Candice Dupree
Candice Dupree was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States on August 16th, 1986 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 37, Candice Dupree biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Candice Dupree (born August 16, 1984) is an American basketball player for the Women's National Basketball Association's Indiana Fever. (WNBA).
She was ranked 6th in the 2006 WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky before being transferred to Mercury in 2010.
She has also played competitive basketball in Europe and Asia.
Personal life
In Tampa, Florida, Dupree grew up. She played basketball and volleyball at Paul R. Wharton High School and has two sisters; one is her twin, the other is older, while the other is many years younger. Dupree played basketball at Temple University from 2002 to 2006. She has received numerous awards and accolades as a college basketball player, often comparing her to NBA's Tim Duncan.
In 2017, Bonner gave birth to twins after Dupree married former Mercury teammate DeWanna Bonner.
WNBA career
The Chicago Sky, an expansion squad that year, selected Dupree 6th overall in the 2006 WNBA Draft. She was selected to the Eastern Conference All Star team as a rookie. Dawn Staley, her former college coach, was defeated in her first All-Star game. In addition to the Olympics, Dupree was also selected to the Eastern Conference All-Star Team in 2007 and 2009 (there was no WNBA All Star games in 2008). Dupree finished second in the WNBA with 268 total rebounds for the 2009 season.
Dupree was traded to the Phoenix Mercury in March 2010 as part of a multi-player, three-team contract. Dupree requested the trade.
Dupree would win her first WNBA championship with the Mercury in 2014 after sweeping her former team, the Chicago Sky 3–0, in the finals. In the last game of the season, Dupree had 24 points and six assists. Dupree was playing with Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner during the 2014 season, when the Mercury had a record-breaking regular season record of 29–5 en route to the title.
Dupree was named a WNBA All-Star for the fifth time in her career in 2015, with an average of 14.1 ppg. The Mercury will return to the playoffs to defend their crown, but the Minnesota Lynx, who won the championship that year, swept the second round.
In 2017, Dupree was traded to the Indiana Fever as part of a three-team contract that earned Camille Little and Jillian Alleyne to the Mercury and the Connecticut Sun's 2017 first round pick, with Lynetta Kizer from the Fever as the eighth overall pick. During the 2017 season, Dupree will be voted into the 2017 WNBA All-Star Game for her sixth appearance in a row. Dupree averaged 15 points per game, but the Fever finished with their second lowest record of 9-27.
Dupree re-signed with the Fever in March 2018 to a multi-year contract. The Fever will have yet another disappointing season in 2018, finishing last place with a 6–28 record.
Dupree was voted into the 2019 WNBA All-Star Game, marking her seventh appearance on the season, but the Fever fell short of a playoff spot with a record of 13-21.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was postponed and reduced to 22 games at IMG Academy in 2020. Dupree played in all 22 games and averaged 12.5 ppg, but the Fever finished as the second worst team in the league with a 6–16 record.
Dupree, the defending champions, has signed a one-year contract with the Seattle Storm in 2021.
Overseas career
Dupree played competitive basketball for Poland's Can-Pack Kraków club from 2007-08 to 2009 WNBA off-seasons. Wisla Can Pack won the PLKK championship in 2008, and Dupree was named Most Valuable Player of the Championship series. Dupree was selected in 2009 to the "Rest of the World" (non-European) squad for the EuroLeague Women All Star Game. Dupree competed in Slovakia for two years, winning a national championship with the team in 2009. Dupree played four off-seasons in Russia for WBC Spartak Moscow Region, Dynamo Kursk, and Nadezhda Orenburg, from 2011 to 2015. Dupree spent the first half of the 2014-15 off-season in China with the Zhejiang Golden Bulls of the WCBA. As of August 2016, Dupree signed with ZVVZ USK Praha for the 2016-17 off-season. Dupree signed with Sopron Basket of the Hungarian league in September 2018 during the 2018-19 off-season, and she will return to the team next year. Dupree spent her second stint with ZVVZ USK Praha in January 2021 during the 2020-21 off-season.
Awards and achievements
- Member of the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team in 2003 and second team in 2004.
- Named Atlantic 10 and Philadelphia Big Five Player of the Year in 2005.
- Named the 2005 Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year.
- Named 2005 Associated Press All-American Honorable Mention.
- Member of the 2005 Atlantic 10 first team and two-time Big Five first team selection in 2004 and 2005.
- Named Atlantic 10 and Philadelphia Big Five Player of the Year in 2006.
- Named the 2006 Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year.
- Named to 2006 Associated Press All-American Third Team.
- Selected for Atlantic 10 All-Defensive Team in 2004, 2005, and 2006.
- Named MVP of the Atlantic 10 Tournament in 2004, 2005, and 2006.
- Named Philadelphia-area Player of the Decade by Philadelphia Inquirer in 2010.
- 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2015 and 2017 WNBA All-Star Selection.
- 2014 WNBA Championship.