Chris Wright (basketball, born 1989)
Chris Wright of Georgetown guards against American University in 2007
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| No. 2 – Auxilium CUS Torino | |
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| Position | Point guard |
| League | Lega Basket Serie A |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
November 4, 1989 Bowie, Maryland |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
St. John's College (Washington, D. C.) |
| College | Georgetown (2007–2011) |
| NBA draft | 2011 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2011–present |
| Career history | |
| 2011–2012 | Olin Edirne |
| 2012–2013 | Iowa Energy |
| 2013 | Dallas Mavericks |
| 2013 | Capitanes de Arecibo |
| 2013–2014 | ASVEL Basket |
| 2014 | Bakersfield Jam |
| 2015 | Victoria Libertas Pesaro |
| 2015–2016 | Hapoel Holon |
| 2016 | Pallacanestro Varese |
| 2016–present | Auxilium CUS Torino |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Chris Wright (born November 4, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Auxilium CUS Torino of the Lega Basket Serie A. When he played for the Dallas Mavericks in 2013, he became the first known player in NBA history to have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
Wright played for St. John's College High School and he was the first three-time Washington Post All-Met selection since Adrian Dantley starred at DeMatha Catholic High School from 1971–73.
He scored 2,580 career points for St. John's, leaving as the all-time leader in points. Wright averaged 30.5 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.3 assists in 2006–07. He topped the 30-point mark 19 times and led the Cadets (24-9) to the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference title game where St. John's fell to Dematha.
Wright was a McDonald's All-American, won the three-point shooting contest at the McDonald's All-American Classic, played in the Jordan Brand Classic in New York, was named the Gatorade Washington, D.C. Player of the Year as a senior, and he averaged over 22 points in both his sophomore and junior seasons. Considered a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Wright was listed as the No. 8 point guard and the No. 55 player in the nation in 2007.
On September 27, 2007, it was announced that Wright had broken his ankle during a pick up game, and that he would miss the "early part of the season". Despite this, he was able to play the first eleven games of the 2007–08 season, where he averaged 6.2 points a game. Wright reinjured his ankle in December 2007, and missed the next eighteen games. On March 13, 2008 Wright made his first appearance since the injury, playing in the second round of the Big East Men's Basketball Tournament against Villanova University, scoring six points.
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