Bracey Wright
File:Bracey Wright.JPG
Wright in action with Hapoel Jerusalem.
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No. 2 – Pınar Karşıyaka | |
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Position | Shooting guard / Point guard |
League | Turkish Basketball Super League Eurocup |
Personal information | |
Born | The Colony, Texas |
July 1, 1984
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | The Colony (The Colony, Texas) |
College | Indiana (2002–2005) |
NBA draft | 2005 / Round: 2 / Pick: 47th overall |
Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves | |
Playing career | 2005–present |
Career history | |
2005–2007 | Minnesota Timberwolves |
2005–2006 | Florida Flame |
2007–2008 | Aris |
2008–2009 | Joventut Badalona |
2009 | Aris |
2009–2010 | Oostende |
2010–2011 | Paris-Levallois |
2011 | Cedevita Zagreb |
2011–2012 | CAI Zaragoza |
2012–2013 | Cedevita Zagreb |
2013–2014 | Krasnye Krylia |
2014–2015 | Hapoel Jerusalem |
2015–present | Pınar Karşıyaka |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Carl "Bracey" Arman Wright (born July 1, 1984) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Pınar Karşıyaka of the Turkish Basketball Super League.
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Amateur career
Wright attended The Colony High School in The Colony, Texas. He was a high school teammate of future NBA guard Deron Williams. He was a a 2002 McDonalds All American. [1] After being highly recruited out of high school, Wright played college basketball for the Indiana University Hoosiers from 2002–2004.
He scored 1,498 career points at Indiana and made 186 career three-pointers. Wright was named to the First Team All-Big Ten in 2004. As a junior, Wright led the Big Ten in scoring (18.3 points per game), while posting 25 or more points on seven occasions.[2]
Professional career
Wright left Indiana for the NBA after three seasons. He was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2005 NBA Draft. The Timberwolves assigned him to the Florida Flame of the D-League for the 2005-06 season. He spent one more year in Minnesota.
On July 31, 2007, he signed with the Greek club Aris. In 2010, Wright signed a deal with Belgian Base Oostende for the remainder of the season. He was signed in the off season by Paris-Levallois in the French Pro A League and found a role as the starting shooting guard and back up point guard. In January 2011 he signed with Cedevita in Croatia.[3] He was voted Second Team All-Eurocup and finished in 3rd place at the 2010-2011 Eurocup Final 4 Championship with his team Cedevita.[4] Wright was also the Quarterfinals Game 2 MVP for the 2010-2011 Eurocup Finals.[5] In July 2011 he signed with CAI Zaragoza in Spain.[6] He returned to KK Cedevita in July 2012.[7] In September 2013, he signed with Krasnye Krylia.[8]
In January 2014, Wright signed with Hapoel Jerusalem for the rest of the season.[9] In July 2014, he re-signed with Hapoel for three more years.[10] In the 2014–15 season, Wright averaged 13.9 points, along with 3.4 rebounds and 3.2 assists, in the 26 Israeli Super League games in which he played. In the 2015 Super League Finals, in which he faced off against Hapoel Eilat, he averaged 19 points per game, and was named the finals MVP.
International career
Wright was a member of the gold-medal winning USA World Championship for Young Men Qualifying Team at the 2004 FIBA Americas World Championships.
Personal life
Wright and his wife, Missy, reside in Honolulu, Hawaii with their son, Bracey Jr. Wright is the son of Texas basketball great Carl Wright. Wright has a great appreciation for world football and is an avid member of the Juventus fan club.
References
- ↑ http://www.maxpreps.com/news/article.aspx?articleid=32f101a1-174f-e011-a486-001cc494a4ac&page=2
- ↑ NBA.com Wolves take Wright.
- ↑ CEDEVITA signs scoring guard Wright
- ↑ EUROCUP 2013-14 AWARDS
- ↑ Quarterfinals Game 2 MVP: Bracey Wright, Cedevita
- ↑ CAI lands Bracey Wright
- ↑ Cedevita returns Bracey Wright
- ↑ Bracey Wright lands in Krasnie Krilya
- ↑ HAPOEL JERUSALEM adds scorer Wright
- ↑ Bracey Wright, Hapoel together until 2017
External links
- VTB League profile
- NBA.com Profile
- Bracey Wright at Basketball-Reference.com
- Euroleague.net Profile
- ACB.com Profile
- Pages with broken file links
- 1984 births
- Living people
- ABA League players
- African-American basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Belgium
- American expatriate basketball people in Croatia
- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Greece
- American expatriate basketball people in Israel
- American expatriate basketball people in Russia
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Aris B.C. players
- Basketball players from Texas
- Basket Zaragoza 2002 players
- BC Krasnye Krylia players
- BC Oostende players
- Florida Flame players
- Greek Basket League players
- Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. players
- Joventut Badalona players
- Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball players
- KK Cedevita players
- Liga ACB players
- McDonald's High School All-Americans
- Minnesota Timberwolves draft picks
- Minnesota Timberwolves players
- Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
- Paris-Levallois Basket players
- Point guards
- Shooting guards