Adrian Branch

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1963)}}

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{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Adrian Branch

| image = Adrian Branch dribble (Duke Chronicle 1983-03-18).jpg

| width =

| caption = Branch playing for Maryland in 1983

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 185

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|11|17}}

| birth_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.

| high_school = DeMatha Catholic
(Hyattsville, Maryland)

| college = Maryland (1981–1985)

| draft_year = 1985

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 46

| draft_team = Chicago Bulls

| career_start = 1985

| career_end = 1995

| career_number = 24, 21, 1

| career_position = Small forward

| years1 = 1985–1986

| team1 = Baltimore Lightning

| years2 = {{nbay|1986|full=y}}

| team2 = Los Angeles Lakers

| years3 = {{nbay|1987|start}}

| team3 = New Jersey Nets

| years4 = 1987–1988

| team4 = Unicaja Málaga

| years5 = {{nbay|1988|full=y}}

| team5 = Portland Trail Blazers

| years6 = {{nbay|1989|start}}

| team6 = Minnesota Timberwolves

| years7 = 1989–1990

| team7 = Sioux Falls Skyforce

| years8 = 1990–1991

| team8 = Monaco

| years9 = 1991–1992

| team9 = Brisbane Bullets

| years10 = 1992–1993

| team10 = Geelong Supercats

| years11 = 1994–1995

| team11 = Hapoel Givatayim

| highlights =

• NBA champion (1987)
• 2× Second-team All-ACC (1983, 1985)
• Fourth-team Parade All-American (1981)
• McDonald's All-American Game Co-MVP (1981)

}}

Adrian Francis Branch (born November 17, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player.

A 6'7" small forward out of DeMatha High School, Branch starred at the University of Maryland from 1981 to 1985. He was an All-ACC second team selection twice. In 1984, Branch led the Terrapins to the ACC Championship. He finished his career at Maryland as their second all-time leading scorer. In 2004, Branch was honored at the ACC Tournament as an "ACC Legend."

Branch was drafted into the NBA in the second round by the Chicago Bulls in 1985. He played a reserve role with the Los Angeles Lakers when they won the NBA Championship in 1987. He later played in Australia for the NBL's Geelong Supercats and Brisbane Bullets, as well as in Spain, France, Monaco, Thailand, the Philippines, Israel, Turkey and the Dominican Republic.

Branch has worked with Sportsworld Ministries, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) Young Life, Youth for Christ, Youth With A Mission (YWAM), Athletes in Action (AIA), and Sports Power International.

In 2004, Branch became a television color analyst for the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats games.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/bobcats/news/branch_release_040720.html |title=BOBCATS: Adrian Branch Named Television Color Analyst |website=NBA.com |access-date=December 18, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061202114924/http://www.nba.com/bobcats/news/branch_release_040720.html |archive-date=December 2, 2006 |url-status=dead }} He joined ESPN in 2007 as a college basketball analyst.