Brian Wethers
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 17, 1980 Carson, California, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Murrieta Valley (Murrieta, California) |
| College | California (1999–2003) |
| NBA draft | 2003: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2003–2010 |
| Position | Shooting guard / small forward |
| Career history | |
| 2003 | Energy Braunschweig |
| 2003–2004 | Shandong Lions |
| 2004 | St. Louis Skyhawks |
| 2004–2005 | Hunter Pirates |
| 2005–2006 | Hyères-Toulon |
| 2006–2007 | New Zealand Breakers |
| 2007 | Bakersfield Jam |
| 2007 | Zhejiang Golden Bulls |
| 2008 | Waikato Pistons |
| 2008–2009 | Budivelnyk |
| 2009 | Antranik |
| 2009–2010 | Club Malvín |
| 2010 | Khimik Yuzhny |
| 2010 | Namika Lahti |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
Brian Augustus Wethers (born December 17, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player.[1] Wethers primarily played the small forward or shooting guard position. This career ended with a foot injury.
Basketball career
[edit]High school
[edit]Wethers graduated from Murrieta Valley High School in 1999.[1][2][3]
College basketball
[edit]Wethers attended college at the University of California in Berkeley.[1]
Professional career
[edit]After college, Wethers tore an Achilles tendon during a tryout for the Golden State Warriors.[3]
Wethers played for Phantoms Braunschweig in Germany and Shandong in China in the 2003–2004 season.[2]
He moved in 2004 to the Hunter Pirates in the Australian National Basketball League. Wethers was a standout for the Pirates during the 2004–2005 NBL season leading the league in scoring with 24.3 points a game and being named the NBL MVP.[4] Wethers' strong play took the Pirates to the playoffs, after they had previously only won 2 matches the season before.
After the end of the NBL season Wethers moved to Hyères-Toulon in France where he played 24 matches during the 2005–2006 season.[2]
He returned to the NBL in 2006 signing for the New Zealand Breakers, who had struggled in the league since their inception in 2003–2004.[2]
Wethers was a fourth round selection in the 2007 NBA Development League Draft by the Bakersfield Jam, however he only played two matches before being released.[5][6][7]
He moved to Ukraine in 2008, signing with BC Budivelnyk Kyiv.[2][8]
In 2008 Wethers spent time at the Waikato Pistons in the New Zealand National Basketball League.[9]
In 2009, he played for Antranik SC in Lebanon before in late 2009 moving to Uruguay to play for Club Malvín.
Wethers was signed in March 2010 to Khimik Yuzhny.[10]
Post basketball career
[edit]Wethers is now the owner of Wethers' Elite Training.[11] The company provides private training, camps, clinics, and travel team opportunities for boys and girls.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Player Bio: Brian Wethers". CalBears.com. University of California. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e "Brian Wethers" (PDF). NBA D-League. National Basketball Association. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
- ^ a b Freeman, Becky (March 30, 2005). "Wethers rules in Australia, looks for more". North County Times. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
- ^ Wethers wins MVP
- ^ "NBA development league draft". Tulsa World. November 2, 2007. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
- ^ "2007-08 Bakersfield Jam Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
- ^ "Bakersfield Jam Acquire Scooter McFadgon". NBA D-League. National Basketball Association. November 26, 2007. Archived from the original on December 17, 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
- ^ "BRIAN WETHERS basketball profile". eurobasket.com. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
- ^ "Waikato see fresh break in Wethers". Waikato Times. March 6, 2008. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
- ^ "Brian Wethers joins Khimik". eurobasket.com. March 9, 2010. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
- ^ "WET Basketball". Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Profile at Eurobasket.com