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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1978)}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Shane Battier
| image = Shane Battier June 2023 (cropped).jpg
| image_size = 
| caption = Battier in 2023
| team = Miami Heat
| league = [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]
| position = Consultant
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 8
| weight_lb = 220
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1978|9|9}}
| birth_place = [[Birmingham, Michigan]], U.S.
| high_school = [[Detroit Country Day School]]<br />([[Beverly Hills, Michigan]])
| college = [[Duke Blue Devils men's basketball|Duke]] (1997–2001)
| draft_year = 2001
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 6
| draft_team = [[Vancouver Grizzlies]]<!-- This is how David Stern referred to the team during that draft. The move from Vancouver to Memphis wasn't approved until a few days after the draft. -->
| career_start = 2001
| career_end = 2014
| career_position = [[Small forward]]
| career_number = 31
| years1 = {{nbay|2001|start}}–{{nbay|2005|end}}
| team1 = [[Memphis Grizzlies]]
| years2 = {{nbay|2006|start}}–{{nbay|2010|end}}
| team2 = [[Houston Rockets]]
| years3 = {{nbay|2010|end}}
| team3 = Memphis Grizzlies
| years4 = {{nbay|2011|start}}–{{nbay|2013|end}}
| team4 = [[Miami Heat]]
| highlights = 
* 2× [[NBA champion]] ({{nbafy|2012}}, {{nbafy|2013}})
* 2× [[NBA All-Defensive Second Team]] ({{nbay|2007|end}}, {{nbay|2008|end}})
* [[NBA All-Rookie First Team]] ({{nbay|2001|end}})
* [[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball champions|NCAA champion]] ([[2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2001]])
* [[NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player]] ([[2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2001]])
* [[List of U.S. men's college basketball national player of the year awards|National college player of the year]] ([[2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2001]]) 
* Consensus first-team [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] ([[2001 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|2001]])
* Consensus second-team All-American ([[2000 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|2000]])
* 3× [[NABC Defensive Player of the Year]] (1999–2001)
* [[Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award|Chip Hilton Player of the Year]] (2001)
* [[Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|ACC co-Player of the Year]] (2001)
* [[List of Men's Basketball Academic All-America Team Members of the Year|Academic All-American of the Year]] (2001)
* 2× First-team [[List of All-Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball teams|All-ACC]] (2000, 2001)
* No. 31 [[Duke Blue Devils men's basketball#Retired numbers|retired by Duke Blue Devils]]
* [[Naismith Prep Player of the Year]] (1997)
* First-team [[Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team|''Parade'' All-American]] (1997)
* Second-team ''Parade'' All-American (1996)
* [[McDonald's All-American Game|McDonald's All-American]] ([[1997 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|1997]])
* [[Mr. Basketball of Michigan]] (1997)
| stat1label = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value = 8,408 (8.6 ppg)
| stat2label = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value = 4,082 (4.2 rpg)
| stat3label = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
| stat3value = 1,717  (1.8 apg)
| CBBASKHOF_year = 2019
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry|the {{bk|USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA World Championship]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2006 FIBA World Championship|2006 Japan]] | [[USA national basketball team|National team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Goodwill Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2001 Goodwill Games|2001 Brisbane]] | [[United States national basketball team|National team]]}}
}}
'''Shane Courtney Battier''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|æ|t|i|eɪ}} {{respell|BAT|ee|ay}}; born September 9, 1978) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player. He also worked for [[ESPN]] and recently joined the board of [[Yext]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/01/shane-battier-joins-board-of-yext.html | title=Former NBA star Shane Battier joins board of software company Yext and wants to build his business away from sports | website=[[CNBC]] | date=July 2021 }}</ref>

Battier is best known for his four years playing basketball at [[Duke Blue Devils men's basketball|Duke]], his 13 years playing in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA), and his participation on the [[United States men's national basketball team|U.S. national team]]. His teams won championships at the college, professional, and international levels.

