Candice Dupree (born August 16, 1984) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. She was selected sixth in the

2006 WNBA draft On November 16, 2005, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held an expansion draft for the Chicago Sky. It was the first expansion draft since the 2000 season, when the WNBA welcomed the Miami Sol, Portland Fire, Indiana Fever, and ...

by the Chicago Sky. Dupree has won a

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(

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) with the

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. She has also played professional basketball in Europe and Asia. Dupree has two world cu
gold medals with Team USA
Dupree was hired by the San Antonio Spurs as a Player Development coach in 2022.

Personal life

Dupree grew up in Tampa, Florida. She played basketball and volleyball at

Paul R. Wharton High School Paul R. Wharton High School (also known as Wharton High School) is a public high school in Tampa, Florida, United States. It was established in 1997 and is part of the Hillsborough County Public Schools district. Demographics Wharton High Scho ...

and has two sisters; one is her twin, while the other is several years younger. Dupree played basketball at Temple University from 2002 to 2006. She won numerous awards and accolades as a college basketball player, drawing comparisons to the NBA's Tim Duncan. Dupree was married to former Mercury teammate

DeWanna Bonner DeWanna Bonner (born August 21, 1987) is an American-Macedonian professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Bonner played college basketball for Auburn University. After a successf ...

and in 2017 Bonner gave birth to twins.

College statistics

Source

WNBA career

Dupree was selected 6th overall in the

2006 WNBA Draft On November 16, 2005, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held an expansion draft for the Chicago Sky. It was the first expansion draft since the 2000 season, when the WNBA welcomed the Miami Sol, Portland Fire, Indiana Fever, and ...

by the Chicago Sky, an expansion team that year. As a rookie, she was named to the Eastern Conference WNBA All Star team. In her first All-Star game, she competed against her former college coach

Dawn Staley Dawn Michelle Staley (born May 4, 1970) is an American basketball Hall of Fame player and coach, who is currently the head coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks. Staley won three Olympic gold medals with Team USA as a player and later was head co ...

. Dupree was also named to the Eastern Conference WNBA All-Star Team in 2007 and 2009 in the WNBA (there was no WNBA All Star game in 2008 due to the Olympics). For the 2009 season, Dupree tied for second place in the WNBA with 268 total rebounds. In March 2010, Dupree was traded to the

as part of a multi-player, three-team deal. Dupree requested the trade. Dupree would win her first WNBA championship with the Mercury in 2014 as they swept her former team, the Chicago Sky 3–0 in the finals. Dupree had 24 points and 6 assists in the final game of the series. During the 2014 season, Dupree was playing alongside

Diana Taurasi Diana Lorena Taurasi (born June 11, 1982) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted by Phoenix first overall in the 2004 WNBA draft. Taurasi has w ...

and Brittney Griner while the Mercury had a record-breaking regular season record of 29–5 en route to the title. In the 2015 season, Dupree was named a WNBA All-Star for the fifth time in her career as she averaged 14.1 ppg. The Mercury would make it to the playoffs in an attempt to defend their title but were swept in the second round by the

Minnesota Lynx The Minnesota Lynx are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team won the WNBA title in 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017. Founded pr ...

who won the championship that year. In 2017, Dupree was traded to the

Indiana Fever The Indiana Fever are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded before the 2000 season began. The team is owned ...

along with the Mercury's 2017 first round pick in a three-team deal that sent

Camille Little Camille Little (born January 18, 1985) is a former American professional basketball player for the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She began her WNBA career with the San Antonio Silver Stars in 2007. She played college basketball ...

and

Jillian Alleyne Jillian Alleyne is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for University of Oregon. High school Alleyne graduated from Summit ...

to the Mercury and the Connecticut Sun receiving the 8th overall pick in the

2017 WNBA Draft The 2017 WNBA draft was the league's draft for the 2017 WNBA season. On March 30, the WNBA announced that the draft would take place on April 13 in New York at Samsung 837. Draft lottery The lottery selection to determine the order of the top fo ...

along with Lynetta Kizer from the Fever. During the 2017 season, Dupree would be voted into the

2017 WNBA All-Star Game The 2017 WNBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game played on July 22, 2017. The Seattle Storm hosted a WNBA All-Star Game for the first time. Starters for this year's All-Star game were selected by a combination of fan, media, and pla ...

, making it her sixth career all-star game appearance. Dupree averaged 15 points per game, but the Fever finished with league's second worst record of 9–25. In March 2018, Dupree re-signed with the Fever to a multi-year deal. In 2018, the Fever would have yet another disappointing season, finishing last place with a 6–28 record. In 2019, Dupree was voted into the

2019 WNBA All-Star Game The 2019 WNBA All-Star Game was an exhibition game, exhibition basketball game played on July 27, 2019. The Las Vegas Aces hosted the WNBA All-Star Game for the first time. Rosters Selection On June 12, the WNBA announced that 2019 would simila ...

, making it her seventh all-star appearance due to her performance during the season, however the Fever once again fell short of a playoff spot with a 13–21 record. In 2020, the season was delayed and shortened to 22 games in a bubble at IMG Academy due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dupree played all 22 games and averaged 12.5 ppg, but the Fever finished as the second worst team in the league with a 6–16 record. In 2021, Dupree signed a one-year deal with the

Seattle Storm The Seattle Storm are an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The Storm competes in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The team was founded by Ginger Ackerl ...

who are the defending champions.

Shooting Stars

Dupree, along with then-Chicago Bulls guard Ben Gordon and ex-Bulls star Scottie Pippen, participated in the Shooting Stars competition at the 2007 NBA All-Star Game Weekend. In 2008, Dupree again represented Chicago at the Shooting Stars competition, along with Chris Duhon and B. J. Armstrong.

