Botas ink Damiris Dantas

Damiris Dantas

Botasspor Adana (KBSL) has agreed to terms with 31-year-old Brazilian international forward Damiris Dantas for the new 2024-25 season. She is the second foreign player on the team, with Romanian Claudia Cuic already signed. Dantas played last season with the Indiana Fever (WNBA) and previously with Ormanspor in the Turkish KBSL, where she had impressive stats of 18.9ppg, 7.4rpg, and 2.6apg in 28 games.
In 2012, she was drafted by the Minnesota Lynx (WNBA) in the first round (12th overall).
She has been a member of the Brazilian international program for some years. She has regularly played for the Brazilian senior team since 2010 and previously for the Under 19 National Team in 2011.
She also represented Brazil at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) eight years ago. She was the best scorer at the event with 16.4 points per game, while adding 7.6 rebounds per game.
She is a highly experienced player who has played in six different countries on four different continents - Europe, Asia, Latin America, and North America. She has played professionally in Brazil (Ourinhos, Divino/COC/Jundiai, Corinthians, Maranhao, and Vera Cruz), France (Villeneuve), Korea (KB Stars and BNK Sum), Mexico (Fuerza Regia), Spain (Celta Zorka), and the WNBA (Atlanta Dream).
Her team won the WNBA Eastern Conference Regular Season in 2018. She was voted Latinbasket.com All-Paulista League Player of the Year and Asia-Basket.com All-Korean WKBL Import Player of the Year in 2020.