==Early life==
Battier was born and raised in [[Birmingham, Michigan]], and attended [[Detroit Country Day School]] in nearby [[Beverly Hills, Michigan|Beverly Hills]], where he won many awards including the 1997 [[Mr. Basketball of Michigan|Mr. Basketball]] award. Battier was an outlier from his childhood; by the time he entered Country Day as a seventh-grader, he was already {{height|ft=6|in=4}}, and was {{height|ft=6|in=7}} a year later. He was also the only child in the school with a [[African American|black]] father and a [[White American|white]] mother. As [[Michael Lewis]] put it in a 2009 article, the young Battier "was shuttling between a black world that treated him as white and a white world that treated him as black...the inner-city kids with whom he played on the [[Amateur Athletic Union]] (A.A.U.) circuit treated Battier like a suburban kid with a white game, and the suburban kids he played with during the regular season treated him like a visitor from the planet where they kept the black people."<ref name="Lewis NYTMag">{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Lewis |date=February 15, 2009 |title=The No-Stats All-Star |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/magazine/15Battier-t.html?pagewanted=all |access-date=February 14, 2009 |work=[[The New York Times Magazine]]}}</ref> Battier was a three-time [[Michigan High School Athletic Association]] Class B state champion with teammates [[Javin Hunter]] and [[David Webber (basketball)|David Webber]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/404468539|url-access=subscription|id={{ProQuest|404468539}}|title=Basketball: Country Day lives up to its billing: [Final Edition]|work=[[Detroit News]]|accessdate=April 21, 2023|date=March 27, 1997|page=C.4.w|author=Markowski, Tom|quote=}}</ref>

==College career==
Battier graduated from [[Detroit Country Day School]] with a 3.96 [[grade point average]] and was named the school's outstanding student in his senior year.<ref name="Lewis NYTMag"/> He went on to attend Duke, where he played four years under head coach [[Mike Krzyzewski]]. While at Duke, Battier was often the best defender on the court. He frequently took charges which prompted the [[Cameron Crazies]] to chant, "Who's your daddy?  Battier!"  He led the [[Duke Blue Devils men's basketball]] to two [[Final Four]]s, in 1999 and 2001, though his team in 1998 squandered a late 17-point lead to eventual national champion Kentucky in the regional finals.  The Blue Devils lost to the [[Connecticut Huskies men's basketball|Connecticut Huskies]] in the [[1999 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament]], but came back to win the national championship by defeating the [[Arizona Wildcats men's basketball|Arizona Wildcats]] two years later. In 2001, Battier was a consensus [[List of U.S. men's college basketball national player of the year awards|national player of the year]] with honors including the [[Naismith College Player of the Year|Naismith]], [[Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year|Associated Press]] and [[Sporting News Men's College Basketball Player of the Year|''Sporting News'' College Player of the Year]] awards; the [[John R. Wooden Award]]; and the [[Oscar Robertson Trophy|Oscar Robertson]] and [[Adolph Rupp Trophy|Adolph Rupp trophies]].<ref>{{cite news|title=National Players of the Year|date=June 25, 2009|publisher=Duke Athletics|url=https://goduke.com/news/2009/6/25/3756213.aspx|access-date=January 13, 2021}}</ref> The Blue Devils later retired his No. 31 jersey. Battier was three times named the [[NABC Defensive Player of the Year]].  Battier (778) and [[Jay Williams (basketball)|Jason Williams]] on the 2001 national championship team were one of only two Duke duos to each score over 700 points in a season, the other duo being [[Jon Scheyer]] (728) and [[Kyle Singler]] (707) in the 2009–10 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22724&SPID=1845&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=204923002 |title=Notes: Duke 61, Butler 59 – Duke University Blue Devils &#124; Official Athletics Site |publisher=GoDuke.com |date=December 5, 2009 |access-date=April 6, 2010}}</ref>  Battier graduated from Duke with a major in religion.<ref name=wiseguys>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/feed/2010-09/smart-athletes/story/sporting-news-names-the-20-smartest-athletes-in-sports |title=Wise guys: Sports' smartest athletes |publisher=SportingNews.com |access-date=January 22, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523023358/http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/feed/2010-09/smart-athletes/story/sporting-news-names-the-20-smartest-athletes-in-sports |archive-date=May 23, 2013 }}</ref>