Overseas career

Dupree played professional basketball in Poland, for the TS Wisła Can-Pack Kraków club, during the 2007–08 and 2008–09 WNBA off-seasons. In 2008, Wisla Can Pack won the

PLKK Basket Liga Kobiet (BLK), currently known for sponsorship reasons as Energa Basket Liga Kobiet (EBLK; 2001–2013 Polska Liga Koszykówki Kobiet, PLKK) is a professional women's club basketball league in Poland. It constitutes the first and highes ...

league championship, and Dupree was named Most Valuable Player of the championship series. In 2009, Dupree was named to the "Rest of the World" (non-European) squad for the EuroLeague Women All Star Game. Dupree played two consecutive off-seasons for Good Angels Košice in Slovakia from 2009 to 2011, winning a national championship with the team. From 2011 to 2015, Dupree played four off-seasons in Russia for

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, Dynamo Kursk and Nadezhda Orenburg. Dupree also spent the first portion of the 2014–15 off-season playing in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

for the Zhejiang Golden Bulls of the WCBA As of August 2016, Dupree signed with

ZVVZ USK Praha USK Praha (official name: ZVVZ USK Praha) is a Czech women's basketball club that was founded in 1953 in the city of Prague. USK Praha plays in the Czech League, the highest competition in the Czech Republic. It is a 21-times national champion. ...

for the 2016-17 off-season. In September 2018, Dupree signed with Sopron Basket of the Hungarian league for the 2018-19 off-season, she would return to the team for the following year. In January 2021, Dupree made her second stint with ZVVZ USK Praha for the 2020-21 off-season.

USA Basketball

Dupree was a member of the team representing the US at the 2005 World University Games Team in Izmir, Turkey. In the quarterfinals against Taiwan, she led her team in scoring with 16 points. Dupree averaged 7.6 points per game, helping the team to a 7–0 record, and a gold medal at the event. Dupree was invited to the USA Basketball Women's National Team training camp in the fall of 2009. Dupree was one of twenty players named to the national team pool. Twelve of this group will be chosen to represent the US in the 2010 World Championships and the 2012 Summer Olympics. Dupree was named as one of the National team members to represent the USA Basketball team in the WNBA versus USA Basketball. This game replaces the normal WNBA All-Star game with WNBA All-Stars versus USA Basketball, as part of the preparation for the FIBA World Championship for Women to be held in the Czech Republic during September and October 2010. Dupree was selected to be a member of the National team representing the US at the World Championships held in September and October 2010. The team was coached by Geno Auriemma. Because many team members were still playing in the WNBA until just prior to the event, the team had only one day of practice with the entire team before leaving for Ostrava and

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, Czech Republic. Even with limited practice, the team managed to win its first games against Greece by 26 points. The team continued to dominate with victory margins exceeding 20 points in the first five games. Several players shared scoring honors, with Swin Cash, Angel McCoughtry, Maya Moore,

Lindsay Whalen Lindsay Marie Whalen (born May 9, 1982) is the head coach of the University of Minnesota's women's basketball team. She began her professional career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) ...

, and

Sylvia Fowles Sylvia Shaqueria Fowles (born October 6, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. Fowles played for the Chicago Sky and Minnesota Lynx during her career in the WNBA. She won the WNBA MVP Award in 2017 and the WNBA Defensive Pl ...

all ending as high scorer in the first few games. The sixth game was against undefeated Australia — the USA jumped out to a 24-point lead and the USA prevailed 83–75. The USA won its next two games by over 30 points, then faced the host team, the Czech Republic, in the championship game. The USA team had only a five-point lead at halftime, which was cut to three points, but the Czechs never got closer. Team USA went on to win the championship and gold medal. Dupree averaged 9.2 points per game while hitting 75% of her field goal attempts. She led the team in rebounds with 6.0 per game.

Vital statistics

*Position:

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, Center *Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) *College: Temple University *Team(s): Chicago Sky,

;

Awards and achievements

* Member of the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team in 2003 and second team in 2004. * Named Atlantic 10 and Philadelphia Big Five Player of the Year in 2005. * Named the 2005 Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year. * Named 2005 Associated Press All-American Honorable Mention. * Member of the 2005 Atlantic 10 first team and two-time Big Five first team selection in 2004 and 2005. * Named Atlantic 10 and Philadelphia Big Five Player of the Year in 2006. * Named the 2006 Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year. * Named to 2006 Associated Press All-American Third Team. * Selected for Atlantic 10 All-Defensive Team in 2004, 2005, and 2006. * Named MVP of the Atlantic 10 Tournament in 2004, 2005, and 2006. * Named Philadelphia-area Player of the Decade by Philadelphia Inquirer in 2010.Current and Former Women's Basketball Players Honored by Philadelphia Inquirer
Owlsports.com (January 5, 2010). Retrieved on May 19, 2016. * 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2015 and 2017 WNBA All-Star Selection. *2014 WNBA Championship.

WNBA career statistics

WNBA regular season

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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

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2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

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2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

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2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

, align="left" , Phoenix , 34 , , 34 , , 31.6 , , .548 , , .167 , , .852 , , 8.2 , , 1.8 , , 0.5 , , 0.7 , , 1.9 , , 14.6 , - , align="left" ,

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

, align="left" , Phoenix , 13 , , 12 , , 26.5 , , .483 , , .000 , , .811 , , 4.8 , , 1.3 , , 0.6 , , 0.5 , , 2.0 , , 13.2 , - , align="left" ,

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

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2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

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2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

, align="left" , Phoenix , 32 , , 32 , , 29.1 , , .541 , , .000 , , .792 , , 5.3 , , 1.9 , , 0.8 , , 0.1 , , 1.0 , , 11.3 , - , align="left" ,

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

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2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

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2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

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WNBA Postseason

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References

External links

WNBA player profile
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