Background
Dunston was born in southern Kentucky, and grew up in LeFrak City, Queens.
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Bryant Dunston
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Dunston attended Fordham University, where he played college basketball with the Fordham Rams. He finished his collegiate career by being named to the First Team All-Metropolitan, Second Team All-Atlantic 10 Conference, and Atlantic 10 Conference All-Defensive Team. He finished his college career in second place on Fordham"s all-time scoring list, with 1,832 career points, in third place on Fordham"s all-time rebounds list, with 993 career rebounds, and as Fordham"s career blocked shots leader, graduating with 294 career rejections.
Career
Standing at 6 ft 8 in (203 m), he plays at the center position. He is a graduate of Saint John"s Preparatory High School. He is the nephew of former professional baseball player Shawon Dunston, a former Number.
1 pick in the MLB.
In his college career, Dunston appeared in all 120 of Fordham"s games, starting in 118 of them.
Dunston played with Mobis Phoebus in the Korean Basketball League. In 2010, he signed with the Greek League club Aris, but left the team in February 2011.
After leaving Aris, he signed with the Israeli League club Bnei HaSharon. Following the 2010-2011 season, Dunston joined the Israeli League club Hapoel Holon.
Reports said that Dunston was on the verge of signing a guaranteed contract with the National Basketball Association"s Brooklyn Nets in the summer 2012.
However, he joined the Italian League club Pallacanestro Varese instead. Olympiacos
On July 9, 2013, Dunston signed a two-year contract with Olympiacos. In his first Euroleague season, he averaged 10.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.1 steals and league-leading 1.3 blocks over 29 games played.
Olympiacos however finished the participation in the Euroleague by losing 2–3 to Real Madrid in the quarter-final series.
On May 6, he was voted the Euroleague Best Defender of the season. On May 6, 2015, he was named the Euroleague Best Defender for the second season in a row.
Anadolu Efes
On June 23, 2015, Dunston signed a two-year contract with the Turkish club Anadolu Efes. On June 16, 2015, he was included on the list of candidates of the Slovenian national basketball team for the EuroBasket 2015 by team selector Jure Zdovc.
However, he didn"t get Slovenian passport in time, so he wouldn"t represent Slovenia at the EuroBasket.
