Bryant Dunston

Bryant Dunston
Bryant Dunston 42 - Anadolu Efes S.K. 20171215.jpg
Dunston with Anadolu Efes in December 2017.
No. 42 – Anadolu Efes
PositionCenter
LeagueBSL
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1986-05-28) May 28, 1986 (age 35)
Queens, New York
NationalityAmerican / Armenian
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High schoolSt. John's Preparatory School
(Queens, New York)
CollegeFordham (2004–2008)
NBA draft2008 / Undrafted
Playing career2008–present
Number5, 6, 12, 42
Career history
2009–2010Mobis Phoebus
2010–2011Aris
2011Bnei Herzliya
2011–2012Hapoel Holon
2012–2013Varese
2013–2015Olympiacos
2015–presentAnadolu Efes
Career highlights and awards
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

Bryant Kevin Dunston Jr. (Armenian: Բրայանտ Քևին Դանստոն կրտսեր; born May 28, 1986) is an American-born naturalized Armenian professional basketball player who plays at the center position for Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL) and the EuroLeague. He also represents the senior Armenian national team internationally.

Standing at a height of 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), he won the EuroLeague Best Defender award twice, and reached the EuroLeague Final in 2015, while playing with Olympiacos. In 2011–12, he was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League. Dunston earned an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection in 2017.

Early life

Dunston was born in southern Kentucky, and grew up in LeFrak City, Queens. He is a graduate of St. John's Preparatory High School. He is the nephew of former professional baseball player Shawon Dunston, a former No. 1 pick in the MLB.

College career

Dunston attended Fordham University, where he played college basketball with the Fordham Rams. He finished his collegiate career by being named to the First Team All-Metropolitan, Second Team All-Atlantic 10 Conference, and Atlantic 10 Conference All-Defensive Team.

In his college career, Dunston appeared in all 120 of Fordham's games, starting in 118 of them. He finished his college career in second place on Fordham's all-time scoring list, with 1,832 career points, in third place on Fordham's all-time rebounds list, with 993 career rebounds, and as Fordham's career blocked shots leader, graduating with 294 career rejections.

Professional career

Dunston played with Mobis Phoebus in the Korean Basketball League. In 2010, he signed with the Greek League club Aris, but left the team in February 2011.

After leaving Aris, he signed with the Israeli League club Bnei HaSharon. Following the 2010–11 season, Dunston joined the Israeli League club Hapoel Holon. In 2011–12, he was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League.

Reports said that Dunston was on the verge of signing a guaranteed contract with the NBA's Brooklyn Nets in the summer 2012. However, he joined the Italian League club Pallacanestro Varese instead.

Olympiacos

On July 9, 2013, Dunston signed a two-year contract with Olympiacos. In his first EuroLeague season, he averaged 10.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.1 steals and league-leading 1.3 blocks over 29 games played. Olympiacos however finished the participation in the EuroLeague by losing 2–3 to Real Madrid in the quarter-final series. On May 6, he was voted the EuroLeague Best Defender of the season.

On May 6, 2015, he was named the EuroLeague season's Best Defender for the second season in a row.

Anadolu Efes

On June 23, 2015, Dunston signed a two-year contract with the Turkish club Anadolu Efes. On May 18, 2017, he signed a two-year contract extension with Anadolu Efes.

On May 23, 2019, Dunston signed another two-year contract extension with the club. He signed a two-year extension on July 26, 2020, with an option for another year. On November 6, Dunston was ruled out for a month following an eye injury.

National team career

On June 16, 2015, he was included on the list of candidates of the senior Slovenian national basketball team for the EuroBasket 2015, by team selector Jure Zdovc. However, he didn't get a Slovenian passport in time, so he wouldn't represent Slovenia at the EuroBasket.

In June 2016, Dunston arrived in Yerevan, to represent the senior Armenian national basketball team in the 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high
Led the league

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2013–14 Olympiacos 29 21 24.7 .670 .000 .566 5.3 1.0 1.1 1.3 10.3 15.0
2014–15 29 25 19.4 .543 .000 .618 4.4 .6 .8 1.1 7.1 9.0
2015–16 Anadolu Efes 24 15 21.0 .604 .000 .655 5.0 .8 .5 1.1 7.9 11.5
2016–17 35 34 28.9 .551 .000 .679 6.2 1.1 .6 1.1 10.7 14.6
2017–18 30 28 28.0 .645 .333 .697 5.4 1.3 .7 1.7 10.2 15.5
2018–19 36 32 26.1 .640 .333 .701 4.9 1.3 .8 1.2 8.9 13.5
Career 183 155 25.0 .608 .250 .665 5.2 1.1 .8 1.3 9.3 13.3

Awards and accomplishments

College

  • Atlantic 10 Conference Rookie of the Year: (2005)
  • Second Team All-Atlantic 10 Conference: (2005)
  • First Team All-Atlantic 10 Conference: (2006)
  • Second Team All-Atlantic 10 Conference: (2007)
  • First Team All-Metropolitan: (2008)
  • Second Team All-Atlantic 10 Conference: (2008)
  • Atlantic 10 Conference All Defensive Team: (2008)

Professional


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