Antoine Wright

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Antoine Wright
Position	Guard/Forward
Height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Team	New Jersey Nets
Nationality	United States
Born	February 6, 1984 West Covina, California
College	Texas A&M
Draft	1^st Round, 15^th Overall, 2005 New Jersey Nets
Pro career	2005 – present

Antoine Domonick Wright (born February 6, 1984 in West Covina, California) is a pro basketball player. He was selected 15th overall in the 2005 NBA Draft by the New Jersey Nets (the highest pick from the Big 12 Conference and Texas A&M University history), after his junior year at Texas A&M University. He attended preparatory school at Lawrence Academy at Groton; in 2002, he led the Spartans to an Independent School League Basketball Championship.

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Wright has appeared in thirty-nine games for the Nets this season, averaging 1.8 points, 0.8 rebounds, 0.3 assists, and 9.5 minutes per game.

Wright started the season out in the inactive list and for most of the season he stayed there. As the season wore on he started getting minutes and was a part of the rotation. He was drafted out of college for his jumpshot but is only shooting 35% from the field.

Rod Thorn admitted that Wright was not NBA ready but also added he likes what he sees and coach Lawrence Frank has begun to trust Wright with significant game minutes as the season wore on.

Wright's 2006-2007 season is coming off to a better start. He is a big part of Lawrence Frank's rotation averaging 28.2mpg and chipping in 8.5ppg and 4.5rpg off the bench. Wright took the place of Richard Jefferson in the starting lineup after Jefferson injured his ankle against the Miami Heat.

2005 NBA Draft
First Round Andrew Bogut \| Marvin Williams \| Deron Williams \| Chris Paul \| Raymond Felton \| Martell Webster \| Charlie Villanueva \| Channing Frye \| Ike Diogu \| Andrew Bynum \| Fran Vázquez \| Yaroslav Korolev \| Sean May \| Rashad McCants \| Antoine Wright \| Joey Graham \| Danny Granger \| Gerald Green \| Hakim Warrick \| Julius Hodge \| Nate Robinson \| Jarrett Jack \| Francisco García \| Luther Head \| Johan Petro \| Jason Maxiell \| Linas Kleiza \| Ian Mahinmi \| Wayne Simien\| David Lee
Second Round Salim Stoudamire \| Daniel Ewing \| Brandon Bass \| C.J Miles \| Ricky Sánchez \| Ersan Ilyasova \| Ronny Turiaf \| Travis Diener \| Von Wafer \| Monta Ellis \| Roko Ukić \| Chris Taft \| Mile Ilić \| Martynas Andriuškevičius \| Louis Williams \| Eražem Lorbek \| Bracey Wright \| Mickaël Gelabale \| Andray Blatche \| Ryan Gomes \| Robert Whaley \| Axel Hervelle \| Orien Greene \| Dijon Thompson \| Lawrence Roberts \| Amir Johnson \| Marcin Gortat \| Uros Slokar \| Cenk Akyol \| Alex Acker