Brian Wanamaker

Brian Steven Wanamaker (born July 25, 1989) is an American former professional basketball player. Born in Philadelphia, he played high school basketball for Roman Catholic High School. He began his college career with Central Connecticut before transferring to Lon Morris as a sophomore. The combo guard spent his final two seasons at Texas Wesleyan.

After college, Wanamaker was drafted into the NBA D-League but primarily competed in the Eurobasket Summer League and other basketball exposure camps for the next three years. In 2014, he briefly joined the German team TSV Tröster Breitengüßbach of the Regionalliga and then moved to BC Erfurt in the same league. For the 2016–17 season, he played in Lithuania with BC Šilutė in the NKL.

Early life and high school career Wanamaker was born in Philadelphia on July 25, 1989, to Brad Wanamaker, Sr. and Deborah Samuel. He has four siblings: James, Crystal, Latisha, and twin brother Brad, who was born 71 minutes after. Wanamaker grew up frequently playing basketball with his father and twin brother at local North Philadelphia playgrounds. He played basketball under head coach Dennis Seddon at Roman Catholic High School in Philadelphia, where he was teammates with both Brad and coveted recruit Maalik Wayns. In his senior season, he averaged 14 points per game and led the team to a 28–3 record and a Catholic League title. He also earned second-team all-league and all-city honors. He had received a scholarship offer to Georgetown as a junior with his brother but his recruitment was hindered by an injury. He received very limited playing time, playing 14 games as a freshman but averaging only 2.9 minutes per game. He recorded his only field goal in the season on January 19, 2008 against Fairleigh Dickinson.

For his sophomore season, Wanamaker transferred to Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas. He played basketball under head coach Dale Dotson in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). At Lon Morris, he averaged 9.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4.2 assists, and 2.2 steals per game en route to a conference title and a 26–6 record. As a senior, after averaging 19.2 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 4.9 assists per game, he was named NAIA Division I First-Team All-American and RRAC Player of the Year.

Professional career On November 3, 2011, Wanamaker was selected by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants with the tenth pick in the seventh round of the 2011 NBA Development League Draft.

In 2012, Wanamaker took part the Eurobasket Summer League (ESL) in Las Vegas, where he played for Union Monaco. After five games in the exposure camp, he averaged 6.6 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per game. In the following summer, he competed in the WorldwideSM Invitational camp at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In 2014, he returned to the ESL and competed in Brooklyn for Team Buenos Aires and in Las Vegas for Team Monaco.

For the 2014–15 season, Wanamaker signed with TSV Tröster Breitengüßbach of the Regionalliga, the fourth-best basketball league in Germany. In two games, he averaged 19.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists, and 2.5 steals per game.

Personal life Wanamaker is the twin brother of former NBA and Pittsburgh college player Brad Wanamaker.