Candice Dupree

Candice Dupree (born August 16, 1984) is an American professional basketball coach and former player.

Dupree played basketball at Temple University from 2002 to 2006.

She won numerous awards and accolades as a college basketball player, drawing comparisons to the NBA's Tim Duncan.

She was selected sixth in the 2006 WNBA draft by the Chicago Sky.

Dupree was selected 6th overall in the 2006 WNBA draft by the Chicago Sky, an expansion team that year.

As a rookie, she was named to the Eastern Conference WNBA All Star team.

In her first All-Star game, she competed against her former college coach Dawn Staley.

Dupree was also named to the Eastern Conference WNBA All-Star Team in 2007 and 2009 in the WNBA (there was no WNBA All Star game in 2008 due to the Olympics).

Dupree, along with then-Chicago Bulls guard Ben Gordon and ex-Bulls star Scottie Pippen, participated in the Shooting Stars competition at the 2007 NBA All-Star Game Weekend.

Dupree played professional basketball in Poland, for the TS Wisła Can-Pack Kraków club, during the 2007–08 and 2008–09 WNBA off-seasons.

In 2008, Dupree again represented Chicago at the Shooting Stars competition, along with Chris Duhon and B. J. Armstrong.

In 2008, Wisla Can Pack won the PLKK league championship, and Dupree was named Most Valuable Player of the championship series.

For the 2009 season, Dupree tied for second place in the WNBA with 268 total rebounds.

In 2009, Dupree was named to the "Rest of the World" (non-European) squad for the EuroLeague Women All Star Game.

Dupree played two consecutive off-seasons for Good Angels Košice in Slovakia from 2009 to 2011, winning a national championship with the team.

In March 2010, Dupree was traded to the Phoenix Mercury as part of a multi-player, three-team deal.

Dupree requested the trade.

From 2011 to 2015, Dupree played four off-seasons in Russia for WBC Spartak Moscow Region, Dynamo Kursk and Nadezhda Orenburg.

Dupree has won a WNBA Championship (2014) with the Phoenix Mercury.

She has also played professional basketball in Europe and Asia.

Dupree has two world cup gold medals with Team USA.

Dupree was hired by the San Antonio Spurs as a Player Development coach in 2022.

Dupree grew up in Tampa, Florida.

She played basketball and volleyball at Paul R. Wharton High School and has two sisters; one is her twin, while the other is several years younger.

Dupree would win her first WNBA championship with the Mercury in 2014 as they swept her former team, the Chicago Sky 3–0 in the finals.

Dupree had 24 points and 6 assists in the final game of the series.

During the 2014 season, Dupree was playing alongside Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner while the Mercury had a record-breaking regular season record of 29–5 en route to the title.

In the 2015 season, Dupree was named a WNBA All-Star for the fifth time in her career as she averaged 14.1 ppg.

The Mercury would make it to the playoffs in an attempt to defend their title but were swept in the second round by the Minnesota Lynx who won the championship that year.

Dupree was married to former Mercury teammate DeWanna Bonner and in 2017 Bonner gave birth to twins.

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In 2017, Dupree was traded to the Indiana Fever along with the Mercury's 2017 first round pick in a three-team deal that sent Camille Little and Jillian Alleyne to the Mercury and the Connecticut Sun receiving the 8th overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft along with Lynetta Kizer from the Fever.

During the 2017 season, Dupree would be voted into the 2017 WNBA All-Star Game, making it her sixth career all-star game appearance.

Dupree averaged 15 points per game, but the Fever finished with league's second worst record of 9–25.

In March 2018, Dupree re-signed with the Fever to a multi-year deal.

In 2018, the Fever would have yet another disappointing season, finishing last place with a 6–28 record.

In 2019, Dupree was voted into the 2019 WNBA All-Star Game, making it her seventh all-star appearance due to her performance during the season, however the Fever once again fell short of a playoff spot with a 13–21 record.

In 2020, the season was delayed and shortened to 22 games in a bubble at IMG Academy due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dupree played all 22 games and averaged 12.5 ppg, but the Fever finished as the second worst team in the league with a 6–16 record.

In 2021, Dupree signed a one-year deal with the Seattle Storm who were the defending champions.