Ryan Ashley Humphrey (born July 24, 1979) is a former American professional
basketball
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player, at the
power forward
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position. Humphrey is currently an assistant basketball coach at The University of Oklahoma. Previously he was a coach at
Notre Dame.
After a college career at both the
University of Oklahoma
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and the
University of Notre Dame
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, Humphrey was a first-round pick of the
Utah Jazz
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in the
2002 NBA draft. On draft day, he was traded to the
Orlando Magic
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in exchange for their pick,
Curtis Borchardt
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Amateur career
Borchardt played high school basketball in Sammamish, Washington (then Redmond), fo ...
. After appearing in 1/2 season with Orlando, Humphrey was traded to the
Memphis Grizzlies
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alongside
Mike Miller, exchanged for
Drew Gooden and
Gordan Giriček
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. He played only 2 games during the
2003–04 season and then played 35 games for Memphis during the
2004–05 season.
Humphrey's final NBA game was on March 16, 2005 in a 88–82 win over the
New Orleans Hornets
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where he recorded 2 points and 1 rebound. Humphrey played a total of 85 career games from 2002–2005 and averaged 2.3 points and 2.2 rebounds.
After a failed return attempt with the
Minnesota Timberwolves
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(
2005-06's preseason), Humphrey moved to the
Italian league
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, with
Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia. He signed with the
Los Angeles Clippers
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in September 2006 but was waived in late October, also before the league's tip-off. He later signed with
APOEL B.C. in
Cyprus
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, with whom he reached the 2007
Cypriot league finals.
In 2009, he arrived in Spain and played with
Baloncesto León
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History
Early years (1981-1988)
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in the
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. In 2010, he signed with
Cáceres 2016.
On April 4, 2013, he signed with
Blancos de Rueda Valladolid.
References
External links
College & NBA stats@ basketballreference.com
NBA.com profileBasketpedya career data
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1979 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Argentina
American expatriate basketball people in Cyprus
American expatriate basketball people in the Dominican Republic
American expatriate basketball people in Italy
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
American expatriate basketball people in Uruguay
American expatriate basketball people in Venezuela
American men's basketball players
APOEL B.C. players
Atenas basketball players
Baloncesto León players
Booker T. Washington High School (Tulsa, Oklahoma) alumni
Bucaneros de La Guaira players
CB Murcia players
CB Valladolid players
Club Biguá de Villa Biarritz basketball players
La Unión basketball players
Liga ACB players
McDonald's High School All-Americans
Memphis Grizzlies players
Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball coaches
Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball players
Obras Sanitarias basketball players
Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball coaches
Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball players
Orlando Magic players
Pallacanestro Reggiana players
Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
Power forwards (basketball)
Basketball players from Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa 66ers players
Utah Jazz draft picks
21st-century African-American sportspeople
20th-century African-American sportspeople
Criollos de Caguas basketball players