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Iman Shumpert

イマン・シャンパート　/　いまん・しゃんぱーと

American basketball player

June 26, 1990 (age 35)　・　Oak Park, Illinois, United States

Illinois
basketball player

My Take

I read Iman Shumpert as a genuine multi-hyphenate. A 196 cm guard who brought defensive grit to the Knicks and won a ring with the 2015-16 Cavaliers, he refused to be defined by basketball alone, later conquering competitive dance and dabbling seriously in music. There is something fitting in his coming from Oak Park, Illinois, a culturally rich town that also produced Hemingway. I'm always drawn to people who treat a single job title as a starting point rather than a cage, and Shumpert's willingness to keep reinventing his lane is exactly the kind of restlessness I find compelling.

Overview

Iman Asante Shumpert ( ee-MAHN; born June 26, 1990) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and was selected by the New York Knicks with the 17th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. Shumpert was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2015 and won an NBA championship with them in 2016.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Iman Shumpert
Name (Japanese): イマン・シャンパート
Reading: いまん・しゃんぱーと
Born: June 26, 1990 (age 35)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Horse
Origin: Oak Park, Illinois, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 196 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: basketball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Oak Park and River Forest High School
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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