Damiris Dantas

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Damiris Dantas do Amaral
No. 12 – Atlanta Dream
Position Center
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1992-11-17) November 17, 1992 (age 31)
Ferraz de Vasconcelos, Brazil
Nationality Brazilian
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
WNBA draft 2012 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12th overall
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career 2011–present
Career history
2011–2012 Real Celta Vigo
2012 Ourinhos
2013 Maranhao
2013–present Americana
2014–2015 Minnesota Lynx
2015–present Atlanta Dream
Stats at WNBA.com
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Guadalajara Team
Americas Championship
Gold medal – first place 2011 Neiva Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Xalapa Team
South American Championship
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mendoza Team
World Championship U-19
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Chile Team

Damiris Dantas do Amaral (Ferraz de Vasconcelos born 17 November 1992) is a Brazilian female basketball player.[1] Together with the Brazilian team she won the bronze medal at the Under-19 World Championship in 2011, Chile. Dantas was also named MVP at that tournament.[2] She was also champion of the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women with the Brazil women's national basketball team.[3]

She was a member of the team which competed for Brazil at the 2011 Pan American Games, winning a bronze medal.[4]

Dantas began to play basketball at Janeth Arcain's basketball institute at the age of 13. Within four years, she had become a professional.[5] Dantas was drafted by the Minnesota Lynx in the first round of the 2012 WNBA Draft. Dantas was not expected to play in the WNBA until after the 2012 Olympic Games.[6]

Dantas played for Ourinhos in 2012, Maranhao in 2013, and Americana from 2013 to 2014. She was signed by the Lynx on April 2, 2014.[7] Dantas made her WNBA debut on May 16, 2014, gathering 12 rebounds in a win against Washington.[8] Dantas became the second rookie in league history to debut with 10 rebounds and 5 assists. With Rebekkah Brunson being sidelined with tendinitis, Dantas became the starter, and soon led the WNBA rookies in rebounds.[9] On July 27, 2015 Dantas was traded to the Atlanta Dream as part of the three-team deal.[10]She was suspended for the 2016 WNBA season after she failed to report to training camp, instead using the time to train with the Brazilian National team for the Summer 2016 Olympics. [11] Atlanta is retaining Dantas's rights and she is expected to play with the team during the 2017 season.

WNBA Statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career high League leader

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2014 Minnesota 30 23 21.8 .511 1.000 .760 5.1 1.2 .5 .4 .8 6.0

References

  1. ↑ Confederação Brasileira de Basketball – player profile. Retrieved 24 October 2011
  2. ↑ FIBA U19W – Dantas named MVP, Headlines All-Tournament Team. Retrieved 24 October 2011
  3. ↑ ¡Brasil Campeón FIBA Américas 2011 femenino!
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Q&A With Janeth Arcain | Part I
  6. ↑ 2012 WNBA Draft First Round
  7. ↑ Minnesota Lynx sign Brazilian center Damaris Dantas
  8. ↑ Lynx at Mystics, May 16, 2014
  9. ↑ Questions? Dantas Has Answers
  10. ↑ Dream Finalize Three–Team Trade with Minnesota and Chicago
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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