Jamal Shead

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By Houston Roundball Review Media Group Jamal Shead on his first NBA season: "It's been better than I expected." CC BY 3.0

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Born
2002 (24 years old)
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Austin, United States

Position
Point Guard

Status
Active

Ethnicity
Black

Team Number
23

Height
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Weight
200 lb (91 kg)

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Wage Year
$2.04m

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Basketball

Team
Toronto Raptors

League
NBA

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Jamal Daniel Shead (/ʃɛd/ SHED; born July 24, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Houston Cougars.

Early life and high school career
Shead began his high school career at John B. Connally High School before transferring to Manor High School. He averaged 18.1 points, 6 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game as a junior. Shead led Manor High School to the state tournament for the first time in school history and scored 44 points in a win over Rudder High School, earning District 18-5A Most Valuable Player honors. As a senior, he averaged 19.3 points and 4.3 assists per game, helping Manor achieve a 28–10 record and the District 18-5A title. Considered a three-star recruit by the 247Sports Composite, Shead committed to playing college basketball for Houston over Texas A&M, SMU and Colorado State.