Brandon Costner
{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{Infobox NBA biography
| name = Brandon Costner
| image = Brandon Costner in a blue jacket.jpg
| caption = In December 2018,Yokohama B-Corsairs
| position = Power forward
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 235
| league =
| team = Free agent
| number =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|7|21}}
| birth_place = Montclair, New Jersey, U.S.
| highschool = Seton Hall Preparatory School
(West Orange, New Jersey)
| college = NC State (2005–2009)
| draft_year = 2009
| career_start = 2009
| career_end =
| years1 = 2009–2010
| team1 = Belfius Mons-Hainaut
| years2 = 2010–2011
| team2 = Utah Flash
| years3 = 2011–2012
| team3 = Los Angeles D-Fenders
| years4 = 2012
| team4 = Limoges CSP
| years5 = 2013–2014
| team5 = Los Angeles D-Fenders
| years6 = 2014–2015
| team6 = Jiangsu Monkey King
| years7 = 2016
| team7 = Caciques de Humacao
| years8 = 2016
| team8 = Guizhou White Tigers
| years9 = 2017
| team9 = Caciques de Humacao
| years10 = 2017
| team10 = Hebei Xianglan
| years11 = 2018
| team11 = Champville SC
| years12 = 2018
| team12 = Caciques de Humacao
| years13 = 2018–2019
| team13 = Yokohama B-Corsairs
| years14 = 2019–2020
| team14 = Eastern Long Lions
| years15 = 2020–2021
| team15 = Santeros de Aguada
| years16 = 2021
| team16 = Patriots
| years17 = 2021
| team17 = Gigantes de Carolina
| years18 = 2021
| team18 = Indios de Mayagüez
| years19 = 2021
| team19 = Grises de Humacao
| highlights =
- BSN All-Star (2016)
- Third-team All-ACC (2007)
- ACC All-Freshman team (2007)
- Third-team Parade All-American (2005)
- McDonald's All-American (2005)
}}
Brandon Jay Costner (born July 21, 1987) is an American professional basketball player, currently a free agent. He most recently played for Puerto Rican teams Grises de Humacao and Santeros de Aguada of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional. He played college basketball for the NC State Wolfpack.
College career
Just five games into the 2005–06 season, Costner sustained a season-ending injury, earning a medical redshirt and making 2006–07 his freshman season. His highest scoring game was in the 2007 ACC Tournament against Duke in which he scored 30 points in the Wolfpack victory.
Professional career
In March 2009, Costner announced that he would forgo his senior season at North Carolina State and enter the 2009 NBA draft. After going undrafted, he joined the Chicago Bulls for the 2009 NBA Summer League. Later that year, he signed with Belfius Mons-Hainaut of Belgium for the 2009–10 season.
In November 2010, he was acquired by the Utah Flash as they selected him with the 8th pick in the 2010 NBA D-League Draft.[https://web.archive.org/web/20101105030128/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700078142/Utah-Flash-grab-Brandon-Costner-with-first-round-pick-in-D-League-draft.html Utah Flash grab Brandon Costner with first-round pick in D-League draft]
In November 2011, he was acquired by the Los Angeles D-Fenders. Following the conclusion of the 2011–12 D-League season, he joined Limoges CSP Elite of France for the remainder of their season.
In November 2013, he was re-acquired by the Los Angeles D-Fenders.[http://www.nba.com/dleague/losangeles/1314_training_camp_roster.html 2013-14 Training Camp Roster] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610060051/http://www.nba.com/dleague/losangeles/1314_training_camp_roster.html |date=2016-06-10 }}
In July 2016, he signed with the Guizhou White Tigers for the 2016 NBL season.[http://www.latinbasket.com/Puerto%20Rico/news/453059/Guizhou-inks-Brandon-Costner,-ex-Humacao Guizhou inks Brandon Costner, ex Humacao]
On February 8, 2017, he re-joined the Caciques de Humacao.[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1041113739328012 Los Caciques de Humacao firman a su primer refuerzo, el Power Forward Brandon Costner] {{in lang|es}}[http://www.latinbasket.com/Puerto-Rico/news/479103/Humacao-welcomes-back-Costner,-ex-Guizhou Humacao welcomes back Costner, ex Guizhou]
In May, 2017, he signed with Hebei Xianglan of China for the 2017 NBL season.[http://www.asia-basket.com/China/news/489402/Hebei-Xianglan-signs-Brandon-Costner,-ex-Humacao Hebei Xianglan signs Brandon Costner, ex Humacao]
In January 2018, Costner signed with Champville SC of the Lebanese Basketball League.{{cite news|last1=Madwar|first1=Ahmad|title=Brandon Costner (ex Hebei X.) is a newcomer at Champville|url=http://www.asia-basket.com/Lebanon/news/521263/Brandon-Costner-(ex-Hebei-X.)-is-a-newcomer-at-Champville|accessdate=January 31, 2018|work=Asia-basket.com|date=January 31, 2018}}
In May 2021, he joined the Rwandan team Patriots BBC to play in the 2021 BAL season.{{cite news |title=Patriots coach confirms rapper J. Cole on club's roster for Basketball Africa League |url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/sports/patriots-coach-confirms-rapper-j-cole-clubs-roster-basketball-africa-league |access-date=12 May 2021 |work=The New Times {{!}} Rwanda |date=11 May 2021 |language=en}}
=BAL statistics=
{{BAL player statistics start}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|2021
|style="text-align:left;"|Patriots
| 6 || 5 || 25.5 || .400 || .364 || .667 || 4.5 || 2.7 || .7 || .0 || 11.0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 6 || 5 || 25.5 || .400 || .364 || .667 || 4.5 || 2.7 || .7 || .0 || 11.0
{{s-end}}
Personal life
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140808041825/http://stats.nbadleague.com/playerProfile.html?PlayerID=202556 NBA D-League Profile]
- [http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Brandon-Costner-547/ DraftExpress.com Profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140808043635/http://www.gopack.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/costner_brandon00.html NC State bio]
- [http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Brandon-Costner/Summary/1666 RealGM.com Profile]
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