D.J. Strawberry

Retired • Retired after 2022 season • PG/SG • 1 year of NBA experience

Height6'5
Weight205 lbs
Born15th June 1985 (age 41)
Nationality🇺🇸USA/🇨🇲Cameroon
Pre-draft teamMaryland
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Representative Teams
NBA Summer League - Las Vegas 2010 roster
L.A. Lakers
NBA Summer League - Las Vegas 2008 roster
Phoenix Suns
NBA Summer League - Las Vegas 2007 roster
Phoenix Suns

Stats
Year League Team GMPGPTS/GFGFGAFG% 3P3PA3P% FTFTAFT%ORBDRB TRBASTSTLBLKTOVPF
2007-08 D League Albuquerque Thunderbirds 5 41.2 31.6 11.2 21.2 52.8% 2.6 6.0 43.3% 6.6 9.0 73.3% 1.4 2.4 3.8 3.2 2.0 0.6 4.8 4.0
2007-08 NBA Phoenix Suns 33 8.2 2.2 0.9 2.8 31.5% 0.2 0.8 24.0% 0.3 0.6 47.4% 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.3 1.1
2008-09 EuroCup Fortitudo Bologna 6 25.3 14.7 5.3 12.2 43.8% 1.2 3.7 31.8% 2.8 3.3 85.0% 0.7 2.0 5.3 1.5 1.2 0.3 2.3 3.2
2008-09 Italy Fortituto Bologna 19 27.6 11.1 3.9 10.8 36.6% 0.9 3.8 24.7% 2.3 3.8 58.9% 1.1 2.1 3.2 1.1 1.9 0.4 2.1 2.3
2009-10 D League Reno Bighorns 26 28.0 13.1 4.9 10.8 45.6% 1.0 2.8 35.1% 2.3 3.4 67.0% 0.8 2.0 2.8 5.6 1.5 0.3 1.9 2.5
2010-11 D League Reno Bighorns 20 29.4 14.0 4.3 10.1 42.8% 1.0 2.7 35.2% 4.4 5.9 74.6% 0.6 2.6 3.2 2.6 1.0 0.2 2.8 3.0
2010-11 EuroLeague Lietuvos Rytas 5 17.3 6.6 2.4 6.0 40.0% 1.0 2.4 41.7% 0.8 1.2 66.7% 0.0 1.2 1.2 2.8 0.4 0.2 2.4 1.6
2011-12 EuroCup Hapoel Jerusalem 5 31.8 14.0 5.6 12.4 45.2% 1.0 4.6 21.7% 1.8 2.4 75.0% 0.4 1.4 5.4 1.8 1.4 0.6 2.6 2.6
2012-13 EuroCup Cibona Zagreb 6 28.5 10.5 3.7 9.0 40.7% 1.7 3.7 45.5% 1.5 1.8 81.8% 0.8 4.0 3.4 1.5 1.2 0.3 3.3 2.7
2013-14 EuroCup Cibona Zagreb 10 27.2 10.3 3.6 9.1 39.6% 1.0 3.5 28.6% 2.1 3.0 70.0% 0.6 4.5 3.2 1.3 1.2 0.1 2.2 1.9
