Ryan Dunn (basketball)

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Ryan Dunn
Ryan Dunn.jpg
Dunn with Virginia in 2024
No. 0–Phoenix Suns
Position Small forward
League NBA
Personal information
Born (2003-01-07) January 7, 2003 (age 22)
Baldwin, 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)
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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, Nassau County, 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 9 points and 4 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] In his lone prep year, he averaged 11.9 points and 7.1 rebounds. At the same time, Dunn tallied 38 steals and 30 blocks in 27 games. He led Perkiomen to their first-ever state title appearance alongside Xaivian Lee and Thomas Haugh. They qualified for the National Prep Tournament in the same year. 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] where he was widely considered the best defensive player available.

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]

Dunn would make his NBA debut on October 23, recording two points, two rebounds, a steal, and a block in nearly nine minutes of play in the Suns' 116–113 overtime win over the Los Angeles Clippers held in their new home arena, Intuit Dome. In only his third game played just three days later, Dunn would make his first start for the Suns due to a Bradley Beal injury on his right elbow. For that night's game, he would score a then-season-high 13 points as a starter in a 114–102 win over the defending Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks in the Suns' home opener game. On October 31, Dunn scored a then-season-high 16 points in his second start in a 125–119 win over the Los Angeles Clippers. [14] With the Suns sitting at 15–18 to begin the 2025 part of their 2024–25 campaign, the Suns elected to move Dunn into their starting lineup in place of Bradley Beal, beginning in their January 6, 2025 game against the Philadelphia 76ers. [15] On January 16, Dunn would record his first double-double of his professional career with season-highs of 18 points (from 8/12 shooting, including 2/3 three-pointers made) and 11 rebounds as a starter in Phoenix's 130–123 win over the Washington Wizards, getting the team back to an average record again. [16]

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. [17]

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  2. ↑ "Four-star NY guard Ryan Dunn on recent Gophers official visit: "fan base in Minnesota was really big"". Star Tribune . September 10, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
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  14. ↑ https://www.nba.com/game/0022400131
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