Shaquille Goodwin (born September 1, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for

AEK Larnaca AEK Larnaca FC ( el, AEK; for short Αθλητική Έvωση Κίτιον Λάρνακας , translit=''Athletiki Enosi Kition Larnakas'', "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Larnaca. The club ...

of the

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. Standing at 2.06 m (6'9"), he plays at the power forward and center positions. After playing four years of college basketball at Memphis, Goodwin entered the 2016 NBA draft, but he was not selected in the draft's two rounds.

High school career

Goodwin played high school basketball at Southwest Dekalb High School. He played four seasons at

Southwest DeKalb High School Southwest DeKalb High School (SWD) is a high school located in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. It is a part of the DeKalb County School System. It houses one of the two High Achievers Magnet Programs in DeKalb County, the ot ...

, where he led the Panthers to back-to-back state title games in his final two seasons. He won the 2012 Atlanta Journal-Constitution slam dunk contest championship and was named to the Georgia Class AAAA All-State and 6AAAA All-Region first teams in 2011–12. Goodwin was selected All-Metro first team by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2011–12 and As a senior, he averaged 21.2 points, 12.3 rebounds and 3.3 blocks per game.

College career

As a freshman Goodwin played 36 games, having a solid season, producing 7.4 points and 4.4 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game, and being included to the

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All-Freshman team. As a sophomore he played in 34 contests, and improved his numbers, averaging 11.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game, improving his playing time to 28.9 minutes per game. During the next season, his numbers dropped averaging 9.6 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. During his final year at college, Goodwin had an impressive year, having 14.7 points 7.5 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game in 33 games.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft, Goodwin joined

of the Cypriot Basket League. On November, he left AEK Larnaca in order to join Science City Jena of the

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. On July 1, 2017, Goodwin joined Rethymno Cretan Kings of the Greek Basket League. He averaged 12 points and 7.5 rebounds per game in Greek top division. On July 18, 2018, Goodwin signed with Scafati Basket of the Italian second division. Goodwin spent the 2019–20 season with Yalova Belediye in the Turkish Basketball First League, where he averaged 8.8 points, 11.1 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. On August 14, 2020, Goodwin signed with

Rilski Sportist FC Rilski Sportist (ФК Рилски спортист Самоков) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Samokov founded in 1947 and currently playing in the South-West Third League. Their home stadium is Iskar Stadium. Throughou ...

in Bulgaria. However, he moved back to Greece and signed with Larisa instead, on September 6 of the same year. On December 28, 2020, Goodwin parted ways with the Greek club.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Goodwin, Shaquille 1994 births Living people AEK Larnaca B.C. players American men's basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Cyprus American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Italy Basketball players from Atlanta Centers (basketball) Larisa B.C. players McDonald's High School All-Americans Memphis Tigers men's basketball players Power forwards Yalovaspor BK players