Zabian Dowdell

Retired Retired after 2020 season PG/SG 1 year of NBA experience

Height6'3
Weight200 lbs
Born10th September 1984 (age 42)
Nationality🇺🇸USA
Pre-draft teamVirginia Tech
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Stats

Year League Team GMPGPTS/GFGFGAFG% 3P3PA3P% FTFTAFT%ORBDRB TRBASTSTLBLKTOVPF
2007-08 EuroCup Nancy 10 22.2 11.2 3.6 7.6 47.4% 0.7 2.1 33.3% 3.3 4.0 82.5% 0.6 2.2 6.3 3.2 1.2 0.0 2.9 2.5
2007-08 France Nancy 36 20.3 8.8 3.1 6.3 48.9% 0.6 1.9 32.8% 2.1 2.6 79.8% 0.6 2.1 2.8 3.1 0.8 0.1 1.6 1.6
2009-10 D League Tulsa 66ers 10 27.0 12.9 5.2 9.8 53.1% 0.3 1.5 20.0% 2.2 3.2 68.8% 0.8 2.2 3.0 3.7 0.9 0.0 1.9 1.9
2009-10 EuroLeague Unicaja Malaga 6 16.2 7.0 2.7 7.3 36.4% 0.8 2.2 38.5% 0.8 1.2 71.4% 0.0 0.8 0.8 1.7 1.2 0.0 1.5 0.8
2009-10 Spain Unicaja Malaga 21 15.1 6.4 2.3 6.6 35.5% 0.6 2.4 24.0% 1.1 1.3 85.7% 0.2 0.9 1.1 1.9 1.0 0.3 0.9 1.3
2010-11 D League Tulsa 66ers 18 29.3 14.5 5.3 12.8 41.3% 0.8 2.5 31.1% 3.2 4.0 79.2% 0.3 1.8 2.1 4.6 2.4 0.1 1.8 2.5
2010-11 NBA Phoenix Suns 24 12.2 5.0 2.1 5.2 40.8% 0.1 0.4 30.0% 0.7 0.7 94.1% 0.2 0.6 0.8 2.1 0.8 0.1 1.2 1.3
2011-12 Spain Gran Canaria 12 13.7 4.2 1.6 4.2 38.0% 0.2 0.8 22.2% 0.8 0.9 90.9% 0.3 1.3 1.6 1.2 0.6 0.1 1.2 1.4
2013-14 EuroCup Lietuvos Rytas 8 16.7 6.8 2.5 4.5 55.6% 0.6 1.5 41.7% 1.1 1.3 90.0% 0.4 0.6 2.0 1.1 0.9 0.1 0.6 1.3
2013-14 EuroLeague Lietuvos Rytas 3 22.9 12.0 5.3 8.7 61.5% 0.0 1.0 0.0% 1.3 1.3 100.0% 0.0 2.7 2.7 3.0 1.3 0.0 1.3 1.0
2014-15 Belgium Spirou Charleroi 29 29.2 13.8 4.8 9.6 50.4% 0.8 2.3 32.4% 3.3 3.9 85.1% 0.8 2.2 3.0 2.7 1.9 0.1 1.7 2.2
2014-15 EuroCup Spirou Charleroi 4 25.1 10.5 4.3 8.8 48.6% 0.5 1.8 28.6% 1.5 2.0 75.0% 0.5 3.5 3.3 4.5 1.5 0.0 1.0 1.3
2015-16 EuroCup Zenit Saint Petersburg 18 25.0 11.2 4.0 9.2 43.6% 0.7 1.7 41.9% 2.5 2.8 90.0% 0.4 3.1 0.0 5.0 1.4 0.2 2.2 1.4
2016-17 Italy Cantu 20 29.7 13.1 4.9 10.8 44.9% 0.7 2.4 27.1% 2.7 3.2 85.7% 0.6 2.2 2.8 5.4 1.2 0.1 2.5 1.8
2017-18 BCL Europe Enisey 10 26.0 9.9 3.5 7.6 46.1% 0.9 2.2 40.9% 2.0 2.5 80.0% 0.5 1.2 1.7 3.0 1.1 0.1 2.2 2.1
2018-19 France Chalons-Reims 23 26.7 10.7 3.9 8.2 47.6% 0.7 1.5 42.9% 2.3 2.9 78.8% 0.3 1.2 1.6 3.9 0.9 0.0 1.6 1.6
2019-20 Germany Rasta Vechta 1 20.5 6.0 1.0 4.0 25.0% 0.0 1.0 0.0% 4.0 4.0 100.0% 1.0 1.0 2.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
2019-20 Italy Pistoia 21 29.9 9.6 3.4 9.0 37.6% 0.5 2.3 20.4% 2.3 2.8 83.1% 0.9 2.3 3.2 3.2 1.2 0.0 2.0 1.5

Teams

DateTeam
2003 - 2007 Virginia Tech (NCAA)
July 2007 Seattle Supersonics (Summer League)
August 2007 - June 2008 Nancy (France)
July 2008 Sacramento Kings (Summer League)
July 2008 - June 2009 Montferrato (Italy, LegaDue)
July 2009 Phoenix Suns (Summer League)
December 2009 - January 2010 Tulsa 66ers (D League)
January 2010 - June 2010 Unicaja Malaga (Spain)
July 2010 Phoenix Suns (Summer League)
September 2010 - October 2010 Phoenix Suns (NBA)
October 2010 - January 2011 Tulsa 66ers (D League)
January 2011 - December 2011 Phoenix Suns (NBA)
January 2012 Anadolu Efes (Turkey)
February 2012 - June 2012 Gran Canaria (Spain)
July 2012 Minnesota Timberwolves (Summer League)
July 2012 - June 2013 Enisey (Russia)
December 2013 - June 2014 Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania)
August 2014 - June 2015 Spirou Charleroi (Belgium)
July 2015 - June 2016 Zenit Saint Petersburg (Russia)
August 2016 - June 2017 Cantu (Italy)
July 2017 - present Enisey (Russia)

