Brent Price

Brent Price
Personal information
Born	December 9, 1968 (age 55); Shawnee, Oklahoma
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High school	Enid (Enid, Oklahoma)
College	South Carolina (1987–1989); Oklahoma (1990–1992);
NBA draft	1992: 2nd round, 32nd overall pick
	Selected by the Washington Bullets
Playing career	1992–2004
Position	Point guard
Number	20, 25
Career history
1992–1996	Washington Bullets
1996–1999	Houston Rockets
1999–2001	Vancouver Grizzlies
2001–2002	Sacramento Kings
2004	Oklahoma Storm
Career highlights and awards
	First-team All-Big Eight (1992);
Career NBA statistics
Points	2,481 (5.9 ppg)
Assists	1,236 (3.9 apg)
3P%	.387
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Hartley Brent Price (born December 9, 1968) is an American retired professional basketball player who played for four teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is the brother of 4-time NBA All-Star, Mark Price.

Early years

Price was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma. His father, Denny Price, served as head coach of the Shawnee High School Wolves. Denny Price was an assistant coach under John MacLeod for the Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team and then moved to the Phoenix Suns in 1974 also as an assistant coach. After coaching at Sam Houston State, Denny Price opened up a private business in Enid, Oklahoma in 1979, where his sons Brent and Mark played high school ball at Enid High School.^[1]

College career

Brent played college ball at South Carolina for 2 years^[2] and later on transferred to Oklahoma for his junior and senior years.^[3]

Professional career

Price was drafted in the second round with the 32nd overall pick in the 1992 NBA draft by the Washington Bullets. He played for the Bullets for 3 years and averaged 6.9 points per game and had a 43.6% field goal percentage. On April 19, 1995, he was waived by the Bullets and then re-signed with the team on October 3, 1995. Price scored a career-high 30 points and dished out 13 assists in a 116-109 loss to the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls.^[4] He signed with the Houston Rockets as a free agent on July 16, 1996.^[5] On August 27, 1999, he was traded to the Vancouver Grizzlies as part of a 3-team deal together with Antoine Carr, Michael Dickerson, Othella Harrington and a 1st round draft pick for Steve Francis and Tony Massenburg.^[6] On June 27, 2001 he was acquired by the Sacramento Kings with Mike Bibby in exchange with Jason Williams and Nick Anderson.^[7]

Personal

Price lives in Enid, Oklahoma, with his wife and four children. His wife's name is Marcy and His children are Madison (Price) Volpe, Savanah Price, Elizabeth Price, and William Price. His oldest daughter, Madison has one child with her husband named Dawson. His son, William played basketball throughout high-school at Oklahoma Bible Academy; the school all his children attended ^[8] His older brother, Mark, who played his college ball at Georgia Tech, played 12 seasons in the NBA with four teams including the Cleveland Cavaliers and Washington Bullets.

References

^ "William Dennis "Denny" Price". NewsOK.com. July 9, 2000. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
^ "Price Hikes Guard Leaves South Carolina". NewsOK.com. July 26, 1989. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
^ "Brent Price - SoonerStats - Oklahoma Sooners Football, Basketball, Baseball, and Softball Scores, Records, and Stats". soonerstats.com. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
^ "Chicago Bulls at Washington Bullets Box Score, January 15, 1996". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
^ "Rockets Sign Brent Price". NewsOK.com. July 16, 1996. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
^ "3-way deal sends Francis to Houston". DeseretNews.com. August 28, 1999. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
^ "ESPN.com - NBA - Williams' rocky relationship with Kings comes to an end". a.espncdn.com. June 29, 2001. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
^ Kingston, Gary (February 18, 2011). "Hunting down Grizzlies, 10 years later". Vancouversun.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2012.

External links

NBA stats @ basketballreference.com

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[1] "William Dennis "Denny" Price". NewsOK.com. July 9, 2000. Retrieved August 10, 2017.

[2] "Price Hikes Guard Leaves South Carolina". NewsOK.com. July 26, 1989. Retrieved August 10, 2017.

[3] "Brent Price - SoonerStats - Oklahoma Sooners Football, Basketball, Baseball, and Softball Scores, Records, and Stats". soonerstats.com. Retrieved August 10, 2017.

[4] "Chicago Bulls at Washington Bullets Box Score, January 15, 1996". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved May 27, 2020.

[5] "Rockets Sign Brent Price". NewsOK.com. July 16, 1996. Retrieved August 10, 2017.

[6] "3-way deal sends Francis to Houston". DeseretNews.com. August 28, 1999. Retrieved August 10, 2017.

[7] "ESPN.com - NBA - Williams' rocky relationship with Kings comes to an end". a.espncdn.com. June 29, 2001. Retrieved August 10, 2017.

[8] Kingston, Gary (February 18, 2011). "Hunting down Grizzlies, 10 years later". Vancouversun.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2012.

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