Bracey Wright

Bracey Wright

Wright in action with Hapoel Jerusalem.
No. 2 – Pınar Karşıyaka
Position Shooting guard / Point guard
League Turkish Basketball Super League
Eurocup
Personal information
Born (1984-07-01) July 1, 1984
The Colony, Texas
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

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.

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

  1. ↑ http://www.maxpreps.com/news/article.aspx?articleid=32f101a1-174f-e011-a486-001cc494a4ac&page=2
  2. ↑ NBA.com Wolves take Wright.
  3. ↑ CEDEVITA signs scoring guard Wright
  4. ↑ EUROCUP 2013-14 AWARDS
  5. ↑ Quarterfinals Game 2 MVP: Bracey Wright, Cedevita
  6. ↑ CAI lands Bracey Wright
  7. ↑ Cedevita returns Bracey Wright
  8. ↑ Bracey Wright lands in Krasnie Krilya
  9. ↑ HAPOEL JERUSALEM adds scorer Wright
  10. ↑ Bracey Wright, Hapoel together until 2017

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