Shabazz Muhammad
.JPG)
Shabazz Muhammad in 2014
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| No. 15 – Minnesota Timberwolves | |
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| Position | Small forward / Shooting guard |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
November 13, 1992 Long Beach, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 223 lb (101 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| College | UCLA (2012–2013) |
| NBA draft | 2013 / Round: 1 / Pick: 14th overall |
| Selected by the Utah Jazz | |
| Playing career | 2013–present |
| Career history | |
| 2013–present | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 2014 | →Iowa Energy |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
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 .
Muhammad was born in Long Beach, California to Ron Holmes and Faye Muhammad. Ron 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 played under the names Ronald Muhammad, Ron Shabazz and Rashad Muhammad but settled on Ron Holmes after never finishing his religious conversion to Islam. Muhammads mother Faye was a point guard and track star at Long Beach State.
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