS HEIGHT W/O SHOES HEIGHT W/ SHOES WEIGHT WINGSPAN 6'2 ¼" 6'3 ½" 200 6'7" - Source: http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Jayson-Granger-5093/ ©DraftExpress.]</ref> and 200&nbsp;lbs. (91&nbsp;kg) in weight, he plays at both the [[point guard]] and [[shooting guard]] positions.

==Professional career==
===Youth levels===
Granger, a native of [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]], played in the youth ranks of the Uruguayan club [[:es:Club Atlético Cordón|Club Atlético Cordón]] {{in lang|es}}.

===Estudiantes===
[[File:Estudiantes vs Unicaja Málaga - Jayson Granger - 04.jpg|left|thumb|220x180px|Granger playing with [[CB Estudiantes|Estudiantes]], in 2013.]]
In December 2005, Granger had a trial with the Spanish team [[CB Estudiantes|Estudiantes]], and he signed with them in 2006, at only 16.<ref name=Unicaja>{{cite web |url=http://www.unicajabaloncesto.com/noticia-8446-jayson-granger-tercer-fichaje-unicaja.html |title=Jayson Granger, tercer fichaje del Unicaja |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=17 July 2013 |website=[[Baloncesto Málaga]] |access-date=28 June 2015 |language=es |trans-title=Jayson Granger, third signing for Unicaja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701031540/http://www.unicajabaloncesto.com/noticia-8446-jayson-granger-tercer-fichaje-unicaja.html |archive-date=1 July 2015 }}</ref>

However, Granger's Uruguayan club, Cordón, requested a formation indemnity, meaning that Granger could only play in the [[amateur sports|amateur]] [[Spanish basketball league system|Spanish 4th-tier level]] [[Liga EBA]], for one-and-a-half years, whilst a [[FIBA]] tribunal was deciding the case. The tribunal finally awarded the Uruguayan side €25,000 as compensation in 2007, with Granger being very critical of his former team's actions.<ref name=ESPN>{{cite web |url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/news/story?id=862032&s=bas&type=story |title=Decidieron quitarlo del plantel |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1 July 2009 |website=[[ESPN Deportes]] |agency=[[EFE]] |access-date=28 June 2015 |language=es |trans-title=They decided to remove him from the squad}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurobasket.com/reports/2007/11/13.asp |title=Eurobasket news report (11/13/2007) - Estudiantes Madrid will have to pay 25.000 euros to sign Granger |last=Lopez |first=Hector |date=13 November 2007 |website=[[Eurobasket.com]] |access-date=28 June 2015}}</ref>

During the summer of 2007, he participated in the Americas [[Basketball Without Borders]] camp, and he was selected as the camp MVP.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/global/bwbamericas_day4.html |title=Basketball without Borders Americas Day 4 Recap |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=7 August 2007 |website=[[NBA]] |access-date=28 June 2015}}</ref> Granger made his Spanish 1st-tier level [[Liga ACB]] [[professional sports|professional]] debut during the [[2007–08 ACB season|2007–08 season]].<ref name=Unicaja /> During the [[2012–13 ACB season|2012–13 Spanish ACB season]], he averaged 11 points and 3.4 assists per game in the Spanish Liga ACB.<ref name=Unicaja />

===Unicaja===
Granger played in the [[2013 NBA Summer League]], in July 2013, with the [[Boston Celtics]]' summer league squad, posting 6 points and 3.6 assists per game, in around 18 minutes per game, in 5 games played.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/summerleague/2013/players/sl_jayson_granger/ |title=Jayson Granger #40 - Celtics |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=[[NBA]] |access-date=28 June 2015}}</ref> After his contract with Estudiantes expired, he signed with the Spanish club [[Baloncesto Málaga|Unicaja]], later that same month, for an offer his former team couldn't match.<ref name=Unicaja />

