- Wesley Person
infobox NBA Player
name = Wesley Person
position =Shooting Guard
height_ft = 6
height_in = 6
weight_lbs = 195
nickname =
nationality = USA
birth_date = Birth date and age|1971|3|28|mf=y
birth_place =Brantley, Alabama
college = Auburn
draft = 1st round, 23rd overall
draft_year = 1994
draft_team =Phoenix Suns
career_start = 1994
career_end = 2005
former_teams = Phoenix Suns (1994-1996)Cleveland Cavaliers (1997-2002)Memphis Grizzlies (2003-2004)Portland Trail Blazers (2004)Atlanta Hawks (2004-2005)Miami Heat (2005)Denver Nuggets (2005)
awards =Wesley Lavon Person (born
March 28 1971 in Brantley,Alabama ) is an American former professionalbasketball player in theNBA .Selected by the
Phoenix Suns 23rd overall in the1994 NBA Draft out ofAuburn University , he played three seasons for the Suns, five for theCleveland Cavaliers , 82 games over two seasons for theMemphis Grizzlies , 33 games for thePortland Trail Blazers , nine games for theAtlanta Hawks , sixteen games for theMiami Heat and 25 contests for theDenver Nuggets .Person's best season was with the Cavs in 1997-98, when he averaged 14.7 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.57 steals per game. Throughout his career, he's been known for his three-point shooting ability and also in 1997-98, led the league in three-pointers made and attempted. He has a career average three-point accuracy of 41.8 percent, giving Person the second highest three-point percentage among the top 30 players with the most three-pointers in NBA history.
Person is the younger brother of former NBA player
Chuck Person .External links
* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/wesley_person/index.html NBA.com Profile]
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/persowe01.html Career statistics of Wesley Person at Basketball-Reference.com]
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