Gavin Edwards (basketball) explained

Gavin Edwards
Position:Power forward / center
Height Ft:6
Height In:9
Weight Lb:243
Team:Utsunomiya Brex
Number:33
Nationality:Japanese
Birth Date:1988 1, mf=yes
Birth Place:Gilbert, Arizona
Highschool:Mesquite (Gilbert, Arizona)
College:UConn (2006–2010)
Draft Year:2010
Career Start:2010
Years1:2010
Team1:Anyang KGC
Years2:2010
Team2:BC Khimik
Years3:2010–2011
Years4:2011–2012
Team4:Peristeri B.C.
Years5:2012–2013
Team5:Westports KL Dragons
Years6:2013–2017
Team6:Aisin SeaHorses Mikawa
Years7:2017–2023
Team7:Chiba Jets Funabashi
Years8:2023-present
Team8:Utsunomiya Brex
Highlights:
  • 2× NBL Blockshot leader (2015, 2016)
  • NBL All-Star (2015)
  • B.League All-Star (2019)

Gavin Earl Edwards (born January 15, 1988, in Gilbert, Arizona) is a U.S.-born Japanese professional basketball player for Utsunomiya Brex in Japan.[1] He is also a member of the Japanese men's national basketball team and competed for them in the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo.[2]

College

Edwards played collegiate basketball at UConn Huskies men's basketball.[3]

Professional and National Team career

Edwards plays professional basketball in Japan in the B.League, and as a naturalized import for the Japanese national team. “It’s not exactly how you’d picture going because you always think, ‘I’d love to play on Team USA,’ but everybody wants to play in the Olympics,” said Edwards, who played at UConn in 2006-10 and has played professionally in Japan for the past eight years."[4] He was one of the last members to be selected.[5]

Career statistics

|-| align="left" | 2013–14| align="left" | Aisin| 53|| 12|| 23.6|| 60.7|| 50.0|| 64.7|| 8.1|| 1.0|| 0.5|| 1.8|| 13.9 |-| align="left" | 2014–15| align="left" | Aisin| 54||5 || 22.9|| 63.8|| 20.0|| 66.0|| 7.9|| 1.3|| 0.8|| 1.9|| 13.8|-| align="left" | 2015–16| align="left" | Aisin| 53||13|| 25.3|| 57.8|| 36.4|| 71.6|| 7.8|| 1.4|| 0.8|| 1.8|| 15.0 |-| align="left" | 2016–17| align="left" | Mikawa| 60 || 16 || 26.0 || 54.5 || 29.2 || 68.8 || 7.5 || 1.5 || 0.8 || 1.2 || 14.6|-| align="left" | 2017–18| align="left" | Chiba|60 || 59 ||29.0 || 60.9 ||25.7 || 64.4 || 7.7 || 2.8 ||0.9 ||1.2 || 18.1|}

Personal

Edwards and his wife, Elle, have a son and daughter. His wife and children live in Arizona while he lives in Funabashi. He is a naturalized Japanese citizen, which allowed him to compete in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[6]

His father, Earl Edwards is a former American football player.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chiba Jets . Gavin Edwards. 10 February 2018 . 10 February 2018.
  2. Web site: Gavin Earl EDWARDS . . Olympics.com . International Olympic Committee . 7 April 2022.
  3. Web site: Gavin Edwards - Men's Basketball . 2022-05-31 . University of Connecticut Athletics . en.
  4. Web site: Anthony . Mike . 2021-07-08 . UConn’s Gavin Edwards, a naturalized Japanese citizen, taking roundabout road to Olympic dream with host nation . 2022-05-31 . CT Insider . en-US.
  5. Web site: Nagatsuka . Kaz . 2021-07-14 . Gavin Edwards, a late addition to team Japan, excited for Olympic opportunity . 2022-05-31 . The Japan Times . en-US.
  6. News: Anthony . Mike . 8 July 2021 . UConn's Gavin Edwards, a naturalized Japanese citizen, taking roundabout road to Olympic dream with host nation . CT Insider . Norwalk, Connecticut . 7 April 2022.