Steven Wright (basketball player)
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| birthday | August 7, 1983 | |
| place of birth | Dayton , United States | |
| size | 191 cm | |
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Point Guard / Shooting Guard |
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| college | Northern Kentucky | |
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2003–2006 Bowling Green Falcons ( NCAA I) 2006–2007 Northern Kentucky Norse (NCAA II) 2007–2008 New York Phantoms Braunschweig 2008–2009 Paderborn Baskets 2009–2010 WALTER Tigers Tübingen 2010–2011 Gloria GIANTS Düsseldorf 2011 Namika Lahti
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Steven Wright (born August 7, 1983 in Dayton , Ohio ) is an American basketball player . After four seasons in the German basketball league at different clubs Wright played at the start of the 2011/12 season in the Finnish Lahti in the Korisliiga .
college
Between 2003 and 2006 Wright played in his home state for Bowling Green State in the NCAA Division I. In his senior year, he moved to the NCAA Division II to the Norse of Northern Kentucky University . There he had a very successful year and was appointed to the division's All-American First Team, which corresponds to the five best basketball players of the year in this league nationwide.
Basketball Bundesliga
After graduating from college, Wright signed a professional contract in Germany with the New York Phantoms Braunschweig. In the following 2008/09 season he was signed by the Paderborn Baskets , where he played with Nathan Peavy , who was also from Dayton, and reached the play-offs of the Bundesliga . In November 2009 he signed a contract with league competitor WALTER Tigers from Tübingen and achieved a midfield placement with the club in the 2009/10 season . Shortly before the start of the 2010/11 season , Wright was obliged by the previous season's athletic relegated Gloria Giants from Düsseldorf , who had only secured the league's whereabouts by purchasing a wild card . The Giants landed again on a relegation zone and this time relegated to the ProA . Wright left the Bundesliga and moved to Finland. There he terminated his contract with Namika Lahti after a month for, according to his own statements, family reasons.
Web links
- easyCredit BBL - Steven Wright - player profile on the easyCredit Basketball-Bundesliga website
- Steven Wright College Stats - Profile and NCAA Statistics Division I at sports-reference.com ( English )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wright plays in NABC All-Star Game. Northern Kentucky University March 23, 2007, archived from the original June 17, 2013 ; accessed on October 1, 2010 (English).
- ↑ a b Sven Schaffer: Steven Wright first newcomer to the Baskets from Paderborn. Hochstift-live.de, June 2, 2008, archived from the original on February 11, 2013 ; accessed on October 1, 2010 (press release Paderborn Baskets).
- ↑ Jörg Bähre: Press release: New backup for superstructure and wing position. New York Phantoms , July 18, 2007, accessed October 1, 2010 (press release).
- ↑ WALTER Tigers Tübingen : Hudson is leaving, Wright is coming. Basketball Bundesliga , November 12, 2009, archived from the original on July 19, 2012 ; Retrieved October 1, 2010 (press release).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Wright, Steven |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dayton , Ohio |