Shane Edwards (basketball)

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Shane Edwards
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Edwards during his stint with the Alaska Aces
Personal information
Born (1987-05-31) May 31, 1987 (age 36)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school Mountain Pointe
(Phoenix, Arizona)
College
NBA draft 2009: undrafted
Playing career2009–2019
Position Small forward
Career history
2009–2011 Albuquerque/New Mexico Thunderbirds
2011 Tezenis Verona
2012 Canton Charge
2012–2013 Cairns Taipans
2013–2014 Canton Charge
2014 Cleveland Cavaliers
2014–2015 Sundsvall Dragons
2015–2016 BG Göttingen
2016 Alaska Aces
2017 Delaware 87ers
2017 Nauticos de Mazatlán
2018 CLS Knights Indonesia
2018–2019 Kawasaki Brave Thunders
Career highlights and awards
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com

Shane Edwards (born May 31, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Northeastern JC and Little Rock.

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College career

Edwards attended Mountain Pointe High School in Phoenix, Arizona, where he starred at basketball. [1] Following his graduation he played junior college basketball at the Northeastern Junior College before moving to University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where he graduated in 2009. [2]

Professional career

2009–10 season

Edwards went undrafted in the 2009 NBA draft. On November 1, 2009, he was acquired by the Albuquerque Thunderbirds. On November 26, 2009, he was waived by the Thunderbirds. [3] On December 16, 2009, he was re-acquired by the Thunderbirds. [4]

2010–11 season

In July 2010, Edwards joined the Denver Nuggets for the 2010 NBA Summer League. On September 24, 2010, he signed with the Nuggets. [5] However, he was later waived by the Nuggets on October 11, 2010. [6]

On October 31, 2010, he was acquired by the New Mexico Thunderbirds. [7] On February 3, 2011, he was named to the West All-Star roster for the 2011 NBA D-League All-Star Game. [8]

2011–12 season

In July 2011, Edwards signed with Tezenis Verona of the Italian Legadue Basket for the 2011–12 season. [9] In December 2011, he left Verona after just nine games. On March 6, 2012, he was acquired by the Canton Charge. On April 2, 2012, he was waived by the Charge due to injury. [10]

2012–13 season

On August 26, 2012, Edwards signed with Cairns Taipans for the 2012–13 NBL season. [11]

2013–14 season

In November 2013, Edwards was re-acquired by the Canton Charge. [12] On March 12, 2014, he signed a 10-day contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers. [13] On March 21, 2014, he was released by the Cavaliers, [14] and was immediately re-acquired by the Charge. [15]

2014–15 season

In July 2014, Edwards joined the Cleveland Cavaliers for the 2014 NBA Summer League. [16] On September 28, 2014, he signed with Cavaliers. [17] However, he was later waived by the Cavaliers on October 25, 2014. [18]

On November 20, 2014, he signed with Sundsvall Dragons of Sweden for the rest of the 2014–15 season. [19]

2015–16 season

On August 21, 2015, Edwards signed a one-year deal with BG Göttingen of the Basketball Bundesliga. [20] On January 11, 2016, he parted ways with Göttingen after averaging 11.7 points per game. [21]

On February 20, 2016, he signed with the Alaska Aces of the Philippine Basketball Association as a temporary replacement import for the injured Robert Dozier. [22] [23]

2016–17 season

On March 15, 2017, Edwards was acquired by the Delaware 87ers of the NBA Development League. [24] After a short stint, he was released and acquired by the Nauticos de Mazatlán of the Mexican CIBACOPA. [25]

2017–18 season

In January 2018, Edwards signed with the CLS Knights Indonesia of the ASEAN Basketball League. [26]

In March 2018, he signed with the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association as a temporary import for the 2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup. [27] However, he was released in April 2018 before appearing in a regular season game. [28]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2013–14 Cleveland 206.0.333.000.0001.0.0.0.01.0
Career206.0.333.000.0001.0.0.0.01.0

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