Tammy Sutton-Brown

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Tammy Sutton-Brown
Personal information
Born (1978-01-27) January 27, 1978 (age 46)
Markham, Ontario
NationalityCanadian
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight199 lb (90 kg)
Career information
High school Markham District (Markham, Ontario)
College Rutgers (1997–2001)
WNBA draft 2001: 2nd round, 18th overall pick
Selected by the Charlotte Sting
Playing career2001–2012
Position Center
Career history
2001–2006 Charlotte Sting
2001–2002Kumho Life Falcons
2002–2003 VBM-SGAU Samara
2003–2004Kumho Life Falcons
2004–2005 USK Prague
2005VBM-SGAU Samara
2005 Dynamo Moscow
2006–2011 Fenerbahçe
2007–2012 Indiana Fever
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Tamara Kim "Tammy" Sutton-Brown (born January 27, 1978) is a Canadian retired professional basketball player. Her primary position was center. Throughout her playing career, Sutton-Brown played for the Charlotte Sting and Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She had also played in Asia and Europe. Sutton-Brown has won a WNBA championship (2012) and is a two-time WNBA All-Star.

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Early life

Born in Markham, Ontario, Sutton-Brown is of Jamaican descent. [1] She was rated Canada's top female at Armadale public school basketball prospect by the Toronto Star . [2]

College years

Sutton-Brown attended Rutgers University, where she majored in women's studies. [3] As a senior, she was nicknamed Simba from the Disney movie "The Lion King" due to her coming of age at Rutgers. [4] She owns a career field goal percentage of 57.6 which ranks third in the Rutgers career records. [5]

WNBA career

Sutton-Brown was selected 18th overall in the second round of the 2001 WNBA draft by the Charlotte Sting. In her rookie season, Sutton-Brown experienced her first WNBA Finals appearance as the Sting advanced all the way to the WNBA Finals but were defeated in a 2-game sweep by the Los Angeles Sparks.

Sutton-Brown had a breakout year in her second season, averaging 11.9 ppg, 6.0 rpg and 1.1 bpg. Her season performance got her selected into the 2002 WNBA All-Star Game, becoming the first Canadian WNBA player to be voted as an all-star. [6] [7]

Sutton-Brown finished the 2004 season ranked second in the WNBA in blocks (a career-high 2.0 bpg). She became the Sting's all-time leader in blocks in 2004 with 196 career blocked shots, and as of 2006 only the 10th player to achieve 200 blocks. [8] [9]

After the 2006 season ended, the Sting ceased operations and most of the remaining players were entered in a dispersal draft that followed the Sting's demise. Since she was an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2006 season, she was exempt from entering the dispersal draft. [10] However, on March 22, 2007, she signed with the Indiana Fever. [11] She would play alongside superstar forward Tamika Catchings.

During the 2007 season with the Fever, Sutton-Brown was selected into the 2007 WNBA All-Star Game and had averaged a career-high in scoring with 12 ppg.

In the 2009 season, Sutton-Brown experienced her second WNBA Finals appearance as the Fever advanced all the way to the WNBA Finals for the first time in franchise history, but fell short to the Phoenix Mercury in five games.

During her final season in the WNBA, Sutton-Brown became the fifth player in league history to accumulate 3,000 points, 2,000 rebounds and 400 blocks in their career. [12] Later in the season, Sutton-Brown won her first WNBA championship with the Fever in 2012 when they defeated the Minnesota Lynx 3-1 in the finals. [13] Following the championship victory, Sutton-Brown became a free agent and eventually retired from the WNBA after 12 seasons. As of her retirement, Sutton-Brown ranked 22nd in career rebounds and 5th in career blocks.

WNBA career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game FG%  Field-goal percentage 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold Career best°League leader
†Denotes seasons in which Sutton-Brown won a WNBA championship

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2001 Charlotte 292120.8.394.000.7224.40.40.71.31.36.8
2002 Charlotte 322927.7.531.000.7136.00.50.91.11.511.9
2003 Charlotte 343325.4.421.000.6875.90.40.51.41.78.4
2004 Charlotte 343428.5.473.000.6986.20.40.92.02.09.6
2005 Charlotte 343326.1.509.000.6815.30.40.81.02.09.4
2006 Charlotte 303026.7.488.000.6395.90.70.81.82.311.2
2007 Indiana 343325.3.485.000.7165.40.91.01.32.512.0
2008 Indiana 333329.0.495.000.6736.30.50.61.72.011.8
2009 Indiana 272525.2.466.000.7455.90.90.51.41.89.9
2010 Indiana 343425.7.450.000.7075.10.90.91.61.68.1
2011 Indiana 342619.0.489.000.7433.10.61.01.20.95.5
2012 † Indiana 333216.4.422.000.8002.80.70.70.80.63.9
Career12 years, 2 teams38836324.7.479.000.7005.20.60.81.41.79.0

Postseason

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2001 Charlotte 8820.9.543.000.7143.30.50.11.31.07.5
2002 Charlotte 2228.0.500.000.1676.00.00.50.53.57.5
2003 Charlotte 2116.0.286.000.0003.00.00.01.51.02.0
2007 Indiana 6620.5.349.000.5714.70.70.12.01.37.0
2008 Indiana 3331.0.387.000.9525.30.30.31.32.014.7
2009 Indiana 101031.1.528.000.6895.60.50.91.43.014.3
2010 Indiana 3330.0.476.000.8184.30.31.30.62.69.7
2011 Indiana 6628.7.463.000.8646.81.30.81.82.69.5
2012 † Indiana 718.6.571.000.4442.00.40.20.10.43.4
Career9 years, 2 teams474023.5.477.000.6964.50.60.51.31.98.9

Overseas career

Sutton-Brown's first season overseas was in Korea where she played for the Kumho Life Falcons in 2001–02 off-season. In the 2002–03 off-season, Sutton-Brown played for VBM-SGAU Samara in Russia. In the 2003–04 off-season, Sutton-Brown returned to Korea to play for the Kumho Life Falcons and won a championship with the team. In the 2004–05 off-season, Sutton-Brown played for USK Prague in Czech Republic and spent the rest of the off-season playing for VBM-SGAU Samara and Dynamo Moscow. Sutton-Brown played for Fenerbahçe since the start of the 2006–07 off-season for 5 years where she won five championships.

International clubs

International career

Sutton-Brown played for the Canada women's national basketball team in the 2000 Summer Olympics. [14] [15] She averaged 10.3 ppg and 7.3 rpg in 6 games with the team throughout the Olympics. [16]

Life after basketball

Since her retirement from professional basketball, Sutton-Brown launched TSquared, a marketing company that partners up professional athletes with various brands. She also became an author and is working on a series of children’s books. [17] In October of 2021, Sutton-Brown was named the Associate of Basketball and Franchise Operations for Raptors 905, the G League affiliate of the Toronto Raptors. In July of 2023, it was announced that Sutton-Brown would be inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame.


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  9. ↑ "More than the little things". August 24, 2011.
  10. ↑ Charlotte Sting Dispersal Draft To Be Held on January 8
  11. ↑ "Fever: Sutton-Brown Free Agent Signing Highlights Fever Roster Moves". www.wnba.com.
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  13. ↑ "Tammy Sutton-Brown and Indiana Fever Win WNBA Championship".
  14. ↑ "Tamika Catching's All-Star Girls Basketball Clinic". Basketball World Toronto. December 4, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Team Canada 2000 Games". Archived from the original on September 20, 2000.
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  17. ↑ "Markham native enjoying life after WNBA | Share News". Archived from the original on 2016-11-13. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
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