2013-14 France Pau-Orthez 16 32.6 15.4 5.1 13.3 38.2% 1.9 5.8 33.3% 3.3 4.7 70.7% 1.1 2.8 3.8 3.0 1.9 0.1 2.8 1.9
2014-15 EuroCup Pinar Karsiyaka 20 27.7 11.2 4.0 9.0 44.7% 1.2 3.6 32.4% 2.1 3.1 67.2% 0.5 2.6 2.7 2.7 1.8 0.5 2.6 2.6
2014-15 Turkey Pinar Karsiyaka 42 29.0 12.6 4.2 8.7 48.4% 1.3 3.3 39.1% 2.9 4.3 66.3% 0.9 2.9 3.8 3.5 1.8 0.5 2.0 2.8
2015-16 EuroLeague Olympiacos 23 20.4 6.2 2.2 5.6 39.8% 0.6 2.4 25.5% 1.1 1.6 70.3% 0.9 2.3 3.1 1.6 1.0 0.3 0.9 2.2
2015-16 Greece Olympiacos 35 19.2 8.3 3.1 6.2 49.3% 1.1 3.1 33.9% 1.2 1.8 64.1% 0.4 2.5 2.9 1.7 1.1 0.3 1.1 1.8
2016-17 BCL Europe Besiktas 15 27.9 12.1 4.6 10.0 46.0% 1.7 4.2 39.7% 1.2 2.6 46.2% 0.8 2.6 3.4 2.9 1.6 0.2 1.7 3.2
2016-17 Turkey Besiktas 38 26.4 11.1 4.1 9.2 44.2% 1.3 4.0 32.9% 1.7 2.9 56.3% 0.5 2.8 3.3 3.4 1.3 0.4 1.9 2.4
2017-18 BCL Europe Besiktas 16 31.3 13.0 4.8 10.2 46.6% 2.2 5.4 40.7% 1.3 2.0 65.6% 0.9 2.5 3.4 4.6 0.7 0.4 2.0 2.4
2017-18 Turkey Besiktas 31 30.8 12.4 4.4 9.9 44.4% 1.5 4.4 33.3% 2.1 3.0 70.2% 0.6 2.7 3.3 3.8 1.4 0.3 2.0 2.4
2018-19 EuroLeague Gran Canaria 29 21.8 8.6 2.9 7.9 36.7% 1.2 3.7 32.4% 1.6 2.2 70.3% 0.3 1.5 1.8 1.9 0.8 0.1 1.5 1.7
2018-19 Spain Gran Canaria 34 23.4 10.0 3.6 8.3 42.9% 1.7 4.4 38.0% 1.2 1.8 68.3% 0.6 1.6 2.1 1.9 1.0 0.1 1.5 2.7
2019-20 France Orleans 19 27.8 13.1 4.5 10.3 43.6% 2.4 6.0 39.5% 1.7 2.4 73.3% 0.4 1.9 2.3 3.4 1.4 0.2 1.9 2.7
2020-21 Spain Murcia 29 17.3 5.8 2.0 6.3 32.1% 1.2 4.1 28.6% 0.6 1.0 58.6% 0.2 1.3 1.6 1.7 0.8 0.2 1.3 2.0
2021-22 France Orleans 4 19.3 2.8 1.0 4.3 23.5% 0.5 2.8 18.2% 0.3 0.5 50.0% 0.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.3 0.0 2.3 1.5
2021-22 France Pau-Orthez 2 27.0 10.0 3.5 8.0 43.8% 3.0 6.5 46.2% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.5 6.0 6.5 3.0 0.0 0.5 2.0 2.5

