DeJuan Wright

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DeJuan Wright
No. 8Kutaisi 2010
Position Shooting guard
League Georgian Superliga
Personal information
Born (1988-12-07) December 7, 1988 (age 35)
Detroit, Michigan
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High school Henry Ford (Detroit, Michigan)
College
NBA draft 2012: undrafted
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2013 EiffelTowers Den Bosch
2013 Orchies
2014 ZZ Leiden
2014–2015 Donar
2015–2017 WBC Raiffeisen Wels
2017–present Kutaisi 2010
Career highlights and awards

DeJuan Wright (born December 7, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for Kutaisi 2010 of the Georgian Superliga. Wright usually plays the shooting guard position. [1]

Contents

From Detroit, Wright attended Henry Ford High School and Florida International University. [2]

Career

In the 2012-2013 season, Wright played for EiffelTowers Den Bosch in the Netherlands. On September 27, 2013 Wright signed with BC Orchies in the LNB Pro B, the second league in France. [3] He averaged 14.3 points and 5 rebounds for Orchies. Wright returned to the Netherlands on January 31, 2014 when he signed with Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden. [4]

For the 2014–15 season Wright signed in the Netherlands again, this time for Donar from Groningen. [5] On 12 March 2015, Wright was ruled out for the season after he tore his achilles. [6] He averaged 15.5 points per game till his injury.

In October 2015, he signed in Austria with WBC Raiffeisen Wels. [7]

In the summer of 2017, Wright signed with BC Kutaisi 2010 in Georgia. Since then, he has won two Georgian Cups and one Gerogian Supercup with team.

Honors

Club

EiffelTowers Den Bosch
Donar
Kutaisi 2010

Individual

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