Quinndary Sammy Weatherspoon (born September 10, 1996) is an American professional

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player who last played for the

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of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played four seasons of college basketball for the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Weatherspoon was selected 49th overall by the

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in the

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. After two seasons with the team, he joined the Warriors in 2021. During his first season with the Warriors, he won an

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Early life

Born in

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, Weatherspoon is the son of Sharon and Tommie Weatherspoon and has two younger brothers, Nick and Brandon, who are also basketball players. He began playing basketball in middle school. He starred at

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, where he was coached by Anthony Carlyle. Velma Jackson won three straight state titles in 2012, 2013 and 2014. Towards the end of his high school career, he was considered a three-star recruit, ranked no. 116 in his class by Rivals.com and later committed to Mississippi State under

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College career

Weatherspoon was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team. He averaged 12.0 points and 4.7 rebounds per game playing alongside

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. He injured his wrist against

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on November 21, 2016 and was initially ruled out for the season. After missing several games, Weatherspoon came back. As a sophomore, Weatherspoon averaged 16.5 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. Weatherspoon was named to the Second Team All-SEC as a sophomore. As a junior, Weatherspoon averaged 14.4 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game and started every game. He earned the

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as the best player in Mississippi. Weatherspoon was named second-team All-SEC. On April 6, 2018, Weatherspoon joined his brother Nick Weatherspoon and Lamar Peters among Mississippi State players to declare for the

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. He later opted to withdraw from the draft and return to Mississippi State. In his senior season, Weatherspoon was named first-team All-SEC. He became the program’s third player to score 2,000 career points on March 22, 2019 in an upset loss to

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on the 2019 NCAA tournament.

Professional career

San Antonio Spurs (2019–2021)

On June 20, 2019, Weatherspoon was selected with the 49th overall pick by the

in the

. Weatherspoon was later listed in the roster of Spurs for the

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hosted at Vivint Arena. On July 8, 2019, Weatherspoon signed a two-way contract with the Spurs. He had a career-high 30 points for the Austin Spurs in a 126-123 overtime win over the Greensboro Swarm on January 4, 2020. On February 8, 2020, Weatherspoon had his debut in the NBA, coming off from bench in a 102–122 loss to the Sacramento Kings. On November 24, 2020, the Spurs announced that they had re-signed Weatherspoon to another two-way contract.

Santa Cruz Warriors (2021)

Weatherspoon joined the

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for the

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. On October 11, 2021, the

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signed Weatherspoon, but waived him two days later. In October 2021, Weatherspoon joined the

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as an affiliate player where in nine games, he averaged 16.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.22 steals in 27.4 minutes per contest.

Golden State Warriors (2021–2022)

On December 23, 2021, Weatherspoon signed a 10-day contract with the

. On January 3, 2022, he signed a two-way contract with the Warriors eventually winning a title. On July 22, 2022, Weatherspoon signed another two-way contact with Golden State, but was waived on October 13.

Tianjin Pioneers (2022–2023)

In December 2022, Weatherspoon signed with the

of the Chinese Basketball Association. On October 19, 2023, Weatherspoon signed with the

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, but was waived the next day.

Career statistics

NBA

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College

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;", Mississippi State , 31 , , 17 , , 27.0 , , .448 , , .394 , , .805 , , 4.7 , , 1.4 , , 1.4 , , .5 , , 12.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;", Mississippi State , 29 , , 29 , , 31.9 , , .469 , , .373 , , .766 , , 5.1 , , 1.8 , , 1.7 , , .3 , , 16.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;", Mississippi State , 37 , , 37 , , 31.4 , , .484 , , .313 , , .771 , , 6.0 , , 3.3 , , 1.4 , , .3 , , 14.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;", Mississippi State , 34 , , 34 , , 34.0 , , .508 , , .396 , , .809 , , 4.7 , , 2.8 , , 1.7 , , .3 , , 18.5 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 131 , , 117 , , 31.2 , , .480 , , .368 , , .788 , , 5.2 , , 2.4 , , 1.5 , , .4 , , 15.4

Personal life

Weatherspoon majored in interdisciplinary studies during college. He is the son of Sharon and Tommie Weatherspoon and has a brother named Nick, who also played college basketball at Mississippi State, and a brother named Brandon, who plays college basketball at

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References

External links

Mississippi State Bulldogs bio
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