Iman Shumpert

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Basketball player
Iman Shumpert
Iman Shumpert 2015.jpg
Player information
Full name Iman Asante Shumpert
birthday 26th June 1990 (age 30)
place of birth Oak Park , Illinois , United States
size 196 cm
Weight 98 kg
position Shooting Guard
college Georgia Tech
NBA draft 2011 , 17th Pick, New York Knicks
Clubs as active
2011-2015 United StatesUnited States New York Knicks
2015-2018 United StatesUnited States Cleveland Cavaliers
2018-2019 United StatesUnited States Sacramento Kings
2018-2019 United StatesUnited States Houston Rockets
2019 United StatesUnited States Brooklyn Nets

Iman Asante Shumpert (born June 26, 1990 in Oak Park , Illinois ) is an American basketball player who was last active for the Brooklyn Nets in the NBA . In 2016 he won the NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers .

college

On October 18, 2007, he played for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets for the first time . In the 2009/10 season he had to undergo surgery on his right knee and missed six games as a result. His defense and athleticism impressed the Scouts , so Shumpert decided to sign up for the 2011 NBA Draft .

NBA career

Shumpert was selected 17th in the NBA draft by the New York Knicks in the 2011 draft .

2011–2014: New York Knicks

Shumpert in the Knicks jersey

Iman Shumpert came at the beginning of his debut season after injuries to Amar'e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony used and in the starting five . He ended the 2011/12 season with a points average of 9.5 points per game. His career best of 25 points he achieved on March 28, 2012 in the game against Orlando Magic and a second time just two days later against the Atlanta Hawks .

In the first game of the first playoff series on April 29 against Miami Heat , Shumpert injured his left knee and tore the cruciate ligament for the remainder of the season. Shumpert also missed the first 30 games of his second season. He made his season debut 2012/13 on January 17, 2013 in the game against the Detroit Pistons at the O2 Arena in London . During the game, he made eight points, a steal, three rebounds, and an assist.

Shumpert stayed with the Knicks until the middle of the 2014/15 season. In most of the games for the Knicks, he was in the starting five.

2015-2018: Cleveland Cavaliers

In January 2015, Shumpert was transferred from the Knicks to the Cleveland Cavaliers . There he will help LeBron James to stabilize the Cavaliers defense. At the side of James, he won the NBA championship the following season (2015/16). In Cleveland, however, Shumpert could not build on his values ​​from New York times and mostly came from the bank.

2018/19: Sacramento Kings and Houston Rockets

In February 2018, Shumpert was transferred to the Sacramento Kings in a three-team deal . There he started in 40 of his 42 games and came back to values ​​that he had achieved in New York at the Knicks. Nevertheless, in the course of the season, he moved to Houston to join the Rockets around James Harden . There Shumpert played 20 games, but only one of them was allowed to play as a member of the starting five. At the end of the season, Shumpert and the Rockets parted ways.

2019/20: Brooklyn Nets

At the beginning of the 2019/20 season, the Brooklyn Nets signed Shumpert to replace Wilson Chandler after a few game days . After a positive doping test, he was banned for 25 games and placed on the suspended list. The vacant position in the squad was filled with Shumpert, who signed the minimum. In addition to the failure of Chandler, Shumpert should help to replace the long-term missing Caris LeVert (thumb injury).

music

In addition to his career as a basketball player, Shumpert also tried his hand at rapper . Under the pseudonym “2wo 1ne” he published his debut mixtape Th3 # Post90s on December 21, 2012, while he was down due to a cruciate ligament injury . Under his real name (partly in the spelling iMan Shumpert) he released the EP s Substance Abuse and Back 2 Work , as well as the mixtape Shumpman: The MD in the following years .

Achievements and Awards

NBA statistics

Legend
  GP Matches played ( Games Played )   GS  Games from the beginning ( Games started )  MPG  Graduated minutes per game ( Minutes per game )
 FG%  Throw rate from the field ( field goal percentage )  3P%  Throwing quota three-point throws ( 3-point field-goal percentage )  FT%  Free throw rate ( free-throw percentage )
 RPG  Rebounds per game ( rebounds per game )  APG  Assists per game ( assists per game )  SPG  Steals per game ( steals per game )
 BPG  Blocks per game ( blocks per game )  PPG  Points per game ( points per game )    
  NBA championship   Season best per player  FAT  Career record

Regular season

season 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
2014–15 Cleveland 38 1 24.2 .410 .338 .667 3.8 1.5 1.3 .3 7.2
2015–16 Cleveland 54 5 24.4 .374 .295 .500 3.8 1.7 1.0 .4 5.8
2016–17 Cleveland 76 31 25.5 .411 .360 .789 2.9 1.4 .8th .4 7.5
2017-18 Cleveland 14th 6th 19.7 .379 .269 .733 2.9 1.2 .6 .3 4.4
2018–19 Sacramento 42 40 26.2 .382 .366 .829 3.1 2.2 1.1 .5 8.9
2018–19 Houston 20th 1 19.1 .347 .296 .500 2.7 1.1 .6 .2 4.5
total 446 246 25.1 .393 .340 .766 3.4 1.9 1.1 .3 7.3

Playoffs

season team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2011-12 new York 1 1 19.0 .000 .000 .000 1.0 .0 1.0 .0 .0
2012–13 new York 12 12 28.1 .410 .429 .857 6.0 1.3 1.1 .3 9.3
2014–15 Cleveland 20th 16 34.8 .360 .355 .750 4.9 1.2 1.3 .8th 9.1
2015–16 Cleveland 21st 0 17.5 .417 .382 .636 2.2 0.8 0.5 .1 3.3
2016–17 Cleveland 17th 0 16.2 .417 .385 .824 2.8 .9 .6 .2 4.4
2018–19 Houston 8th 0 13.6 .385 .364 .250 1.5 .3 .1 .0 3.6
total 79 29 22.8 .388 .376 .744 3.5 .9 .8th .3 5.9

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Web links

Commons : Iman Shumpert  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Iman Shumpert College Info (English) ( Memento from May 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  2. Iman Shumpert Draft Prospect (English)
  3. Iman Shumpert Info Page (English)
  4. Iman Shumpert Game Log (English)
  5. ↑ End of season for Shumpert
  6. http://ballislife.com : Iman Shumpert aka 2wo 1ne releases mixtape “Th3 # Post90s”. December 21, 2012, accessed February 27, 2019 .
  7. Iman Shumpert Stats