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Shabazz Muhammad
Shabazz Muhammad in 2014
No. 15 – Minnesota Timberwolves
PositionShooting guard / Small forward
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (1992-11-13) November 13, 1992 (age 31)
Long Beach, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight223 lb (101 kg)
Career information
High schoolBishop Gorman
(Las Vegas, Nevada)
CollegeUCLA (2012–2013)
NBA draft2013: 1st round, 14th overall pick
Selected by the Utah Jazz
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2013–presentMinnesota Timberwolves
2014→Iowa Energy (D-League)
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference

Shabazz Nagee Muhammad (born November 13, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected in the first round with the 14th overall pick of the 2013 NBA draft after playing one season of college basketball for the UCLA Bruins.

Muhammad went to Bishop Gorman High School, where he was named Mr. Basketball USA and Naismith Prep Player of the Year in his senior year. He was one of the top rated college basketball recruits in the class of 2012. In his only season with UCLA, he earned All-American honors and was named to the all-conference first team in the Pac-12; he also voted Pac-12 co-Freshman of the Year .

Early life

Muhammad was born in Long Beach, California to Ron Holmes and Faye Muhammad. Holmes was a 6-foot-5-inch (1.96 m) standout, four-year starting point guard for the USC Trojans men's basketball program in the 1980s. He went by names including Ronald Muhammad, Ron Shabazz and Rashad Muhammad, but settled on Ron Holmes after never finishing his religious conversion. His wife, Faye, was a point guard and track star at Long Beach State.[1][2]

Muhammad was the second of three children. His older sister Asia became a professional tennis player, and younger brother Rashad played basketball in high school.[1][3][4] When Muhammad was six years old, he was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome.[5]

High school career

Muhammad attended high school in Las Vegas Valley in Nevada at Bishop Gorman High School, a Catholic high school with a $12,000 annual tuition that possessed a competitive athletics program. He became one of the few freshman to make their varsity basketball team.[1] In his junior year, Muhammad led Bishop Gorman averaging 25.1 points and 7.7 rebounds for the season.[6] Muhammad was also named the 2011 Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Nevada.

Muhammad was the 2011–12 high school diary keeper for SLAM Magazine.[7]

Muhammad played in the 2012 McDonald's All-American game, where he led the West team to a 106-102 victory over the East team, and was named the MVP of the game with 21 points and 6 rebounds. Muhammad also participated in and won the 2012 Powerade Jam Fest Dunk Contest.[8] He was rated as the No. 2 player in the class of 2012 in the ESPNU 100,[9] the No. 2 player by Scout.com,[10] and the No. 1 player by Rivals.com.[11] CBS college basketball analyst Greg Anthony called Muhammad a "once-in-a-generation talent."[12]

College career

Muhammad with UCLA in 2012.

Boasting scholarship offers from scores of basketball programs, Muhammad's final list of schools was Duke, Kentucky, and UCLA. On April 11, 2012, Muhammad announced he would attend UCLA.[13][14] Muhammad was declared ineligible to play hours prior to UCLA's 2012–13 season opener against Indiana State due to alleged violations involving the NCAA's amateurism rules surrounding unofficial university visits.[15] The NCAA ruled he had received benefits for travel expenses and lodging from family friend Benjamin Lincoln, who had befriended Muhammad's father when Muhammad was in seventh grade, during unofficial visits to Duke and North Carolina.[16] After missing three games and an appeal by UCLA, he was reinstated, and his family was required to repay approximately $1,600.[17] Days before his reinstatement, several media outlets reported the boyfriend of the NCAA’s lead investigator boasted publicly that the NCAA would find him ineligible eight days after the investigation commenced.[18] The NCAA subsequently fired the investigator that was involved in the case.[19]

Muhammad scored 15 points off the bench in his debut in a 78–70 loss to Georgetown in the semifinals of the Legends Classic.[20] He became a starter in the next game against Georgia, and he scored a game-high 21 points in a 60–56 win in the Classic's consolation game.[21] Muhammad would then get a college-high 27 points, including a game-winning three pointer, in a 97-95 overtime victory against No. 7 Missouri.[22] He scored a game-high 23 points in an 84–73 road win over No. 6 Arizona.[23]

