Shabazz Napier

Shabazz Bozie Napier was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1991. The son of Carmen Velasquez, Napier dominated at Charlestown High School before transferring to Lawrence Academy. Napier spent two years at the Groton-based school before returning to Charlestown as a senior. From there, he took his talents to the University of Connecticut, choosing to play for the Huskies over the likes of the University of Miami and Providence College. Napier spent four years at UConn, graduating with a degree in sociology. You can follow him on Twitter @ShabazzNapier and on Instagram @Shabazznap13r. Over the course of his four years at Connecticut, Napier became the school's first player to accumulate both 1,500 points (1,959, fourth in school history) and 500 assists (646, third in school history). He's also one of only three UConn players to win the national championship as both a freshman and a senior. The Roxbury, Massachusetts native was chosen as the 2014 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year and was named to the 2014 All-American first team. In the course of leading Connecticut to the 2014 NCAA Tournament championship, he averaged 21.2 points per game in the tournament and was chosen as the Final Four and East Regional Most Outstanding Player. Napier finished his senior season as UConn's team leader across a number of categories: points (18.0), field goals (5.3), 3-pointers (2.2), and steals (1.8). He also paced the team in free-throw percentage at 87.0 while averaging a team-high 6.0 attempts per game. Napier was chosen in the first round (24th overall) of the 2014 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Hornets and traded to the Miami Heat on draft night.