Asia Durr

Asia (AD) Durr^[1] (born April 5, 1997) is an American professional basketball player who is a free agent. They^[a] played college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals.

AD Durr

Personal information
Born	(1997-04-05) April 5, 1997 (age 27) Douglasville, Georgia, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight	151 lb (68 kg)
Career information
High school	St. Pius X Catholic (Atlanta, Georgia)
College	Louisville (2015–2019)
WNBA draft	2019: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
Selected by the New York Liberty
Playing career	2019–present
Position	Shooting guard
Career history
2019, 2022	New York Liberty
2022–2023	Atlanta Dream
Career highlights and awards
Dawn Staley Award (2019) Ann Meyers Drysdale Award (2019) 2× ACC Player of the Year (2018, 2019) 2× Miss Georgia Basketball (2014, 2015)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

College career

After the 2017–18 season, Durr was named the ACC Player of the Year. Durr received 29 of 31 votes for pre-season All-American, prior to the 2018–19 season.^[3] Durr finished their career at Louisville with career averages of 17.8 points, 2.2 assists, and 3.2 rebounds.^[4]

Louisville statistics

Source^[5]

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2015–16	Louisville	31	342	43.2%	36.1%	84.1%	2.6	1.4	1.1	0.4	11.0
2016–17	Louisville	36	692	42.4%	40.5%	78.1%	3.4	1.8	1.3	0.4	19.2
2017–18	Louisville	38	709	44.3%	41.5%	84.8%	3.1	2.3	1.0	0.2	18.7
2018–19	Louisville	35	742	43.9%	34.3%	81.5%	3.8	3.3	1.5	0.4	21.2
Career		140	2485	43.5%	38.4%	81.8%	3.2	2.2	1.2	0.3	17.8

Professional career

New York Liberty

Rookie season (2019)

Durr was drafted by the New York Liberty as the 2nd overall pick in the 2019 WNBA draft. They made their debut on May 24, 2019, against the Indiana Fever, scoring 8 points in 25 minutes of playing time. They played in 18 games in their rookie season, averaging 9.7 points in 26.7 minutes per game.

COVID-19 sidelining (2020–2021)

They missed the entire 2020 season due to coronavirus.^[6] Preceding the start of the 2021 WNBA season, Durr was ruled out for the season due to continued struggles with effects from COVID-19. They were placed on the full-season suspended list as a result.^[7]

Return to the Liberty and WNBA (2022)

On May 7, 2022, in what was the first game of New York Liberty's 2022 season, AD returned to the WNBA court, tallying 5.75 minutes off the bench in a victory over the Connecticut Sun.^[8] AD struggled to get minutes in their return to the Liberty, only averaging 7 minutes in 10 games. On June 8, 2022, they were traded to the Atlanta Dream.

Atlanta Dream

AD was traded to the Dream on June 8, 2022, in exchange for Megan Walker and the draft rights to Raquel Carrera.^[9]

WNBA career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2019	New York	18	15	26.7	.467	.294	.818	1.6	1.7	0.6	0.4	1.2	9.7
2022	New York	10	0	7.0	.176	.111	.875	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.4
2022	Atlanta	15	2	19.9	.422	.458	.774	1.9	1.7	0.3	0.1	1.1	10.7
2023	Atlanta	36	0	10.9	.380	.322	.769	1.1	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.8	4.8
Career	3 years, 2 teams	79	17	15.7	.413	.341	.790	1.2	1.1	0.4	0.2	0.9	6.6

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2023	Atlanta	2	0	5.0	.500	.000	1.00	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
Career	1 year, 1 team	2	0	5.0	.500	.000	1.00	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0

Notes

1. According to Sports Illustrated, AD prefers "they/them pronouns, and he/him with some of their closest male friends".^[2] This article uses singular they for consistency.

References

1. "Asia (AD) Durr". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
2. Pickman, Ben (May 5, 2022). "The Return and Rebirth of AD". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
3. "Sabrina Ionescu headlines AP preseason All-America team". ESPN.com. Associated Press. November 1, 2018. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
4. "Asia Durr Louisville Stats". gocards.com. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
5. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
6. "Liberty's Asia Durr won't play this season after bout with coronavirus". ESPN. July 7, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
7. . Fox Bangor. May 13, 2021. Archived from the original on May 15, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
8. "Connecticut Sun 79, New York Liberty 81; Barclays Center; Saturday, May 7, 2022". WNBA.com. May 7, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
9. "Atlanta Dream Acquire AD in Trade with New York". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 8, 2022.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com   and Basketball-Reference.com  
• Louisville Cardinals bio
• Asia Durr on Twitter