Bryan Davis (basketball) explained

Bryan Davis
Height Ft:6
Height In:9
Weight Lb:250
Birth Date:31 December 1986
Birth Place:Dallas, Texas
Nationality:American
College:Texas A&M (2006–2010)
Draft Year:2010
Career Start:2010
Career End:2019
Career Position:Power forward / center
Years1:2010–2011
Team1:Czarni Słupsk
Years2:2011–2012
Team2:Kryvbasbasket
Years3:2012
Team3:Hebei Springs Benma
Years4:2012
Team4:Seoul Samsung Thunders
Years5:2012
Team5:Sonic Boom KT
Years6:2013
Team6:Czarni Słupsk
Years7:2013
Team7:Jiang Xi
Years8:2013–2014
Team8:Reno Bighorns
Years9:2014
Team9:Wellington Saints
Years11:2014–2015
Team11:Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor
Years12:2015
Team12:Capitanes de Arecibo
Years13:2015
Team13:Czarni Słupsk
Years14:2015–2016
Team14:Dacin Tigers
Years15:2016
Team15:Wellington Saints
Years16:2016
Team16:Spirou Charleroi
Years17:2016–2017
Team17:Taiwan Beer
Years18:2018
Team18:Westports Malaysia Dragons
Years19:2018
Team19:Belfius Mons-Hainaut
Years20:2018–2019
Team20:Ángeles de Puebla
Years21:2019
Team21:Yulon Luxgen Dinos
Years22:2019
Team22:Aguada
Years23:2019
Team23:Halcones de Ciudad Obregón
Highlights:
  • NZNBL champion (2014, 2016)
  • SBL All-Star (2015, 2016)
  • SBL All-Star MVP (2015)
  • SBL Slam Dunk Contest champion (2015)
  • SBL scoring champion (2015)
  • SBL assists leader(2017)
  • SBL steals leader(2015, 2017)
  • Ukrainian Superleague All-Star (2012)
  • PLK All-Star (2011)
  • Third-team All-Big 12 (2010)
  • Big 12 All-Defensive Team (2010)

Bryan Keith Davis[1] (born December 31, 1986) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Halcones de Ciudad Obregón of the CIBACOPA. He played college basketball for Texas A&M University.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2010 NBA draft, Davis played in Poland for Czarni Słupsk during the 2010–11 season. For the 2011–12 season, he played in the Ukraine for Kryvbasbasket. Following his time with Kryvbasbasket, he played in China for Hebei Springs during the 2012 NBL season.

Over the first half of the 2012–13 season, Davis spent time playing in South Korea for the Seoul Samsung Thunders and the Sonic Boom KT. In April 2013, he returned to Poland and re-joined Czarni Słupsk for the rest of the 2012–13 season. He later played for Jiang Xi during the 2013 NBL season.

In November 2013, Davis was acquired by the Reno Bighorns of the NBA Development League.[2] In 52 games for Reno during the 2013–14 season, he averaged 9.5 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.

On May 30, 2014, Davis signed with the Wellington Saints for the rest of the 2014 New Zealand NBL season.[3] [4] He went on to help the Saints win the championship, and in eight games, he averaged 9.8 points, 8.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.5 steals per game.

In November 2014, Davis joined Taiwanese club Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor,[5] and during the 2014–15 SBL season, he was named a participant in the 2015 SBL All-Star Game. In 32 games, he averaged 28.3 points, 14.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 2.4 steals and 1.2 blocks per game.

In March 2015, Davis signed with Capitanes de Arecibo for the 2015 BSN season.[6] In 33 games for the club, he averaged 6.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game.

On August 24, 2015, Davis joined the Wellington Saints Invitational team for a three-day mini camp before travelling to Taiwan to play in the 2015 William Jones Cup.[7] In the Saints' first game of the tournament against Chinese Taipei B on August 29, Davis scored a game-high 28 points in a 102–85 win.[8]

In November 2015, Davis joined Czarni Słupsk for a third stint, but left after just three games. He returned to Taiwan in December and joined the Dacin Tigers. He again earned All-Star honors, and in 31 games, he averaged 20.1 points, 12.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 2.2 steals and 1.4 blocks per game.

On May 9, 2016, Davis arrived in Wellington in order to join the Saints for the rest of the 2016 New Zealand NBL season.[9]

In September 2016, Davis re-signed with Czarni Słupsk for a fourth stint.[10] However, left before the start of the 2016–17 season, and on October 13, 2016, he signed a three-month contract with Belgian club Spirou Charleroi.[11] On November 23, 2016, he left Spirou in order to sign with Taiwan Beer for the rest of the season.[12]

Personal

Davis is a Christian. In the summer of 2009, he traveled to New Zealand with Athletes in Action, a Christian organization with a goal to build spiritual movements through sport. While there, they played an exhibition game against a New Zealand Breakers team that included Davis' future Wellington Saints teammate Corey Webster.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bryan Keith Davis profile . Game center FIBA.com . 2023-12-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150410042554/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/pid/6050936/playerview.html . 2015-04-10 . dead.
  2. Web site: Bighorns Open Training Camp . . November 18, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140104060423/http://www.nba.com/dleague/reno/bighorns_open_training_camp_2013_11_16.html . January 4, 2014 . dead .
  3. http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/basketball/10101846/Wellington-Saints-sign-fifth-import-Bryan-Davis Wellington Saints sign fifth import Bryan Davis
  4. Web site: Saints Bolster Big Man Stocks . May 30, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140531124413/http://nzhoops.co.nz/saints-bolster-big-man-stocks/ . May 31, 2014 . dead .
  5. http://www.hoopnut.net/2014/11/asian-basketball-journal-november-30.html Asian Basketball Journal - November 30, 2014
  6. http://www.thesportpress.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=6594:phelps-y-bryan-davis-con-arecibo&Itemid=127 Phelps y Bryan Davis con Arecibo
  7. Web site: Hyslop . Liam . Wellington Saints bring in the heavy artillery for Asian tour . Stuff.co.nz . August 24, 2015 . August 31, 2015.
  8. Web site: 籃球比賽記錄表 . 2015 William Jones Cup . August 29, 2015 . August 31, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150831185440/http://2015wjc.basketball-tpe.org/files/902-1008-3556-10000.php . August 31, 2015 .
  9. http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/basketball/79901608/nigel-spikes-ushered-out-of-the-wellington-saints-revolving-imports-door Nigel Spikes ushered out of the Wellington Saints' revolving imports door
  10. http://www.eurobasket.com/Poland/news/461900/Bryan-Davis-comes-back-to-Energa-Czarni Bryan Davis comes back to Energa Czarni
  11. http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/belgium/214205/spirou-charleroi-signs-bryan-davis-to-a-three-month-contract.html Spirou Charleroi signs Bryan Davis to a three-month contract
  12. Web site: Bryan Davis leaves Spirou Charleroi to sign in Taiwan. Sportando.com. November 23, 2016. November 24, 2016.
  13. Web site: Latest Saints import keen to make his mark . Stuff.co.nz . May 31, 2014 . June 2, 2014.