Ronald Dupree

Ronald Dupree

Small forward
Personal information
Born	January 26, 1981 (1981-01-26) Biloxi, Mississippi
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
College	LSU
NBA Draft	2003 / Undrafted
Pro career	2003–present
Career history
Chicago Bulls (2003–2004) Detroit Pistons (2004–2005; 2006–2007) Minnesota Timberwolves (2005–2006) Seattle SuperSonics (2008) Tulsa 66ers (2008–2009) Utah Flash (2009; 2011) Telekom Baskets Bonn (2009–2010) Toronto Raptors (2010–2011) Regatas Corrientes (2012) Andrea Costa Imola Basket (2012- )

Ronald Edmund Dupree Jr. (born January 26, 1981 in Biloxi, Mississippi) is an American professional basketball player.

College career

Dupree played at Louisiana State University (LSU) under Coach John Brady. He averaged 4.9 points and 3.3 rebounds in 12.7 minutes per game in the Tigers' 2000 Sweet Sixteen season. He was named All-SEC Second Team in his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons. During his sophomore season he led the SEC in scoring at 17.3 points per game and was second in rebounding with 8.8 per game. In each of his last three years he ranked second in the SEC in rebounding with averages of 8.8 (2000–2001), 8.5 (2001–2002), and 8.3 (2002–2003) RPG. He also never finished lower than seventh in the league in scoring in his final three seasons. He finished his LSU career as the school's eighth most prolific scorer and sixth best rebounder.

Professional career

Dupree went undrafted in 2003, but signed during the 2003–04 season with the Chicago Bulls. After his rookie season, he signed a contract with the Detroit Pistons, but was infrequently used by coach Larry Brown. Dupree was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves prior to the 2005–06 season for a second-round draft pick. He re-signed with the Pistons on July 17, 2006. On December 14, 2007, he was waived so the Pistons could make room for other players obtained in a trade with the Charlotte Bobcats. He was signed to a ten-day contract by the Seattle SuperSonics on April 3, 2008.

Dupree started the 2008–2009 season with the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA Developmental League. Halfway through the season he was traded to the Utah Flash, and helped take that team to the D-League finals. Dupree was invited to training camp with the Utah Jazz for preparation to the 2009–2010 season. However, he did not make their final roster.

He signed a non-guaranteed contract with the Toronto Raptors on September 16, 2010. Dupree was released from the Toronto Raptors roster on October 19, 2010. He was resigned by Toronto on December 26, 2010, but waived again on January 5, 2011.

He signed with the Argentine team Regatas Corrientes in January 2012. He signed with the Italian team Andrea Costa Imola Basket in February 2012.

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2003–04	Chicago	47	8	19.0	.394	.444	.629	3.6	1.2	.7	.4	6.2
2004–05	Detroit	47	0	10.0	.480	.500	.617	2.0	.5	.2	.2	3.2
2005–06	Minnesota	36	0	7.4	.524	.000	.341	1.4	.4	.3	.0	2.2
2006–07	Detroit	19	0	4.9	.355	.000	.333	.9	.3	.3	.1	1.3
2007–08	Detroit	1	0	3.0	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
2007–08	Seattle	4	0	4.5	.333	.000	1.000	2.0	.3	.2	.0	1.0
2010–11	Toronto	3	0	4.3	.250	.000	.000	1.0	.3	.0	.0	0.7
Career		157	8	11.2	.427	.385	.559	2.2	.6	.4	.2	3.5

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2004–05	Detroit	14	0	2.7	.286	.000	.000	.4	.0	.0	.0	.3
Career		14	0	2.7	.286	.000	.000	.4	.0	.0	.0	.3

External links

• NBA.com Profile
• LSUsports.net Profile