Background
Garrett, Dean was born on November 27, 1966 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Robert and Bobbie Garrett.
Garrett, Dean was born on November 27, 1966 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Robert and Bobbie Garrett.
He attended the San Clemente High School in San Clemente, California, where he earned All-Conference, All-County and All-Southern California honors as a senior (1983/84).
Then he played collegiately at the City College of San Francisco (Central Committee) (1984/85-1985/86), where he led his team to the state finals where it was defeated by Sacramento City College. He was selected with a 38th overall (13th in 2nd round) pick in the 1988 National Basketball Association draft by Phoenix Suns, but did not play in the National Basketball Association for eight following seasons, playing instead in Europe (in Italy and Greece). Only prior to the 1996/97 season he was recruited, as free agent, by the National Basketball Association franchise, the Minnesota Timberwolves, and afterwards played in the National Basketball Association for the following five seasons, for Denver Nuggets (1997/98), Timberwolves again (1998/99-2001/02), and Golden State Warriors (2001/02), where he was traded in midseason.
During those six seasons he played in 359 games, and averaged solid numbers of 19.4 minutes played, 4.8 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.0 blocks, and 0.480 field goal percentage per game.
After retirement he was living in Las Vegas when friends from Minneapolis contacted him about a business proposition in Minnesota. He moved to Minnesota and became a part owner in three businesses: a restaurant, a nightclub and a wireless phone retailer.
Married Natasha Taylor. 1 child, Devyreau.