Brent Price
{{Short description|American basketball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Brent Price
| image =
| width =
| caption =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 165
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|12|09}}
| birth_place = Shawnee, Oklahoma, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| high_school = Enid (Enid, Oklahoma)
| college =
- South Carolina (1987–1989)
- Oklahoma (1990–1992)
| draft_year = 1992
| draft_round = 2
| draft_pick = 32
| draft_team = Washington Bullets
| career_start = 1992
| career_end = 2004
| career_number = 20, 25
| career_position = Point guard
| years1 = {{nbay|1992|start}}–{{nbay|1995|end}}
| team1 = Washington Bullets
| years2 = {{nbay|1996|start}}–{{nbay|1998|end}}
| team2 = Houston Rockets
| years3 = {{nbay|1999|start}}–{{nbay|2000|end}}
| team3 = Vancouver Grizzlies
| years4 = {{nbay|2001|full=y}}
| team4 = Sacramento Kings
| years5 = 2004
| team5 = Oklahoma Storm
| highlights =
- First-team All-Big Eight (1992)
| stats_league = NBA
| stat1label = Points
| stat1value = 2,481 (5.9 ppg)
| stat2label = Assists
| stat2value = 1,236 (3.9 apg)
| stat3label = 3P%
| stat3value = .387
}}
Hartley Brent Price (born December 9, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player who played for four teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is the brother of 4-time NBA All-Star, Mark Price.
Early years
Price was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma. His father, Denny served as head coach of the Shawnee High School Wolves. Denny Price was an assistant coach under John MacLeod for the Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team and then moved to the Phoenix Suns in 1974 also as an assistant coach. After coaching at Sam Houston State, Denny opened up a private business in Enid, Oklahoma in 1979, where his sons Brent and Mark played high school ball at Enid High School.{{cite web|title=William Dennis "Denny" Price|url=http://newsok.com/article/2703736|website=NewsOK.com|accessdate=August 10, 2017|date=July 9, 2000}}{{cite news|last=Justice|first=Richard|title=These Prices are competitive|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1996/03/20/these-prices-are-competitive/23dca751-d8e8-49ac-9d28-3dc9c9836f26/|date=March 20, 1996|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate=May 7, 2021}}
College career
Brent played college basketball at South Carolina for 2 years{{cite web|title=Price Hikes Guard Leaves South Carolina|url=http://newsok.com/article/2273845|website=NewsOK.com|accessdate=August 10, 2017|date=July 26, 1989}} and later on transferred to Oklahoma for his junior and senior years.{{cite web|title=Brent Price – SoonerStats – Oklahoma Sooners Football, Basketball, Baseball, and Softball Scores, Records, and Stats|url=http://www.soonerstats.com/basketball/men/players/details.cfm?playerid=323#.WYywJ2nyvIU|website=soonerstats.com|accessdate=August 10, 2017|language=en}}
Professional career
Price was drafted in the second round with the 32nd overall pick in the 1992 NBA draft by the Washington Bullets. He played for the Bullets for 3 years and averaged 6.9 points per game and had a 43.6% field goal percentage. On April 19, 1995, he was waived by the Bullets and then re-signed with the team on October 3, 1995. Price scored a career-high 30 points and dished out 13 assists in a 116–109 loss to the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199601150WSB.html|title=Chicago Bulls at Washington Bullets Box Score, January 15, 1996|publisher=Basketball-Reference|accessdate=May 27, 2020}} He signed with the Houston Rockets as a free agent on July 16, 1996.{{cite web|title=Rockets Sign Brent Price|url=http://newsok.com/article/2545382|website=NewsOK.com|accessdate=August 10, 2017|date=July 16, 1996}} On August 27, 1999, he was traded to the Vancouver Grizzlies as part of a 3-team deal together with Antoine Carr, Michael Dickerson, Othella Harrington and a 1st round draft pick for Steve Francis and Tony Massenburg.{{cite web|title=3-way deal sends Francis to Houston|url=https://www.deseret.com/1999/8/28/19462940/3-way-deal-sends-francis-to-houston/|website=DeseretNews.com|access-date=August 10, 2017|language=en|date=August 28, 1999}} On June 27, 2001, he was acquired by the Sacramento Kings with Mike Bibby in exchange for Jason Williams and Nick Anderson.{{cite web|title=ESPN.com – NBA – Williams' rocky relationship with Kings comes to an end|url=http://a.espncdn.com/nba/news/2001/0627/1219727.html|website=a.espncdn.com|accessdate=August 10, 2017|date=June 29, 2001}}
Personal life
Price lives in Enid, Oklahoma, with his wife and four children.{{cite web |last=Kingston |first=Gary |url=https://vancouversun.com/sports/Hunting+down+Grizzlies+years+later/4312436/story.html#ixzz1wnaq5tBz |title=Hunting down Grizzlies, 10 years later |publisher=Vancouversun.com |date=February 18, 2011 |accessdate=June 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227084235/http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Hunting+down+Grizzlies+years+later/4312436/story.html#ixzz1wnaq5tBz |archive-date=December 27, 2011 |url-status=dead }}
His older brother, Mark played 12 seasons in the NBA with four teams including the Cleveland Cavaliers and Washington Bullets.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131206070821/http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=PRICEBR01 NBA stats] @ basketballreference.com
{{1992 NBA draft}}
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