Shane Battier has an estimated net worth of $35 million
Shane Battier is an American professional basketball player with an estimated net worth of $35 million. Battier is currently an small/power forward for the Miami Heat. He is 6’8″ and weighs 220 pounds. Shane Courtney Battier was born on September 9, 1978 in Birmingham, Michigan. The son of mixed-race parents, Battier experienced the stereotypes heaped on both white and black children. He attended Detroit Country Day School where he named the Naismith Prep Player of the Year in 1997 and finished with a grade point average of 3.96 – on his way to being named the Outstanding Student of the Year at his school. His basketball skills and academic prowess made him a natural recruit for Duke University, where he accepted an offer to attend in 1997.
Battier played for four years under iconic Duke Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski and enjoyed one of the most storied college careers in recent history. He led the Blue Devils to two Final Fours and a 2001 NCAA Championship. He would be named a three-time NABC Defensive Player of the Year and was a two-time Academic All-American and the 2001 Academic All-American of the year. After playing out his college career, Battier entered the 2001 NBA Draft and was selected with the sixth pick by the Vancouver Grizzlies, although the team moved to Memphis that same year. Battier’s lean physique made him undersized to play the power positions, but his sense of spacing, hustle and understanding of the game made him a “defensive stopper” often put on the best opposing offensive player whether that player was a guard or forward.
Battier played five productive seasons with the Grizzlies before being traded to the Houston Rockets in 2006, where he also played half a decade before returning for a one-year spell with the Grizzlies in 2010. Although his career seemed to be winding to a close, he was given fresh air when he signed with the high-profile Miami Heat in 2011. His contribution as a savvy defender and lethal three point shooter proved to be critical to the team as it went on to win consecutive NBA Titles in 2012 and 2013, including career-defining Game 7 performance in the 2013 NBA Finals where he shot 6 for 8 from 3-point range. Battier married his high school sweetheart with which he has two children.
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