Ramon Sessions

Sessions with the Cavaliers
No. 7 – Los Angeles Lakers
Point guard / Shooting guard
Personal information
Born	(1986-04-11) April 11, 1986 (age 26) Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Nationality	American
High school	Myrtle Beach
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
College	Nevada (2004–2007)
NBA Draft	2007 / Round: 2 / Pick: 56th overall
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks
Pro career	2007–present
Career history
2007–2009	Milwaukee Bucks
2007–2008	→Tulsa 66ers (D-League)
2009–2010	Minnesota Timberwolves
2010–2012	Cleveland Cavaliers
2012–present	Los Angeles Lakers
Stats at NBA.com

Ramon Sessions (born April 11, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers. He was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 56th pick in the 2007 NBA Draft. Sessions played collegiately at the University of Nevada for three years. Sessions ranks second in career assists at Nevada with 478. In Sessions' final season at Nevada he averaged 12.3 points, 4.7 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 0.9 steals per game.^[1]

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Although some^[who?] felt Sessions should have returned for his senior year at Nevada, he put on a very strong performance at the NBA pre-draft camp in Orlando and decided to stay in the draft. He was considered by scouts to be a very good ballhandler, passer, and decision-maker, although his athleticism and NBA-scoring ability were questioned.^[2]

Sessions was the first NBA player to be assigned to the NBA Development League in the 2007–08 season, when he was sent by the Bucks to the Tulsa 66ers;^[3] Sessions was named D-League Performer of the Week for the opening weekend of the season, November 26, 2007, averaging 30.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists.^[3] Later in the season, for January 28, 2008, he was also named Performer of the Week, becoming the first two-time performer for the season.^[4] He averaged 29.6 points, 8.0 rebounds and 12.3 assists in three wins for the 66ers.^[4]

In January 2008, Sessions was first called up to the Bucks, but due to a wrist injury he wasn't able to make his NBA debut until March 9,^[5] in a 119-97 home loss against the Philadelphia 76ers, scoring 2 points.^[6] Later on, due to injuries to starting point guard Mo Williams and reserve Charlie Bell, his playing time increased. Earlier, on April 2, he made a game-winning 19-foot baseline jumper, off a pass from Andrew Bogut, to give the Bucks a dramatic one-point road win against the Washington Wizards in a game where the Bucks never led by more than one point.^[7] Sessions started his first career game against the Indiana Pacers on April 8. Although he went just 3 for 10 with just 8 points, Sessions still recorded 10 assists in a 105-101 Bucks loss.

On April 14, 2008, Sessions scored a then career-high 20 points, adding 8 rebounds and a Milwaukee Bucks franchise-record 24 assists against the Chicago Bulls in a 151-135 home loss.^[8] His double-double performance was also the first "20-20" with points and assists in Bucks history.^[8] The following night he topped his career-high with 25 points, in a 110-101 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves.^[9] Sessions topped his career high again by almost doubling it. On February 7, 2009 in an overtime loss against the Detroit Pistons, he scored 44 points.^[10] On April 1, 2009, Sessions recorded his first career triple-double against the Los Angeles Lakers scoring 16 points with 16 assists and 10 rebounds.^[11]

On September 4, 2009, he signed an offer sheet from the Minnesota Timberwolves reportedly worth $16 million for 4 years.^[12] The Bucks had seven days to match the offer but declined. Sessions shared backcourt duties with Timberwolves rookie guard Jonny Flynn. Sessions played 82 games with the Timberwovles and averaged 8.2 points and 3.2 assists per game to go with 2.6 rebounds per game and shot 45.6% from the field.

On July 26, 2010, he was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers, along with Ryan Hollins and a second-round draft pick for Delonte West and Sebastian Telfair.^[13]

On March 15, 2012, Sessions was traded along with Christian Eyenga to the Los Angeles Lakers for a protected first round pick in 2012 NBA Draft, Jason Kapono and Luke Walton.^[14] In his first game, he put up 7 points, 4 rebounds, and 5 assists during 19 minutes in a 97-92 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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