After the conclusion of his college career, Battier was named to the [[ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team]].  Battier was a two-time [[Academic All-American]] and [[List of Men's Basketball Academic All-America Team Members of the Year|Academic All-American of the year]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031301aae.html|title=Shane Battier Named Verizon Academic All-America of the Year: Battier became the fourth Duke Blue Devil player to be named Academic All-America two or more times.|access-date=April 25, 2010|date=March 13, 2001|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307215617/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031301aae.html|archive-date=March 7, 2012}}</ref>

He was second behind [[Jon Scheyer]] in the Duke record book for minutes played in a single season as of March 28, 2010, and had 36 double-figure scoring games in a single season (tied for 5th-most in Duke history, with Scheyer, Jason Williams, and [[JJ Redick]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22724&SPID=1845&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=204918040 |title=Notes: Duke 78, Baylor 71 – Duke University Blue Devils &#124; Official Athletics Site |date=March 28, 2010 |publisher=GoDuke.com |access-date=March 29, 2010}}</ref> 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 [[2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2017]] to [[Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball|Gonzaga's]] [[Przemek Karnowski]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/mar/15/upon-further-review-karnowski-tops-ncaa-wins-list/ |title=Upon further review, Przemek Karnowski tops NCAA wins list |first=Jim |last=Meehan |newspaper=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |location=[[Spokane, Washington|Spokane, WA]] |date=March 15, 2017 |access-date=April 4, 2017}}</ref>

==NBA career==

===Memphis Grizzlies (2001–2006)===
Battier was selected by the Vancouver Grizzlies with the sixth pick of the first round of the [[2001 NBA draft]]. At the time, the Grizzlies were in the process of moving from [[Vancouver]] to [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]]. [[Pau Gasol]] of Spain was selected in the same draft with the number three pick, by the Atlanta Hawks, then traded to the Vancouver Grizzlies.

Battier was a versatile player with the size to play inside and the range to score from further out (particularly the corner [[three-point field goal|three-pointer]]). However, he made his living as a hustle player on the defensive end, where he defended three positions ([[shooting guard]], [[power forward (basketball)|power forward]], [[small forward]]) with a high degree of skill, netted a good number of [[block (basketball)|blocks]] and [[steal (basketball)|steals]], dove for loose balls, and frequently drew [[Personal foul (basketball)|offensive fouls]] from his opponent.
[[Image:Kobe Bryant Shane Battier.jpg|thumb|170px|Battier defending [[Kobe Bryant]]]]

===Houston Rockets (2006–2011)===
On June 28, 2006, Battier was traded by the Grizzlies to the [[Houston Rockets]] in exchange for [[Stromile Swift]] and the Rockets' number 8 selection [[Rudy Gay]] in the [[2006 NBA draft]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/Rockets_acquire_Battier_in_tra-184447-822.html |title=Rockets acquire Battier in three-player deal with Memphis |work=[[NBA.com]] |date=July 12, 2006 |access-date=May 11, 2009}}</ref>

