Dean Garrett

Dean Garrett
Personal information
Born	November 27, 1966 (age 57); San Clemente; (San Clemente, California)
College	CC of San Francisco (1984–1986); Indiana (1986–1988);
P.A.O.K.
1996–1997	Minnesota Timberwolves
1997–1998	Denver Nuggets
1999–2002	Minnesota Timberwolves
2002	Golden State Warriors
Career highlights and awards
	Greek League All-Star (1996 I); 1987); Big Ten Freshman of the Year (1987);
Career NBA statistics
Points	1,737 (4.8 ppg)
Rebounds	1,810 (5.0 rpg)
Blocks	372 (1.0 bpg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Representing United States
Men's basketball
Pan American Games

Dean Heath Garrett (born November 27, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player. At a height of 6 feet 11 inches (211 cm) tall, he played at the center position.

College career

Garrett attended

San Clemente High School, in San Clemente, California, where he earned All-Conference, All-County, and All-Southern California honors, as a senior, in the 1983–84 season. After high school, Garrett played collegiately at the City College of San Francisco, from 1984 to 1986, where he led his team to the state finals, where they were defeated by Sacramento City College. The winning continued for Garrett, when he accepted a scholarship to Indiana University, where he was coached by Bob Knight, and helped the Hoosiers win the 1987 NCAA Division I Tournament

.

Professional career

Garrett was selected by the

2001–02

,) after he was traded mid-season. During those six seasons, Garrett played in a total of 359 NBA regular season games, in which he averaged 19.4 minutes, 4.8 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 1.0 blocks per game, with a 0.480 field goal shooting percentage.

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high
*	Led the league

Regular season


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1996–97	Minnesota	68	47	24.5	.573	–	.696	7.3	.6	.6	1.4	8.0
1997–98	Denver	82*	82*	32.1	.428	–	.648	7.9	1.1	.7	1.6	7.3
1998–99	Minnesota	49	37	21.5	.502	–	.745	5.2	.6	.6	.9	5.5
1999–00	Minnesota	56	23	10.8	.444	–	.692	2.5	.3	.1	.7	2.0
2000–01	Minnesota	70	21	11.9	.481	–	.692	3.1	.3	.4	.7	2.5
2001–02	Minnesota	29	0	5.1	.350	–	.000	1.6	.1	.2	.3	1.0
2001–02	Golden State	5	0	6.4	.267	–	–	2.0	.2	.4	.2	1.6
Career		359	210	19.4	.480	–	.677	5.0	.6	.5	1.0	4.8

Playoffs


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1997	Minnesota	3	3	39.3	.517	–	.800	11.7	1.3	.7	1.0	12.7
1999	Minnesota	4	3	23.0	.556	–	.400	4.0	1.3	.5	.8	5.5
2000	Minnesota	3	0	5.3	.500	–	.500	.7	.0	.0	.3	1.0
2001	Minnesota	3	2	13.7	.333	–	.833	3.0	.0	.3	.3	4.3
Career		13	8	20.5	.492	–	.696	4.8	.7	.4	.6	5.8

Post-playing career

After his retirement from playing pro club basketball, Garrett was living in Las Vegas, when some of his friends from Minneapolis contacted him about a business proposition in Minnesota. Garrett then moved to Minnesota, and he became a part owner in three businesses: a restaurant, a nightclub, and a wireless phone retailer. Garrett is married to Cristina Garrett and he has one child, Devyreau. He also has three sisters: Tracee, Kelly, and Elizabeth.^[1]

References

^ "Where Are They Now? Dean Garrett". Minnesota Timberwolves. Retrieved March 3, 2019.

External links

Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com

[1] "Where Are They Now? Dean Garrett". Minnesota Timberwolves. Retrieved March 3, 2019.

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