Personal information | |
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Born | Carson, California, U.S. | December 17, 1980
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 |
2007 | Zhejiang Golden Bulls |
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. [1] Wethers primarily played the small forward or shooting guard position. This career ended with a foot injury.
Wethers graduated from Murrieta Valley High School in 1999. [1] [2] [3]
Wethers attended college at the University of California in Berkeley. [1]
After college, Wethers tore an Achilles tendon during a tryout for the Golden State Warriors. [3]
Wethers played for Phantoms Braunschweig in Germany and Shandong in China in the 2003–2004 season. [2]
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. [4] 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. [2]
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. [2]
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. [5] [6] [7]
He moved to Ukraine in 2008, signing with BC Budivelnyk Kyiv. [2] [8]
In 2008 Wethers spent time at the Waikato Pistons in the New Zealand National Basketball League. [9]
In 2009, he played for Antranik SC in Lebanon before in late 2009 moving to Uruguay to play for Club Malvín.
Wethers was signed in March 2010 to Khimik Yuzhny. [10]
Wethers is now the owner of Wethers' Elite Training. [11] The company provides private training, camps, clinics, and travel team opportunities for boys and girls.
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