Battier has often been called<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbspeakers.com/speakers/speaker.asp?sID=46|title= Shane Battier |website=Pastorini-Bosby Speakers Bureau |access-date=September 2, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508190326/http://www.pbspeakers.com/speakers/speaker.asp?sID=46 |archive-date= May 8, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/251887-the-houston-rockets-could-have-won-it-all-but-fate-had-other-plans |first1=Waleed |last1=Ershad |date=September 10, 2009 |title=The Houston Rockets Could Have Won It All, But Fate Had Other Plans|website=[[Bleacher Report]] |access-date=September 2, 2013}}</ref> "the ultimate glue guy" for playing sound, fundamental, team-oriented basketball, making his teammates more effective without flash or padding his own stats, and for making the most of his skills with discipline and hustle rather than raw athleticism.<ref>{{cite web |website=[[Houston Chronicle]] |url=http://blogs.chron.com/nba/2006/10/was_it_a_good_preseason.html |title=Was it a good preseason? |date=October 27, 2006 |access-date=April 21, 2007 |first1=Jonathan |last1=Feigen |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080907185657/http://blogs.chron.com/nba/2006/10/was_it_a_good_preseason.html |archive-date= Sep 7, 2008 }}</ref> He's also known<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slamonline.com/nba/lebron-james-shane-battier-the-smartest-player-and-person-in-basketball/|title=LeBron James: Shane Battier the Smartest Player and Person in Basketball |website=Slam |date=February 3, 2012 |access-date=February 3, 2012}}</ref> for his extensive preparation in studying the opposing team and the player he is assigned to guard: "I try to prepare for my opponent as thouroughly as possible. I want to know every angle on the man I am guarding to give me an edge. I read many, many pages and go over strengths and weaknesses many times before a game. Proper Preperation Prevents Poor Performance. That is a motto I like."<ref>{{cite web |website=[[Houston Chronicle]] |url=http://blogs.chron.com/franblinebury/2008/03/read_the_shane_battier_chat_tr.html#more |title=Courtside: Read the Shane Battier chat transcript. Live blog tonight 7:30. |date=March 4, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218050407/http://blogs.chron.com/franblinebury/2008/03/read_the_shane_battier_chat_tr.html#more |archive-date= Feb 18, 2009 }}</ref> The Rockets made him the team's only player with access to its highly sophisticated statistical data that they compiled on all opposing players; he used this data to become familiar with the tendencies of the players he would guard in each game.<ref name="Lewis NYTMag"/> In a game between the Rockets and [[San Antonio Spurs]] in the 2007–08 season in which he was assigned to guard [[Manu Ginóbili]], because Ginóbili was playing off the bench and his minutes were not in sync with those of typical NBA starters, Battier went to Rockets coach [[Rick Adelman]] before the game and asked to be kept out of the starting lineup and substituted in whenever Ginóbili entered the game. Rockets general manager [[Daryl Morey]] later said about the incident,  "No one in the NBA does that. No one says put me on the bench so I can guard their best scorer all the time."<ref name="Lewis NYTMag"/>

He played for the [[United States men's national basketball team|US national team]] in the [[2006 FIBA World Championship]], winning a bronze medal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fifteenth World Championship -- 2006 |url=http://www.usabasketball.com/history/mwc_2006.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827012905/http://www.usabasketball.com/history/mwc_2006.html |archive-date=Aug 27, 2007 |website=USA Basketball}}</ref>

On February 17, 2010, in a game against the [[Milwaukee Bucks]], Battier scored 20 points, shooting 6–6 from 3-point territory, to go along with his 10 rebounds. During the latter part of the season, Battier lost his starting spot to the returning [[Trevor Ariza]]. Battier, however, made it perfectly clear that starting a game or hearing his name before a game was not important to him. On March 21, 2010, in a game against the [[New York Knicks]], Battier suffered a season-ending knee injury.

On December 17, Battier recorded his first double-double of the season, finishing with 17 points (including 5 three-pointers) and 10 rebounds to go with 5 assists, 3 blocks, and a steal. On January 24, 2011, Battier scored a season-high 19 points (including 5 three-pointers) in a win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. On February 5, Battier recorded a season-high 13 rebounds in an overtime win over the [[Utah Jazz]]. On February 14, Battier went a perfect 7–7 from the field (including 3–3 on three-pointers), finishing with 17 points, in a 121–102 win over the [[Denver Nuggets]].

===Return to Memphis (2011)===
On February 24, Battier was traded by the [[Houston Rockets]] back to the [[Memphis Grizzlies]], where Battier was originally drafted and played the first years of his career, in exchange for center [[Hasheem Thabeet]], [[DeMarre Carroll]], and a 1st round draft pick. On April 17, with Memphis down by two, Battier made the game-winning three, helping Memphis to its first playoff win in franchise history, following losses in its first 12 playoff games.

