1. Casey Lamar Prather was born on May 29,1991 and is an American professional basketball player for the Brisbane Bullets of the National Basketball League.
31 Facts About Casey Prather
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Casey Prather played college basketball for the Florida Gators before playing professionally in the NBA Development League, Australia, Germany, Greece and Israel.
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Casey Prather won three straight NBL championships between 2016 and 2018, the first two with the Perth Wildcats and the third with Melbourne United.
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Casey Prather attended Jackson's North Side High School, where he averaged 28 points per game as a sophomore, and 24.4 points and 14 rebounds as a junior.
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Casey Prather finished his four-year career at North Side with over 2,000 points.
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Casey Prather was selected to the All-District team and was named team MVP all four seasons at North Side, and was selected to the district's All-Tournament team his sophomore, junior and senior seasons.
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Casey Prather played four seasons of college basketball for Billy Donovan's Florida Gators.
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Over his first three college seasons, Casey Prather was a key role player off the bench.
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Casey Prather twice scored a season-high 12 points, and had an 11-point game in Florida's Sweet 16 win over Florida Gulf Coast.
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Casey Prather led the Gators in scoring and was named first-team All-SEC.
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Casey Prather became the third Gator under Billy Donovan to record three 27-point games in a single season, joining Nick Calathes and Teddy Dupay.
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Casey Prather totaled six 20-point games, including his career-best 28 points in Florida's season opener against North Florida.
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Casey Prather helped the Jam win the inaugural NBA Development League Showcase Cup.
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Casey Prather played for the NBA D-League Select Team in the 2015 NBA Summer League.
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Casey Prather was lured to Australia by former college teammate Scottie Wilbekin.
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Casey Prather was named in the All-NBL First Team and finished second in NBL MVP voting behind Jerome Randle of the Adelaide 36ers.
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Casey Prather became the eighth Wildcat to win multiple club MVPs, the first player in history to take out the award in his first two years in the NBL, and just the second player to win club MVPs in his first two seasons with the club.
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Casey Prather helped United win the minor premiership and reach the NBL Grand Final.
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Casey Prather scored 23 points in both games three and four.
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Casey Prather appeared in the team's final four games of the regular season and then in all eight of their playoff games, which included losing both the semifinals and the third-place series.
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On July 24,2018, Casey Prather signed with Russian team BC Khimki on a 1+1 contract.
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On July 17,2019, Casey Prather signed a two-year deal with Melbourne United, returning to the team for a second stint.
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Casey Prather averaged 22.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.5 steals during the regular season.
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Casey Prather had a 41-point game during the regular season and finished with a new club record of 631 points in total.
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Casey Prather helped Hapoel Eilat reach the semifinals, but sustained a knee injury during the dying seconds of the elimination match.
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Casey Prather averaged 22.8 points and 5.8 rebounds in the playoffs.
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On October 6,2021, Casey Prather re-signed with Hapoel Eilat until 2023.
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On December 21,2023, Casey Prather signed a two-year deal with the Brisbane Bullets, returning to the Australian NBL for a fourth stint.
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Casey Prather finished as the third leading scorer in the competition with 21.3 points per game.
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Casey Prather was named the Bullets Club MVP and earned All-NBL Second Team honors.
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Casey Prather's wife is a professional broadcaster and reporter, having worked in the NBA and NBL.