Iman Shumpert

Iman Shumpert

Shumpert with the Knicks
No. 4 – Cleveland Cavaliers
Position	Point guard / Shooting guard / Small forward
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	(1990-06-26) June 26, 1990 Oak Park, Illinois
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Oak Park and River Forest (Oak Park, Illinois)
College	Georgia Tech (2008–2011)
NBA draft	2011: 1st round, 17th overall pick
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career	2011–present
Career history
2011–2015	New York Knicks
2015–present	Cleveland Cavaliers
Career highlights and awards
NBA All-Rookie First Team (2012) Second team All-ACC (2011) ACC All-Defensive Team (2011) ACC All-Freshman Team (2009) McDonald's All-American (2008)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Iman Asante Shumpert (born June 26, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Knicks with the 17th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft.

Early life

In eighth grade, Shumpert and fellow NBA player Evan Turner were teammates on the same basketball team at Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School in Oak Park, Illinois. He went on to attend Oak Park and River Forest High School where he was a first team all-state player and was one of the nation's top 30 seniors. He helped Oak Park and River Forest to three conference titles and was named conference MVP as a junior and senior. He was rated No. 15 among the nation's senior players by Scout.com and No. 26 by Rivals.com. He was also selected to play in the 2008 McDonald's All-American Game.

College career

As a freshman for Georgia Tech in 2008–09, Shumpert was the team's fourth-leading scorer for the season, averaging 10.5 points per game and hitting 34.5 percent of his three-point attempts. During the 2009–10 season, Shumpert underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair a damaged meniscus in his right knee on December 3, and missed six games. He went on to finish the season as the team's third-leading scorer with 10.0 points per game.

In the 2010–11 season, Shumpert led his team in scoring (17.3 ppg), rebounding and assists, becoming only the seventh player in ACC history to do so. He ranked fourth in the ACC in scoring, 15th in rebounds, 10th in field goal and free throw percentage, and first in steals (seventh in the nation). He was named to the All-ACC second team and was a member of the conference's all-defensive team.

On March 28, 2011, Shumpert declared for the NBA draft, foregoing his final year of college eligibility.

Professional career

New York Knicks (2011–2015)

Shumpert was drafted with the 17th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the New York Knicks. In February 2012, then teammate Jared Jeffries said that "he’s about as good an on-ball defender as there is in the league right now". Shumpert was selected to participate in the 2012 NBA All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest but was unable to due to a knee injury.

On April 28, 2012, during a first round playoff game against the Miami Heat, Shumpert suffered a knee injury while dribbling in midcourt and was immediately helped off the court. An MRI later revealed that Shumpert tore the ACL and meniscus in his left knee and would miss the rest of the season.

Shumpert finished 5th in the 2012 NBA Rookie of the Year voting. He received 33 total votes and one first-place vote from a ballot that was filled out by 120 writers and broadcasters from across the country. He was also the only rookie to receive votes for the Defensive Player of the Year award.

On January 13, 2013, Shumpert was medically cleared to participate in team practice. He made his season debut on January 17 in a game against the Detroit Pistons at The O2 Arena in London. He went on to record 8 points, 3 rebounds, one assist, one steal and one block.

In July 2013, Shumpert played one summer league game for the Knicks, recording 2 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in a 72-77 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans.

On December 12, 2014, Shumpert dislocated his left shoulder in the second quarter of the Knicks' 101-95 win over the Boston Celtics and was subsequently ruled out for three weeks.

Cleveland Cavaliers (2015–present)

On January 5, 2015, Shumpert was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers from the Knicks in a three-team trade that also involved the Oklahoma City Thunder.

NBA career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2011–12	New York	59	35	28.9	.401	.306	.798	3.2	2.8	1.7	.1	9.5
2012–13	New York	45	45	22.1	.396	.402	.766	3.0	1.7	1.0	.2	6.8
2013–14	New York	74	58	26.5	.378	.333	.746	4.2	1.7	1.2	.2	6.7
2014–15	New York	24	24	26.0	.409	.348	.676	3.4	3.3	1.3	.1	9.3
Career		202	162	26.2	.394	.343	.761	3.5	2.2	1.3	.2	7.9

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2012	New York	1	1	19.0	.000	.000	.000	1.0	.0	1.0	.0	.0
2013	New York	12	12	28.1	.410	.429	.857	6.0	1.3	1.1	.3	9.3
Career		13	13	27.4	.402	.419	.857	5.6	1.2	1.1	.2	8.6

Personal

Shumpert's father, Odis, is an insurance broker while his mother, L'Tanya, is an adjunct professor of art and design at Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois. During the 2012–13 NBA season, Shumpert's high-top fade haircut attracted publicity. He shaved the fade in October 2013.

Outside of basketball, Shumpert has dabbled in rap music. In 2012, he released the song "Knicks Anthem" and the mixtape Th3 #Post90s. In 2013, he released the song "Dear Kendrick" in response to Kendrick Lamar's verse in the song "Control" by Big Sean ft. Kendrick Lamar & Jay Electronica. The music video for his single "Chiraq" garnered media attention over the eccentric visuals.

External links

• Career statistics from NBA.com and Basketball Reference
• Georgia Tech bio
• Rivals.com Profile