About Shane Battier
Shane Courtney Battier ( BAT-ee-ay; born September 9, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. Battier is best known for his four years playing basketball at Duke, his 13 years playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and his participation on the U.S. national team. His teams won championships at the college, professional, and international levels. He has also worked for ESPN as a broadcaster. Since his retirement, Battier has pursued a career in business. He has been a minority owner of the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball since 2025 along with others in his limited ownership partnership group such as Temerity Baseball (Andy Sandler) and Mike Salvino, and has served on the board of directors at Yext. Battier also held the unofficial record among NCAA Division I men's players for most games won in a career with 131, a record that would fall in 2017 to Gonzaga's Przemek Karnowski. Battier was selected by the Vancouver Grizzlies with the sixth pick of the first round of the 2001 NBA draft.
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