Transactions

DateLeagueTransaction
9th August 2007 France Signed a one-year contract with Nancy.
15th June 2008 France Signed a one-year contract with Montferrato.
16th December 2009 D League Acquired by Tulsa 66ers.
18th January 2010 D League Left Tulsa 66ers.
20th January 2010 Spain Signed for the remainder of the season and through 2011 with Unicaja Malaga. Included team option for 2010/11.
30th June 2010 Spain Unicaja Malaga declined 2010/11 team option.
27th September 2010 NBA Signed an unguaranteed one-year minimum salary contract with Phoenix Suns,
19th October 2010 NBA Waived by Phoenix Suns.
30th October 2010 D League Designated as a returning player by Tulsa 66ers.
9th January 2011 NBA Signed a ten-day contract with Phoenix Suns.
27th January 2011 NBA Signed a second ten-day contract with Phoenix Suns.
6th February 2011 NBA Signed a partially guaranteed minimum salary contract for the remainder of the season and through 2012 with Phoenix Suns.
13th December 2011 NBA Waived by Phoenix Suns.
16th January 2012 Turkey Signed for the remainder of the season with Anadolu Efes.
17th January 2012 Turkey Signing cancelled.
29th February 2012 Spain Signed for the remainder of the season with Unicaja Malaga.
26th July 2012 Russia Signed a one-year contract with Enisey.
3rd December 2013 Lithuania Signed for the remainder of the season with Lietuvos Rytas.
19th August 2014 Belgium Signed a one-year contract with Spirou Charleroi.
16th July 2015 Russia Signed a one-year contract with Zenit Saint Petersburg.
28th August 2016 Italy Signed a one-year contract with Cantu.
21st July 2017 Russia Signed a one-year contract with Enisey.

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15 More Ten Day Contract Candidates (Because Apparently 101 Wasn't Enough After All)

A mere 48 hours after the Top 101 Ten Day Contract Candidates list was completed, the Phoenix Suns went and signed somebody that wasn't on it. Clearly, 20 would not have been enough.

With the second signed ten day contract of the season - the Clippers used the first to re-sign Jarron Collins - Phoenix called up guard Zabian Dowdell from the Tulsa 66ers of the D-League, re-signing a player they had only recently cut in training camp.

Dowdell did not make the initial list, perhaps in part due to an oversight, but because his numbers thus far this season had not been overwhelming. Playing on the incredibly deep 66ers roster, Dowds averaged 14.5 points, 4.6 assists, 2.4 steals and 1.8 turnovers in 29 minutes per game, shooting 41% from the field and 31% from three, with 261 points on 230 shots. The assist to turnover ratio was nice, and the defense as present as ever, yet Dowdell's individual scoring ability has not been there. Nevertheless, Phoenix now gives a regular season look to this long-coveted player for them, who should fit in nicely with an up-tempo game, and defend better than the Nash/Dragic point guard combo (which, while awesome, only impacts one end).
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.....Third Prize Is You're Fired

Dowdell's stock has been plummeting for three years, and last year was no different. After injury prevented him from signing with the Suns, Dowdell went to the D-League, where he put up rather pedestrian averages of 13/3 (perhaps still recovering from the injury). He was soon bought out of his D-League contract by Spanish giant Unicaja Malaga, but didn't play particularly well there, averaging 6.4 points and 1.9 assists in 21 games, recording 134 points on 138 shots. Dowdell is best defensively and in transition, two things the Suns require; he's also a good slasher, a fairly high IQ player, with good energy and a great wingspan. He ticks most of the boxes, even if he could be a better outside shooter. There's a reason his stock is as high as it was. However, after a couple of down years (he scored 20ppg in 2008-09, but was only in the Italian second division for some reason), the now 26 year old Dowdell needs to make his biggest moves now. With a legitimate chance of making the Suns team, though, this might be that.

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2010 Summer League Rosters: Phoenix Suns

Zabian Dowdell

The Suns were going to bring in Dowdell for training camp last year, were it not for an injury that Dowdell suffered before it started. The injury kept him on the shelf until mid-December, when he returned to play with the D-League's Tulsa 66ers and averaged 12.9 points/3.7 assists. Dowdell then moved to Euroleague calibre team Unicaja Malaga, but struggled mightily over there. In 21 ACB games, Dowdell averaged only 6.4 points and 1.7 assists per game, shooting only 36% from the field and 24% from three point range. Dowdell is best defensively and usually a better shooter than that, yet it's worrying numbers in Dowdell's highest standard of play to date.
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Where Are They Now, 2010; Part 17

- Zabian Dowdell

Dowdell spent last year in the Italian second division, which was perhaps an odd place for him to be given that he is capable of more than that. Dowdell got injured in the summer, which kept him out of action for a few months, and then last month he joined up with the Tulsa 66ers of the D-League. He averaged 12.9 points, 3.0 rebounds and 3.7 assists per games for the team, but only lasted for 10 games before moving on to Unicaja Malaga to pair up with Juan Dixon above. In 23 minutes of 2 games for Malaga, Dowdell has totalled 5 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.
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