Personal information | |
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Born | Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S. | June 8, 1973
Listed height | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) |
Listed weight | 290 lb (132 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Gans (Gans, Oklahoma) |
College | Oklahoma State (1991–1995) |
NBA draft | 1995: 1st round, 6th overall pick |
Selected by the Vancouver Grizzlies | |
Playing career | 1995–2002 |
Position | Center |
Number | 50 |
Career history | |
1995–2002 | Vancouver / Memphis Grizzlies |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 4,945 (12.5 ppg) |
Rebounds | 2,745 (6.9 rpg) |
Blocks | 302 (0.8 bpg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Bryant Reeves (born June 8, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player. Reeves spent his entire career with the National Basketball Association's Vancouver Grizzlies, playing with the team from 1995 until 2001. He was nicknamed "Big Country" by his college teammate Byron Houston after Reeves was amazed by the size of the United States following his first cross-country airplane flight,[1] having grown up in the small community of Gans, Oklahoma.[2]