Latasha Byears
Personal information | |
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Born | Memphis, Tennessee | August 12, 1973
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Listed weight | 206 lb (93 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Bolton (Arlington, Tennessee) |
College |
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Power forward | |
Career history | |
1997–2000 | Sacramento Monarchs |
1998–99 | Sporting Athens |
2001–2003 | Los Angeles Sparks |
2001 | MiZo-Pécsi VSK |
2003–05 | Ceyhan Belediyespor |
2005 | Dynamo Energia Novosibirsk |
2005–06 | TED Kayseri Koleji |
2006 | Washington Mystics |
2006–07 | CSKA Sofia |
2007–2008 | Houston Comets |
2008–09 | Duda Leszno |
2009–10 | Beroe Stara Zagora |
2010–11 | Dunav 8806 |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career WNBA statistics | |
Points | 1,935 (7.7 ppg) |
Rebounds | 1,204 (4.8 rpg) |
Assists | 200 (0.8 apg) |
Stats at WNBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Latasha Nashay Byears (born August 12, 1973) is a former American professional women's basketball player. She played in the WNBA for the Sacramento Monarchs, the Los Angeles Sparks, the Washington Mystics, and for the Houston Comets. Byears ranked eighth all-time in the WNBA in field goal percentage (.514) and was among the top 10 rebounders in the league's history as of 2003.
Nicknamed "Tot", Byears usually played the position of
College years
Born in
WNBA career
Despite not being selected at the first WNBA draft, the Sacramento Monarchs invited Byears to their training camp prior to their inaugural season in 1997. Byears then starred for the Monarchs for the next four seasons.
After the 2000 season ended, Byears was traded to the
In 2007, Byears signed a free agent contract with the Houston Comets. She was briefly waived in 2008, before being re-signed. The Comets organization folded at the end of the 2008 season. Byears, as an unrestricted free agent, was not eligible for selection by another team in the resulting dispersal draft, and was not signed by another team prior to or during the 2009 season.
Overseas career
In October 2001 Byears joined the EuroLeague final four participant and Hungarian National League champion MiZo-Pécsi VSK.[8] She played only two matches, on 15 November 2001 travel back the United States.[9]
In November 2006 Byears joined the Bulgarian team of
.Byears played for Leszno in Poland during the 2008–09 WNBA off-season.[11]
Career statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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1997 | Sacramento | 28 | 19 | 23.4 | .459 | .200 | .739 | 6.9 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 8.7 |
1998 | Sacramento | 30 | 26 | 27.6 | .453 | .222 | .663 | 6.6 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 14.2 |
1999 | Sacramento | 32 | 32 | 22.0 | .537 | .000 | .565 | 5.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 9.2 |
2000 | Sacramento | 32 | 0 | 16.3 | .524 | .500 | .612 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 5.7 |
2001† | Los Angeles | 32 | 13 | 23.1 | .602° | .333 | .577 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 9.3 |
2002† | Los Angeles | 26 | 5 | 18.7 | .618 | .000 | .566 | 5.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 7.0 |
2003 | Los Angeles | 5 | 0 | 14.4 | .400 | .000 | .727 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 5.6 |
2006 | Washington | 26 | 0 | 12.8 | .449 | .000 | .800 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 4.3 |
2007 | Houston | 30 | 0 | 10.9 | .591 | .000 | .583 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 5.0 |
2008 | Houston | 11 | 0 | 4.2 | .471 | .000 | .667 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
Career | 10 years, 4 teams | 252 | 95 | 18.7 | .515 | .233 | .635 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 7.7 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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1999 | Sacramento | 1 | 1 | 24.0 | .000 | .000 | .500 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 |
2000 | Sacramento | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
2001† | Los Angeles | 7 | 0 | 14.6 | .500 | .000 | .643 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 6.4 |
2002† | Los Angeles | 6 | 2 | 21.3 | .633 | .000 | .364 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 7.0 |
Career | 4 years, 2 teams | 16 | 3 | 16.6 | .521 | .000 | .519 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 5.5 |
Notes
- ^ "Top Female College Cagers". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. 1 April 1996. p. 50. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ a b c "BATTLE OF THE SAME SEX. Byears lawsuit outs WNBA conflict on gay issue". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
- ^ "Byears was the Total Entertainment Package". depaulbluedemons.com. 16 January 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "Sparks' Byears arrested". ESPN. 9 March 2000. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ Barr, John; Lubbers, Dave (8 July 2006). "After battling back, Byears finds home again in WNBA". ESPN. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "Byears, Marciniak suspended and fined". ESPN. 12 July 2002. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- Daily News. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- ^ "Megérkezett Pécsre a WNBA-bajnok (The WNBA champion has arrived in Pécs)". Origo. 27 October 2001. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "Bye, bye By ears!" (pdf). Új Dunántúli Napló (in Hungarian). Baranya County. 16 November 2001. p. 24. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "WNBA.com: Offseason 2007-08: Overseas Roster". www.wnba.com. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ^ "WNBA.com: Offseason 2008-09: Overseas Roster". www.wnba.com. Retrieved 2021-05-16.