In the last season of Washington Union High School in Fresno, Stevenson averaged 23.9 points 10.6 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game, and averaged 210.6 points, 8.8 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game in four seasons. In the 2000 McDonald's National High School Championship, he also won the title of "Dunk King".
Although mother Agnes didn't want Stevenson to enter the NBA too early, Stevenson decided to enter the NBA early after many twists and turns. He was selected by the Jazz in the first draft in 2000 with the 23rd overall pick. In the 200 1 Washington All-Star Dunk Contest, Stevenson scored 95 points in the first round, ranking first. Unfortunately, in the final, he scored 85 points and lost to Mei Sen by 4 points, ranking second.
Deshaun Stevenson has played for Jazz, Magic, Wizards, Mavericks, Nets and Hawks in his career so far. The Wizards period was his peak, and he gradually stabilized his position as the starting point guard. After the end of the 2005-2006 season, Stevenson jumped out of the last year contract with Magic, hoping to get a bigger contract. However, Stevenson didn't get what he wanted. In the end, he only joined the Wizards with the veteran's minimum wage contract. In the 2006-2007 season, Stevenson only got a salary of 930,000 in the Wizards.
In July 2007, Wizards retained this full-time expert last season with a four-year contract worth about150,000 USD.
20 10 February, Deshaun Stevenson came to Dallas Mavericks in a seven-person trade between Mavericks and Wizards. The Mavericks sent out Josh Howard, Drew Gooden, Quinton Ross and james singleton, and got forwards caron butler, brendan haywood, deshawn stevenson and some cash from the Wizards. Since joining the Mavericks, Stevenson has played 24 regular-season games, averaging only 1. 1 minute, shooting as low as 28.3%, averaging 2 points,1.1rebound. In the playoffs, Stevenson always played only two games, with a total playing time of 6 minutes, but his annual salary reached 4 million US dollars. 20 10 in may, deshawn stevenson decided to implement his contract option of 201010/season and continue to play for the Mavericks next season with an annual salary of $465,438+05,000. In 2010-1/season, Stevenson played the role of the team's perimeter defense gate+three-point breakthrough, and performed well in the finals against the Heat, helping the Mavericks win the championship.
2065438+0165438 On February 23rd, the New Jersey Nets announced the signing of Stevenson with a contract of12.5 million USD.
20 12 On July 3rd, New Jersey Nets announced that Stevenson would be traded to Atlanta Hawks.
August 3, 2065438+03 Atlanta Constitution A local media in Atlanta revealed that in order to make room for the signing of Demar Carroll, the Hawks laid off Deshaun Stevenson on Friday local time. It is reported that the Hawks will officially sign Carroll in the next day or two.