Shane Edwards (basketball)

Shane Edwards (born May 31, 1987) is an American professional basketball player for the Kawasaki Brave Thunders of the B.League. He played college basketball for Northeastern JC and Little Rock.

Shane Edwards
Edwards during his stint with the Alaska Aces
Personal information
Born (1987-05-31) May 31, 1987
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High schoolMountain Pointe
(Phoenix, Arizona)
College
NBA draft2009 / Undrafted
Playing career2009–2019
PositionSmall forward
Career history
2009–2011Albuquerque/New Mexico Thunderbirds
2011Tezenis Verona
2012Canton Charge
2012–2013Cairns Taipans
2013–2014Canton Charge
2014Cleveland Cavaliers
2014–2015Sundsvall Dragons
2015–2016BG Göttingen
2016Alaska Aces
2017Delaware 87ers
2017Nauticos de Mazatlán
2018CLS Knights Indonesia
2018–2019Kawasaki Brave Thunders
Career highlights and awards
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

College career

Edwards played junior college basketball at the Northeastern Junior College before moving to University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where he graduated in 2009.

Professional career

2009–10 season

Edwards went undrafted in the 2009 NBA draft. On November 1, 2009, he was acquired by the Albuquerque Thunderbirds. On November 26, 2009, he was waived by the Thunderbirds.[1] On December 16, 2009, he was re-acquired by the Thunderbirds.[2]

2010–11 season

In July 2010, Edwards joined the Denver Nuggets for the 2010 NBA Summer League. On September 24, 2010, he signed with the Nuggets.[3] However, he was later waived by the Nuggets on October 11, 2010.[4]

On October 31, 2010, he was acquired by the New Mexico Thunderbirds.[5] On February 3, 2011, he was named to the West All-Star roster for the 2011 NBA D-League All-Star Game.[6]

2011–12 season

In July 2011, Edwards signed with Tezenis Verona of the Italian Legadue Basket for the 2011–12 season.[7] In December 2011, he left Verona after just nine games. On March 6, 2012, he was acquired by the Canton Charge. On April 2, 2012, he was waived by the Charge due to injury.[8]

2012–13 season

On August 26, 2012, Edwards signed with Cairns Taipans for the 2012–13 NBL season.[9]

2013–14 season

In November 2013, Edwards was re-acquired by the Canton Charge.[10] On March 12, 2014, he signed a 10-day contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers.[11] On March 21, 2014, he was released by the Cavaliers,[12] and was immediately re-acquired by the Charge.[13]

2014–15 season

In July 2014, Edwards joined the Cleveland Cavaliers for the 2014 NBA Summer League.[14] On September 28, 2014, he signed with Cavaliers.[15] However, he was later waived by the Cavaliers on October 25, 2014.[16]

On November 20, 2014, he signed with Sundsvall Dragons of Sweden for the rest of the 2014–15 season.[17]

2015–16 season

On August 21, 2015, Edwards signed a one-year deal with BG Göttingen of the Basketball Bundesliga.[18] On January 11, 2016, he parted ways with Göttingen after averaging 11.7 points per game.[19]

On February 20, 2016, he signed with the Alaska Aces of the Philippine Basketball Association as a temporary replacement import for the injured Robert Dozier.[20]

2016–17 season

On March 15, 2017, Edwards was acquired by the Delaware 87ers of the NBA Development League.[21] After a short stint, he was released and acquired by the Nauticos de Mazatlán of the Mexican CIBACOPA.[22]

2017–18 season

In January 2018, Edwards signed with the CLS Knights Indonesia of the ASEAN Basketball League.[23]

In March 2018, he signed with the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association as a temporary import for the 2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup.[24] However, he was released in April 2018 before appearing in a regular season game.[25]

NBA career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2013–14 Cleveland 206.0.333.000.0001.0.0.0.01.0
Career 206.0.333.000.0001.0.0.0.01.0

References
  1. "Thunderbirds Finalize Opening Day Roster". 26 November 2009.
  2. "T-Birds Add Edwards to Roster". 16 December 2009.
  3. "Nuggets announce 2010 training camp roster".
  4. "Nuggets waive Shane Edwards and Courtney Sims :InsideHoops". www.insidehoops.com.
  5. "Thunderbirds Announce Training Camp Invitees". NBA.com. October 31, 2010. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  6. "2011 NBA D-League All-Star Rosters Announced". NBA.com. February 3, 2011. Archived from the original on March 9, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  7. "Tezenis Verona officially announces Shane Edwards". Sportando.com. July 31, 2011. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  8. "2011-12 Transactions".
  9. "Taipans complete roster, sign second import Shane Edwards". AndTheFoul.net. August 26, 2012. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  10. "Canton Charge 2013-14 Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. November 14, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  11. "Cavs Sign Shane Edwards to 10-Day Contract". NBA.com. March 12, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  12. "Cavs Sign Seth Curry to 10-Day Contract". NBA.com. March 21, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
  13. "Charge Reacquire Shane Edwards". NBA.com. March 21, 2014. Archived from the original on March 22, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
  14. "Cavs Announce 2014 Samsung NBA Summer League Roster - Cleveland Cavaliers".
  15. "Cavs Sign Chris Crawford and Shane Edwards - Cleveland Cavaliers".
  16. "Cavs Waive Shane Edwards - Cleveland Cavaliers".
  17. "Shane Edwards added by Sundsvall". Court-side.com. November 20, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  18. BG Göttingen verstärkt sich weiter (in German)
  19. "BG Goettingen, Shane Edwards part ways".
  20. Ramos, Gerry (23 February 2016). "Alaska set to parade Shane Edwards as temporary replacement for Rob Dozier - SPIN.PH".
  21. "RELEASE: SEVENS ACQUIRE SHANE EDWARDS". NBA.com. March 15, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  22. "Shane Edwards now playing for Mazatlan". court-side.com. May 1, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  23. "Knights Make Changes Again, Replace Jones with Edwards - ABL". aseanbasketballleague.com.
  24. Ramos, Gerry (22 March 2018). "Ginebra taps Shane Edwards as temporary import with Brownlee still committed to Alab Pilipinas".
  25. Sacamos, Karlo (20 April 2018). "Ginebra bringing in new import Charles Garcia to replace Shane Edwards - SPIN.PH".
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