Iman Asante Shumpert (/ˈiːmɑːn/ EE-mahn; born June 26, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Shumpert was selected by the New York Knicks with the 17th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. Shumpert won an NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016.\n', '

In eighth grade, Shumpert and fellow NBA player Evan Turner were teammates on the same basketball team at Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School in Oak Park, Illinois. He went on to attend Oak Park and River Forest High School where he was a first team all-state player and was one of the nation\'s top 30 seniors. He helped Oak Park and River Forest to three conference titles and was named conference MVP as a junior and senior. He was rated No. 15 among the nation\'s senior players by Scout.com and No. 26 by Rivals.com. He was also selected to play in the 2008 McDonald\'s All-American Game, and was named a third-team Parade All-American.\n', '

As a freshman for Georgia Tech in 2008–09, Shumpert was the team\'s fourth-leading scorer for the season, averaging 10.5 points per game and hitting 34.5 percent of his three-point attempts. During the 2009–10 season, Shumpert underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair a damaged meniscus in his right knee on December 3, and missed six games. He went on to finish the season as the team\'s third-leading scorer with 10.0 points per game.\n', '

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