Dyshawn Pierre

Dyshawn Pierre
Player information
birthday	17th November 1993
place of birth	Whitby, Ontario , Canada
size	198 cm
Weight	104 kg
position	wing
High school	Anderson CVI
college	Dayton
Clubs as active
2012–2016 University of Dayton 2016–2017 Basketball Löwen Braunschweig 2017–2020 Dinamo Basket Sassari since 2020 Fenerbahçe Istanbul 0

Dyshawn Pierre (born November 17, 1993 in Whitby , Ontario ) is a Canadian basketball player . He is part of the squad of the Turkish club Fenerbahçe Istanbul .

Player career

Pierre was born in Whitby in the Canadian province of Ontario and played in his hometown for the Anderson Collegiate Vocational Institute school selection.

In 2012 he moved to the United States at the University of Dayton . In 2014, he reached the round of eight with the college team in the NCAA play- offs. Between 2012 and 2016 he played a total of 126 games for Dayton, averaging 11.3 points and 6.7 rebounds. Sexual assault allegations were made against Pierre in September 2015. He denied the allegations and the prosecution closed the investigation due to insufficient evidence.

After finishing his college career, Pierre played for the NBA club Indiana Pacers in the Orlando Summer League . At the beginning of September 2016, the Basketball Löwen Braunschweig from the Basketball Bundesliga announced their commitment. With an average of 7.9 rebounds per game, he was the best Bundesliga player in this category during the main round of the 2016/17 season and also scored 14.9 points per match.

After his strong first year as a professional, he left Germany for Italy and switched to Dinamo Basket Sassari for the 2017/18 season . In 2019 he won the European club competition FIBA Europe Cup with Sassari . The statistically best season of his time in Sassari was the 2019/20 season, when he scored an average of 13.8 points per match in Serie A and impressed as an accurate distance shooter. In the summer of 2020, Pierre moved to Fenerbahçe Istanbul in Turkey .

National team

Pierre won bronze with the Canadian U17 national team at the 2010 World Cup and was team-mate of Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennett during the tournament . At the U19 World Cup in 2011, he was the best thrower in the Canadian selection with a points average of 16.9.

Web links

• easyCredit BBL - Dyshawn Pierre - player profile on the easyCredit Basketball-Bundesliga website
• Dyshawn Pierre - Overview of participation in international FIBA tournaments on archive.fiba.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dyshawn Pierre - 2015-16. Retrieved April 22, 2017 . 
2. ^ Brian McNair: Whitby's Dyshawn Pierre, Dayton fly high into Elite Eight | DurhamRegion.com . In: DurhamRegion.com . March 27, 2014 ( durhamregion.com [accessed April 22, 2017]).
3. ↑ Dyshawn Pierre - 2015-16. Retrieved April 22, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Dayton's Dyshawn Pierre suspended due to sexual assault allegation . In: CBSSports.com . ( cbssports.com [accessed April 22, 2017]).
5. ↑ 2016 Orlando Pro Summer League | Indiana Pacers. Retrieved April 22, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Basketball Braunschweig: Strong rebound forward: Dyshawn Pierre is a lion! Retrieved April 22, 2017 (English). 
7. ↑ easyCredit - Player Statistics. Retrieved May 2, 2017 . 
8. ↑ http://www.basketinside.com/serie-a/mercato-serie-a/ufficiale-colpo-sassari-firmato-dyshawn-pierre/?refresh_ce-cp
9. ↑ ^{a b} Fenerbahce makes Pierre first signing of the Kokoskov era. In: Euroleague. Retrieved July 8, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Pierre Dyshawn - Statistiche INDIVIDUALI. In: LEGABASKET SERIE A. Retrieved July 8, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Canada Basketball. Retrieved April 22, 2017 (English). 
12. ↑ Canada profile, FIBA ​​U19 World Championship 2011 | FIBA.COM . In: FIBA.COM . ( fiba.com [accessed April 22, 2017]). Canada profile, FIBA ​​U19 World Championship 2011 | FIBA.COM ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.