24 Facts About Justin Dentmon

Justin Lorenzo Dentmon was born on September 5,1985 and is an American professional basketball player for the Halcones Rojos Veracruz of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional.

In 2004 Dentmon led his Carbondale Community High School team to a fourth place state finish, during his senior season.

Justin Dentmon was the top scorer in the 2004 state tournament in Peoria scoring 78 points in only three games.

Justin Dentmon led his team in points with 22.1 points per game accumulating 773 points over his senior season.

Justin Dentmon had one of the most productive freshman seasons in University of Washington basketball history.

Justin Dentmon led the Huskies in both steals with 52, and free throw percentage.

Justin Dentmon was second on the team in assists with 3.7 per game.

Justin Dentmon finished third all-time in assists with 401, and second in steals with 180.

Justin Dentmon started in all 40 regular season games he played for the Austin Toros, averaging 22.8 points, 5.5 assists, 3.7 rebounds, 1.6 steals and 37.2 minutes.

Also named a 2012 NBA D-League All-Star, Justin Dentmon ranked fourth in the league in scoring, finishing with double-digit points in 39 games.

Justin Dentmon led the Toros in scoring in 24 games and was the assist leader 26 times.

On November 1,2012, Justin Dentmon re-signed with the Austin Toros.

On February 14,2013, Justin Dentmon was named to the Prospects All-Star roster for the 2013 NBA D-League All-Star Game as a replacement for Cory Joseph.

On March 25,2013, Justin Dentmon signed a 10-day contract with the Dallas Mavericks.

Justin Dentmon returned to the Legends following his NBA stint.

Justin Dentmon was named EuroLeague MVP of the Week during the fifth week after scoring 24 points, dishing out 9 assists, rebounding 2 rebounds and making 2 steals.

Justin Dentmon turned in one of the best games of his debut Turkish Airlines EuroLeague campaign with a performance index rating of 33 to lead all players in week 6 of league play.

Justin Dentmon produced 23 points on 2-for-2 two-point and 5-of-10 three-point shooting plus 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and 8 fouls drawn.

Justin Dentmon scored 36 points on 7-of-11 three-point shooting en route to a performance index rating of 40, which led all players for Round 14 and made him the bwin MVP for the third time this season.

On July 28,2014, Justin Dentmon signed with the Qingdao DoubleStar of China.

On October 26,2017, Justin Dentmon was acquired by the Texas Legends where he played till the end of the season.

On January 23,2019, Justin Dentmon agrees to deal with the Busan KT SonicBoom of the Korean Basketball League.

Justin Dentmon signed with the Bakken Bears of the Basketligaen on July 22,2020.

Justin Dentmon competed for the $2 million prize, and for The Stickmen, he averaged 13.5 points per game, shooting 89 percent from the free-throw line.