Dee Bost Signs NBA Contract with Utah Jazz

SALT LAKE CITY (WCBI/Utah Jazz) – The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has signed free-agent guard Dee Bost.  Per team policy, financial terms were not released.

Bost (6-2, 176, Mississippi State) played for the Idaho Stampede last season, averaging 15.2 points, a team-high 8.4 assists, 6.1 rebounds and team-leading 2.1 steals in 40.5 minutes in 50 games (all starts).  He ranked second in the D-League in assists and minutes per game, and fourth in steals during the 2013-14 campaign.  Bost scored in double figures in 41 games, including 14 contests recording 20-plus points.  He also registered five triple-doubles and 10 double-doubles and was selected to participate in the 2014 NBA D-League All-Star Game.

(HailState.com)
Former MSU Bulldog Dee Bost has signed his first NBA contract with the Utah Jazz today.

The 24-year-old guard attended training camp with the Portland Trail Blazers prior to the 2013-14 season. Bost spent the 2012-13 season with Budućnost Podgorica of Montenegro, where he appeared in 54 games (44 starts) and averaged 8.3 points, 1.8 assists and 3.0 rebounds in 21.5 minutes per game.

He played four seasons at Mississippi State, averaging 15.8 points, 3.3 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 2.0 steals in 36.3 minutes during his senior campaign and was named to the 2012 All-SEC First Team.  Bost also appeared on the 2009 SEC All-Freshman Team and the All-SEC Second Team for two consecutive seasons (2010, 2011).  He was not selected in the 2012 NBA Draft.

A native of Charlotte, N.C., Bost played high school basketball at Concord High School in Concord, N.C.  He was named the 2007 Male Athlete of the Year by the Charlotte Observer.  Bost played one season at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Va., helping lead the team to a perfect 29-0 record and the 2008 National Prep Championship.

Bost will wear uniform #2 for the Jazz.