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My Take
Shane Battier is my kind of basketball player, the guy who wins everywhere without ever needing to be the headline. Champion at Duke, an NBA title contributor across thirteen years, and a medalist with the U.S. national team, he stacked rings at every level. The 2001 Wooden Award and that 2014 Teammate of the Year honor tell the whole story to me, brains and selflessness over raw flash. At 203 cm he could have chased stats, but he built a reputation on smart defense and locker-room value. I find that quieter brand of greatness genuinely admirable.
Overview
Shane Courtney Battier ( BAT-ee-ay; born September 9, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. Battier is best known for his four years playing basketball at Duke, his 13 years playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and his participation on the U.S. national team. His teams won championships at the college, professional, and international levels.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Shane Battier
- Name (Japanese)
- シェーン・バティエ
- Reading
- しぇーん・ばてぃえ
- Born
- September 9, 1978 (age 47)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Horse
- Origin
- Birmingham, Michigan, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 203 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Duke University
Awards & achievements
- 2001 John R. Wooden Award
- 2002 NBA All-Rookie Team
- 2014 Twyman–Stokes Teammate of the Year Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.