Shaedon Sharpe was born on May 30,2003 and is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association.
16 Facts About Shaedon Sharpe
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Shaedon Sharpe was a consensus five-star recruit and considered the consensus top player in his class at Dream City Christian School in Glendale, Arizona before reclassifying.
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Shaedon Sharpe was selected seventh overall in the 2022 NBA draft.
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Shaedon Sharpe moved to Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel Aire, Kansas, where he had a limited production as a sophomore.
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Shaedon Sharpe averaged 21.4 points and six rebounds per game in the Grind Session.
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Shaedon Sharpe competed for UPLAY Canada on the Amateur Athletic Union circuit, with whom he was mentored by Dwayne Washington.
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Shaedon Sharpe was a consensus five-star recruit and was previously the consensus number one player in the 2022 class before reclassifying.
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Shaedon Sharpe was unranked by major recruiting services early in his high school career and became one of the top players in his class in about one year, in part due to his success at the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League in 2021.
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Shaedon Sharpe was the first number one recruit to commit to the program since Nerlens Noel in 2012.
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Shaedon Sharpe was selected with the seventh overall pick in the 2022 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers.
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Shaedon Sharpe joined the 6th overall pick, Bennedict Mathurin, as the only Canadians drafted in the first round that year.
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On July 8,2022, in his NBA Summer League debut, Shaedon Sharpe suffered a shoulder injury after under six minutes of play.
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An MRI later revealed a small labral tear in his left shoulder, and Shaedon Sharpe was unable to play for the rest of the Summer League.
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On March 29,2023, in a loss against the Sacramento Kings, Shaedon Sharpe had 30 points along with 7 rebounds and 7 assists, and joined LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Luka Doncic as the only teenagers to ever achieve such numbers in a game.
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Shaedon Sharpe represented Canada at the 2019 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship in Brazil.
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Shaedon Sharpe averaged 13 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists, helping his team win the silver medal.