Ryan Dunn (basketball)

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Ryan Dunn
Ryan Dunn.jpg
Dunn with Virginia in 2024
No. 0–Phoenix Suns
Position Shooting guard / small forward
League NBA
Personal information
Born (2003-01-07) January 7, 2003 (age 21)
New Hyde Park, New York, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight216 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school
College Virginia (2022–2024)
NBA draft 2024: 1st round, 28th overall pick
Selected by the Denver Nuggets
Playing career2024–present
Career history
2024–present Phoenix Suns
Career highlights and awards
  • ACC All-Defensive team (2024)
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com

Ryan Christian Dunn (born January 7, 2003) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers.

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Early life and high school career

Dunn grew up in Baldwin, New York. He initially attended Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia as a boarding student, where he played on the school's third basketball team. [1] After his sophomore year he transferred to Long Island Lutheran High School. [2] Dunn averaged nine points and four assists per game as a junior. [3] After graduating from Long Island Lutheran, he opted to enroll at the Perkiomen School in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania for a postgraduate year. [4] Dunn was rated a four-star recruit and committed to playing college basketball for Virginia over offers from Minnesota, Pittsburgh, South Carolina, Oklahoma State, and Georgetown. [5] [6]

College career

Dunn was a key bench player during his freshman year at Virginia. [7] [8] He averaged 2.6 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks in 31 games played during his freshman season. [9] [10] Dunn averaged 8.1 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.3 blocks and 1.3 steals per game as a sophomore. Following the season he declared for the 2024 NBA draft. [11]

Professional career

Phoenix Suns (2024–present)

On June 26, 2024, Dunn was selected with the 28th overall pick by the Denver Nuggets in the 2024 NBA draft, however, immediately on draft night, he was traded alongside the 56th overall pick in the 2024 draft and second-round picks in 2026 and 2031 in exchange for the 22nd overall pick in the 2024 draft. [12] On July 2, he signed a contract with Phoenix. [13]

Career statistics

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

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2022–23 Virginia 31012.9.532.313.5002.9.3.41.12.6
2023–24 Virginia 343427.5.548.200.5326.9.81.32.38.1
Career653420.6.544.235.5255.0.5.91.75.5

Personal life

Dunn is the younger brother of Major League Baseball pitcher Justin Dunn. [14]

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  3. ↑ "Top 100 boys basketball players on Long Island for 2021". Newsday . February 9, 2021. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
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  6. ↑ "New York four-star 2022 guard Ryan Dunn picks Virginia over the Gophers". Star Tribune . September 18, 2021. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Virginia's overhauled, 'very athletic' roster makes for critical summer". The Daily Progress . July 21, 2023. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
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