===Miami Heat (2011–2014)===
[[File:Shane Battier Heat 2012.jpg|thumb|Battier as a member of the Heat in 2012]]
Battier signed on as a member of the Heat on December 9, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nba.com/heat/news/heat_sign_shane_battier_111209.html|title=HEAT Signs Shane Battier|work=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.|date=December 9, 2011|access-date=June 21, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222135130/http://www.nba.com/heat/news/heat_sign_shane_battier_111209.html |archive-date= Feb 22, 2014 }}</ref> On March 2, 2012, Battier scored a season-high 18 points, going 6–7 from the three-point line, in a one-point loss to the [[Utah Jazz]]. In Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the [[Boston Celtics]], Battier recorded his first career playoff double-double in a 93–79 win. In the [[2012 NBA Finals]], Battier scored 58 points in five games, and won his first NBA Championship. His 11.6 points per game exceeded his 4.8 average in the 2011–12 regular season, and he made 15–26 three-point shots. His 57.7 three point shooting percentage in the 2012 NBA Finals is the highest three point shooting percentage ever recorded by a player who made 15 or more three-pointers in an NBA Finals series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://statsontapp.com/2012/06/18/nba-finals-shane-battier-supports-miamis-big-three-with-big-threes/ |title=NBA Finals: Shane Battier supports Miami's Big Three with big threes |website=Sports Stats 'on Tapp' |date=June 18, 2012 |access-date= January 1, 2013 |first1=Jerry |last1=Tapp |url-status=usurped |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141007085716/http://statsontapp.com/2012/06/18/nba-finals-shane-battier-supports-miamis-big-three-with-big-threes/ |archive-date= Oct 7, 2014 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/thomais01/gamelog/1990/ Isiah Thomas 1989–90 Game Log]. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved on January 1, 2013.</ref><ref>[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/ricegl01/gamelog/2000/ Glen Rice 1999-00 Game Log]. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved on January 1, 2013.</ref><ref>[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/coopemi01/gamelog/1987/ Michael Cooper 1986–87 Game Log]. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved on January 1, 2013.</ref>

During the 2012–13 regular season, Battier and the Heat won 27 consecutive games, establishing the NBA's second-longest winning streak (behind the 33 consecutive games won by the Lakers in the 1971–72 season). A speech given by Battier following the Super Bowl has been credited with sparking the 27-game win streak.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2013/03/16/battiers-speechifying-gets-credit-in-sparking-the-streak/|title=Battier's Speechifying Gets Credit In Sparking 'The Streak' « NBA.com - Hang Time Blog|website=hangtime.blogs.nba.com|access-date=March 27, 2018}}</ref> The winning streak was snapped on March 27, 2013, when the Heat lost to the Chicago Bulls. The Heat surpassed the 22-game winning streak recorded by the 2007–08 Rockets, for whom Battier also played. Battier became the only player in NBA history to have been a part of two 20-game winning streaks. Battier struggled with his shooting in the playoffs until scoring 18 points (6 of 8 3-point field goals) in an intense Game 7 against the Spurs to win his second championship. While being awarded the [[Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy]], Battier was asked to speak about his performance, and concisely said that "it's better to be timely than good".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/playoffs/2013/story/_/id/9409188/2013-nba-finals-lebron-james-named-nba-finals-mvp|title=LeBron named NBA Finals MVP for 2nd time|website=go.com|date=June 21, 2013 |access-date=March 27, 2018}}</ref>

In March 2014, Battier announced his intentions to retire following the 2013–14 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2010023-shane-battier-will-retire-after-this-season-barring-an-act-of-god|title=Shane Battier Will Retire After This Season Barring an 'Act of God'|first=John|last=Dorn|website=bleacherreport.com|access-date=March 27, 2018}}</ref> The Heat went on to their fourth straight NBA Finals, Battier's third, but lost to the Spurs in the [[2014 NBA Finals]]. Battier did not play in Game 2 but did play in the other 4 games of the series. In total for the 2014 Finals, Battier played for 32 minutes and recorded 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal but did not record any points the entire series. Game 5 of that Finals series ended up being Battier's final NBA game ever, as after the Spurs defeated the Heat to win the championship, Battier retired.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2098340-shane-battier-officially-retires-from-nba-after-13-year-career|title=Shane Battier Officially Retires from NBA After 13-Year Career|first=Matt|last=Fitzgerald|website=bleacherreport.com|access-date=March 27, 2018}}</ref>

== Philanthropy ==
In 2010, Shane Battier and his wife Heidi founded The Battier Take Charge Foundation, which aims to provide resources to educate and develop under-served youth, largely in Miami, Houston, and Battier's hometown of Detroit. The Foundation has awarded nearly $3 million in college scholarships and programming.{{Cn|date=December 2024}}

== Executive career ==
On February 16, 2017, Battier re-joined the Heat in their front office as the director of basketball development and analytics.  On June 18, 2021, it was reported that Battier would be leaving his full-time position but would remain a consultant for the Heat.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shane Battier Leaves Full-Time Job with the Heat|website=[[Miami Herald]] |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nba/miami-heat/article252199153.html}}</ref>

== Broadcasting career ==
Battier worked as a commentator for [[ESPN]] for roughly a year after his retirement before mutually deciding to part ways with the network.

