DeShawn Stevenson
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| Position | Shooting guard |
|---|---|
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Team | Washington Wizards |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Born | April 3, 1981 (age 26) Fresno, California |
| High school | Washington Union High School (California) |
| Draft | 23rd overall, 2000 Utah Jazz |
| Pro career | 2000–present |
| Former teams | Utah Jazz (2000–2004) Orlando Magic (2004–2006) |
DeShawn Stevenson (born April 3, 1981 in Fresno, California) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Washington Wizards of the NBA. He entered the NBA directly from Washington Union High School in his hometown of Fresno and was picked by the Utah Jazz with the 23rd overall selection of the 2000 NBA Draft. A shooting guard, he has played for the Jazz and the Orlando Magic, averaging 7.6 points per game in his career.
On June 20, 2001, 20-year-old Stevenson was charged with statutory rape. He was accused of having sexual intercourse with a 14 year-old girl from Fresno. On draft night, he was involved with a fight with high school basketball teammates. He was also mostly a bench warmer in his early days with the Utah Jazz, and under coach Johnny Davis with the Orlando Magic. He was so frustrated by the lack of playing time that he requested a trade out of Orlando during the winter of 2004. When Davis was let go by the Orlando Magic, interim head coach Chris Jent implemented and utilized Stevenson. He impressed Magic management late in the 2004-05 NBA season enough to keep his spot safe. He has become known for his perimeter defense.
Stevenson recently opted out of the third and final year of his contract with the Orlando Magic and on August 3, 2006 he signed a two-year minimum contract with the Washington Wizards.[1]
Recently, Stevenson was told he was shooting over fifty percent as an average. As a follow up, Stevenson stated that he would only speak to other players on the team who were shooting over fifty percent (Etan Thomas and Brendan Haywood), not even all star Gilbert Arenas. He calls himself "Mr. Fifty," however this is simply a joke among teammates. [2]
[edit] References
- ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2538921
- ^ http://blog.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2007/02/the_full_story_on_deshawn_mist.html
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| 2000 NBA Draft | ||
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| First Round Kenyon Martin | Stromile Swift | Darius Miles | Marcus Fizer | Mike Miller | DerMarr Johnson | Chris Mihm | Jamal Crawford | Joel Przybilla | Keyon Dooling | Jérome Moïso | Etan Thomas | Courtney Alexander | Mateen Cleaves | Jason Collier | Hidayet Türkoğlu | Desmond Mason | Quentin Richardson | Jamaal Magloire | Speedy Claxton | Morris Peterson | Donnell Harvey | DeShawn Stevenson | Dalibor Bagarić | Jake Tsakalidis | Mamadou N'diaye | Primož Brezec | Erick Barkley | Mark Madsen |
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| Second Round Marko Jarić | Dan Langhi | A. J. Guyton | Jake Voskuhl | Khalid El-Amin | Mike Smith | Soumaila Samake | Eddie House | Eduardo Nájera | Lavor Postell | Hanno Möttölä | Chris Carrawell | Olumide Oyedeji | Michael Redd | Brian Cardinal | Jabari Smith | DeeAndre Hulett | Josip Sesar | Mark Karcher | Jason Hart | Kaniel Dickens | Igor Rakočević | Ernest Brown | Dan McClintock | Cory Hightower | Chris Porter | Jaquay Walls | Scoonie Penn | Pete Mickeal |
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