Shavon Shields

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Basketball player
Shavon Shields
Shavon Shields.jpg
Player information
birthday June 5, 1994 (26 years and 88 days)
place of birth Overland Park , United States
size 201 cm
position wing
college Univ. of Nebraska
Club information
society Olimpia Milan
league Series A
Jersey number 31
Clubs as active
2016-2017 GermanyGermany Skyliners Frankfurt
2017-2018 ItalyItaly Dolomiti Energia Trentino
2018-2020 SpainSpain Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz
since 2020 ItalyItaly Olimpia Milan

Shavon Shields (born June 5,  1994 in Overland Park ) is an American - Danish basketball player .

career

Shields is the son of former American football professional Will Shields and a Danish mother who went to study at the University of Nebraska in the United States, where she met her future husband. He played basketball at Olathe Northwest High School in the US state of Kansas . For a time he was there team-mate of Willie Cauley-Stein , who lived as a guest son with the Shields family.

From 2012 to 2016 he graduated from the University of Nebraska with a degree in biology and played for the college's basketball team. He played 121 games for Nebraska and came up with averages of 13.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. He achieved his best point values ​​in 2015/16 with 16.8 per game. With a total of 1630 points, Shields was shared fifth on the university team's all-time basketball list when he left it in 2016.

Shield's first stop as a professional basketball player was the basketball Bundesliga in Germany . He was under contract with the Skyliners Frankfurt in the 2016/17 season . With 14.0 points per encounter he was the second best scorer in Frankfurt this season and with 5.3 rebounds per use, he was also the second best rebounder within the team. In April 2017, the Frankfurt Shields initially loaned it to the Italian first division club Dolomiti Energia Trentino before the winger was signed by the Italians for the 2017/18 season. In the main round of the 2017/18 season he got 13.1 points and 3.7 rebounds per game, in the play-offs he increased to 16.8 points and 3.9 rebounds. He also competed with Trento in the European club competition Eurocup.

During the summer break of 2018, Shields signed a contract with Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz from the Spanish ACB league . With that he made the leap into the EuroLeague . In 2019 he became Spanish runner-up with the team and champion in 2020. In both game years he scored around 11 points per game. In July 2020 he moved to Olimpia Milan .

National team

Shields, who says he speaks little Danish but understands the language well, was a member of Denmark's U20 national team and won the Nordic championship with it. He was later appointed to the men's national team.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Shavon Shields, Baskonia: 'I always gravitated towards basketball'. Retrieved June 24, 2019 .
  2. ^ Jesse Newell: How The Star snubbed All-American Willie Cauley-Stein during high school. Retrieved June 24, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Shavon Shields College Stats. Retrieved June 24, 2019 .
  4. ↑ https://www.nmnathletics.com/pdf9/5315509.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=100
  5. ↑ 426 FRA. Retrieved June 24, 2019 .
  6. ↑ BBL: The Frankfurt Skyliners lend Shavon Shields to Italy - sportal.de. Retrieved June 24, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Shields leaves Skyliners. July 5, 2017, accessed June 24, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Legabasket Series A - Shavon Shields. Retrieved June 24, 2019 .
  9. ↑ a b SHIELDS, SHAVON - Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. Retrieved June 24, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Other Mateos: Baskonia presenta a Shavon Shields y confirma la búsqueda de un último fichaje. In: Gasteiz Hoy. August 22, 2018, accessed June 24, 2019 (Spanish).
  11. ↑ http://www.acb.com/jugador/trayectoria-logros/id/20212961
  12. ↑ https://www.euroleague.net/news/i/apt9wm9jllt7jabv/milan-tabs-small-forward-shields
  13. ↑ Boba Keseric: Shavon Shields taler om sin barndom, NCAA, Europe and ikke at least sine danske rødder | Fullcourt.dk. In: Fullcourt. September 20, 2018, accessed on June 24, 2019 (dK).
  14. ↑ NBA-emne vælger det danske landshold Fremd for USA - TV August 2 , 2018, accessed on June 24, 2019 (da-DK).
  15. ↑ Shields med på landsholdet - Nyheder - Landshold - DBBF. Retrieved June 24, 2019 .


personal data
SURNAME Shields, Shavon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American-Danish basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH 5th June 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Overland Park