Kevin Braswell
| Wellington Saints | |
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| Position | Head coach |
| League | NZNBL |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
January 23, 1979 Baltimore, Maryland |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 198 lb (90 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Lake Clifton (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| College | Georgetown (1998–2002) |
| NBA draft | 2002 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2002–2016 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Coaching career | 2016–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 2002 | Tournai Estaimpuis |
| 2003 | Spójnia Stargard Szczeciński |
| 2003–2004 | Basket Draghi Novara |
| 2004–2005 | Florida Flame |
| 2005 | Columbus Riverdragons |
| 2005 | Pınar Karşıyaka |
| 2005 | Kolossos Rodou |
| 2006 | Metros de Santiago |
| 2006–2007 | Standart Samara reg. Toliatti |
| 2007–2008 | Selçuk Üniversitesi |
| 2008 | HKK Široki |
| 2008–2009 | Cholet Basket |
| 2009 | Barak Netanya |
| 2010 | New Zealand Breakers |
| 2010 | Limoges CSP |
| 2010–2011 | New Zealand Breakers |
| 2011–2015 | Southland Sharks |
| 2012 | Melbourne Tigers |
| 2016 | Wellington Saints |
| As coach: | |
| 2016–present | Wellington Saints |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Kevin Lavelle Braswell (born January 23, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player and current head coach of the New Zealand NBL's Wellington Saints. He played college basketball for Georgetown University before starting a very successful overseas career where he earned the most acclaim for his time in New Zealand.
Braswell finished his college career as the seventh all-time leading scorer in Georgetown history with 1,735 career points and ranks as the school's all-time leader in career assists with 697 and steals with 349. He started all 128 college games he appeared in and was named in the third-team All-Big East as a senior, second-team honors as a junior, and the Big East All-Rookie Team as a freshman.
In the first half of his professional career, Braswell played in Belgium, Poland, Italy, the NBA Development League, Turkey, Greece, Dominican Republic, Russia, Bosnia and France.
In the summer of 2009, Braswell signed with Barak Netanya of Israel for the 2009–10 season. In December 2009, he left Netanya after appearing in just eight games. On January 12, 2010, he signed with the New Zealand Breakers for the last seven games of the 2009–10 NBL season. On February 23, 2010, he signed with Limoges CSP of France for the rest of the 2009–10 LNB Pro B season.
On July 3, 2010, Braswell signed with Aliağa Belediyesi SK of Turkey for the 2010–11 season. However, he left Aliağa in August 2010 following pre-season. On September 1, 2010, he re-signed with the New Zealand Breakers for the 2010–11 NBL season.
In May 2011, Braswell signed with the Southland Sharks for the 2011 New Zealand NBL season. However, just six games into the season, he suffered a season-ending Achilles injury which required surgery. He returned to the Sharks line-up for the 2012 season after fully recovering.
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