Patrick O'Bryant, Former NBA Lottery Pick, to Play In NBA D-League

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Patrick O'Bryant, the ninth overall pick in the 2006 NBA Draft, has signed an NBA D-League contract after being released in China earlier this season. Due to the D-League's player-acquisition process, O'Bryant won't know which team he will play for until he clears waivers on Tuesday.



O'Bryant, a 7-foot center, starred for two seasons at Bradley before being selected by the Golden State Warriors in the 2006 NBA Draft. O'Bryant played just 40 games over the course of two seasons with the Warriors, however, before Golden State declined its team option for a third season.



This won't be O'Bryant's first go-around in the D-League as the Warriors assigned him to the Bakersfield Jam for a total of 33 games during his first two professional seasons. The potential-laden prospect was able to produce solid averages of 13.2 points and 9.7 rebounds in the D-League but never reached that level in the NBA.



Now 24, O'Bryant has split the last two seasons in the NBA between the Boston Celtics and Toronto Raptors. After totaling just 51 total minutes last year in Toronto, however, O'Bryant was released after failing to live up to the expectations of a top-10 pick. In 90 NBA games, O'Bryant has posted averages of 2.1 points and 1.4 rebounds while averaging less than six minutes per game.

 

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