Shakur Juiston
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 Juiston in 2023 | |
| Free Agent | |
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| Position | Power forward / center |
| Personal information | |
| Born | March 31, 1996 Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Listed height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) |
| Listed weight | 102 kg (225 lb) |
| Career information | |
| High school | |
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| NBA draft | 2020: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2021–present |
| Career history | |
| 2021 | Memphis Hustle |
| 2021–2022 | Aris Thessaloniki |
| 2022–2023 | Peristeri |
| 2023 | Oldenburg |
| 2023–2024 | Maroussi |
| 2024–2025 | Hapoel Galil Elyon |
| 2025 | Aris Thessaloniki |
| Career highlights | |
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Shakur Asiatic Juiston (born March 31, 1996) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Hutchinson, UNLV, and Oregon.
Juiston began his high school career at Irvington High School, where he averaged 10 points per game during his freshman season. As a sophomore, he averaged 13.3 points per game. For his junior season, Juiston transferred to Eastside High School and averaged 11.5 points per game. As a senior, he averaged 12.5 points per game and helped lead the Ghosts to a 25–7 season and a sectional title. Juiston signed with Hutchinson Community College out of high school.[1]
College career
Juiston averaged 10.9 points and 7.5 rebounds per game for Hutchinson as a freshman.[2] As a sophomore, he averaged 17.3 points, 12.1 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.5 steals, and 1.8 blocks per game, leading the Blue Dragons to the NJCAA Division I championship. Juiston was named the NABC NJCAA Player of the Year.[3] He transferred to UNLV. As a junior, Juiston averaged 14.6 points and 10.0 rebounds per game, shooting 63.9 percent from the floor. He was named to the Second Team All-Mountain West Conference.[4] In the first eight games of his senior season, he averaged 10.8 points and 8.8 rebounds per game. Juiston suffered a torn meniscus against Illinois on December 8, 2018, forcing him to have season-ending surgery.[5] After the season he transferred to Oregon as a graduate transfer.[6] He missed five games in December 2019 with a leg injury.[7] Juiston averaged 7.9 points and 6.3 rebounds per game as a redshirt senior.[8]