Joshua Ian Shipp (born February 14, 1986) is an American former professional

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player. Shipp played

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for the

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, earning second-team all-conference honors in the

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as a

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in 2009. He played professionally in Turkey and Germany.

High school

Under coach

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, Shipp led the Fairfax Lions to the California Division I state title. As a junior, he helped lead his team to the City finals and received All-State underclassman and All-City second-team honors.

College

As a freshman at the

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, Shipp started 23 games for the

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and was named Honorable Mention All-

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Freshman. He averaged 9.3 points and 5.2 rebounds. Shipp underwent surgery on his right hip on September 28, 2005, and missed the first 11 games. After playing four games, he missed the rest of the season with continual pain in his right hip. In his third season, he started and played in 35 of the 36 games. In the

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loss to

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, Shipp led the Bruins scoring (18 points), assists (5), and steals(4). In his senior year with the Bruins, Shipp was the only player to start in all 39 games, playing in 1,269 minutes (32.5 mpg, 3rd all-time on UCLA's single-season list). Shipp was named the Bruins' co-

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(MVP) along with

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. He ended his career at UCLA No. 32 on the career list with 1,254 points. Shipp and fellow senior teammates Collison and

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finished their careers as the winningest class in UCLA history with 123 wins. The distinction was relative, as

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's legendary teams played shorter seasons and freshmen were ineligible.

Professional career

Shipp was not selected in the

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, and was picked to play on the

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summer league team. He signed a contract with Bornova Belediye of the

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. In July 2010, he transferred to Galatasaray Medical Park of the

. On October 31, 2012, he signed a contract with

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of the

. In October 2014, he signed a try-out contract for three weeks with

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in Germany. According to his team he won't play any league games, but will be tested in training only. On November 10, 2014, after he passed the three-week tryout with the German powerhouse, he signed a contract for the rest of the 2014–15 season. He replaced an injured

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. On January 11, 2015, he was released by Brose Baskets after playing 10 games in

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and seven in Eurocup.

Career statistics

Professional

Domestic leagues

European Cups

College

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, 35 , , 35 , , 30.1 , , .469 , , .316 , , .782 , , 3.9 , , 2.6 , , 1.3 , , 0.3 , , 13.3 , - , align="left" , 2007-08 , align="left" ,

, 39 , , 39 , , 32.5 , , .434 , , .324 , , .770 , , 3.2 , , 2.1 , , 1.3 , , 0.4 , , 12.2 , - , align="left" , 2008-09 , align="left" ,

, 33 , , 33 , , 29.2 , , .504 , , .433 , , .802 , , 3.1 , , 1.5 , , 1.3 , , 0.4 , , 14.5 , - class="sortbottom" , align="center" colspan=2, Career , 140 , , 134 , , 29.9 , , .465 , , .345 , , .753 , , 4.0 , , 1.8 , , 1.1 , , 0.3 , , 12.1

Personal

Shipp has one older brother, Joe, who also played at Fairfax and went on to play for the

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at the

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. Joe led the

in scoring in 2003, averaging 20.4 points. Shipp also has one younger brother, Jerren, who played at

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. His sister, Brittney, is a meteorologist on television and an author.

References

External links

Josh Shipp College Statistics
at Sports-Reference.com

NBADraft.net Profile

Euroleague.net Profile

TBLStat.net Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shipp, Josh 1986 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Turkey Anadolu Efes S.K. players Basketball players from Los Angeles Bornova Belediye players Bamberg Baskets players Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) players Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball) Shooting guards Türk Telekom B.K. players UCLA Bruins men's basketball players American men's basketball players