Topic: David Wesley

David Barakau Wesley (born November 14, 1970, in San Antonio, Texas) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA. He is the cousin of former NBA player Michael Dickerson. Wesley is now student manager for the Baylor Bears men's basketball team, for whom he played from 1990 to 1993, while also completing his undergraduate degree in physical education.

David graduated from Longview High School in Longview, Texas. He was classmates with former NFL player Bobby Taylor. Wesley played his freshman year at Temple Junior College, then transferred to Baylor University. Wesley averaged 17 points per game and 4.4 assists per game in 72 total games at Baylor, and left in 1993, 33 hours short of a degree in physical education.

When Wesley left Baylor University in 1993, many player scouts considered him too small (at 6'1") to play as a shooting guard in the NBA, and doubted his ability to make the transition to point guard. He initially signed with the New Jersey Nets as an undrafted free agent, and has since played for the Boston Celtics, the Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets the Houston Rockets, and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Wesley long ago dispelled the initial doubts about his ability to succeed in the NBA; he has averaged almost 13 points and 4.6 assists per game over a 14-year career (through the 2006-07 season), including ten straight seasons with double-digit scoring averages (1995-96 through 2004-05). He has received praise as a tenacious man-to-man defender, and a reliable outside shooter. Wesley has played in 55 playoff games and has scored double figures in more than half of them.