Cashmere Wright

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Cashmere Wright
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Wright as a player for ZZ Leiden in 2016
Personal information
Born (1990-01-09) January 9, 1990 (age 34)
Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight178 lb (81 kg)
Career information
High schoolUrban Christian Academy
(Savannah, Georgia)
College Cincinnati (2009–2013)
NBA draft 2013: undrafted
Playing career2013–2016
Position Point guard
Number1, 11, 12
Career history
2013–2014 GasTerra Flames
2014 AEK Athens
2015 Wilki Morskie Szczecin
2015–2016 ZZ Leiden
Career highlights and awards

Cashmere A'keem Wright (born January 9, 1990) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball with the Cincinnati Bearcats. Afterwards, he spent three seasons playing professionally in the Netherlands, Greece and Poland.

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College career

Wright was named to the 2012 All- Big East tournament team with the Cincinnati Bearcats after unranked Cincinnati knocked off #2 Syracuse in the semifinals at Madison Square Garden. The Bearcats beat 15 ranked teams with Cashmere at the point guard position over his career (2009–13). Wright wore number 1 and is the all-time leader in steals (198) for Cincinnati. Wright is also the only player in Cincinnati history to record at least 1300 points, 475 assists and 175 steals. [1]

Professional career

Netherlands (2013–14)

In July 2013 Wright signed his first pro-contract with the GasTerra Flames from Groningen, Netherlands. [2] In March Wright won his first championship in the national NBB Cup, in the Final against Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden Wright went off for 19 points. Wright was 5th in the Dutch league in scoring, with 14.2 points per game and was 10th in assists with 3.6 per game. He got a place in the All-DBL Team after the regular season. [3] On June 1, 2014 he won the Dutch championship as well.

Greece and Poland (2014–15)

For the 2014–15 season, Wright signed with AEK Athens of the Greek A1. [4] Wright was released by AEK on November 7, 2014. [5] Wright signed with the Halifax Rainmen of NBL Canada but did not play. [6] On January 6, 2015, he signed with Wilki Morskie Szczecin of the Polish Basketball League. [7]

Return to the Netherlands (2015–2016)

Wright defending Aron Roye in a DBL season game Aron Roye and Cashmere Wright.jpg
Wright defending Aron Royé in a DBL season game

On October 30, 2015, Wright was acquired by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Development League following a successful tryout with the team. [8] However, he was waived on November 9 before playing for them. [9]

On December 2, 2015, Wright returned to the Netherlands when he signed a 1,5-year contract with Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden. [10] [11]

On November 4, 2016, ZZ Leiden announced it had released Wright after he suffered from a season-ending knee injury. [12]

Honors

Cincinnati (NCAA)

Donar

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References

  1. ↑ Cashmere Wright's profile at Cincinnati Bearcats' website Archived June 18, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Cashmere Wright new point-guard GasTerra Flames / iBasketball.nl Archived October 8, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)
  3. ↑ "Meeste seizoenprijzen naar GasTerra Flames". Ibasketball.nl. Archived from the original on 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  4. ↑ AEK Athens ink Cashmere Wright, ex Groningen
  5. ↑ "AEK Athens parts ways with Cashmere Wright". Sportsndo.net. 2014-11-07. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
  6. ↑ Rainmen add six-foot-10 Nigel Spikes to lineup
  7. ↑ Cashmere Wright moves to King Wilki Morskie
  8. ↑ "Ants re-sign Fair, 2 others, add 2 more as draft nears". JournalGazette.net. October 30, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ "Mad Ants trim roster more". JournalGazette.net. November 9, 2015. Retrieved November 9, 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  10. ↑ "ZZ Leiden trekt Cashmere Wright aan". eredivisiebasketballleiden.nl (in Dutch). December 2, 2015. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Cashmere Wright signs with ZZ Leiden". Sportando.com. December 2, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  12. ↑ "ZZ Leiden neemt afscheid van Cashmere Wright" (in Dutch). Sleutelstad.nl. 4 November 2016.
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