Bryant Kevin Dunston Jr. (Armenian: Բրայանտ Քեւին Դանստոն կրտսեր; born May 28, 1986) is an American-born naturalized Armenian professional basketball player for Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroLeague. He also represents the senior Armenian national team in international competition. Standing at a height of 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), Dunston plays at the center position.
In his college career, Dunston appeared in all 120 of Fordham's games, starting in 118 of them. He finished his college career in second place on Fordham's all-time scoring list, with 1,832 career points, in third place on Fordham's all-time rebounds list, with 993 career rebounds, and as Fordham's career blocked shots leader, graduating with 294 career rejections.
On July 9, 2013, Dunston signed a two-year contract with Olympiacos.[8] In his first EuroLeague season, he averaged 10.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.1 steals and league-leading 1.3 blocks over 29 games played. Olympiacos however finished the participation in the EuroLeague by losing 2–3 to Real Madrid in the quarter-final series. On May 6, he was voted the EuroLeague Best Defender of the season.[9]
On May 6, 2015, he was named the EuroLeague season's Best Defender for the second season in a row.[10]
Anadolu Efes
On June 23, 2015, Dunston signed a two-year contract with the Turkish club Anadolu Efes.[11] On May 18, 2017, he signed a two-year contract extension with Anadolu Efes.[12]
On May 23, 2019, Dunston signed another two-year contract extension with the club.[13] He signed a two-year extension on July 26, 2020, with an option for another year.[14] On November 6, Dunston was ruled out for a month following an eye injury.[15]
On April 29, 2023, Dunston was involved in a car accident, with his car getting trapped under a semi-truck in Istanbul and suffered minor injuries only.[16] Anadolu Efes later announced that he was in good general health and under observation.[17]
On June 29, 2023, Dunston parted ways with the Turkish powerhouse after eight seasons together.
Virtus Bologna
On August 25, 2023, Dunston signed a two-year (1+1) contract with Italian powerhouse Virtus Bologna.[18] On 24 September 2023, after having ousted Olimpia Milano in the semifinals, Virtus won its fourth Supercup, and the third in a row, defeating 97–60 Germani Brescia.[19]
On June 16, 2015, he was included on the list of candidates of the senior Slovenian national basketball team for the EuroBasket 2015, by team selector Jure Zdovc.[21] However, he didn't get a Slovenian passport in time, so he wouldn't represent Slovenia at the EuroBasket.[22]
