Sedale Threatt Jr. (basketball)

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Sedale Threatt Jr.
Personal information
Born (1981-10-17) October 17, 1981 (age 42)
Atlanta, Georgia
NationalityAmerican
Listed height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Career information
CollegeCalifornia State University, Bakersfield
Playing career2006–2016
PositionPoint guard
Number5
Career history
2005Latrobe City Energy
2006–2007Melbourne Tigers Championship Men
2008–2009Sandringham Sabers
2010–2016Waverley Falcons
Career highlights and awards
  • Big V All-Star Five (2006)
  • 2× Big V Champion (2010, 2011)
  • Big V Finals MVP (2010)
  • 4× Big V Golden Hands (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015)

Sedale Threatt Jr. (/θrt/ THREET;[1] born October 17, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player who played as a point guard in Australia's BIG V Basketball League.[2][3][4][5][6]

Career[edit]

Threatt played for Latrobe City Energy (2005), Melbourne Tigers Championship Men (2006–2007), Sandringham Sabers (2008–2009) and Waverley Falcons (2010–2016). Throughout his career in the BIG V, Threatt was awarded the BIG V Golden Hands (4 Awards), the BIG V Finals MVP and was named in the BIG V All Star Team.[7][8][9][10][11]

Threatt is the founder and owner of Australian Basketball Development (AUBD),[12] where he and his father train and develop junior basketball players in Australia.[13]

Threatt is also known as the "Unguardable Guard"[14] for his production of UNGUARDABLE, a basketball ball handling tutorial in which he demonstrates 100 different basketball moves.[15] Highlights from his Unguardable tutorial are featured on Threatt's YouTube channel, AUBD Basketball.[16]

Personal life[edit]

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Threatt is the eldest son of retired NBA player Sedale Threatt and Desiree White. Threatt and his father currently work together in Australian Basketball Development AUBD in Australia.[12] He has a younger half-brother, also named Sedale Threatt Jr., who is an actor.[17]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Downey, Mike. "All He Can Do Is Be Threatt," Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, November 13, 1991. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  2. ^ "Season Leaders for SCM 2008". SportsTG. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  3. ^ "BigV: Cannan and Threatt fire Big V attack on China". bigv.com.au. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  4. ^ "BigV: Big V three dominate in China". www.bigv.com.au. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  5. ^ BigVBasketball (2013-04-16), Sedale Threatt Jnr Waverly Falcons Interview, retrieved 2017-03-19
  6. ^ "Sedale Threatt - Player Statistics". SportsTG. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  7. ^ "BigV: Big V Statistical Award Winners Announced". www.bigv.com.au. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  8. ^ "BigV: 2013 Statistical Award Winners". www.bigv.com.au. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  9. ^ "BigV: 2014 Statistical Award Winners Announced!". www.bigv.com.au. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  10. ^ "BigV: 2015 Big V Statistical Award Winners". www.bigv.com.au. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  11. ^ "Competitions at BigV Past Results - SportsTG". SportsTG. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  12. ^ a b "The Australian Basketball Development (AUBD)". The Australian Basketball Development (AUBD). Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  13. ^ "Sedale Threatt". Sedale Threatt. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  14. ^ "Waverley Basketball Association". www.waverleybasketball.com. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  15. ^ "UNGUARDABLE - Sedale Threatt". UNGUARDABLE - Sedale Threatt. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  16. ^ "AUBD Basketball". YouTube. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  17. ^ "Not Much More Than Name Links Threatt Jr. to Father". New York Times. October 10, 2007. Retrieved March 30, 2018.

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