Jon Keith Diebler is an American

United States

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 basketball

Basketball

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 player for Panionios B.C. in Greece

Greece

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. He previously played four seasons at Ohio State University

Ohio State University

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. He holds the Ohio high school career scoring record and the Ohio State University and Big Ten career three-point field goals records. He also tied Chris Hill

Chris Hill (basketball)

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 for the Big Ten single-game three-point record.

High school career

Diebler scored over 2,000 points during his career with Upper Sandusky High School

Upper Sandusky High School

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. He scored 77 points in a 105-100 win over Tiffin Columbian as a junior. In his sophomore year, the Upper Sandusky Rams won the state championship, coached by his father, Keith Diebler. As a senior he averaged 41.2 points, 12.3 rebounds, and 6 assists per game. Diebler ended his high school career with 3,208 points, more than Ohio high school greats Jimmy Jackson

Jim Jackson (basketball)

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 (2,328), Jamar Butler

Jamar Butler

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 (2,412), Bob Huggins

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 (2,438), Jerry Lucas

Jerry Lucas

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 (2,438) and LeBron James

LeBron James

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 (2,646). A four star recruit, he committed to play his college ball at Ohio State in September 2005.

College career

On March 13, 2010, Diebler surpassed Jamar Butler

Jamar Butler

Jamar Butler is a basketball point guard. His career started at Shawnee High School in Lima, Ohio, where he was named Ohio's Mr. Basketball his senior year. Butler was then recruited by both the University of Cincinnati and Ohio State University. Jamar chose Ohio State, where he broke multiple...

 for the Ohio State record for three-point field goals made. Diebler finished the 2009–10 season averaging 37.2 minutes per game. On March 1, 2011, he made 10 three-pointers in a row while finishing 10 for 12, breaking the Ohio State record for most three-pointers in a game. On March 6, 2011, during Ohio State's senior day, Diebler made 7 three-pointers, finishing with 27 points against Wisconsin.

Diebler started 115 games during his time at OSU, including every game since the start of his sophomore year.

Professional career

On June 6, 2011, Diebler traveled to Portland to participate in a pre-draft workout with the Trail Blazers

Portland Trail Blazers

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. Diebler was drafted in the second round of the 2011 NBA Draft

2011 NBA Draft

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 by the Trail Blazers. In August 2011 he signed a one-year contract with Greek club Panionios B.C..

External links

• http://rivalshoops.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=38700&Sport=2
• http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPID=10421&DB_OEM_ID=17300
• http://www.thelantern.com/sports/basketball/ohio-state-s-jon-diebler-headed-to-the-portland-trail-blazers-1.2417307
• http://www.nba.com/blazers/tbtv/video.html?videoID=2155