Dunston with Olympiacos in October 2013.
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Position | Center | ||||||||||||
League |
Turkish Basketball League EuroLeague |
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Personal information | |||||||||||||
Born |
Kentucky |
May 28, 1986 ||||||||||||
Nationality | American / Armenian | ||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||||||||||
Listed weight | 252 lb (114 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school |
St. John's Preparatory School (Queens, New York) |
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College | Fordham (2004–2008) | ||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2008 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||
Playing career | 2008–present | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Mobis Phoebus | ||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Aris Thessaloniki | ||||||||||||
2011 | Bnei HaSharon | ||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Hapoel Holon | ||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Cimberio Varese | ||||||||||||
2013–2015 | Olympiacos | ||||||||||||
2015–present | Anadolu Efes | ||||||||||||
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Bryant Kevin Dunston Jr. (born May 28, 1986) is an Armenian-American professional basketball player who plays at the center position for Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL) and the EuroLeague and represents Armenia internationally. Standing at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), he won the EuroLeague Best Defender award twice and reached the EuroLeague Final in 2015, while playing for Olympiacos.
Dunston was born in southern Kentucky, and grew up in LeFrak City, Queens. He is a graduate of St. John's Preparatory High School. He is the nephew of former professional baseball player Shawon Dunston, a former No. 1 pick in the MLB.
Dunston attended Fordham University, where he played college basketball with the Fordham Rams. He finished his collegiate career by being named to the First Team All-Metropolitan, Second Team All-Atlantic 10 Conference, and Atlantic 10 Conference All-Defensive Team.
In his college career, Dunston appeared in all 120 of Fordham's games, starting in 118 of them. He finished his college career in second place on Fordham's all-time scoring list, with 1,832 career points, in third place on Fordham's all-time rebounds list, with 993 career rebounds, and as Fordham's career blocked shots leader, graduating with 294 career rejections.