Candice Dupree is an American professional basketball player who has represented Chicago Sky (2006-2009), Phoenix Mercury (2010-2016), and Indiana Fever (2017-Present) in the WNBA (Women's National Basketball Association). I think one of my best memories is when we went to Ohio State together, Lavender replied. Dupree has enjoyed having McCall on the team. The rest of the time -- particularly in a bitter-cold Moscow winter -- is spent largely holed up, watching TV and movies, logging on to Skype to talk with family and friends. Bonner, 29, and Dupree, 32, both have birthdays in August. On Friends, Phoebe's twin sister's name is Ursula Buffay. A nice, quick fist pump might be the most you will see. While pursuing her graduation, Dupree played 113 games in total and scored 1698 points in those games. Signed as a free agent with the Dream on July 26. A: I currently have an AAU team (Team Dupree) that is based out of Tampa, FL. ", "She doesn't force anything," Taurasi said. She isnt sure whats going to happen next year when Bonner goes back to Phoenix. Dupree called her mom. At Temple she was coached by Dawn Staley. On September 12 to close out the regular season, Duprees six rebounds against the Minnesota Lynx pushed her into sixth in WNBA history with 3,071 rebounds. She was named 'All-Rookie Team' and the "All-Star Team" WNBA in her first season of the WNBA (2006). Who are the top WNBA players available in free agency this offseason? Yes. Graduated from Temple University, where she played for WNBA great Dawn Staley. Q: What aspect of your game do you work the hardest on? Dupree (back) tallied six points (2-6 FG, 2-2 FT), four rebounds and two assists during Thursday's loss to Los Angeles. She often tends to dye her hair blonde, silver, or platinum. Candice Dupree's mother, Patricia Mungenast, and father, Toussaint Dupree, are retired from the Air Force. It wasn't until her junior year, when she thought she might like to play college volleyball, that her mother set her straight, telling her she would have more of a future in basketball. Dupree is appreciating road trips a little bit more lately. Candice Dupree was born on August 16, 1984. Q: Who is your role model and why? Candice Dupree's Bio. From 2009 to 2011, Dupree spent two off-seasons in Slovakia with Good Angels Koice, winning a national championship with the squad. Game nights DB is pretty good about sleep. Dupree wasnt the only Fever player excited about the birth. "It was only the second time in my career that I was out with an injury," Dupree said. She played only a year and a half of AAU club-level basketball. What Breanna Stewart's 2023 season might look like in Seattle or New York, WNBA trade takeaways: How Jonquel Jones trade impacts Breanna Stewart's potential move. Candice Dupree, best known for being a Basketball Player, was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA on Thursday, August 16, 1984. NEW YORK (AP) Candice Dupree appreciates road trips a little bit more lately. We are going to try and do what we can to keep it going.. ", Total Access: Mercury's Candice Dupree a smooth operator, Storm or Liberty? I don't watch a lot of TV. Fraternal twins, she and Crystal -- who each have tattoos bearing half a lion to represent their shared Leo astrological sign -- couldn't have been more different. The team drafted Bonners sister, Erica McCall, this past April. "It was hard. With WBC Wisa Krakw, she won the PLKK League Championship in 2008 and was named the series MVP (Most Valuable Player). 2014-15: Dupree played 10 games with Zhejiang Far East in China, with averages of 18.5 points and 10.6 rebounds, before moving to Nadezhda Orenburg in the Russian Leagueshe posted 14.6 points and 6.1 rebounds in domestic action, and 11.7 points with 6.1 boards in EuroLeague. She played college basketball at Temple University and was named Atlantic 10 defensive player of the year in 2006. Its honestly liking growing up with a best friend, Lavender said with smile. "You wouldn't automatically think we were twins by looking at us.". The two were teammates in Phoenix before Dupree was traded to Indiana in the offseason. 2014: Duypree won a gold medal with Team USA at the FIBA World Championships for Women in Turkey, where she averaged 5.7 points and 3.5 rebounds. 2016: Dupree started and played in 32 regular season games for Phoenix, averaging 11.3 points and 5.3 rebounds per gameshe shot 54.1 percent from the floor to mark her fourth straight season above 50 percent shooting, and the sixth in seven yearsshe finished ninth in the WNBA in FG percentageshe reached double-figure scoring 18 times to move into 15th place among the leagues all-time scoring leadersshe moved into 11th place among WNBA career reboundersshe posted season highs with 26 points at New York, 6/26, and 10 rebounds at Connecticut, 9/2. (4) Signed contract extension with Phoenix, 8/17/14. 2020: One of the greatest players in WNBA history continued to guide the Indiana Fever during the 2020 season. But on the court, it all washes away. 2007-08: Dupree averaged 12.5 points and 6.5 rebounds per game in the Polish League, she scored 9.5 points and pulled down 6.3 caroms per contest with Wisla-Can Pack in Krakow. She has two siblings, Crystal Dupree, her twin, and Shayna Dupree, her much younger sister. At some point well have to figure it out., Follow Doug on Twitter at http:/www.twitter.com/dougfeinberg, The Seattle Times does not append comment threads to stories from wire services such as the Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post or Bloomberg News. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File), Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. The first medal that she won was in 2005, World University Games. Candice Dupree Bio Candice Joanna Dupree was born on August 16, 1984, and grew up in Tampa, Florida. We caught up with Candice Dupree to help Fever fans learn a bit more about her. That's how Phoenix Mercury coach Corey Gaines describes his veteran forward Candice Dupree, and he means it as a compliment. 