Personal information | |
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Born |
Carson, California |
December 17, 1980
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Murrieta Valley (Murrieta, California) |
College | California (1999–2003) |
NBA draft | 2003 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2003–2010 |
Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
Career history | |
2003 | Energy Braunschweig |
2003–2004 | Shandong Lions |
2004 | St. Louis Skyhawks |
2004–2005 | Hunter Pirates |
2005–2006 | Hyères-Toulon |
2006–2007 | New Zealand Breakers |
2007 | Bakersfield Jam |
2008 | Waikato Pistons |
2008–2009 | Budivelnyk |
2009 | Antranik |
2009–2010 | Club Malvín |
2010 | Khimik Yuzhny |
2010 | Namika Lahti |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Brian Augustus Wethers (born December 17, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player. Wethers primarily played the small forward or shooting guard position.
Wethers graduated from Murrieta Valley High School in 1999.
Wethers attended college at the University of California in Berkeley.
Brian Wethers was going to play for the Golden State Warriors or Los Angeles Lakers however his try-outs with the Golden State Warriors and the Lakers was cut short when he tore an achilles tendon.
Wethers played for Phantoms Braunschweig in Germany and Shandong in China in the 2003–2004 season.
He moved in 2004 to the Hunter Pirates in the Australian National Basketball League. Wethers was a standout for the Pirates during the 2004–2005 NBL season leading the league in scoring with 24.3 points a game and being named the NBL MVP. Wethers' strong play took the Pirates to the playoffs, after they had previously only won 2 matches the season before.
After the end of the NBL season Wethers moved to Hyères-Toulon in France where he played 24 matches during the 2005–2006 season.
He returned to the NBL in 2006 signing for the New Zealand Breakers, who had struggled in the league since their inception in 2003–2004.
Wethers was a fourth round selection in the 2007 NBA Development League Draft by the Bakersfield Jam, however he only played two matches before being released.