Asia_Durr
Asia Durr
American basketball player
Asia (AD) Durr[1] (born April 5, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). They[lower-alpha 1] played college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals.
| No. 23 – Atlanta Dream | |
|---|---|
| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | WNBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1997-04-05) April 5, 1997 (age 27) Douglasville, Georgia, U.S. |
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Listed weight | 151 lb (68 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | St. Pius X Catholic (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| College | Louisville (2015–2019) |
| WNBA draft | 2019: 1st round, 2nd overall pick |
| Selected by the New York Liberty | |
| Playing career | 2019–present |
| Career history | |
| 2019, 2022 | New York Liberty |
| 2022–present | Atlanta Dream |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
After the 2017–18 season, Durr was named the ACC Player of the Year. Durr received 29 of 31 votes for pre-season All-American, prior to the 2018–19 season.[3] Durr finished their career at Louisville with career averages of 17.8 points, 2.2 assists, and 3.2 rebounds.[4]
Louisville statistics
Source[5]
| 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 |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | Louisville | 31 | 342 | 43.2% | 36.1% | 84.1% | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 11.0 |
| 2016–17 | Louisville | 36 | 692 | 42.4% | 40.5% | 78.1% | 3.4 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 19.2 |
| 2017–18 | Louisville | 38 | 709 | 44.3% | 41.5% | 84.8% | 3.1 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 18.7 |
| 2018–19 | Louisville | 35 | 742 | 43.9% | 34.3% | 81.5% | 3.8 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 21.2 |
| Career | 140 | 2485 | 43.5% | 38.4% | 81.8% | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 17.8 |
New York Liberty
Rookie season (2019)
Durr was drafted by the New York Liberty as the 2nd overall pick in the 2019 WNBA draft. They made their debut on May 24, 2019, against the Indiana Fever, scoring 8 points in 25 minutes of playing time. They played in 18 games in their rookie season, averaging 9.7 points in 26.7 minutes per game.
COVID-19 sidelining (2020–2021)
They missed the entire 2020 season due to coronavirus.[6] Preceding the start of the 2021 WNBA season, Durr was ruled out for the season due to continued struggles with effects from COVID-19. They were placed on the full-season suspended list as a result.[7]
Return to the Liberty and WNBA (2022)
On May 7, 2022, in what was the first game of New York Liberty's 2022 season, AD returned to the WNBA court, tallying 5.75 minutes off the bench in a victory over the Connecticut Sun.[8] AD struggled to get minutes in their return to the Liberty, only averaging 7 minutes in 10 games. On June 8, 2022, they were traded to the Atlanta Dream.
Atlanta Dream
AD was traded to the Dream on June 8, 2022, in exchange for Megan Walker and the draft rights to Raquel Carrera.[9]
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | New York | 18 | 15 | 26.7 | .467 | .294 | .818 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 9.7 |
| 2022 | New York | 10 | 0 | 7.0 | .176 | .111 | .875 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| 2022 | Atlanta | 15 | 2 | 19.9 | .422 | .458 | .774 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 10.7 |
| 2023 | Atlanta | 36 | 0 | 10.9 | .380 | .322 | .769 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 4.8 |
| Career | 3 years, 2 teams | 79 | 17 | 15.7 | .413 | .341 | .790 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 6.6 |
Playoffs
- According to Sports Illustrated, AD prefers "they/them pronouns, and he/him with some of their closest male friends".[2] This article uses singular they for consistency.
- "Asia (AD) Durr". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
- Pickman, Ben (May 5, 2022). "The Return and Rebirth of AD". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
- "Sabrina Ionescu headlines AP preseason All-America team". ESPN.com. Associated Press. November 1, 2018. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- "Asia Durr Louisville Stats". gocards.com. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
- "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
- "Liberty's Asia Durr won't play this season after bout with coronavirus". ESPN. July 7, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- "WNBA's Asia Durr Will Miss 2nd Straight Season Over Serious COVID Medical Issues". Fox Bangor. May 13, 2021. Archived from the original on May 15, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
- "Connecticut Sun 79, New York Liberty 81; Barclays Center; Saturday, May 7, 2022". WNBA.com. May 7, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
- "Atlanta Dream Acquire AD in Trade with New York". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com
and Basketball-Reference.com - Louisville Cardinals bio
- Asia Durr on Twitter
