Nathan Peavy
Puerto Rican-American former player and current Greensboro Swarm assistant coach.
Nathan Peavy De Jesús, a Puerto Rican-American who played basketball professionally, now serves as an assistant coach for the NBA G League’s Greensboro Swarm. His playing career spanned North America and Europe, including time in Puerto Rico’s BSN league, and he represented Puerto Rico internationally. Multiple injuries forced him into extended breaks from the game, ultimately ending his playing days.
Quick Facts
- League
- NBA G League
- Team
- Greensboro Swarm
- Position
- Assistant coach
- Nationality
- Puerto Rican
- Born
- 31 March 1985
- Birthplace
- Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
- High school
- Chaminade-Julienne (Dayton, Ohio)
- College
- Miami (Ohio) (2003–2007)
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Background
Born in Dayton, Ohio, on March 31, 1985, Nathan Peavy De Jesús comes from athletic stock. His father, Terry Peavy, was a former professional basketball player drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1979, and his mother, Nila Lisa De Jesús, was a former member of the Puerto Rico women's national swimming team. From 2003 to 2007, Peavy played for the Miami (OH) Redhawk basketball team, where he averaged 11.2 points, 6.9 rebounds and .519 FG% in his final year. In 2007, Peavy turned professional by joining the Paderborn Baskets of the German Basketball League, where he played until 2009. In 2009, Peavy signed with the Artland Dragons of the same league. Before the beginning of the 2012–13 season, he suffered a cruciate ligament rupture during a friendly game. As a result of this injury, he did not play for ALBA Berlin this season anymore.
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