Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Quinndary Vonta Weatherspoon was born on September 10th, 1996, in Canton, Mississippi. He is a shooting guard in the NBA.

Weatherspoon's parents are Sharon and Tommie, and he has two younger brothers, who are basketball players. He started playing basketball in middle school. Weatherspoon attended Velma Jackson High School and won three straight state titles in 2012, 2013, and 2014. He was considered a three-star recruit and ranked no.116 in his class by Rivals.com

Weatherspoon committed to Mississippi State. He was named the SEC All-Freshman Team and averaged 12.0 points and 4.7 rebounds per game playing alongside Malik Newman.  In his sophomore year, he was the Second Team All-SEC. As a junior, he received the Howell Trophy as the best player in Mississippi. On April 6th, 2018, Weatherspoon joined his brother Nick Weatherspoon and Lamar Peters among Mississippi State players to declare for the 2018 NBA draft. He withdrew and returned to his last year of college. In his senior year, Weatherspoon was named first-team All-SEC and became the program's third player to score 2,000 career points in the 2019 NCAA Tournament. 

In the 2019 NBA draft, Weatherspoon was selected by the San Antonio Spurs.  On July 8th, 2019, Weatherspoon signed a two-way contract with the Spurs.