==Personal life==
In summer 2004, Battier married Heidi Ufer, his high school sweetheart.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nba.com/heat/roster/heat_player_shane_battier_1112.html|title=NBA.com, Shane Battier Bio Page, Personal |work=NBA.com |access-date=May 8, 2012}}</ref> They had their first son, Zeke Edward Battier, on June 2, 2008. On April 17, 2011, Heidi had their second child, a daughter named Eloise.

Battier is a co-owner of D1 Sports Training in Memphis.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 31, 2006 |title=D1 Sports Training hits upon winning strategy for growth |work=Nashville Business Journal |author=Erin Lawley |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2006/04/03/story8.html }}</ref>  In 2010 Battier was chosen as the seventh-smartest athlete in sports by ''[[Sporting News]].''<ref name=wiseguys /> Battier has said that after [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] [[Carl Levin]] announced his retirement in 2013, the [[Michigan Democratic Party]] contacted Battier to gauge his interest in running for the Senate, but he was not interested.<ref name=Levin>{{cite news|last=Lowe|first=Zach|title=We Went There: Thoughts From Miami|url=http://grantland.com/features/thoughts-from-miami-indiana-conference-finals/|access-date=May 27, 2014|newspaper=Grantland|date=May 27, 2014}}</ref>

On June 30, 2021, Battier joined the board of directors at [[Yext]].<ref>https://www.yext.com/about/news-media/yext-appoints-nba-standout-shane-battier-to-its-board-of-directors; Yext.com, June 30, 2021</ref>

On December 1, 2021, it was announced that Battier, along with former NBA players [[Baron Davis]] and [[Metta Sandiford-Artest]], joined an investing group to launch [[East Asia Super League]].<ref>https://frontofficesports.com/former-nba-stars-back-100m-east-asia-super-league/; Frontofficesports.com, Dec 1, 2021</ref>

==NBA career statistics==
{{NBA player statistics legend|champion=y|leader=y}}

===Regular season===
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2001}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2001–02 Memphis Grizzlies season|Memphis]]
| 78 || 78 || '''39.7''' || .429 || .373 || .700 || '''5.4''' || '''2.8''' || '''1.6''' || 1.0 || '''14.4'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2002}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2002–03 Memphis Grizzlies season|Memphis]]
| 78 || 47 || 30.6 || .483 || .398 || .828 || 4.4 || 1.3 || 1.3 || 1.1 || 9.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2003}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2003–04 Memphis Grizzlies season|Memphis]]
| 79 || 1 || 24.6 || .446 || .349 || .732 || 3.9 || 1.3 || 1.3 || .7 || 8.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2004}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2004–05 Memphis Grizzlies season|Memphis]]
| 80 || 72 || 31.5 || .442 || .395 || .789 || 5.2 || 1.6 || 1.1 || 1.0 || 9.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2005}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2005–06 Memphis Grizzlies season|Memphis]]
| 81 || 81 || 35.0 || '''.488''' || .394 || .707 || 5.3 || 1.7 || 1.1 || '''1.4''' || 10.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2006}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2006–07 Houston Rockets season|Houston]]
| style="background:#cfecec;"| '''82'''* || style="background:#cfecec;"| '''82'''* || 36.4 || .446 || .421 || .779 || 4.1 || 2.1 || 1.0 || .7 || 10.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2007}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2007–08 Houston Rockets season|Houston]]
| 80 || 78 || 36.3 || .428 || .377 || .743 || 5.1 || 1.9 || 1.0 || 1.1 || 9.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2008}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2008–09 Houston Rockets season|Houston]]
| 60 || 59 || 33.9 || .410 || .384 || .821 || 4.8 || 2.3 || .8 || .9 || 7.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2009}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2009–10 Houston Rockets season|Houston]]
| 67 || 62 || 32.4 || .398 || .362 || .726 || 4.7 || 2.4 || .8 || 1.1 || 8.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2010}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2010–11 Houston Rockets season|Houston]]
| 59 || 59 || 30.8 || .456 || .391 || .645 || 4.8 || 2.6 || .9 || 1.2 || 8.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2010}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2010–11 Memphis Grizzlies season|Memphis]]
| 23 || 0 || 24.2 || .426 || .333 || '''.882''' || 4.0 || 1.4 || .7 || .4 || 5.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|{{nbay|2011}}†
|style="text-align:left;"|[[2011–12 Miami Heat season|Miami]]
| 65 || 10 || 23.1 || .387 || .339 || .622 || 2.4 || 1.3 || 1.0 || .5 || 4.8
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|{{nbay|2012}}†
|style="text-align:left;"|[[2012–13 Miami Heat season|Miami]]
| 72 || 20 || 24.8 || .420 || '''.430''' || .842 || 2.3 || 1.0 || .6 || .8 || 6.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2013}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2013–14 Miami Heat season|Miami]]
| 73 || 56 || 20.1 || .382 || .348 || .652 || 1.9 || .9 || .7 || .5 || 4.1
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 977 || 705 || 30.7 || .437 || .384 || .743 || 4.2 || 1.8 || 1.0 || .9 || 8.6
{{s-end}}

