{{short description|American basketball player}} {{BLP one source|date=March 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox NBA biography | name = Dean Garrett | image = | width = | caption = | number = 22, 21 | position = Center | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 225 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|11|27}} | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | high_school = San Clemente<br>(San Clemente, California) | college = *CC of San Francisco (1984–1986) *Indiana (1986–1988) | draft_year = 1988 | draft_round = 2 | draft_pick = 38 | draft_team = Phoenix Suns | career_start = 1989 | career_end = 2002 | years1 = 1989–1990 | team1 = Jollycolombani Forlì | years2 = 1990–1993 | team2 = Panasonic Reggio Calabria | years3 = 1993–1995 | team3 = Scavolini Pesaro | years4 = 1995–1996 | team4 = P.A.O.K. | years5 = {{nbay|1996|full=y}} | team5 = Minnesota Timberwolves | years6 = {{nbay|1997|full=y}} | team6 = Denver Nuggets | years7 = {{nbay|1998|end}}–{{nbay|2001|end}} | team7 = Minnesota Timberwolves | years8 = {{nbay|2001|end}} | team8 = Golden State Warriors | highlights = * Greek League All-Star (1996 I) * NCAA champion (1987) * Big Ten Freshman of the Year (1987) | stats_league = NBA | stat1label = Points | stat1value = 1,737 (4.8 ppg) | stat2label = Rebounds | stat2value = 1,810 (5.0 rpg) | stat3label = Blocks | stat3value = 372 (1.0 bpg) | bbr = garrede01 | medal_templates = {{MedalCountry|{{bk|USA}}}} {{MedalSport|Men's basketball}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalSilver |1987 Indianapolis | Team competition}} }}
'''Dean Heath Garrett''' (born November 27, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player. At a height of {{convert|6|ft|11|in|cm}} tall, he played at the center position.
==College career== Garrett attended San Clemente High School, in San Clemente, California, where he earned All-Conference, All-County, and All-Southern California honors, as a senior, in the 1983–84 season. After high school, Garrett played collegiately at the City College of San Francisco, from 1984 to 1986, where he led his team to the state finals, where they were defeated by Sacramento City College. The winning continued for Garrett, when he accepted a scholarship to Indiana University, where he was coached by Bob Knight, and helped the Hoosiers win the 1987 NCAA Division I Tournament.
==Professional career== Garrett was selected by the Phoenix Suns with the 38th overall pick in the second round of the 1988 NBA draft. He did not play in the NBA for the first eight seasons of his career, playing in Italy and Greece instead. Prior to the NBA's 1996–97 season, Garrett signed as a free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves, and played in the NBA for the next five seasons. He played for the Denver Nuggets (1997–98), a second stint with the Timberwolves from (1998–99 to 2001–02), and the Golden State Warriors (2001–02,) after he was traded mid-season. During those six seasons, Garrett played in a total of 359 NBA regular season games, in which he averaged 19.4 minutes, 4.8 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 1.0 blocks per game, with a 0.480 field goal shooting percentage.
==NBA career statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend|leader=y}}
===Regular season=== {{NBA player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbay|1996}}}} | style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota | 68 || 47 || 24.5 || '''.573''' || {{sort|-|–}} || .696 || 7.3 || .6 || .6 || 1.4 || '''8.0''' |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbay|1997}}}} | style="text-align:left;"| Denver | style="background:#cfecec;"| '''82'''* || style="background:#cfecec;"| '''82'''* || '''32.1''' || .428 || {{sort|-|–}} || .648 || '''7.9''' || '''1.1''' || '''.7''' || '''1.6''' || 7.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbay|1998}}}} | style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota | 49 || 37 || 21.5 || .502 || {{sort|-|–}} || '''.745''' || 5.2 || .6 || .6 || .9 || 5.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbay|1999|trunc=y}}}} | style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota | 56 || 23 || 10.8 || .444 || {{sort|-|–}} || .692 || 2.5 || .3 || .1 || .7 || 2.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbay|2000}}}} | style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota | 70 || 21 || 11.9 || .481 || {{sort|-|–}} || .692 || 3.1 || .3 || .4 || .7 || 2.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbay|2001}}}} | style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota | 29 || 0 || 5.1 || .350 || {{sort|-|–}} || .000 || 1.6 || .1 || .2 || .3 || 1.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbay|2001|nolink=y}}}} | style="text-align:left;"| Golden State | 5 || 0 || 6.4 || .267 || {{sort|-|–}} || {{sort|-|–}} || 2.0 || .2 || .4 || .2 || 1.6 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 359 || 210 || 19.4 || .480 || {{sort|-|–}} || .677 || 5.0 || .6 || .5 || 1.0 || 4.8 |- {{s-end}}
===Playoffs=== {{NBA player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbapy|1997}}}} | style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota | 3 || '''3''' || '''39.3''' || .517 || {{sort|-|–}} || .800 || '''11.7''' || '''1.3''' || '''.7''' || '''1.0''' || '''12.7''' |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbapy|1999}}}} | style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota | '''4''' || '''3''' || 23.0 || '''.556''' || {{sort|-|–}} || .400 || 4.0 || '''1.3''' || .5 || .8 || 5.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbapy|2000}}}} | style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota | 3 || 0 || 5.3 || .500 || {{sort|-|–}} || .500 || .7 || .0 || .0 || .3 || 1.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbapy|2001}}}} | style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota | 3 || 2 || 13.7 || .333 || {{sort|-|–}} || '''.833''' || 3.0 || .0 || .3 || .3 || 4.3 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 13 || 8 || 20.5 || .492 || {{sort|-|–}} || .696 || 4.8 || .7 || .4 || .6 || 5.8 |- {{s-end}}
==Post-playing career== After his retirement from playing professional basketball, Garrett was living in Las Vegas, when some of his friends from Minneapolis contacted him about a business proposition in Minnesota. Garrett then moved to Minnesota, and he became a part owner in three businesses: a restaurant, a nightclub, and a wireless <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/timberwolves/news/dean_garrett.html|title=Where Are They Now? Dean Garrett|website=Minnesota Timberwolves|access-date=March 3, 2019}}</ref>
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==External links== {{basketballstats|nba=dean_garrett|bbr=g/garrede01}}
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