Tyrone Brazelton

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Tyrone Brazelton
No. 3 – Levski Sofia
Position
Chicago, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Listed height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Listed weight78 kg (172 lb)
Career information
High schoolRich East (Park Forest, Illinois)
College
Panionios
2018–2019Ifaistos Limnou
2019–2020Kolossos Rodou
2020–presentLevski Sofia
Career highlights and awards

Tyrone Brazelton (born March 30, 1986) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Levski Sofia of the NBL. He plays at the point guard position. He won a Polish Championship in 2009 with the club Prokom. On October 2, 2016 Brazelton won the Polish Super-Cup and was named the MVP.

College career

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Brazelton initially played basketball for the Rich East High School, but transferred to the rival Rich Central High School during his senior year. He led the latter team to a championship in the Big Dipper tournament and was named as the most valuable player of the tournament.[1]

After graduation, Brazelton played for the

NJCAA sports and Western Kentucky – in NCAA Division I sports. He led the latter team in double–digit scoring figures during his junior and senior years of college,[2] making the All-Sun Belt Second Team at the end of his senior year.[3]

Brazelton went undrafted at the 2008 NBA draft. He then played with the Utah Jazz's NBA Summer League team, appearing in two games and averaging 12 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists per game.[4]

Professional career

Failing to impress the NBA scouts, Brazelton moved to Europe and signed with a Latvian team

Asseco Prokom.[5] Playing in the Euroleague, he averaged 3.7 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game, shooting 26% from the field.[6] In August 2009, he re-signed with Prokom for one more season.[7] He was released from the team in November 2009.[8]

In January 2011, he moved to Germany and played for Eisbären Bremerhaven.[9]

During the 2011–12 season, Brazelton played in the

Erie BayHawks. He averaged 9.2 points, 2.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game, playing 29 minutes a game and shooting 39% from the field.[10]

In August 2012, Brazelton once again moved to Germany and signed with

Nürnberger BC. In November, he moved to BC Odesa of Ukraine.[11]

In April 2013, he signed with the Iranian club

Tsmoki-Minsk.[14] In April 2014, he returned to Lithuania and signed with BC Neptūnas for the rest of the season.[15][16]

In August 2014, he signed a one-year deal with

On July 2, 2015, Brazelton signed a two-year deal with

BCM Gravelines of the LNB Pro A.[21] At the end of the 2015–16 season, he parted ways with Gravelines.[22]

On July 26, 2016, Brazelton signed with Polish club Rosa Radom for the 2016–17 season.[23] On April 18, 2017, he signed Guizhou of China for the 2017 NBL season.[24]

On October 29, 2017, Brazeltone signed with Istanbulspor Beylikduzu of the

Turkish Basketball First League.[25]

In February 2018, Brazelton moved to Panionios in Greece and then spent the entire 2018–2019 season with Ifaistos Limnou, averaging 9.2 points, 2.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists in 24 games. On August 5, 2019, Brazelton signed with his third Greek Basket League club, Kolossos Rodou.

The Basketball Tournament

In 2017, Brazelton played for the Kentucky Kings of The Basketball Tournament. Brazelton scored 6.5 PPG to help his team make it to the second round. The Basketball Tournament is a winner-take-all tournament broadcast on ESPN with a winning purse of $2 million.[26]

References

  1. ^ Brazelton blossomed late in high school
  2. ^ Draftexpress Profile
  3. ^ Euroleague Profile
  4. ^ Realgm.com Profile
  5. ^ Prokom inks Tyrone Brazelton jr.
  6. ^ Euroleague stats for 2008–09 season
  7. ^ ASSECO PROKOM brings back Tyrone Brazelton
  8. ^ Asseco Prokom releases guard Tyrone Brazelton
  9. ^ Tyrone Brazelton moves to Eisbaren Bremerhaven
  10. ^ Erie BayHawks stats
  11. ^ BC Odessa signs Tyrone Brazelton
  12. ^ Tyrone Brazelton Signs With Iranian Champion Petrochimi Bandar Eman
  13. ^ Tyrone Brazelton signs with Nevezis
  14. ^ Minsk signs Tyrone Brazelton
  15. ^ „Neptūnas“ pasirašė sutartį su T.Brazeltonu (in Lithuanian)
  16. ^ Tyrone Brazelton signs with Neptunas
  17. ^ Le Havre signs Tyrone Brazelton
  18. ^ Tyrone Brazelton au STB, c’est fait ! (in French)
  19. ^ Tyrone Brazelton signs a two-year deal with Konyaspor
  20. ^ Konyaspor, Tyrone Brazelton reportedly to part ways
  21. ^ Brazelton signs a contract for two seasons with Gravelines-Dunkerque, agent says
  22. ^ Gravelines-Dunkerque, Tyrone Brazelton parting ways
  23. ^ Rosa Radom lands Tyrone Brazelton
  24. ^ Tyrone Brazelton inks in Chinese NBL with Guizhou
  25. ^ Istanbulspor adds Brazelton to their roster, ex Guizhou
  26. ^ "Tyrone Brazelton | The Basketball Tournament". www.thetournament.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-11.

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