Muhammad received national recognition, earning second-team All-American honors from Sporting News and a Freshman All-American selection by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).[24] He was also named to the All-Pac-12 first team, and was voted the Pac-12 co-Freshman of the Year along with Jahii Carson of Arizona State.[25] Muhammad finished the season averaging 17.9 points, 5.2 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 0.7 steals, and 0.1 blocks per game. He shot 44.3% from the floor and made 71.1% of his free throws.[26] While his scoring ability was unquestionable, he was not the flashy offensive player that was expected upon his signing. Muhammad struggled in the postseason, shooting 39.7 percent (23-for-58) and averaging 15.3 points in four games. He was 0-for-10 on three-point field goals.[27] During the season, he focused on shooting and rarely passed the ball.[27][28] He was also a weak defensive player, though he did show improvement.[27]

College statistics

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 UCLA 32 30 30.8 .443 .377 .711 5.2 0.8 0.7 0.1 17.9

Professional career

Minnesota Timberwolves (2013–present)

On April 16, 2013, Muhammad declared he would enter the 2013 NBA draft.[29] While he began his college career projected as a top-three draft pick, his stock fell to being viewed as a back-end lottery pick.[27] Muhammad was drafted 14th overall by the Utah Jazz; afterwards, his draft rights were traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves along with the 21st pick, Gorgui Dieng, in exchange for the ninth pick, Trey Burke.[30][31] On January 5, 2014, he was assigned to the Iowa Energy of the NBA Development League.[32] In four games with Iowa, he averaged 24.5 points, shot 57.1% from the field, and had 9.8 rebounds per game. He played in the D-League Showcase, and was named to the All-Showcase Team.[33]

On January 13, he was recalled by the Timberwolves.[33] On February 8, with three teammates out injured, Muhammad scored 12 points in a 117–110 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers.[34] After playing sparingly for the Wolves most of the season, it was his first game playing over 10 minutes.[28][35] On February 25, Muhammad played a season-high 24 minutes and scored a season-high 20 points in a 110-101 win over the Phoenix Suns; he scored 10 points while playing the entire fourth quarter, when he also had five of his six rebounds.[28] On April 5, he sprained the medial collateral ligament (MCL) of his right knee against the Miami Heat, which forced him to miss the remainder of the season. He averaged 3.9 points per game for the season.[36]

During the offseason, Muhammad lost weight and tuned his offensive game, and he enjoyed an improved season in 2014–15 before suffering injuries.[37] On December 30, 2014, Muhammad scored a career-high 30 points in a 100–94 loss to Utah.[38] On January 9, 2015, he missed the fourth quarter against the Milwaukee Bucks after suffering a strained external oblique.[39] The injury sidelined him for weeks after he had been performing well, averaging 16.9 points and 4.9 rebounds over his previous 20 games.[40] Muhammad was selected to participate in the Rising Stars Challenge during the 2015 NBA All-Star Weekend.[41] On February 21, 2015, he was ruled out for the rest of the season after requiring surgery for a torn ligament in his middle finger.[42]

On October 21, 2015, Minnesota exercised his fourth-year team option for the 2016–2017 season.[43]

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
2013–14 Minnesota 37 0 7.8 .460 .273 .650 1.4 .2 .2 .0 3.9
2014–15 Minnesota 38 13 22.8 .489 .392 .717 4.1 1.2 .5 .2 13.5
Career 75 13 15.4 .482 .371 .703 2.8 .7 .3 .1 8.7

Personal life

Muhammad's uncle, Stephone Paige, played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with 377 career receptions. His aunt, Robin Paige, was a four-year starter for Cal State Fullerton.[2]

On March 22, 2013, it was revealed in a report from the Los Angeles Times that Muhammad was actually born exactly one year earlier than his thought-to-be birthday of November 13, 1993.[44] A copy of his birth certificate on file with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health shows that he was born at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center exactly one year earlier, which made him 20 years old at the time. Los Angeles Times assumes that this was to make Muhammed look better "competing against younger, smaller athletes, particularly in the fast-growing years of early adolescence", and compared the case to that of baseball's Danny Almonte.[45] While Muhammad's father said the younger age in UCLA's media guide was "a mistake", numerous sources online show that Muhammad had been passing himself off as younger for years.[45][46]

On August 7, 2013, Muhammad was sent home from the NBA's rookie transition program due to a rules violation.[47]

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Awards/Honors

High school

Muhammad with Bishop Gorman High School in 2011.

College

NBA

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