Bracey Wright

Bracey Wright

Wright in action with Hapoel Jerusalem.
No. 13 – Acıbadem Üniversitesi
Position	Shooting guard / Point guard
League	Turkish Basketball First League
Personal information
Born	(1984-07-01) July 1, 1984 The Colony, Texas
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school	The Colony (The Colony, Texas)
College	Indiana (2002–2005)
NBA draft	2005 / Round: 2 / Pick: 47th overall
Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves
Playing career	2005–present
Career history
2005–2007	Minnesota Timberwolves
2005–2006	Florida Flame
2007–2008	Aris
2008–2009	Joventut Badalona
2009	Aris
2009–2010	Oostende
2010–2011	Paris-Levallois
2011	Cedevita
2011–2012	CAI Zaragoza
2012–2013	Cedevita
2013–2014	Krasnye Krylia
2014–2015	Hapoel Jerusalem
2015–2016	Pınar Karşıyaka
2016–present	Acıbadem Üniversitesi
Career highlights and awards
Israeli League Finals MVP (2015) First-team All-Big Ten (2005)

Carl "Bracey" Arman Wright (born July 1, 1984) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Acıbadem Üniversitesi of the Turkish Basketball First League.

Amateur career

Wright attended The Colony High School in The Colony, Texas. He was a high school teammate of future NBA guard Deron Williams. He was a 2002 McDonalds All American. ^[1] After being highly recruited out of high school, Wright played college basketball for the Indiana University Hoosiers from 2002–2004.

He scored 1,498 career points at Indiana and made 186 career three-pointers. Wright was named to the First Team All-Big Ten in 2004. As a junior, Wright led the Big Ten in scoring (18.3 points per game), while posting 25 or more points on seven occasions.^[2]

Professional career

Wright left Indiana for the NBA after three seasons. He was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2005 NBA Draft. The Timberwolves assigned him to the Florida Flame of the D-League for the 2005-06 season. He spent one more year in Minnesota.

On July 31, 2007, he signed with the Greek club Aris. In 2010, Wright signed a deal with Belgian Base Oostende for the remainder of the season. He was signed in the off season by Paris-Levallois in the French Pro A League and found a role as the starting shooting guard and back up point guard. In January 2011 he signed with Cedevita in Croatia.^[3] He was voted Second Team All-Eurocup and finished in 3rd place at the 2010-2011 Eurocup Final 4 Championship with his team Cedevita.^[4] Wright was also the Quarterfinals Game 2 MVP for the 2010-2011 Eurocup Finals.^[5] In July 2011 he signed with CAI Zaragoza in Spain.^[6] He returned to KK Cedevita in July 2012.^[7] In September 2013, he signed with Krasnye Krylia.^[8]

In January 2014, Wright signed with Hapoel Jerusalem for the rest of the season.^[9] In July 2014, he re-signed with Hapoel for three more years.^[10] In the 2014–15 season, Wright averaged 13.9 points, along with 3.4 rebounds and 3.2 assists, in the 26 Israeli Super League games in which he played. In the 2015 Super League Finals, in which he faced off against Hapoel Eilat, he averaged 19 points per game, and was named the finals MVP.

On August 3, 2016, Wright signed with Acıbadem Üniversitesi.^[11]

International career

Wright was a member of the gold-medal winning USA World Championship for Young Men Qualifying Team at the 2004 FIBA Americas World Championships.

Personal life

Wright met his wife Missy in Dallas,Tx in 2007. They separated in 2013 and divorced in 2016. They have two children together, Bracey Jr and Bailey. Wright is the son of Texas basketball great Carl Wright. Wright has a great appreciation the world of football(soccer) and is an avid member of the Juventus fan club. He is also known to enjoy cooking, fitness and reading. Wright now resides full time in Europe.

References

External links

• VTB League profile
• NBA.com Profile
• Bracey Wright at Basketball-Reference.com
• Euroleague.net Profile
• ACB.com Profile