Asia Durr

Last updated

AD Durr
No. 23Atlanta Dream
Position Shooting guard
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1997-04-05) April 5, 1997 (age 26)
Douglasville, Georgia, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight151 lb (68 kg)
Career information
High school St. Pius X Catholic
(Atlanta, Georgia)
College Louisville (2015–2019)
WNBA draft 2019: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
Selected by the New York Liberty
Playing career2019–present
Career history
2019,
2022
New York Liberty
2022–present Atlanta Dream
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Asia (AD) Durr [1] (born April 5, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). They [lower-alpha 1] played college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals.

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College career

After the 2017–18 season, Durr was named the ACC Player of the Year. Durr received 29 of 31 votes for pre-season All-American, prior to the 2018–19 season. [3] Durr finished their career at Louisville with career averages of 17.8 points, 2.2 assists, and 3.2 rebounds. [4]

Louisville statistics

Source [5]

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high
YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2015–16Louisville3134243.2%36.1%84.1%2.61.41.10.411.0
2016–17Louisville3669242.4%40.5%78.1%3.41.81.30.419.2
2017–18Louisville3870944.3%41.5%84.8%3.12.31.00.218.7
2018–19Louisville3574243.9%34.3%81.5%3.83.31.50.421.2
Career140248543.5%38.4%81.8%3.22.21.20.317.8

Professional career

New York Liberty

Rookie season (2019)

Durr was drafted by the New York Liberty as the 2nd overall pick in the 2019 WNBA draft. They made their debut on May 24, 2019, against the Indiana Fever, scoring 8 points in 25 minutes of playing time. They played in 18 games in their rookie season, averaging 9.7 points in 26.7 minutes per game.

COVID-19 sidelining (2020–2021)

They missed the entire 2020 season due to coronavirus. [6] Preceding the start of the 2021 WNBA season, Durr was ruled out for the season due to continued struggles with effects from COVID-19. They were placed on the full-season suspended list as a result. [7]

Return to the Liberty and WNBA (2022)

On May 7, 2022, in what was the first game of New York Liberty's 2022 season, AD returned to the WNBA court, tallying 5.75 minutes off the bench in a victory over the Connecticut Sun. [8] AD struggled to get minutes in their return to the Liberty, only averaging 7 minutes in 10 games. On June 8, 2022, they were traded to the Atlanta Dream.

Atlanta Dream

AD was traded to the Dream on June 8, 2022, in exchange for Megan Walker and the draft rights to Raquel Carrera. [9]

WNBA career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game FG%  Field-goal percentage 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold Career best°League leader

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2019 New York 181526.7.467.294.8181.61.70.60.41.29.7
2022 New York 1007.0.176.111.8750.10.40.40.20.51.4
2022 Atlanta 15219.9.422.458.7741.91.70.30.11.110.7
2023 Atlanta 36010.9.380.322.7691.10.70.30.10.84.8
Career3 years, 2 teams791715.7.413.341.7901.21.10.40.20.96.6

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2023 Atlanta 205.0.500.0001.000.00.50.00.00.02.0
Career1 year, 1 team205.0.500.0001.000.00.50.00.00.02.0

Notes

  1. According to Sports Illustrated, AD prefers "they/them pronouns, and he/him with some of their closest male friends". [2] This article uses singular they for consistency.

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