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Former Gonzaga guard Silas Melson’s well-travelled professional career will make another stop in 2026-27.
French Betclic Elite club JDA Dijon Basket, or Dijon, announced Melson as their newest player on Monday, becoming the 6’3 guard’s tenth different club since he graduated from Gonzaga in 2018.
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Melson will make France his home for the first time, after previous stops in Greece, Israel, Finland, Belgium, Estonia, Turkey, and Germany.
The Portland, OR native recently recovered from a major injury that limited him to just one game in 2024-25 with Darussafaka in Turkey. He played last year for Oostende in Belgium, appearing in 29 games and averaging 11.9 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 1.7 assists in 24.1 minutes per game, while shooting a solid 36.9% from beyond the arc.
Melson’s journey
Dec 19, 2015; Seattle, WA, USA; Gonzaga Bulldogs guard Silas Melson (0) | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect
Melson, like many former Gonzaga greats, has turned basketball into a career where he has – quite literally – travelled the world. Melson came to Gonzaga after a stellar high school career at Jefferson in Portland, and he immediately stepped into a reserve role in 2014-15 after starting point guard Josh Perkins suffered a season-ending jaw injury.
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From there, Melson steadily improved as a scorer and playmaker in each of the next two seasons, serving a very valuable role on Gonzaga’s 2016-17 squad that made the national championship game. Melson played 29 minutes against South Carolina in the Final Four, scoring six points with four rebounds, three assists, and two blocks in the four point victory.
Melson fully broke out as a starter and major contributor for the Zags in 2017-18. That season, the 6’3 shooting guard averaged career-highs in points (9.3), rebounds (3.1), assists (2.2), and steals (1.1), while shooting 37.2% from three and 83.6% from the free throw line.
He dropped 21 points with three assists and three steals in a 91-74 non-conference win over Creighton, and had…
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