Wesley Person

Club

_Retired Basketball

Position

Guard/Forward

Nationality

United States

Date of birth

1971-03-28

Birthplace

Brantley, Alabama

Height

1.98 m (6 ft 5 in)

Wesley Lavon Person (born March 28, 1971) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA. After his playing career, Person became an assistant women's basketball coach and then the head men's basketball coach at Enterprise-Ozark Community College. He was fired from the latter position in 2010.

Selected by the Phoenix Suns 23rd overall in the 1994 NBA Draft out of Auburn University, Person for seven teams throughout his career. He played three seasons for the Suns, five for the Cleveland Cavaliers, 82 games over two seasons for the Memphis Grizzlies, 33 games for the Portland Trail Blazers, nine games for the Atlanta Hawks, sixteen games for the Miami Heat and 25 for the Denver Nuggets. Person retired with career averages of 11.2 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game.

Born in Brantley, Alabama, Person is the younger brother of former NBA player Chuck Person, and his son Wesley, Jr. is a top high-school player in Alabama for Brantley High School.