Granger played in the [[2014 NBA Summer League]], in July 2014, with the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]]' summer league squad, where he had averages of 2.3 points and 1 assist per game, in about 9 minutes per game, in 4 games played.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cache.nba.com/summerleague/2014/players/sl_jayson_granger/index.html |title=2014 Summer League Player Profile - Jayson Granger |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=[[NBA]] |access-date=28 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630211401/http://cache.nba.com/summerleague/2014/players/sl_jayson_granger/index.html |archive-date=30 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Granger was selected to the [[All-ACB Team|All-Spanish ACB League Team]] of the [[2014–15 ACB season|2014–15 season]], after being selected as one of the league's two best guards, along with [[Sergio Llull]]. He averaged 9.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, 5.2 assists, and 1.2 steals per game in the Spanish ACB League's regular season. He also played a key role in his team's run to the [[2015 ACB Playoffs#FC Barcelona v Unicaja|Spanish ACB League playoff semifinals]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=113389 |title=Mejor Quinteto de la Liga Endesa 2014-15 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=21 May 2015 |website=[[Liga ACB]] |access-date=28 June 2015 |language=es |trans-title=The best five of the 2014-15 Liga Endesa |archive-date=25 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525103434/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=113389 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Euroleague>{{cite web |url=http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/65rp9b3c5xytnyqi/anadolu-efes-istanbul-inks-point-guard-granger |title=Anadolu Efes Istanbul inks point guard Granger |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=26 June 2015 |website=[[Euroleague]] |access-date=28 June 2015}}</ref>

===Anadolu Efes===
On 26 June 2015, Granger signed a two-year contract with the Turkish team [[Anadolu Efes S.K.|Anadolu Efes]].<ref name=Euroleague /><ref>{{cite news|title=Jayson Granger Anadolu Efes'te...|url=https://www.anadoluefessk.org/haber/jayson-granger-anadolu-efeste|access-date=26 June 2015|website=[[Anadolu Efes S.K.]] |date=26 June 2015|language=tr}}</ref>

===Baskonia===
On August 16, 2017, Granger signed a three-year deal with [[Saski Baskonia|Baskonia]] of [[Liga ACB]] and the [[EuroLeague]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Jayson Granger, dirección y potencia física para Baskonia - Saski Baskonia|url=http://www.baskonia.com/jayson-granger-direccion-potencia-fisica-baskonia/|access-date=16 August 2017|work=Saski Baskonia|date=16 August 2017|language=es-ES}}</ref>

===Alba Berlin===
On August 1, 2020, he has signed with [[Alba Berlin]] of the [[Basketball Bundesliga]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Germany/news/638947/Jayson-Granger-(ex-Baskonia)-agreed-terms-with-ALBA-Berlin|title=Jayson Granger (ex Baskonia) agreed terms with ALBA Berlin|date=August 1, 2020|publisher=Eurobasket|language=En|access-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref>

===Return to Baskonia===
On July 13, 2021, Granger officially returned to [[Saski Baskonia|Baskonia]], signing a two-year deal.

===Reyer Venezia===
On July 4, 2022, he has signed with [[Reyer Venezia]] of the [[Lega Basket Serie A]] (LBA).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/umana-reyer-venezia-officially-signs-jayson-granger/|title=Umana Reyer Venezia officially signs Jayson Granger|last=|first=|date=July 4, 2022|website=|publisher=Sportando|language=En|access-date=July 4, 2022}}</ref>

==National team career==
Granger first played for the Uruguayan Under-16 junior national basketball team at the 2004 South American Championship for Cadets. In the 2005 [[FIBA South America Under-17 Championship for Men|FIBA South America Under-17 Championship]], he led his team in scoring (26.6 points per game), rebounding (8.2 per game), and assists (4 per game), while also leading the whole tournament in scoring, as Uruguay reached the tournament's final.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/53927/sid/4515/tid/380/_/2005_South_American_U16_Championship_for_Men/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408080912/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/53927/sid/4515/tid/380/_/2005_South_American_U16_Championship_for_Men/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 8, 2010 |title=Uruguay #15 - Jayson Antoine Granger |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=[[FIBA]] |access-date=28 June 2015}}</ref>
In the 2006 [[FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship]], he posted team-leading 16.5 points per game (also 5th best for the tournament) and 6.8 assists per game (2nd best in the tournament).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/53927/pid2//sid/9008/tid/380/tid2//_/2012_South_American_Championship_for_Men/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819081348/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/53927/pid2/sid/9008/tid/380/tid2/_/2012_South_American_Championship_for_Men/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 19, 2014 |title=Uruguay #4 - Jayson Antoine Granger |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=[[FIBA]] |access-date=28 June 2015}}</ref>

However, Granger did not play with the senior Uruguayan national basketball team in the [[2008 South American Basketball Championship|2008 South American Championship]], as the [[Uruguayan Basketball Federation]] refused his request to pay for his girlfriend's plane ticket to the tournament. He also turned down a selection to senior national team to play at the [[2009 FIBA Americas Championship]], citing an injury that the Uruguayan team doctors argued did not prevent him from playing. Granger also publicly expressed his resentment at the Uruguayan Basketball Federation, for their role in the dispute regarding his transfer, from Uruguay to Spain, in 2005 (see [[Jayson Granger#Professional career|Professional career]]).<ref name=ESPN />

