No. 77 – Olympiacos | |
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Position | Small forward |
League | Greek Basket League EuroLeague |
Personal information | |
Born | Seattle, Washington, U.S. | August 17, 1990
Nationality | American / Azerbaijani |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 212 lb (96 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Kentridge (Kent, Washington) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2015: undrafted |
Playing career | 2015–present |
Career history | |
2015 | Pesaro |
2015–2016 | Changwon LG Sakers |
2016–2017 | Uşak Sportif |
2017 | Gran Canaria |
2017–2018 | Avtodor Saratov |
2018–2019 | Gaziantep |
2019–2020 | Beşiktaş |
2020–present | Olympiacos |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Shaquielle McKissic (born August 17, 1990), is an American-born naturalized Azerbaijani professional basketball player for Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League (GBL) and the EuroLeague.
Collegiate career
[edit]In the 2009–10 and 2012–13 season, McKissic played for Edmonds Community College.[1] In 2013, McKissic started playing for the Arizona State Sun Devils. In his final season, he averaged 12.4 points and 4.7 rebounds per game for the Sun Devils.[1]
Professional career
[edit]In July 2015, McKissic joined Victoria Libertas Pesaro of the Italian Serie A.[2]
On December 7, 2015, McKissic signed with the Changwon LG Sakers of the South Korean KBL.[3] In his season in South Korea, he averaged 16.1 points per game in the KBL.[4]
In June 2016, McKissic signed with Muratbey Uşak Sportif in Turkey.[5]
On June 29, 2017, McKissic signed a one-year deal with Gran Canaria.[6] On December 6, 2017, he parted ways with Gran Canaria after averaging 5.5 points per game in the Liga ACB,[7] due to disciplinary reasons after alleging a confrontation with coach Luis Casimiro.[8] Six days later, he signed with Russian club Avtodor Saratov for the rest of the 2017–18 season.[9]
On July 5, 2019, McKissic signed a one-year contract with Beşiktaş Sompo Japan of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL).[10] On February 1, 2020, McKissic opted out of his contract with the club.[11] He averaged 16.6 points per game in the Champions League, along with 17.6 points in the BSL.
On February 10, 2020, McKissic signed with Olympiacos Piraeus of the EuroLeague.[12] On February 7, 2021, he signed a two-year extension with the team.[13] On April 11, 2023, McKissic agreed on another two-year contract extension through 2025.
National team career
[edit]In June 2017, McKissic received an Azerbaijani passport and he then became a member of the senior Azerbaijan national basketball team.[14]
Awards and accomplishments
[edit]Olympiacos Piraeus
- EuroLeague Finalist: (2023)
- 3× EuroLeague Final Four Participation: (2022, 2023, 2024)
- 2× Greek League Champion: (2022, 2023)
- 3× Greek Cup Winner: (2022, 2023, 2024)
- 2× Greek Super Cup Winner: (2022, 2023)
Individual
[edit]- 3× Turkish Super League All-Star: (2017, 2019, 2020)
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention: (2015)
Personal life
[edit]McKissic portrayed high school basketball star Doug 'Easy' Ryder in the 2011 film Rock Paper Scissors. In May 2019, he was married to Beril McKissic.
Career statistics
[edit]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 | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
Bold | Career high |
EuroLeague
[edit]* | Led the league |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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2019–20 | Olympiacos | 3 | 3 | 26.0 | .529 | .273 | .400 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.0 | .7 | 13.7 | 10.3 |
2020–21 | 33 | 12 | 23.4 | .429 | .307 | .716 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.5 | .2 | 10.7 | 9.8 | |
2021–22 | 37 | 0 | 16.5 | .457 | .316 | .722 | 1.9 | 1.5 | .9 | .1 | 7.0 | 7.5 | |
2022–23 | 41* | 7 | 17.7 | .514 | .319 | .684 | 1.4 | 1.5 | .8 | .0 | 9.0 | 8.9 | |
2023–24 | 32 | 0 | 16.3 | .470 | .346 | .712 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 7.3 | 6.8 | |
Career | 146 | 22 | 18.6 | .469 | .319 | .704 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 | .1 | 8.6 | 8.3 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Shaquielle McKissic Profile". Thesundevils.com. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Vuelle Pesaro: ufficiale la firma del rookie Shaquielle McKissic" (in Italian). Sportando.com. 25 July 2015.
- ^ "Shaquielle McKissic joins LG Sakers". Court-side.com. 7 December 2015.
- ^ "Shaquielle McKissic". RealGM.com. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Shaquielle McKissic Muratbey Uşak Sportif'te!" (in Turkish). Basketdergisi.com. 13 June 2016.
- ^ Gran Canaria signs Shaquielle McKissic
- ^ Shaquielle McKissic, Gran Canaria part ways
- ^ "Casimiro y Báez consideran que no hubo agresión a McKissic" (in Spanish). La Provincia. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ Shaquielle McKissic inks with Avtodor Saratov
- ^ "Besiktas acquires Shaq McKissic". Sportando. July 5, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- ^ "Shaquielle McKissic leaves Besiktas". Sportando. February 1, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
- ^ "Olympiacos signs Shaquielle McKissic". Sportando. February 10, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
- ^ "Olympiacos, McKissic pen 2-year extension". Euroleague. February 7, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
- ^ Shaquielle McKissic gets passport from Azerbaijan.
External links
[edit]- Shaquielle McKissic at Euroleague.net
- Shaquielle McKissic at RealGM.com
- Shaquielle McKissic at Eurobasket.com
- Shaquielle McKissic at tblstat.net
- Shaquielle McKissic at acb.com (in Italian)
- Shaquielle McKissic at legabasket.it (in Spanish)
- Arizona State Sun Devils bio
- Shaquielle McKissic on Instagram