Asia Durr
American basketball player (born 1997)
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Asia (AD) Durr[1] (born April 5, 1997) is an American professional basketball player who is a free agent. They[a] played college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals.
(Atlanta, Georgia)
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| Born | April 5, 1997 Douglasville, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 151 lb (68 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | St. Pius X Catholic (Atlanta, Georgia) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College | Louisville (2015–2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2019: 1st round, 2nd overall pick | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | New York Liberty | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2019–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019, 2022 | New York Liberty | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Atlanta Dream | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medals
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College career
After the 2017–18 season, Durr was named the ACC Player of the Year. Durr received 29 of 31 votes for pre-season All-American, prior to the 2018–19 season.[3] Durr finished their career at Louisville with career averages of 17.8 points, 2.2 assists, and 3.2 rebounds.[4]
Louisville statistics
Source[5]
| 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 |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 2015–16 | Louisville | 31 | 342 | 43.2% | 36.1% | 84.1% | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 11.0 |
| 2016–17 | Louisville | 36 | 692 | 42.4% | 40.5% | 78.1% | 3.4 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 19.2 |
| 2017–18 | Louisville | 38 | 709 | 44.3% | 41.5% | 84.8% | 3.1 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 18.7 |
| 2018–19 | Louisville | 35 | 742 | 43.9% | 34.3% | 81.5% | 3.8 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 21.2 |
| Career | 140 | 2485 | 43.5% | 38.4% | 81.8% | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 17.8 |
Professional career
New York Liberty
Rookie season (2019)
Durr was drafted by the New York Liberty as the 2nd overall pick in the 2019 WNBA draft. They made their debut on May 24, 2019, against the Indiana Fever, scoring 8 points in 25 minutes of playing time. They played in 18 games in their rookie season, averaging 9.7 points in 26.7 minutes per game.
COVID-19 sidelining (2020–2021)
They missed the entire 2020 season due to coronavirus.[6] Preceding the start of the 2021 WNBA season, Durr was ruled out for the season due to continued struggles with effects from COVID-19. They were placed on the full-season suspended list as a result.[7]
Return to the Liberty and WNBA (2022)
On May 7, 2022, in what was the first game of New York Liberty's 2022 season, AD returned to the WNBA court, tallying 5.75 minutes off the bench in a victory over the Connecticut Sun.[8] AD struggled to get minutes in their return to the Liberty, only averaging 7 minutes in 10 games. On June 8, 2022, they were traded to the Atlanta Dream.
Atlanta Dream
AD was traded to the Dream on June 8, 2022, in exchange for Megan Walker and the draft rights to Raquel Carrera.[9]
WNBA career 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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| 2019 | New York | 18 | 15 | 26.7 | .467 | .294 | .818 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 9.7 |
| 2022 | New York | 10 | 0 | 7.0 | .176 | .111 | .875 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| Atlanta | 15 | 2 | 19.9 | .422 | .458 | .774 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 10.7 | |
| 2023 | Atlanta | 36 | 0 | 10.9 | .380 | .322 | .769 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 4.8 |
| Career | 3 years, 2 teams | 79 | 17 | 15.7 | .413 | .341 | .790 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 6.6 |
