Position Power forward Listed weight 225 lb (102 kg) Weight 93 kg League Serie A
Euroleague Name Brent Petway Career start 2007 | Nationality American Role Basketball player Education University of Michigan Height 2.05 m Pro career 2007 | |
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Born May 12, 1985 (age 38)
Warner Robins, Georgia ( 1985-05-12 ) High school Griffin (Griffin, Georgia) Current team Olympiacos B.C. (#4 / Power forward) Profiles | ||
Listed height 6 ft 8.75 in (2.05 m) | ||
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Brenton LaJames "Brent" Petway (born May 12, 1985) is an American professional basketball player for Aris Thessaloniki of the Greek Basket League. Because of his leaping and dunking ability, he has been given the nickname "Air Georgia". This is similar to Vince Carter, who was nicknamed Air Canada, while playing for the Toronto Raptors.
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- High school career
- College career
- Professional career
- Career statistics
- Pro career
- References
Petway won the inaugural NBA D-League Slam Dunk Contest, at D-League Dream Factory Friday Night, on February 15, during the 2008 NBA All-Star Game Weekend. Petway defeated his Idaho Stampede teammate, Mike Taylor, in the finals, with an alley-oop, through-the-legs dunk. In October 2010, he became a member of the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters, under the name Thunder Petway.
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High school career
Petway attended and played high school basketball at Griffin High School for two years, where he won a state championship. He also played at Eagle's Landing High School for one year, and at Union Grove High School for one year.
College career
Petway played college basketball at the University of Michigan with the Michigan Wolverines, from 2003 to 2007.
With Michigan, he won the NIT Tournament championship in 2004. Petway averaged 5.8 points per game during his career at Michigan.
Professional career
Petway participated in training camp with the NBA team the Portland Trail Blazers in the fall of 2007. Petway played in the NBA D-League during the 2007–08 season with the Idaho Stampede, a development team for the Portland Trail Blazers and the Seattle SuperSonics. He played with the 2008 Memphis Grizzlies Summer League team, and then returned to the Stampede for the 2008–09 season.
He played on the Toronto Raptors Summer League team in 2009. He then moved to the Greek League club Ilysiakos. He joined the French League club JA Vichy in 2010. He then moved to the Greek League club Rethymno Aegean.
In June 2013, he joined the Greek EuroLeague team Olympiacos on a two-year deal.
On July 30, 2015, he signed a one-year deal with Dinamo Sassari.
On August 18, 2016, Petway signed a 1+1 contract with Turkish club Pınar Karşıyaka.
On August 17, 2017, Petway signed with Greek club Aris for the 2017–18 season.
Career statistics
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.