Bryant Lamonica Stith (born December 10, 1970) is an American former professional

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player who played in the

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(NBA). He is currently a men's assistant basketball coach at

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Playing career

College career

Stith was the

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in 1989. He finished his career in 1992 as Virginia’s all-time leading scorer with 2,516 points. Stith earned first-team All-ACC honors three times and was named the Most Valuable Player of the 1992 National Invitation Tournament. During Stith's time at Virginia, the Cavaliers compiled four 20-win seasons, three NCAA appearances and the 1992 National Invitation Tournament championship.

Professional career

A 6'5" (1.96 m)

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, Stith was selected from the

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with the 13th overall pick by the

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in the

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. Stith played only 39 games in his rookie season, but would play (and start) all 82 games next season (1993–94) averaging 12.5 points per game. Stith later on struggled with injures in his career with the Nuggets. Stith played eight seasons with the team before being traded to the

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. He was also traded to the

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and to the

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along with

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for

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. He retired before ever playing for the Clippers.

International career

He played for the US national team in the

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, winning the bronze medal.

Coaching career

After the close of his NBA career, Stith became the head coach of the Brunswick (VA) High School Bulldogs. The team won state championships in 2011, 2012, and 2013.Brunswick wins third straight state championship - Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond VA
/ref> In 2013, Stith was hired as an assistant at

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to work under his former Virginia head coach Jeff Jones. In 2022, he moved from Old Dominion to Mike Jones's coaching staff at

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Personal

Stith's sons, Brandan and B. J., committed to play basketball at

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in 2013 and the

in 2014, respectively. After one year at East Carolina, Brandan transferred to Old Dominion to play for his father who is ODU's assistant coach. B. J. played one year at the Virginia before also transferring to

to play for his father, and with his brother. He sat out the 2015–16 season and played three years for the Monarchs.http://pilotonline.com/sports/college/b-j-stith-transferring-from-u-va-to-old-dominion/article_8ce5774a-61d9-5d20-a77d-f1125a81b6e0.html Since retiring from the NBA, Stith has been involved in

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, in which he owns a team with race car driver and fellow Emporia native,

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. In 2007, he was inducted into the

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References

External links

NBA.com profile
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