Terrell Brandon

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Thomas Terrell Brandon (born May 20, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA. He attended the University of Oregon and was selected 11th overall in the 1991 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Brandon spent the first six years of his career in Cleveland, and was selected to play in the NBA All-Star Game in 1996 and 1997. Many regarded Brandon as the best point guard in the NBA during the mid 1990's. He was also awarded the NBA Sportsmanship Award in 1997. By this point, Brandon was considered one of the best point guards in the game. After playing for the Cavaliers, Brandon played two years for the Milwaukee Bucks before being traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves.^{[citation needed]} However, he was often plagued by injuries and on February 13, 2002, he was placed on the injury list by the Timberwolves, from which he did not return.

On July 23, 2003 Brandon was traded to the Atlanta Hawks for salary cap purposes. He was waived by the Hawks on February 17, 2004, two years after his last game, and on March 9 he announced his retirement. Brandon finished his career averaging 13.8 points, three rebounds, 6.1 assists and 1.58 steals per game, and came within six points of scoring 10,000 in his career. His career-high for assists registered in a game was 16, which he accomplished five times. Terrell was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.

Brandon was born May 20, 1970 in Portland, Oregon, United States and attended Grant High School there. As a child, Terrell suffered from chronic foot deformation. He currently operates a barbershop in Portland which caters to numerous NBA players.^[1]

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[edit] External links

• Terrell Brandon Info Page at NBA.com
• Terrell Brandon Statistics at Basketball-Reference.com

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