Shabazz Napier

Shabazz Napier
	Napier with the Portland Trail Blazers in 2018
No. 13 – Partizan Mozzart Bet
Position	Point guard
League	ABA League; EuroLeague
Personal information
Born	July 14, 1991 (age 32); Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality	Puerto Rican
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
2023–2024	Olimpia Milano
2024-	Partizan
Career highlights and awards
	2× LBA champion (2023, 2024); 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 Partizan Mozzart Bet of the Basketball League of Serba(BLS), ABA League 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.

[1] "Shabazz Bozie NAPPIER". FIBA AmeriCup 2022 Qualifiers - FIBA.basketball. Retrieved January 27, 2024.

[DBL-2] Shabazz Napier's triple-double helps UConn rally to beat Coppin State

[bigeast-3] Duffy, Kevin. "Napier named All-Big East First Team, Calhoun on All-Rookie Team - UConn Basketball". Connecticut News. Connecticut Post. Retrieved June 29, 2014.

[lifts-4] "Shabazz Napier's triple-double lifts No. 19 UConn over Yale". ESPN.com. November 11, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2014.

[5] "UConn's Napier named most outstanding player of Final Four". Fox News. Associated Press. Retrieved June 29, 2014.

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