Damiris Dantas
No. 12 – Minnesota Lynx | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Center | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | WNBA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Ferraz de Vasconcelos, Brazil | November 17, 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Brazilian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 201 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WNBA draft | 2012: 1st round, 12th overall pick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2011–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010-2011 | COC/Jundiaí | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Real Celta Vigo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Ourinhos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Maranhao | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–present | Americana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Minnesota Lynx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015; 2017 | Atlanta Dream | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–present | Minnesota Lynx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Damiris Dantas do Amaral (born November 17, 1992) is a Brazilian female basketball player for Corinthians/Americana of the Brazilian League and the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).[1]
Together with the junior Brazilian team, she won the bronze medal at the Under-19 World Championship in 2011, Chile, and was named Most Valuable Player at that tournament.[2] That same year, Dantas was also champion of the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women with the senior national team,[3] and won a bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games.[4]
Dantas began to play basketball at Janeth Arcain's basketball institute at the age of 13. Within four years, she had become a professional.[5] While playing in Spain for Celta de Vigo, Dantas was drafted by the Minnesota Lynx in the first round of the 2012 WNBA Draft. Dantas was not expected to play in the WNBA until after the 2012 Olympic Games.[6]
Dantas played for Ourinhos in 2012, Maranhão in 2013, and has been in Americana since 2013.[7] She was signed by the Lynx on April 2, 2014.[8] Dantas made her WNBA debut on May 16, 2014, gathering 12 rebounds in a win against Washington.[9] Dantas became the second rookie in league history to debut with 10 rebounds and 5 assists. With Rebekkah Brunson being sidelined with tendinitis, Dantas became the starter, and soon led the WNBA rookies in rebounds.[10]
On July 27, 2015 Dantas was traded to the Atlanta Dream as part of the three-team deal.[11] She was suspended for the 2016 WNBA season after she failed to report to training camp, instead using the time to train with the Brazilian National team for the 2016 Summer Olympics that the country would host in Rio de Janeiro.[12] Atlanta is retaining Dantas's rights and she is expected to play with the team during the 2017 season.
On February 8, 2019 Dantas was signed by the Minnesota Lynx. [13]
Professional career
On August 9, 2015, she made 18 points.[14]
WNBA statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2014 | Minnesota | 30 | 23 | 21.8 | .511 | 1.000 | .760 | 5.1 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 6.0 |
2015 | Minnesota Atlanta |
32 | 20 | 20.7 | .451 | .400 | .911 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 6.9 |
2017 | Atlanta | 34 | 2 | 18.0 | .392 | .265 | .767 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 7.7 |
2018 | Atlanta | 19 | 0 | 13.4 | .433 | .238 | .722 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 5.4 |
2019 | Minnesota | 26 | 26 | 25.6 | .432 | .393 | .731 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 9.2 |
Playoff season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2014 | Minnesota | 3 | 0 | 8.4 | .500 | .000 | 0.000 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
2019 | Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 28.0 | .615 | .333 | 1.000 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 20.0 |
References
- ^ Confederação Brasileira de Basketball – player profile. Archived 2010-09-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 24 October 2011
- ^ FIBA U19W – Dantas named MVP, Headlines All-Tournament Team. Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 24 October 2011
- ^ ¡Brasil Campeón FIBA Américas 2011 femenino![permanent dead link]
- ^ "Basketball: Women's Bronze Medal Match 17". Guadalajara2011.org.mx. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19.
- ^ Q&A With Janeth Arcain | Part I
- ^ "2012 WNBA Draft First Round". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
- ^ LBF Profile
- ^ Minnesota Lynx sign Brazilian center Damaris Dantas
- ^ "Lynx at Mystics, May 16, 2014". Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ^ Questions? Dantas Has Answers
- ^ Dream Finalize Three–Team Trade with Minnesota and Chicago
- ^ "Atlanta Dream Waives Four to Finalize Roster - Atlanta Dream". Atlanta Dream. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
- ^ "Lynx sign forward Damiris Dantas". Fox Sports. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- ^ "Damaris Dantas stats". WNBA.com. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Atlanta Dream players
- Basketball players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Brazilian expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Brazilian expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Brazilian women's basketball players
- Centers (basketball)
- Minnesota Lynx draft picks
- Minnesota Lynx players
- Olympic basketball players of Brazil
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games medalists in basketball
- People from São Paulo (state)
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games