Teams
DateTeam
2003 - 2007 Maryland (NCAA)
July 2007 Phoenix Suns (Summer League)
August 2007 - August 2008 Phoenix Suns (NBA)
August 2008 - October 2008 Houston Rockets (NBA)
November 2008 - June 2009 Albuquerque Thunderbirds (D League)
January 2010 - June 2010 Reno Bighorns (D League)
July 2010 L.A. Lakers (Summer League)
September 2010 - October 2010 New Orleans Hornets (NBA)
November 2010 - January 2011 Reno Bighorns (D League)
January 2011 - June 2011 Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania)
August 2011 - June 2012 Hapoel Jerusalem (Israel)
September 2012 Hapoel Holon (Israel)
September 2012 - June 2013 Cibona Zagreb (Croatia)
June 2013 - July 2013 Arecibo (Puerto Rico)
July 2013 - December 2013 Cibona Zagreb (Croatia)
December 2013 - June 2014 Pau-Orthez (France)
June 2014 - July 2014 Quebradillas (Puerto Rico)
July 2014- June 2015 Pinar Karsiyaka (Turkey)
July 2015 - June 2016 Olympiacos (Greece)
July 2016 - present Besiktas (Turkey)

Transactions
DateLeagueTransaction
2007 NBA Draft NBA Drafted 59th overall by Phoenix Suns.
13th August 2007 NBA Signed a partially guaranteed two-year minimum salary contract with Phoenix Suns.
18th December 2007 D League Assigned by Phoenix Suns to New Mexico Thunderbirds of the D League.
11th January 2008 D League Recalled by Phoenix from New Mexico Thunderbirds of the D League.
25th August 2008 NBA Traded by Phoenix Suns to Houston Rockets in exchange for Sean Singletary.
24th October 2008 NBA Waived by Houston Rockets.
28th October 2008 Italy Signed for the remainder of the season with Fortitudo Bologna.
30th January 2010 D League Acquired by Reno Bighorns.
17th September 2010 NBA Signed an unguaranteed two-year minimum salary contract with New Orleans.
21st October 2010 NBA Waived by New Orleans Hornets.
26th November 2010 D League Acquired by Reno Bighorns.
18th January 2011 D League Left Reno Bighorns.
18th January 2011 Lithuania Signed for the remainder of the season with Lietuvos Rytas.
26th August 2011 Israel Signed a two-year contract with Hapoel Jerusalem. Included team option for 2012/13.
25th June 2012 Israel Hapoel Jerusalem declined 2012/13 team option.
10th September 2012 Israel Signed a one-year contract with Hapoel Holon.
15th September 2012 Israel Left Hapoel Holon.
20th September 2012 Croatia Signed a one-year contract with Cibona Zagreb.
22nd June 2013 Puerto Rico Signed for the remainder of the season with Capitanes de Arecibo.
12th July 2013 Croatia Signed another one-year contract with Cibona Zagreb (to rejoin after completion of Puerto Rican BSN season).
27th December 2013 Croatia Left Cibona Zagreb.
27th December 2013 France Signed for the remainder of the season with Pau-Orthez.
27th June 2014 Puerto Rico Signed for the remainder of the season with Piratas de Quebradillas.
2nd July 2014 Turkey Signed a one-year contract with Pinar Karsiyaka (to join after completion of Puerto Rican BSN season).
2nd July 2015 Greece Signed a two-year contract with Olympiacos. Included team option for 2016/17.
6th June 2016 Greece Olympiacos declined 2016/17 team option.
22nd July 2016 Turkey Signed a one-year contract with Besiktas.
3rd July 2017 Turkey Signed another one-year contract with Besiktas.

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Top 101 NBA Ten-Day Contract Candidates (When 20 Would Probably Have Been Enough)

D.J. Strawberry - Strawberry has been playing two guard this season alongside Miles, and has also had to battle for time with Warriors assignee point guard Jeremy Lin. Last year, Strawberry had to come off the bench behind two other good quality D-League guards; Russell Robinson/Will Blalock and Desmond Farmer. He's therefore not had much run as a full time point guard over the last two years, splitting time between the two guard positions depending on who is around him. Nevertheless, Strawberry is putting up 13.8 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 29 minutes per contest, whilst playing his usual good quality defense, and had a realistic shot of making an NBA roster as recently as three months ago, when he signed with the Hornets for training camp.
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Strawberry spent his first professional season in the NBA, playing in 39 games with the Suns in 2007/08. The two years hence have been spent in Italy and the D-League, the latter of which saw him averaging 13.7 point and 5.5 assists per game last year for the Reno Bighorns. Those decent if underwhelming numbers don't do justice to Strawberry's good defensive play at both guard spots, and his decent slashing ability - however, they're also not really call-up calibre numbers from a D-League player. In Strawberry's defense, he didn't start a single game, coming off the bench behind Will Blalock and Desmon Farmer in every one. If he returns to the D-League next year and starts, this will help his numbers (and thus his call-up chances) considerably. With the Hornets, he has a chance to stick anyway, as does Shakur. However, the late signing of Jannero Pargo may have closed the door on either or both of them.
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2010 Summer League Rosters: Los Angeles Lakers

D.J. Strawberry

Strawberry spent last year in the D-League, averaging 13.7 points and 5.5 assists per game for the Reno Bighorns. Strong defensively at both guard spots, Strawberry's jumpshot is improved, hitting 35% from three point range; he's also a good athlete that doesn't make too many mistakes.

A bigger, more passy, less highlighty version of a Shannon Brown replacement? It's possible.
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