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Asia Durr

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1997)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = AD Durr

| image =

| league = WNBA

| team =

| number =

| position = Shooting guard

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lbs = 151

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|4|5}}

| birth_place = Douglasville, Georgia, U.S.

| high_school = St. Pius X Catholic
(Atlanta, Georgia)

| college = Louisville (2015–2019)

| draft_league = WNBA

| draft_year = 2019

| draft_round = 1

| draft_pick = 2

| draft_team = New York Liberty

| career_start = 2019

| years1 = {{WNBA Year|2019}},
{{WNBA Year|2022}}

| team1 = New York Liberty

| years2 = {{WNBA Year|2022}}–{{WNBA Year|2023}}

| team2 = Atlanta Dream

| highlights =

| wnba_profile = asia_durr

| bbr_wnba = durras01w

| medal_templates =

{{MedalSport|Women's basketball}}

{{MedalCountry|the {{bkw|USA}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Under-17 World Cup}}

{{Medal|Gold|2014 Czech Republic|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Mexico|Team}}

}}

Asia (AD) Durr{{Cite web |title=Asia (AD) Durr |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/asia-ad-durr/ |access-date=May 22, 2022 |website=WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA |language=en}} (born April 5, 1997) is an American professional basketball player who is a free agent. They{{efn|According to Sports Illustrated, AD prefers "they/them pronouns, and he/him with some of their closest male friends".{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/wnba/2022/05/05/ad-long-covid-identity-new-york-liberty-daily-cover |title=The Return and Rebirth of AD |last=Pickman |first=Ben |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=May 5, 2022 |accessdate=June 1, 2022}} This article uses singular they for consistency.}} played college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals.

College career

After the 2017–18 season, Durr was named the ACC Player of the Year. Durr received 29 of 31 votes for pre-season All-American, prior to the 2018–19 season.{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/25146238/sabrina-ionescu-oregon-ducks-headlines-ap-preseason-all-americans |title=Sabrina Ionescu headlines AP preseason All-America team |agency=Associated Press |website=ESPN.com |date=November 1, 2018 |access-date=February 10, 2019}} Durr finished their career at Louisville with career averages of 17.8 points, 2.2 assists, and 3.2 rebounds.{{cite news |url=https://gocards.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8742 |title=Asia Durr Louisville Stats |website=gocards.com |access-date=June 10, 2019}}

=Louisville statistics=

Source{{Cite web |url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careerplayer |title=NCAA Statistics |website=web1.ncaa.org |access-date=September 7, 2017}}

{{NBA player statistics legend}}

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Team

!GP

!Points

!FG%

!3P%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!SPG

!BPG

!PPG

2015–16

|Louisville

|31

|342

|43.2%

|36.1%

|84.1%

|2.6

|1.4

|1.1

|0.4

|11.0

2016–17

|Louisville

|36

|692

|42.4%

|40.5%

|78.1%

|3.4

|1.8

|1.3

|0.4

|19.2

2017–18

|Louisville

|38

|709

|44.3%

|41.5%

|84.8%

|3.1

|2.3

|1.0

|0.2

|18.7

2018–19

|Louisville

|35

|742

|43.9%

|34.3%

|81.5%

|3.8

|3.3

|1.5

|0.4

|21.2

Career

|

|140

|2485

|43.5%

|38.4%

|81.8%

|3.2

|2.2

|1.2

|0.3

|17.8

Professional career

=New York Liberty=

==Rookie season (2019)==

Durr was drafted by the New York Liberty as the 2nd overall pick in the 2019 WNBA draft. They made their debut on May 24, 2019, against the Indiana Fever, scoring 8 points in 25 minutes of playing time. They played in 18 games in their rookie season, averaging 9.7 points in 26.7 minutes per game.

==COVID-19 sidelining (2020–2021)==

They missed the entire 2020 season due to coronavirus.{{cite web |title=Liberty's Asia Durr won't play this season after bout with coronavirus |url=https://www.espn.com.sg/wnba/story/_/id/29423503/liberty-asia-durr-play-season-bout-coronavirus |website=ESPN |date=July 7, 2020 |access-date=September 18, 2020}} Preceding the start of the 2021 WNBA season, Durr was ruled out for the season due to continued struggles with effects from COVID-19. They were placed on the full-season suspended list as a result.{{cite web |url=https://www.foxbangor.com/tmz/wnbas-asia-durr-will-miss-2nd-straight-season-over-serious-covid-medical-issues/ |title=WNBA's Asia Durr Will Miss 2nd Straight Season Over Serious COVID Medical Issues |website=Fox Bangor |date=May 13, 2021 |accessdate=May 14, 2021 |archive-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515030627/https://www.foxbangor.com/tmz/wnbas-asia-durr-will-miss-2nd-straight-season-over-serious-covid-medical-issues/ |url-status=dead }}

==Return to the Liberty and WNBA (2022)==

On May 7, 2022, in what was the first game of New York Liberty's 2022 season, AD returned to the WNBA court, tallying 5.75 minutes off the bench in a victory over the Connecticut Sun.{{cite web |url=https://www.wnba.com/game/20220507/CONNYL/ |title=Connecticut Sun 79, New York Liberty 81; Barclays Center; Saturday, May 7, 2022 |website=WNBA.com |date=May 7, 2022 |accessdate=May 8, 2022}} AD struggled to get minutes in their return to the Liberty, only averaging 7 minutes in 10 games. On June 8, 2022, they were traded to the Atlanta Dream.

=Atlanta Dream=

AD was traded to the Dream on June 8, 2022, in exchange for Megan Walker and the draft rights to Raquel Carrera.{{cite web |title=Atlanta Dream Acquire AD in Trade with New York |url=https://dream.wnba.com/news/atlanta-dream-acquire-ad-in-trade-with-new-york/ |website=dream.wnba.com |publisher=WNBA |access-date=June 8, 2022}}

WNBA career statistics

{{WNBA player statistics legend}}

=Regular season=

{{WNBA player statistics start}}

|-

| align="left"| 2019

| align="left"| New York

| 18 || 15 || 26.7 || .467 || .294 || .818 || 1.6 || 1.7 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 1.2 || 9.7

|-

| align="left" rowspan=2 | 2022

| align="left"| New York

| 10 || 0 || 7.0 || .176 || .111 || .875 || 0.1 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 0.5 || 1.4

|-

| align="left"| Atlanta

| 15 || 2 || 19.9 || .422 || .458 || .774 || 1.9 || 1.7 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 1.1 || 10.7

|-

| align="left"| 2023

| align="left"| Atlanta

| 36 || 0 || 10.9 || .380 || .322 || .769 || 1.1 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.8 || 4.8

|-

| align="left"| Career

| align="left"| 3 years, 2 teams

| 79 || 17 || 15.7 || .413 || .341 || .790 || 1.2 || 1.1 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 0.9 || 6.6

{{S-end}}

=Playoffs=

{{WNBA player statistics start}}

|-

| align="left"| 2023

| align="left"| Atlanta

| 2 || 0 || 5.0 || .500 || .000 || 1.00 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 2.0

|-

| align="left"| Career

| align="left"| 1 year, 1 team

| 2 || 0 || 5.0 || .500 || .000 || 1.00 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 2.0

{{S-end}}

Notes

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References

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External links

  • {{Basketball stats}}
  • [https://gocards.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8742&path=wbball Louisville Cardinals bio]
  • {{twitter|a_hooper25}}

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Category:Sportspeople from Douglasville, Georgia

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