===Playoffs===
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2004 NBA Playoffs|2004]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2003–04 Memphis Grizzlies season|Memphis]]
| 4 || 0 || 17.3 || .400 || .429 || .667 || 3.0 || .3 || .0 || .3 || 4.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2005 NBA Playoffs|2005]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2004–05 Memphis Grizzlies season|Memphis]]
| 4 || 4 || 29.8 || .419 || .143 || .400 || '''6.8''' || 1.5 || .5 || '''1.0''' || 7.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2006 NBA Playoffs|2006]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2005–06 Memphis Grizzlies season|Memphis]]
| 4 || 4 || 32.3 || '''.500''' || .286 || .333 || 5.8 || .5 || 1.0 || .5 || 6.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2007 NBA Playoffs|2007]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2006–07 Houston Rockets season|Houston]]
| 7 || 7 || 38.9 || .451 || .442 || .875 || 2.6 || 2.1 || '''1.7''' || '''1.0''' || '''10.3'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2008 NBA Playoffs|2008]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2007–08 Houston Rockets season|Houston]]
| 6 || 6 || '''41.0''' || .444 || '''.480''' || .727 || 3.8 || .5 || 1.0 || .8 || 10.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2009 NBA Playoffs|2009]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2008–09 Houston Rockets season|Houston]]
| 13 || 13 || 38.2 ||.407 || .315 || '''.957''' || 4.9 || '''2.4''' || 1.1 || .7 ||8.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2011 NBA Playoffs|2011]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2010–11 Memphis Grizzlies season|Memphis]]
| 13 || 0 || 26.1 ||.439 || .276 || .667 || 4.0 || 1.2 || .5 || .5 || 5.5
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|[[2012 NBA Playoffs|2012]]†
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2011–12 Miami Heat season|Miami]]
| '''23''' || '''16''' || 33.4 ||.379 || .382 || .813 || 3.2 || 1.2 || 1.0 || .6 || 7.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|[[2013 NBA Playoffs|2013]]†
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2012–13 Miami Heat season|Miami]]
| 22 || 0 || 17.8 ||.290 || .295 || .821 || 1.7 || .5 || .2 || .3 || 4.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2014 NBA Playoffs|2014]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2013–14 Miami Heat season|Miami]]
| 16 || 6 || 12.6 ||.462 || .450 || .800 || .6 || .3 || .3 || .1 || 2.3
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 112 || 56 || 27.1 || .398 || .356 || .778 || 3.0 || 1.0 || .7 || .5 || 6.1
{{s-end}}

==References==
{{reflist|35em}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Shane Battier}}
{{Basketballstats|nba=2203|bbr=b/battish01}}
* [https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/976/shane-battier ESPN.com Profile]
* [http://blackhistorydaily.com/black_history/shane_battie.html BlackHistoryDaily.com bio]
* [http://www.clutchfans.net/players/shane_battier/ ClutchFans.net Profile]
* {{IMDb name|1889559}}

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