Brian Davis (basketball)
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| Born | June 21, 1970 Atlantic City, New Jersey |
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Bladensburg (Bladensburg, Maryland) |
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| College | Duke (1988–1992) | ||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1992 / Round: 2 / Pick: 48th overall | ||||||||||||
| Selected by the Phoenix Suns | |||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1992–2000 | ||||||||||||
| Position | Small forward / Shooting guard | ||||||||||||
| Number | 23 | ||||||||||||
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| 1992–1993 | Pau-Orthez (France) | ||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Minnesota Timberwolves | ||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Pittsburgh Piranhas (CBA) | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | Aliağa Petkim (Turkey) | ||||||||||||
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| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||
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Brian Keith Davis (born June 21, 1970) is a former college and professional basketball player. A 6'7" guard-forward, Davis played both football and basketball at Bladensburg High School. He then played four years of basketball at Duke University, appearing in 141 career games, and was a member of the back-to-back national championship teams of 1991 and 1992.
After graduation, Davis played in the French league with Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez during the 1992–93 season alongside seven-foot-seven Gheorghe Muresan, and then returned to the NBA for the 1993–94 season with the Minnesota Timberwolves, where he played alongside Duke teammate Christian Laettner. Davis played in 68 NBA games, averaged 5.5 minutes per game, and scored a total of 131 career points (1.9 per game).
He maintains a close friendship with Laettner, and they partnered on a $2 million donation to Duke's men's basketball program to endow an athletic scholarship and support construction of an athletics center and practice facility.[1] They have also pursued several business ventures together, including real-estate development in Durham,[2] a Major League Soccer team,[3] and an unsuccessful attempt to purchase the Memphis Grizzlies.[4] Some legal problems have also occurred.[5]
References
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- 1970 births
- Living people
- African-American basketball players
- Aliağa Petkim basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- American soccer chairmen and investors
- Basketball players at the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players at the 1990 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players at the 1991 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players at the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Basketball players from New Jersey
- Duke Blue Devils men's basketball players
- Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez players
- Minnesota Timberwolves players
- Phoenix Suns draft picks
- Pittsburgh Piranhas players
- Small forwards
- Sportspeople from Atlantic City, New Jersey
