21 Facts About Jeremy Sochan

Jeremy Juliusz Sochan is a Polish-American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association and Poland national team.

Jeremy Sochan plays for the Poland national basketball team after playing for both the England and Poland teams as a junior.

Jeremy Sochan's mother Aneta was a Polish basketball player for Polonia Warsaw who played Division II college basketball at Panhandle State.

Jeremy Sochan's maternal grandfather, Juliusz Jeremy Sochan, after whom he received his middle name, was a director of the basketball section of AZS AWF Warsaw and the president of the Warsaw Regional Basketball Association.

Jeremy Sochan's great-grandfather Zygmunt Sochan was an association football player for Warszawianka, making 94 appearances in the Ekstraklasa before World War II, when he joined the Polish resistance against the German occupiers and was a Stutthof concentration camp survivor.

Jeremy Sochan took his first steps in basketball while living in England, first as a youth for the MK Trojans in Milton Keynes before moving to Southampton and playing for the Solent Kestrels youth team and Itchen College.

Jeremy Sochan began his high school career at La Lumiere School in Indiana, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he left the United States.

Jeremy Sochan committed to playing college basketball for Baylor in July 2020.

On January 8,2022, Jeremy Sochan sprained his ankle during a game against TCU and missed several games.

In 2020, Jeremy Sochan joined the German club OrangeAcademy of the ProB.

Jeremy Sochan was selected by the San Antonio Spurs with the ninth overall pick in the 2022 NBA draft.

Jeremy Sochan joined the Spurs' roster in the 2022 NBA Summer League, but later was ruled out after being placed in the NBA's Health and Safety Protocol after testing positive for coronavirus.

On July 8,2022, Jeremy Sochan signed a rookie-scale contract with the Spurs.

Jeremy Sochan resumed playing as power forward again after 17 games.

Jeremy Sochan has gained attention for his unorthodox technique of shooting free throws with one hand, an approach he began using in December 2022 after Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich suggested it as an experiment to increase Jeremy Sochan's free throw percentage.

Jeremy Sochan told police he lost control of his vehicle and hit a guardrail on the ramp connecting two highways.

In November 2024, Jeremy Sochan was scheduled to have surgery to repair a fractured left thumb.

Jeremy Sochan was forced to exit early from the game versus the Los Angeles Clippers.

Jeremy Sochan had represented both Poland and England nationally at the junior level.

Jeremy Sochan has been a member of the Polish national basketball team.

Jeremy Sochan played 29 minutes in which he scored 18 points, including a four-point play at the end and a game-deciding block.