Granger would finally play with the senior [[Uruguay national basketball team|Uruguayan national basketball team]] at the [[2012 South American Basketball Championship|2012 South American Championship]], where he averaged 12.8 points per game (3rd on the team), 5.4 rebounds per game (2nd on the team), and 3.2 assists per game (1st on the team). The Uruguayan side finished the tournament in 3rd place, after losing in the semifinals to [[Argentina national basketball team|Argentina]], despite Granger's 26 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 assists in the game.<ref name=FIBA2013>{{cite web |url=http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/12/olym/news/p/eid/6232/nid/57382/sid/6584/article.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701090319/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/12/olym/news/p/eid/6232/nid/57382/sid/6584/article.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 1, 2015 |title=URU - Granger focuses on Unicaja Move |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=20 July 2013 |website=[[FIBA]] |location=Málaga |access-date=29 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clubestudiantes.com/frontend/clubestudiantes/noticia.php?id_noticia=8408&id_seccion=326 |title=La exhibición de Granger no fue bastante para llegar a la final (88-81) |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=22 June 2012 |website=[[CB Estudiantes]] |access-date=29 June 2015 |language=es |trans-title=Granger's exhibition wasn't enough to go to the final (88-81)}}</ref>

He did not play at the [[2013 FIBA Americas Championship]], citing the need to take the time off, in order to properly integrate himself into his new club team, [[Baloncesto Málaga|Unicaja]].<ref name=FIBA2013 />

==Personal life==
Jayson Granger is the son of Jeff Granger, a [[New Jersey]] born American professional basketball player, who played in the [[Liga Uruguaya de Basketball|Uruguayan League]] in the early 1980s. He became a Uruguayan citizen, and played for the senior [[Uruguay national basketball team|Uruguayan national basketball team]]. He settled in at [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]], where Jayson was born.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/news/URU-Granger-now-in-the-mix |title=URU - Granger now in the mix |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=18 March 2013 |website=[[FIBA]] |location=Madrid |access-date=29 June 2015}}</ref><ref name=ESPN />

==Career statistics==
{{Euroleague player statistics legend}}

===EuroLeague===
{{Euroleague player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2013–14 Euroleague|2013–14]]
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| [[Baloncesto Málaga|Unicaja]]
| 24 || 7 || 21.3 || .408 || .293 || '''.861''' || 2.1 || 3.4 || .6 || .0 || 7.5 || 8.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2014–15 Euroleague|2014–15]]
| 23 || 8 || 25.6 || .404 || .316 || .760 || 2.7 || 4.2 || '''.9''' || '''.3''' || '''10.2''' || '''12.1'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2015–16 Euroleague|2015–16]]
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| [[Anadolu Efes S.K.|Anadolu Efes]]
| 23 || 14 || '''26.2''' || .448 || .315 || .689 || '''3.1''' || 3.9 || .7 || .0 || '''10.2''' || 10.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2016–17 EuroLeague|2016–17]]
| '''35''' || '''32''' || 25.3 || .463 || .327 || .753 || 2.7 || 3.9 || '''.9''' || .1 || 9.7 || 10.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2017–18 EuroLeague|2017–18]]
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| [[Saski Baskonia|Baskonia]]
| 31 || 23 || 21.4 || '''.472''' || '''.405''' || .737 || 1.9 || '''5.1''' || .5 || .0 || 9.3 || 11.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2018–19 EuroLeague|2018–19]]
| 12 || 5 || 19.3 || .370 || '''.405''' || .643 || 1.6 || 2.4 || .3 || .0 || 7.2 || 5.7
|-
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Career
| 148 || 89 || 23.6 || .410 || .347 || .751 || 2.4 || 4.0 || .7 || .1 || 9.2 || 10.2
{{S-end}}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=003024 Jayson Granger] at [[Euroleague.net]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180923163017/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=Y6K  Jayson Granger] at [[Liga ACB]] {{in lang|es}}
* [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Jayson_Granger/63540 Jayson Granger] at [[Eurobasket.com]]
* {{BBL profile}}
* [http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Jayson-Granger-5093/ Jayson Granger] at Draftexpress.com
* {{FIBA profile|new_id=152445|name=Jayson Granger|old_id=53927}}
* {{Basketball-Reference.com international player}}

{{Basketball Bundesliga Finals MVP}}

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