Deshawn Stephens

Deshawn Stephens (born October 9, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. He played college basketball for Santa Monica College and San Diego State before playing professionally in Japan, Turkey, France, Italy and Israel.

Not to be confused with DeShawn Stevenson.
Deshawn Stephens
Stephens with the Akita Northern Happinets
No. 23 – Promitheas Patras
PositionCenter / Power forward
LeagueGreek Basket League
BCL
Personal information
Born (1989-10-09) October 9, 1989
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High schoolChatsworth (Los Angeles, California)
College
NBA draft2013: undrafted
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2013–2014Hamamatsu Phoenix
2014–2015Akita Northern Happinets
2015Banvit
2015Bandırma Kırmızı
2016Châlons-Reims
2016–2017Akita Northern Happinets
2017Los Angeles D-Fenders
2017–2018Cagliari
2018Trotamundos de Carabobo
2018–2019Maccabi Rishon LeZion
2019Hapoel Tel Aviv
2019Fortitudo Bologna
2019–2020Scafati Basket
2020–2021Bakken Bears
2021–2022Igokea
2022–2023Dinamo Sassari
2023–presentPromitheas Patras
Career highlights and awards

College career

Stephens began his college career at Santa Monica College. As a sophomore, he led the Corsairs to a 20-8 record and the Western State Conference championship. Stephens was a Western State-South Division Conference first-team all-league selection.[1] In 2011, he transferred to San Diego State. In two seasons with the Aztecs he averaged 5.6 points and 5 rebounds in 20.2 minutes per game.[2]

College statistics
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2011-12 San Diego State 34318.7.608.000.3974.880320.350.295.21
2012-13 San Diego State 343421.7.593.000.5075.090.240.620.506.06
Career 683720.2.600.000.4544.990.280.490.405.63

Professional career

2013–14 season

After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, Stephens signed with the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix of the Japanese bj league. In 27 games for Hamamatsu, he averaged 9.1 points and 5.9 rebounds. On February 5, 2014, Stephens was released by the Phoenix. Two days later, he signed with the Akita Northern Happinets of the bj league.[3] In 26 games for Akita, Stephens averaged 11.7 points and 7.2 rebounds.[4]

2014–15 season

Stephens stayed with the Northern Happinets for the 2014-15 season. In 53 games he averaged 14.4 points, 8.6 rebounds and 1.6 assists.[5] Akita lost in the bj league finals to Stephens' former team, Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix, 71 - 69. He led all players with 30 points on 12-for-13 shooting from the field and grabbed 10 rebounds.[6]

2015–16 season

On September 15, 2015, Stephens signed with the Bandırma Kırmızı of the TBL.[5] In October 2015, he made a move to the Banvit B.K. of the BSL.[7] On January 4, 2016, Stephens left Turkey and signed with the Champagne Châlons-Reims of the French LNB Pro A[8] In 19 games for Champagne Châlons-Reims he averaged 8.9 points and 3.8 rebounds in 21.6 minutes.[9]

2016–17 season

On July 28, 2016, Stephens signed with the Akita Northern Happinets, returning to the club for a second stint.[10] On March 9, 2017, Stephens was acquired by the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA Development League.[11]

2017–18 season

On August 4, 2017, Stephens signed with the Italian team Cagliari Dinamo Academy of the Serie A2 Basket.[12] On December 3, 2017, Stephens recorded a career-high 34 points, shooting 15-of-18 from the field, along with twelve rebounds and two assists in a 93–94 loss to Cuore di Napoli.[13]

2018–19 season

On July 29, 2018, Stephens signed with the Israeli team Maccabi Rishon LeZion for the 2018–19 season.[14] In October 2018, Stephens helped Rishon LeZion to win the 2018 Israeli League Cup. On April 7, 2019, Stephens parted ways with Rishon LeZion to join Hapoel Tel Aviv for the rest of the season.[15] Stephens helped Hapoel reach the 2019 Israeli League Playoffs, where they eventually were eliminated by Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Quarterfinals.

2019–20 season

On September 18, 2019, he has signed with Fortitudo Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[16]

2020–21 season

On July 11, 2020, he has signed with Bakken Bears of Denmark's Basketligaen.[17]

2021–22 season

On June 11, 2021, he has signed with Igokea of the Bosnian League.[18]

2022–23 season

On November 11, 2022, he signed with Dinamo Sassari of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[19]

2023–24 season

On July 22, 2023, Stephens signed with Greek club Promitheas Patras.

The Basketball Tournament

In the summers of 2015 and 2017, Stephens played in The Basketball Tournament on ESPN for Team Challenge ALS. He competed for the $2 million prize in 2017, and for Team Challenge ALS, he averaged 5.6 points per game. Stephens helped take the sixth-seeded Team Challenge ALS to the Championship Game of the tournament, where they lost in a close game to Overseas Elite 86-83.[20]

In TBT 2018, Stephens averaged 8.5 points per game, 5.5 rebounds per game and shot 91 percent from the free-throw line for Team Challenge ALS. They reached the West Regional Championship Game before losing to eventual tournament runner-up Eberlein Drive.

Personal life

His father died when he was six years old. His mother, Beverly Triggs, is a licensed vocational nurse. He married in July 2021 to Iris Truley.

Career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played  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 League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2013-14 Japan Hamamatsu Phoenix bj League 2721.0.490.185.5776.01.31.1.49.1
Japan Akita Northern Happinets 2023.5.677.0.4007.81.4.5.512.5
2014-15 4724.7.585.333.6268.81.6.9.614.3
2015-16 Turkey Banvit BSL 46.8.222.0.5001.7.2.2.21.2
EuroCup 58.2.643.0.6003.0.2.0.04.2
Turkey Bandirma Kirmizi TBL 734.3.512.333.48010.11.41.41.215.2
France Châlons-Reims Pro A 1921.6.545.167.5583.8.8.5.18.9
2016-17 Japan Akita Northern Happinets B.League 4120.9.581.300.5297.2.7.7.510.3
United States Los Angeles D-Fenders NBDL 1018.9.603.0.5885.5.5.3.78.0
2017-18 Italy Cagliari Serie A2 2832.6.599.381.5678.41.3.5.416.0
Venezuela Trotamundos LPB 625.5.589.400.5006.81.3.8.112.5
2018-19 Israel Maccabi Rishon LeZion IPL 2425.9.566.289.4405.31.2.9.511.3
Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 920.1.544.000.4174.6.21.0.47.4
2019-20 Italy Bologna Serie A 520.6.733.000.2864.0.6.41.49.6
Italy Scafati Serie A2

Source: RealGM

Playoffs
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2013-14 Akita 6017.67.571.000.6405.51.00.170.339.0
2016-17 SBL 3014.6.538.0001.0002.330.000.001.335.33
2018-19 Hapoel 316.3.222.000.0004.30.01.00.01.3

Source: ディショーン・スティーブンス

References
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