Terrell Brandon
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Thomas Terrell Brandon (born May 20, 1970 in Portland, Oregon) is a former basketball player in the NBA. He went to the University of Oregon until 1991. He was selected 11th overall in that year's draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Brandon spent the first six years of his career in Cleveland, and was selected to play in the All Star game in 1996 and 1997.
After playing for the Cavaliers, Brandon played two years for the Milwaukee Bucks before being traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves. By this point, Brandon was considered on of the best point guards in the game. He finished his career averaging 6.1 assists per game, which is among the best of all time. Five times in his career Brandon reached 16 assists in a game. However, he was always plagued by injuries and on February 13, 2002, he was placed on the injury list by the Timberwolves, from which he did not return.
On July 23, 2003 Brandon was traded to the Atlanta Hawks for salary cap reasons. He was waived by the Hawks on February 17 2004, two years after his last game, and on March 9 he announced his retirement. Brandon finished his career averaging 13.8 points per game, and came 6 points shy of scoring 10,000 in his career.