Dominez Burnett (born October 28, 1992) is an American professional basketball player from Flint, Michigan. Burnett last played for Ironi Nahariya. In 2016, Burnett was named the Bevo Francis National Small College Basketball Player of the Year.[1][2] Prior to that, in 2015, Burnett was named the NABC NAIA Division II Player of the Year, while playing for Davenport University.
 Burnett in action with Pardubice | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 28, 1992 Flint, Michigan, U.S. |
| Listed height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) |
| Listed weight | 90 kg (198 lb) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Northwestern (Flint, Michigan) |
| College | Davenport (2012–2016) |
| NBA draft | 2016: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2016–present |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Career history | |
| 2016–2018 | Pardubice |
| 2018 | Ventspils |
| 2018–2019 | Universo Treviso |
| 2019–2020 | Tsmoki-Minsk |
| 2021 | MZT Skopje |
| 2021 | BK JIP Pardubice |
| 2021–2022 | JA Vichy Basket |
| 2022–2023 | Ironi Nahariya |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Professional career
editBurnett started his professional career in 2016 with BK Pardubice and as a rookie lead his team in scoring. He also was the fifth leading scorer in the FIBA Europe Cup.[3] Burnett shot 58% from the field as a rookie in FIBA and resigned with BK Pardubice for the 2017–18 season.[4]
On January 14, 2018, after leading the Czech Basketball League in scoring, Burnett was bought out his contract and joined BK Ventspils of the Latvian Basketball League where he won a Latvian Championship in the 2017–18 season.[5] Burnett won the Italian Serie A2 cup and the Italian Serie A2 Championship with Universo Treviso on June 17, 2019.
On August 7, 2019, Burnett signed with Tsmoki-Minsk of the VTB United League.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Burnett Named Bevo Francis Small College Player of the Year". 25 April 2016.
- ^ "SmallCollegeBasketball.com".
- ^ "2016–17 FIBA Profile Dominez Burnett".
- ^ "Dominez Burnett Resigns with BK Pardubice"."Burnett Named Top Performer".
- ^ "Dominez Burnett signs with BK Ventspils, agent says".
- ^ "Tsmoki-Minsk announces Dominez Burnett". Sportando. August 7, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.