Shannon Shorter
American basketball player (born 1989)
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Shannon Jerod Shorter (born August 1, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Bashkimi.
| No. 2 – Bashkimi | |
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| Position | Shooting guard / point guard |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 1, 1989 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 212 lb (96 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Westside (Houston, Texas) |
| College |
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| NBA draft | 2011: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2012–present |
| Career history | |
| 2012 | Houston Blaze |
| 2012 | Guerreros de Guerrero Cumple |
| 2012 | Gansos Salvajes de la UIC |
| 2013 | Club La Unión |
| 2013–2014 | Ostioneros de Guaymas |
| 2013–2014 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| 2014–2015 | Hapoel Afula |
| 2015–2016 | Hiroshima Dragonflies |
| 2016–2017 | Hebei Xianglan |
| 2016–2017 | TED Ankara Kolejliler |
| 2017 | Le Mans Sarthe |
| 2017–2018 | Adelaide 36ers |
| 2018 | Al Riyadi |
| 2018–2019 | Ulsan Mobis Phoebus |
| 2019 | Incheon ET Land Elephants |
| 2019–2020 | PAOK |
| 2020–2021 | Chiba Jets |
| 2021 | Afyon Belediye |
| 2021–2025 | Split |
| 2023 | Shijiazhuang Xianglan |
| 2023 | Al Ittihad Alexandria |
| 2025 | Fuerza Regia de Monterrey |
| 2025–present | Bashkimi |
| Career highlights | |
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College career
Shorter played four years of college basketball between 2007 and 2011. After spending his freshman season with Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, Shorter joined Paris Junior College for his sophomore year. He returned to a Division 1 school in 2009, joining North Texas. In 66 games for North Texas over two seasons, he averaged 6.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game.[1]
Professional career
Shorter, who went undrafted in 2011, spent time playing across Mexico, Argentina, Israel, Japan and China between 2012 and 2016.[2][3]
On September 23, 2016, Shorter signed with TED Ankara Kolejliler of the Turkish Basketball Super League.[4] In March 2017, he left Ankara and joined French team Le Mans Sarthe Basket for the rest of the season.[5]
On May 12, 2017, Shorter signed with Chinese team Hebei Xianglan, returning to the team for a second stint.[6]
On July 28, 2017, Shorter signed with the Adelaide 36ers for the 2017–18 NBL season.[7]
On March 31, 2018, Shorter signed with Al Riyadi of the Lebanese Basketball League.[8]
On July 4, 2020, Shorter signed with Chiba Jets Of the B.League.[9]
On July 30, 2021, Shorter signed with Afyon Belediye of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[10] Shorther averaged 18.4 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 3.8 assists per game. On December 18, he signed with Split of the Adriatic League and the Croatian League.[11] On July 28, 2022, he re-signed with Split.[12]
On August 16, 2023, Shorter signed with Al Ittihad Alexandria of the Egyptian Basketball Premier League.[13] On November 3, he signed with Split.[14] On July 23, 2024, he re-signed with Split.[15]