Damiris Dantas


Damiris Dantas do Amaral is a Brazilian female basketball player for Corinthians/Americana of the Brazilian League and the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association.
Together with the junior Brazilian team, she won the bronze medal at the Under-19 World Championship in 2011, Chile, and was named Most Valuable Player at that tournament. That same year, Dantas was also champion of the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women with the senior national team, and won a bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games.
Dantas began to play basketball at Janeth Arcain's basketball institute at the age of 13. Within four years, she had become a professional. While playing in Spain for Celta de Vigo, Dantas was drafted by the Minnesota Lynx in the first round of the 2012 WNBA Draft. Dantas was not expected to play in the WNBA until after the 2012 Olympic Games.
Dantas played for Ourinhos in 2012, Maranhão in 2013, and has been in Americana since 2013. She was signed by the Lynx on April 2, 2014. Dantas made her WNBA debut on May 16, 2014, gathering 12 rebounds in a win against Washington. Dantas became the second rookie in league history to debut with 10 rebounds and 5 assists. With Rebekkah Brunson being sidelined with tendinitis, Dantas became the starter, and soon led the WNBA rookies in rebounds.
On July 27, 2015 Dantas was traded to the Atlanta Dream as part of the three-team deal. She was suspended for the 2016 WNBA season after she failed to report to training camp, instead using the time to train with the Brazilian National team for the 2016 Summer Olympics that the country would host in Rio de Janeiro. Atlanta is retaining Dantas's rights and she is expected to play with the team during the 2017 season.
On February 8, 2019 Dantas was signed by the Minnesota Lynx.

Professional career

On August 9, 2015, she made 18 points.

WNBA statistics

Regular season

Playoff season