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Guard · 2000–04

DeShawn Stevenson

Straight out of high school, Stevenson went 23rd to Utah in the 2000 draft and, at 19, became the youngest player ever to start for the Jazz. He finished second in the 2001 dunk contest and logged 222 games over four Utah seasons before a 2004 trade to Orlando. The first NBA player ever to wear number 92, he built it from the 9 he wore in Orlando and the 2 he wore in Utah and Washington.

HOW HE CAME & WENTUtah took him 23rd overall in 2000, straight out of high school. On February 19, 2004 the Jazz traded him and a future second-round pick to Orlando for Gordan Giricek.

Utah Jazz tenure
2000–04
Position
Guard
Born
1981, Fresno, California
Height
6′5″ (196 cm)
Weight
209 lb (95 kg)
Drafted
2000, 1st round (No. 23), Utah
Signature in the archive 2000-01 SPx #116 Rookie RC

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With the Jazz

DESHAWN STEVENSON · 2000–04 · PER GAME
SEASONTEAMGMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFG%3P%FT%
2000–01UTA407.32.20.70.50.30.1.341.083.684
2001–02UTA6716.94.92.01.70.40.4.385.080.698
2002–03UTA6112.54.61.40.70.40.1.401.333.691
2003–04UTA5428.011.43.31.70.50.3.445.233.669
JAZZ TOTAL4 SEASONS22216.75.91.91.20.40.2.412.177.682

Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗  ·  Wikipedia ↗

Did you know

DESHAWN STEVENSON · 9 NOTES
  • Won the 2011 NBA championship with Dallas.
  • Kept a working ATM in his kitchen and charged guests a small fee to use it.
  • Has a tattoo of Abraham Lincoln on his neck.
  • Made headlines in 2003 for shoving Ricky Davis after Davis shot at his own basket to chase a triple-double.
  • On a sore knee in February 2008 he scored a career-high 33 and hit a buzzer-beating three to beat New Orleans.
  • Coach Eddie Jordan said afterward that in the dictionary next to the word man there is a picture of DeShawn Stevenson.
  • As a high school senior he averaged 30.4 points, scored 25 in the McDonald's All-American Game and won its dunk contest.
  • In 2017 he joined Power, one of the eight founding teams of the BIG3 league.
  • He was averaging 11.4 points and 3.3 rebounds for Utah when the 2004 trade came, shooting 45 percent from the field but only 23.3 percent from three.