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| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
| League | WCBA | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | (1994-10-11)October 11, 1994 (age 31) Inglewood, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Windward (Los Angeles, California) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Texas (2012–2016) | ||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2016: 1st round, 10th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Chicago Sky | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2016–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Chicago Sky | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Bnot Herziliya | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Atlanta Dream | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Beijing Great Wall | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Liaoning Flying Eagles | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Adana Basketbol | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Dallas Wings | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Perth Lynx | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Shaanxi Red Wolves | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Jalisco Astros | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Shaanxi | ||||||||||||||
| 2025-present | Monarcas de Juana Diaz | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights | |||||||||||||||
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats atBasketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Imani Trishawn McGee-Stafford (born October 11, 1994) is an American professionalbasketball player, currently playing with theMonarcas de Juana Diaz of theBSNF. She played college basketball forUniversity of Texas at Austin.
In 2015, while atTexas, McGee-Stafford was awarded theHonda Inspiration Award which is given to a collegiate athlete "who has overcome hardship and was able to return to play at the collegiate level". She grew up in a challenging home environment, but overcame the challenge and became a voice for others.[1][2][3]
Source[4]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-13 | Texas | 30 | 334 | 48.3% | 22.2% | 64.4% | 9.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 11.1 |
| 2013-14 | Texas | 33 | 356 | 49.8% | 57.1% | 62.8% | 7.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 10.8 |
| 2014-15 | Texas | 27 | 266 | 56.2% | 0.0% | 70.0% | 7.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 9.9 |
| 2015-16 | Texas | 36 | 405 | 50.3% | 30.0% | 78.6% | 8.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 11.3 |
| Career | 126 | 1361 | 50.6% | 32.1% | 69.6% | 8.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 10.8 |
McGee-Stafford was drafted 10th overall by theChicago Sky in the2016 WNBA draft. In her rookie season, she was ranked seventh in the league in blocks per game and was named to theWNBA All-Rookie Team. In her first playoff game, she broke the WNBA playoff rookie record for blocks in a game with 6. Midway through the 2017 season, McGee-Stafford was traded to theAtlanta Dream along with teammateTamera Young in exchange forJordan Hooper and a first-round draft pick.[5] She continued on with Atlanta in 2018 before joining theDallas Wings for the 2019 season.
In December 2016, McGee-Stafford moved to Israel to play for Bnot Hertzeliya. In 16 games during the 2016–17 season, she averaged 14.0 points, 10.8 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 1.1 steals and 2.6 blocks per game. Between November and December 2017, she played in China for Beijing Great Wall of theWomen's Chinese Basketball Association. She returned to China a year later, where she played for theLiaoning Flying Eagles between October and November 2018. In February 2019, she had a four-game stint in Turkey with Adana Basketbol.[6]
On June 13, 2019, McGee-Stafford signed with thePerth Lynx in Australia for the2019–20 WNBL season.[7][8]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Chicago | 31 | 16 | 18.9 | 55.4 | 0.0 | 66.0 | 5.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 6.7 |
| 2017 | Chicago | 22 | 4 | 15.5 | 44.4 | 33.3 | 70.6 | 4.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 4.6 |
| Atlanta | 10 | 0 | 9.2 | 54.2 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.9 | |
| 2018 | Atlanta | 29 | 2 | 10.5 | 45.3 | 46.7 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.9 |
| 2019 | Dallas | 29 | 6 | 11.9 | 46.8 | 25.0 | 64.3 | 3.8 | 0.6' | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 3.9 |
| Career | 4 years, 3 teams | 121 | 28 | 13.8 | 49.3 | 28.6 | 62.7 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 4.4 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Chicago | 5 | 5 | 20.4 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 8.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 8.4 |
| 2018 | Atlanta | 4 | 0 | 5.8 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Career | 2 years, 2 teams | 9 | 5 | 13.9 | 47.6 | 0.0 | 58.3 | 5.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 5.2 |
McGee-Stafford was married to formerTexas Longhorns football player Paul Boyette Jr. in 2015, but the couple divorced in 2017.[9] She is the daughter of former WNBA playerPamela McGee, the younger maternal half-sister of currentNBA playerJaVale McGee, and a cousin ofNFL playerJarron Gilbert. She also appeared onLet's Make a Deal with her grandmother on March 8, 2018 and received a pair of scooters. In the spring of 2020, she announced that she is stepping away for the next two WNBA seasons to pursue aJuris Doctor degree fromSouthwestern Law School in Los Angeles.[10] In March 2023, McGee-Stafford was announced as a partner in MOORvision Technologies and Ucam, a camera built to capture athlete's point of view during games.[11]
