Casey Prather

Following his junior year, he was ranked the 25th best prospect by Scout.com, and the 10th best small forward.

Casey Prather (born May 29, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Brisbane Bullets of the National Basketball League (NBL).

He played college basketball for the Florida Gators before playing professionally in the NBA Development League, Australia, Germany, Greece and Israel.

He was also named All-West Player of the Year in 2008–09 and 2009–10.

He became the third Gator under Billy Donovan to record three 27-point games in a single season, joining Nick Calathes (2008–09) and Teddy Dupay (2000–01).

He totaled six 20-point games, including his career-best 28 points in Florida's season opener against North Florida.

On November 17, 2009, he signed a National Letter of Intent to play college basketball for the University of Florida.

As a senior in 2009–10, Prather was a finalist for Tennessee's Mr. Basketball after averaging 29 points, 13 rebounds, five blocks, five steals and three assists per game.

He finished his four-year career at North Side with over 2,000 points.

He was selected to the All-District team and was named team MVP all four seasons at North Side, and was selected to the district's All-Tournament team his sophomore, junior and senior seasons.

During his time at North Side, Prather was member of the Nashville Celtics AAU team that captured the 2010 River City Showdown Championship.

Prather played four seasons of college basketball for Billy Donovan's Florida Gators.

Over his first three college seasons, Prather was a key role player off the bench.

As a junior in 2012–13, Prather played in 29 games with two starting assignments, and averaged a career-best 6.2 points per game.

He led the Southeastern Conference (SEC) with a .642 two-point field goal percentage.

He twice scored a season-high 12 points, and had an 11-point game in Florida's Sweet 16 win over Florida Gulf Coast.

As a senior year in 2013–14, Prather stepped up to become a key scorer for the Gators, more than doubling his scoring average from his junior year.

He led the Gators in scoring and was named first-team All-SEC.

This increase in production was a key factor for Florida becoming one of the top teams of the 2013–14 season.

For the fourth straight year, the Gators reached the Regional Finals, where they defeated Dayton to move on to the Final Four.

In the National semi-finals, the Gators were defeated by Connecticut to fall short of reaching the Championship Game, despite a 15-point effort from Prather.

In 37 games (35 starts) for the Gators in 2013–14, he averaged 13.8 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.0 steals per game.

He led the SEC, and was seventh in the NCAA, with a .603 field goal percentage, and led the SEC in two-point field goal percentage for the second season in a row, at .607.

After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Prather played for the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA Summer League and spent preseason with the Phoenix Suns He joined the Bakersfield Jam of the NBA Development League for the 2014–15 season.

He helped the Jam win the inaugural NBA Development League Showcase Cup.

On March 22, 2015, he scored a season-high 30 points in a 124–113 win over the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.

In 49 games, he averaged 12.0 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.3 steals per game.

Prather played for the NBA D-League Select Team in the 2015 NBA Summer League.

On July 25, 2015, Prather signed with the Perth Wildcats for the 2015–16 NBL season.

He was lured to Australia by former college teammate Scottie Wilbekin.

On November 22, he scored 26 points and made the winning free throw with 1.5 seconds left in the match to lift the Wildcats to a 91–90 win over the Cairns Taipans.

He won three straight NBL championships between 2016 and 2018, the first two with the Perth Wildcats and the third with Melbourne United.

On January 15, 2016, he scored a season-high 27 points in a 95–68 win over the Sydney Kings, helping the Wildcats snap a three-game losing streak.

He helped the Wildcats reach the NBL Grand Final series, where they defeated the New Zealand Breakers 2–1 to win the championship, with Prather scoring a team-high 19 points in game three.

He joined Hapoel Eilat in 2020 and was named as the Israeli League MVP in 2021, but missed the 2021–22 and 2022–23 seasons with knee injuries.

Prather was born and raised in Jackson, Tennessee, under the stern watch of his mother Enova and sister Brittany, with his parents having split before he was born.

Growing up, family and basketball kept him away from the growing criminal element in his community.

At the age of 12, his stepfather, Jeffery, noticed Prather's athleticism and began teaching him the skills required to pursue playing professionally.

Prather attended Jackson's North Side High School, where he averaged 28 points per game as a sophomore, and 24.4 points and 14 rebounds as a junior.

During his junior season, he had a 53-point, 24-rebound performance in a district game against Fayette Ware High School.