Shane Courtney Battier Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Shane Courtney Battier (born September 9, 1978) is a retired American professional basketball player who last played for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has also been a member of the U.S. national team.Battier was born and raised in Birmingham, Michigan, and attended Detroit Country Day School in nearby Beverly Hills, where he won many awards including the 1997 Mr. Basketball award. He went on to play four years of college basketball at Duke, where he captured the 2001 National Championship and swept the major National Player of the Year awards. Battier was selected with the sixth overall pick of the 2001 NBA Draft by the Vancouver Grizzlies (who soon became the Memphis Grizzlies). He was traded five years later to the Houston Rockets, and was then traded back to the Memphis Grizzlies during the 2010–2011 NBA season. He signed with the Miami Heat in 2011. His number has been retired by both Detroit Country Day School and Duke University. He has been recognized for his aggressive defense and has "routinely guarded the league's most dangerous offensive players". He is the only basketball player to have ever won both the Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award (1997) and the Naismith College Player of the Year (2001). Battier won two NBA championships with the Miami Heat in 2012 and 2013.
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Awards
Twyman–Stokes Teammate of the Year Award, NBA All-Defensive Team, Naismith Men's College Player of the Year, John R. Wooden Award, NBA All-Rookie Team, NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player, Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year, Associated Press College Basket...
Nominations
Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award
Star Sign
Virgo
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Fact
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College basketball analyst for ESPN, 2014-present.
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Professional basketball player with the Memphis Grizzlies (2001-27 June 2006; 24 February 2011-8 December 2011), Houston Rockets (28 June 2006-23 February 2011), and Miami Heat (9 December 2011-2014).
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Son, Zeke Edward Battier, was born on June 2, 2008.
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mike & Mike
2012-2015
TV Series
Himself - ESPN College Basketball Analyst / Himself - Miami Heat Forward / Himself - Miami Heat / ...
60 Minutes Sports
2014
TV Series documentary
Himself - Player, Miami Heat (segment "Numbers Men")
Kai Jiang La
2014
TV Series
Himself
Starting at the Finish Line: The Coach Buehler Story