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Kara Liana Braxton (born February 18, 1983 in Jackson, Michigan
Jackson, Michigan

Jackson is a city located along Interstate 94 in the south central area of the U.S. state of Michigan, about west of Ann Arbor. It is the county seat of Jackson County, Michigan....
) is an American professional basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
 player for the Detroit Shock
Detroit Shock

The Detroit Shock is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Detroit, Michigan. They were the 2008 WNBA champions.Debuting in 1998, they were one of the league's first expansion franchises....
 in the WNBA
Women's National Basketball Association

The Women's National Basketball Association has 13 teams and is an organization governing a professional basketball league for women in the United States....
. A solid talent, she is also known for her troubles on and off the court.

and her older twin sister, Kim, grew up in a household with four other siblings in Jackson, Michigan. Her father also played basketball. She played her freshman season at Jackson High and then moved to Oregon
Oregon

Oregon is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers and settlers....
.






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Kara Liana Braxton (born February 18, 1983 in Jackson, Michigan
Jackson, Michigan

Jackson is a city located along Interstate 94 in the south central area of the U.S. state of Michigan, about west of Ann Arbor. It is the county seat of Jackson County, Michigan....
) is an American professional basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
 player for the Detroit Shock
Detroit Shock

The Detroit Shock is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Detroit, Michigan. They were the 2008 WNBA champions.Debuting in 1998, they were one of the league's first expansion franchises....
 in the WNBA
Women's National Basketball Association

The Women's National Basketball Association has 13 teams and is an organization governing a professional basketball league for women in the United States....
. A solid talent, she is also known for her troubles on and off the court.

Early life

Kara and her older twin sister, Kim, grew up in a household with four other siblings in Jackson, Michigan. Her father also played basketball. She played her freshman season at Jackson High and then moved to Oregon
Oregon

Oregon is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers and settlers....
. She and her twin sister later enrolled at Westview High School, in the Portland
Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States United States, near the confluence of the Willamette River and Columbia River rivers in the state of Oregon....
 suburb of Beaverton
Beaverton, Oregon

Beaverton is a city in Washington County, Oregon, Oregon, United States, seven miles west of Portland, Oregon in the Tualatin River Valley., its population is estimated to be 86,205, almost 14% more than the United States Census, 2000 figure of 76,129....
.

Kara attended the University of Georgia
University of Georgia

The University of Georgia is a public university research university located in Athens, Georgia, Georgia , the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning....
, and was freshman of the year. She had a promising career, but soon her coaches noticed a pattern. Their best player couldn't seem to abide by team rules. She came late to practice and made various other errors that eventually on February 20 2004, led to Kara being dismissed from the team for good. She graduated in 2005.

The WNBA

On April 16, 2005, the Shock drafted Braxton in the first round and was the seventh overall pick in the annual WNBA draft
WNBA Draft

The WNBA Draft is an annual draft held by the Women's National Basketball Association through which WNBA teams can select new players from a talent pool of college and List of WNBA players....
. Many thought she could have gone higher, but teams were concerned by her discipline issues as well as the fact that she had given birth to a son, Jelani, in January 2005. Jelani's father is oft-troubled Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals

The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ohio. It is currently a member of the AFC North of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
 linebacker Odell Thurman
Odell Thurman

Odell Lamar Thurman is an American football linebacker. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Georgia Bulldogs football....
.

Braxton was named to the WNBA's All-Rookie team in 2005 after averaging 6.9 points and 3.0 rebounds as a key reserve for the Shock. Her career did not take the step forward that many expected in 2006 - she averaged fewer minutes and points than in her rookie season - but she played a large role in Detroit's WNBA title.

In 2007, Braxton became Detroit's starting center after the Shock traded Ruth Riley
Ruth Riley

Ruth Ellen Riley is an United States professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association and the National Women's Basketball League ....
 to the San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars

The San Antonio Silver Stars is a team in the Women's National Basketball Association based in San Antonio, Texas. They are one of the original eight founding teams in the WNBA....
. She averaged 6.0 ppg. Near the end of the 2007 regular season, the WNBA suspended Braxton for two games after she pleaded guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol.

Europe

Kara also plays in a professional league in Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 , in TS Wisla Can-Pack Krakow
TS Wisla Can-Pack Kraków

TS Wisla Can-Pack Krakow is a Poland women basketball team, based in Cracow, playing in PLKK....
  • 2005-2006 and 2007-2008 The Polish TS Wisla Can-Pack Krakow
    TS Wisla Can-Pack Kraków

    TS Wisla Can-Pack Krakow is a Poland women basketball team, based in Cracow, playing in PLKK....
     team won the Women's PLKK
    PLKK

    PLKK is an organization leading Poland women basketball league, which is generally also named PLKK. The league has also commercial names, including sponsors' names....
     Championship Series and they lost the game.


Statistics

  • A Two-time Class 4A player of the year.


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