| Jamel McLean | |
| Position: | Power forward / center |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 8 |
| Weight Lb: | 257 |
| Team: | Kumamoto Volters |
| League: | B.League |
| Number: | 1 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Birth Date: | 18 April 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Brooklyn, New York |
| High School: | Bethel (Hampton, Virginia) |
| College: | |
| Draft Year: | 2011 |
| Career Start: | 2011 |
| Years1: | 2011–2012 |
| Team1: | Leuven Bears |
| Years2: | 2012 |
| Team2: | Oostende |
| Years3: | 2013–2014 |
| Team3: | Bonn |
| Years4: | 2014–2015 |
| Team4: | Alba Berlin |
| Years5: | 2015–2017 |
| Team5: | Olimpia Milano |
| Years6: | 2017–2018 |
| Team6: | Olympiacos |
| Years7: | 2018–2019 |
| Team7: | Lokomotiv Kuban |
| Years8: | 2019–2020 |
| Team8: | Dinamo Sassari |
| Years9: | 2020 |
| Team9: | Nagoya Diamond Dolphins |
| Years10: | 2021 |
| Team10: | MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg |
| Years11: | 2021 |
| Team11: | Casademont Zaragoza |
| Years12: | 2021–2022 |
| Team12: | Skyliners Frankfurt |
| Years13: | 2022–present |
| Team13: | Kumamoto Volters |
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Jamel McLean (born April 18, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for Kumamoto Volters of the B.League. Standing at, he plays at the power forward and center positions.
After failing to get drafted at the 2011 NBA draft, Mclean signed with Leuven Bears of Belgium, for the 2011–12 season.[1]
On October 5, 2012, he signed a two-month deal with Telenet Oostende of Belgium.[2] After his contract expired, he left Oostende.[3] On January 5, 2013, he signed with Telekom Baskets Bonn of Germany for the rest of the season.[4] On June 28, 2013, he re-signed with Telekom Bonn for one more season.[5]
On August 5, 2014, McLean signed a one-year contract, with an option for another season, with the German club Alba Berlin.[6] In the 2014–15 season, he was named the Basketball Bundesliga MVP.[7] On July 3, 2015, he opted out of his contract with Alba.[8]
On July 9, 2015, McLean signed a two-year contract with Italian club EA7 Emporio Armani Milano.[9]
On July 12, 2017, McLean signed a two-year contract with Greek club Olympiacos.[10] On June 29, 2018, McLean's agent announced that Olympiacos had opted out of their contract with the player. On July 17, 2018, McLean signed with the Russian team Lokomotiv Kuban.[11]
On August 28, 2019, he signed with Dinamo Sassari of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A.[12]
At mid 2019-20 season McLean resigned from Sassari[13] to move to Japan, where he signed with Nagoya Diamond Dolphins until the end of the season.[14]
On February 22, 2021, McLean signed with MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg of the Basketball Bundesliga for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[15]
On July 7, 2021, he signed with Casademont Zaragoza of the Liga ACB.[16] McLean averaged 9 points and 4 rebounds per game. He parted ways with the team on November 21.[17]
On November 22, McLean signed with Skyliners Frankfurt of the Basketball Bundesliga.[18]
On July 25, 2022, McLean signed with Kumamoto Volters of the B.League for the 2022–23 season.[19]
On June 25, 2023, McLean re-signed with the team for the 2023–24 season.[20] Upon renegotiating the contract, McLean changed his jersey number from 3 to 1.
On June 19, 2024, McLean re-signed with the team for the 2024–25 season.[21]
McLean was injured in the game on October 19, 2024, and placed on the injured list on the 28th.[22]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15| style="text-align:left;"| Alba Berlin| 21 || 14 || 25.4 || .559 || .000 || .770 || 5.6 || 1.6 || 1.0 || .2 || 13.0 || 16.9|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16| style="text-align:left;"| Milano| 10 || 9 || 22.5 || .531 || .000 || .830 || 4.1 || .9 || 1.0 || .1 || 10.7 || 13.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17| style="text-align:left;"| Milano| 30 || 9 || 20.4 || .591 || .167 || .716 || 4.2 || 1.4 || .7 || .25 || 8.7 || 10|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career| 31 || 23 || 24.5 || .551 || .000 || .787 || 5.1 || 1.4 || 1.0 || .2 || 12.3 || 15.7|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19| style="text-align:left;"| Lokomotiv Kuban| || || || || || || || || || || || |-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;"| Nagoya Diamond Dolphins| 6 || 6 || 35.1 || .532 || .200 || .730 || 11.2 || 2.0 || || || 18.7 || |-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021| style="text-align:left;"| MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
| || || || || || || || || || || || |-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021| style="text-align:left;"| Casademont Zaragoza| || || || || || || || || || || || |-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021-22| style="text-align:left;"| Skyliners Frankfurt| || || || || || || || || || || || |-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23| style="text-align:left;"| Kumamoto Volters| 39 || 25 || 26.0 || .506 || .319 || .722 || 7.3 || 2.2 || 1.1 || .5 || 16.5 || |-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24| style="text-align:left;"| Kumamoto Volters| 48 || 48 || 28.0 || .632 || .136 || .635 || 8.9 || 2.3 || 1.3 || .9 || 15.7 ||