Bryson Warren

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Bryson Warren
No. 0Sioux Falls Skyforce
Position Point guard
League NBA G League
Personal information
Born (2004-10-14) October 14, 2004 (age 20)
North Little Rock, Arkansas, U. S.
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight174 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school Little Rock Central
(Little Rock, Arkansas)
NBA draft 2024: undrafted
Playing career2021–present
Career history
2021–2022 Team OTE
2022–2023 YNG Dreamerz
2023–present Sioux Falls Skyforce
Career highlights and awards
  • OTE champion (2022)
  • Second team All-OTE (2023)

Bryson Warren (born October 14, 2004) [1] is an American professional basketball player for the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA G League.

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High school career

Warren attended Little Rock Central at Little Rock, Arkansas where he averaged 24.1 points, 3.7 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game while shooting 44% from three. He was named Arkansas Basketball Coaches Association High School Player of the Year. He later transferred to Link Academy in Branson, Missouri, but didn't play for them, opting instead to go pro and play at the Overtime Elite. [2] [3]

Professional career

Team OTE (2021–2022)

On September 21, 2021, Warren signed with Team OTE of the Overtime Elite. [3] On his rookie season, he was one of the team's best scorers, scoring 18 times in double figures and being sixth in the league in three-point percentage while hitting the league's first game winner ever in opening night, eventually helping his team to win a championship. [2]

YNG Dreamerz (2022–2023)

In his second season, Warren joined the YNG Dreamerz of Overtime Elite, where he averaged 14.3 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game in the regular season and was voted Second Team All-OTE. [4] He scored in double figures in 12 games during the season and scored over 20 points three times and in the playoffs, he averaged 14.0 points and 5.2 rebounds leading the team to the Championship game, which they ended up losing to the City Reapers. [2]

Sioux Falls Skyforce (2023–present)

On October 30, 2024, Warren joined the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA G League after being drafted in the G League draft. [5] He played 27 games and averaged 6.9 points, 1.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 0.6 steals and 0.3 blocks in 17.4 minutes. [1] [6] After season's end, [4] he declared for the 2024 NBA draft, but went unselected.

After joining them for the 2024 NBA Summer League, [7] Warren signed with the Miami Heat on September 11, 2024, [8] but was waived the next day. [9] On October 28, he rejoined the Skyforce. [10]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Bryson Warren | OTE". OvertimeElite.com. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Givony, Jonathan (September 2, 2021). "Bryson Warren signs with Overtime Elite over college offers". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
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