Demetric Austin | |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 7 |
Weight Lb: | 235 |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1995 |
Birth Place: | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
High School: | Springbrook (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
College: | Dillard (2015–2017) |
Draft Year: | 2017 |
Career Start: | 2017 |
Career End: | 2020 |
Career Position: | Power forward |
Years1: | 2017–2018 |
Team1: | Barreirense |
Years2: | 2018 |
Team2: | Pertevniyal |
Years3: | 2018–2019 |
Team3: | Panionios |
Years4: | 2019–2020 |
Team4: | SOMB |
Years5: | 2020 |
Team5: | Sporting CP |
Demetric Austin (born January 1, 1995) is an American professional basketball player. Standing at 2.01m (06.59feet), he plays the power forward position. After two years at Dillard University, Austin entered the 2017 NBA draft but was not selected in the draft's two rounds.
Austin played high school basketball at Springbrook High School, in Silver Spring, Maryland.
After graduating from Springbrook High School, Austin played college basketball for the Dillard University from 2015 to 2017.
After going undrafted in the 2017 NBA draft Austin started his professional career with Barreirense of the Portuguese LPB. With Barreirense, he averaged 19.4 points and 7.9 rebounds per game.
After his first pro year, Austin joined Pertevniyal in Turkey.[1]
On December 13, 2018, he left the club and joined Panionios of the Greek Basket League until the end of the season.[2] On August 31, 2019, Austin renewed his contract with Panionios. Three days later, he was unexpectedly released due to having to attend to a serious personal matter in the United States.
On February 7, 2020, he joined Sporting CP, team of the Portuguese Basketball League.[3] Twenty five days later, he left the club.[4]
When he was 10 years old, Austin became a victim of a gunshot wound. After the incident, Austin was afraid to go outside due to the gunshot. His fear came to an end after attending at the Springbrook High School.[5]