Alex Stepheson

Retired • Retired after 2020 season • PF/C • 1 year of NBA experience

Height6'10

Born7th August 1987 (age 38)

Weight250 lbs

Nationality🇺🇸USA

NBA DraftUndrafted, 2011

Pre-draft teamUSC

HandRight

Agentn/a

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Stats

4 seasons

Year	League	Team	G	GS	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
2015-16	D League	Iowa Energy	32	31	33.1	6.4	11.1	57.9%	0.1	0.0%	6.4	11.0	58.4%	.579	2.6	5.4	48.6%	4.8	8.6	13.4	1.0	0.4	1.3	2.3	2.8	15.4
2015-16	NBA	L.A. Clippers	4	0	3.0	0.3	0.3	100.0%	0.0	—	0.3	0.3	100.0%	1.000	0.0	0.5	0.0%	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.5
2015-16	NBA	Memphis Grizzlies	4	0	15.3	2.0	6.5	30.8%	0.0	—	2.0	6.5	30.8%	.308	1.0	2.5	40.0%	4.5	2.0	6.5	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.0	2.0	5.0
2015-16	NBA	Total (NBA)	8	0	9.1	1.1	3.4	33.3%	0.0	—	1.1	3.4	33.3%	.333	0.5	1.5	33.3%	2.4	1.1	3.5	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.0	1.5	2.8

Teams

15 entries

Date	Team
2006 - 2008	North Carolina (NCAA)
2008 - 2011	USC (NCAA)
August 2011 - October 2011	Proteas Danoi AEL (Cyprus)
October 2011 - June 2012	Panionios (Greece)
July 2013 - June 2014	Olimpia Ljubljana (Slovenia)
July 2014	Sacramento Kings (Summer League)
August 2014 - June 2015	Istanbul BB (Turkey, TBL2)
July 2015	Dallas Mavericks (Summer League)
October 2015	Memphis Grizzlies (NBA)
November 2015 - February 2016	Iowa Energy (D-League)
February 2016 - March 2016	L.A. Clippers (NBA)
March 2016	Memphis Grizzlies (NBA)
March 2016 - June 2016	Iowa Energy (D-League)
July 2016	Memphis Grizzlies (Summer League)
November 2016 - present	Guangzhou Securities (China)

Transactions

13 entries

Date	League	Transaction
11th August, 2011	Cyprus	Signed a one year contract with Proteas Danoi AEL.
18th October, 2011	Cyprus	Left Proteas Danoi AEL.
18th October, 2011	Greece	Signed for the remainder of the season with Panionios.
25th July, 2013	Slovenia	Signed a one year contract with Union Olimpia Ljubljana.
25th August, 2014	Turkey	Signed a one year contract with Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyesi.
7th October, 205	NBA	Signed an unguaranteed one year minimum salary contract with Memphis.
24th October, 2015	NBA	Waived by Memphis.
2nd November, 2015	D-League	Designated as an allocated player by Iowa Energy.
20th February, 2016	NBA	Signed a 10 day contract with L.A. Clippers.
2nd March, 2016	NBA	Signed a second 10 day contract with L.A. Clippers.
12th March, 2016	NBA	Signed a 10 day contract with Memphis.
23rd March, 2016	D-League	Designated as a returning player by Iowa Energy.
14th November, 2016	China	Signed for the remainder of the season with Guangzhou Securities.

NBA Salary

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Listed total $23,850,000

2025/26	2026/27	2027/28	2028/29
$5,025,000 Retired Fully guaranteed	$5,650,000 Retired Fully guaranteed	$6,275,000 Retired $3,137,500 guaranteed Team option	$6,900,000 Retired $3,450,000 guaranteed Player option

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Sham's unnecessarily great big draft board: Centres

21st June 2011

Alex Stepheson - Stepheson can't catch, rarely creates in the post, has a rough touch around the basket, can't dribble or make a foul shot, struggles to defend outside of the post, and is all strength with not a dollop of finesse.

That said, Chris Richard made it to the NBA on multiple occasions on this basis.

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An Unnecessarily Exhaustive Guide To The 2010/11 NCAA Tournament, Part 1: Southwestern Region

15th March 2011

Alongside him, UNC transfer Alex Stepheson - more than slightly reminiscent of his namesake, Alex Oriakhi - is a horse inside. Stepheson is tall, wide,and rather immovable, nailing himself to the post on both ends and proving to be a daunting interior defensive presence. He's also a good rebounder, good athlete for his size, and a decent interior finisher. On the flip side, Stepheson hasn't ever really developed offensively; he is clumsy, with bad hands, no J, a bad free throw stroke, no handle, no passing game, and little ability to create in there other than to use strength alone. But he does provide an anchor for the USC defense, much like Gary McGhee does for Pittsburgh. And he does so wihtout fouling.

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