2013: She participated in the 2013 USA National Team mini-camp Oct. 4-6 in Las Vegas. Candice Dupree also has a twin sister and is even the mother of twin daughters, Cali and Demi. I was like you got it, you got it. It was a very cool experience.. She completed her schooling in that state. The day the babies were born, Dupree thought her friends were pulling a prank. She played college basketball at Temple University and was named Atlantic 10 . Dupree joined with Sopron Basket of the Hungarian league in September 2018 for the 2018-19 off-season, and she would return the following year. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); You have entered an incorrect email address! I enjoy being able to feed off of her energy and intensity. ", "But she's funny," Cox said. Just the shortest distance between starting a game and winning it. 2008: In 34 starts for the Sky, Dupree posted 16.3 points per game and 7.9 rebounds per gameher 270 total rebounds were the most of her careershe ranked 11th in the WNBA in scoring and third in reboundingshe was fifth in the league with 45 total blocked shots, and ninth with 1.3 blocks per gameshe scored a season-high 28 points on two occasions: at Phoenix, 6/20 and at Houston, 7/26. 2018: Dupree played and started in 32 games, averaging a team-leading 14.2 points with 6.4 rebounds per game, second on the teamshe shot 49 percent from the floor and 82 percent from the foul stripe, with a high scoring game of 30 points in a double-overtime loss to Chicago, 8/18she had eight games of 20 points or more, and contributed a pair of double-doubles: 13 points and 10 boards at Washington, 5/20; and 14 points and 12 rebounds against Seattle, 7/24she passed the 6,000-point plateau for her career against Washington, 8/15; and in the next game passed Lauren Jackson into eighth-place on the leagues all-time scoring ladder with her 30-point game against the Skyshe recorded double-figure scoring in 20 of 32 games. Candice Dupree's other half, DeWanna Bonner, is an outspoken lesbian. The team drafted Bonner's sister, Erica McCall, this past April. I was pretty excited to go on the road to get a good nights sleep, Dupree said before a recent game in New York. She was selected sixth in the 2006 WNBA draft by the Chicago Sky. Tap into Getty Images global-scale, data-driven insights and network of over 340,000creators to create content exclusively for your brand. Dupree (back) is probable Wednesday against the Mercury, Brandon Sudge of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. In her debut WNBA season (2006), she was named in both the WNBA 'All-Rookie Team' and the WNBA 'All-Star Team'. The team drafted Bonner's sister Erica McCall this past April, marking the first time in league history according to the WNBA that there have been sisters or sister-in-laws on the same team.. Candice Dupree (born August 16, 1984) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. From a basketball standpoint, their respective twin siblings dont play professionally, but they all still have close relationships and have been inseparable for essentially their entire lives, just ask Jantel Lavender. 2019: Dupree started all 34 games averaging 11.6 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 30.7 per contest in 2019ended the season with seven straight games scoring at least 10 points11 points vs. Connecticut on 7/14 passed Lisa Leslie as the sixth-leading scorer in league historyjoined Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi as the only players in league history to start at least 30 games in 13 seasonsjoined Tamika Catchings and Tina Thompson as the only WNBA players to average double-figure scoring in 14 or more consecutive seasonsnamed a WNBA All-Star for the seventh career time and second time representing the Fever. 2012-13: Dupree scored 12.1 points with 7.0 rebounds per contest with Spartak Moscow under coach Pokey Chatmanshe averaged 14.6 points and 6.6 rebounds while helping Spartak to a fifth-place EuroLeague finish. She went to Fairfield High School in Fairfield, Alabama, where she played basketball before going to Auburn University after graduation. When told it was true, she rushed home in her practice gear. Season-best performance on the boards came at Dallas (5/22), recording three offensive, 5 defensive and 8 total rebounds in a win over the Wings. Her smooth, efficient game is often compared to that of Tim Duncan.as a longtime Indiana opponent, she owns two of the top opponent rebounding marks against the Fevershe posted a career-high 20 boards at Chicago (8/7/07) and 18 at Phoenix (6/19/11)she owns four career double-double games against the Fever. Q: What are you most looking forward to this season? Set a season-high record with 8 defensive rebounds at Los Angeles (8/17), her 8 total tying her season-high performance (done once with ATL). She always played in the Centre or the forward position and was usually among the highest scorers. Thats the longest postseason streak in WNBA history. Checks the Internet. "Candice Dupree is so smart and so good," Chatman said. She later joined Temple University in 2002 and received her degree in 2006. Watches some TV. 2023 Getty Images. Perhaps fixes herself something to eat and makes sure her apartment is picked up -- she admits that she's a little obsessive about keeping things clean. I owe everything to her I can only hope to be as great of a mother as she was/is. Obviously, we argue and have disagreements, but we never fought again., I hear some twins talk about how they dont talk to each other, but I really we have a connection similar to soulmates. Dupree has enjoyed having McCall on the team. A: Outside of basketball I spend a lot of time with my family. The Fever traveled to Connecticut today for a game, however,. Played in 16 games with two starts for Seattle to open the season. Were aware of it, Dupree said. I try to help out. They are super sweet.. I've . 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