(1991-07-14) July 14, 1991 (age 32) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality
Puerto Rican[1]
Listed height
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight
175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school
Charlestown (Boston, Massachusetts)
Lawrence Academy (Groton, Massachusetts)
College
UConn (2010–2014)
NBA draft
2014: 1st round, 24th overall pick
Selected by the Charlotte Hornets
Playing career
2014–present
Career history
2014–2015
Miami Heat
2014–2015
→Sioux Falls Skyforce
2015–2016
Orlando Magic
2016–2018
Portland Trail Blazers
2018–2019
Brooklyn Nets
2019–2020
Minnesota Timberwolves
2020
Washington Wizards
2021–2022
Zenit Saint Petersburg
2022–2023
Capitanes de Ciudad de México
2023
Olimpia Milano
2023
Crvena zvezda
2023–present
Olimpia Milano
Career highlights and awards
Italian League champion (2023)
2× NCAA champion (2011, 2014)
NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (2014)
Consensus first-team All-American (2014)
Bob Cousy Award (2014)
AAC Player of the Year (2014)
First-team All-AAC (2014)
First-team All-Big East (2013)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Shabazz Bozie Napier (born July 14, 1991) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague.
He was drafted 24th overall by the Charlotte Hornets in the 2014 NBA draft and immediately traded to the Miami Heat. He played college basketball for the Connecticut Huskies, and won two national championships in 2011 and 2014. Napier was a key player for the Huskies' 2010–11 NCAA championship team, as he made the Big East All Rookie team.[2] Following his junior season, Napier was selected to the All-Big East first team.[3]
In the 2013–14 season, Napier was unanimously selected for the All-AAC first team, and was named the inaugural American Athletic Conference Player of the Year.[4] He was again one of UConn's key players when they won the NCAA tournament for a second time in four years in 2014 and was named as the tournament's most outstanding player.[5]
^"Shabazz Bozie NAPPIER". FIBA AmeriCup 2022 Qualifiers - FIBA.basketball. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
^Shabazz Napier's triple-double helps UConn rally to beat Coppin State
^Duffy, Kevin. "Napier named All-Big East First Team, Calhoun on All-Rookie Team - UConn Basketball". Connecticut News. Connecticut Post. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
^"Shabazz Napier's triple-double lifts No. 19 UConn over Yale". ESPN.com. November 11, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
^"UConn's Napier named most outstanding player of Final Four". Fox News. Associated Press. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
Shabazz Bozie Napier (born July 14, 1991) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA)...
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second-round pick, and cash considerations Miami acquired the draft rights to ShabazzNapier February 10, 2015: Charlotte Hornets to Minnesota Timberwolves Minnesota...
acquired UConn Husky ShabazzNapier, Dwight Powell from Stanford, and Semaj Christon from Xavier in the second round. They later traded Napier to the Heat for...
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UConn Husky ShabazzNapier (24th overall pick), Dwight Powell from Stanford, and Semaj Christon from Xavier in the second round. Napier would later be...
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