Bennett in 2013
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No. 15 – Fenerbahçe Istanbul | |
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Position | Power forward / Small forward |
League |
Turkish Basketball Super League EuroLeague |
Personal information | |
Born |
Toronto, Ontario |
March 14, 1993
Nationality | Canadian |
Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
Career information | |
High school |
Harold M. Brathwaite (Brampton, Ontario) Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nevada) |
College | UNLV (2012–2013) |
NBA draft | 2013 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall |
Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers | |
Playing career | 2013–present |
Career history | |
2013–2014 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
2014–2015 | Minnesota Timberwolves |
2015–2016 | Toronto Raptors |
2015–2016 | →Raptors 905 |
2016–2017 | Brooklyn Nets |
2016 | →Long Island Nets |
2017–present | Fenerbahçe |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Anthony Harris Bennett (born March 14, 1993) is a Canadian professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL) and EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He was the first overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers, becoming the first Canadian to be drafted number one overall. Bennett is also a member of the Canadian national team.
Mediocre in the NBA from the start, he was ranked by some as one of the worst first overall picks in recent memory, an assessment reinforced by his failure to remain with a team for more than one season in his four seasons.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Bennett was raised in the city's Jane and Finch neighbourhood, and in nearby Brampton, where he moved at age ten. He is the son of Edith Bennett, a nurse who is originally from Jamaica, and Delroy Harris. He also has an older sister, Danielle, and an older brother, Sheldon. Edith raised her family as a single mother, working two jobs, at a hospital and a mental health facility. As a teenager in Jamaica, his mother ran track and field and played netball.
Bennett attended Harold M. Brathwaite Secondary School in Brampton. At age 16, he relocated to Beckley, West Virginia to play basketball for Mountain State Academy, and after the school closed a year later, he moved to Henderson, Nevada to play for the basketball preparatory academy Findlay Prep. He was the #1 forward and the #7 player overall in the high school class of 2012 according to ESPNU 100, the #7 player by Scout.com, and the #7 player by Rivals.com.