Shaquielle McKissic | |
Position: | Small forward |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 5 |
Weight Lb: | 212 |
League: | Greek Basket League EuroLeague |
Team: | Olympiacos |
Number: | 77 |
Birth Date: | 17 August 1990 |
Birth Place: | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Nationality: | American / Azerbaijani |
High School: | Kentridge (Kent, Washington) |
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Draft Year: | 2015 |
Career Start: | 2015 |
Years1: | 2015 |
Team1: | Pesaro |
Years2: | 2015–2016 |
Team2: | Changwon LG Sakers |
Years3: | 2016–2017 |
Team3: | Uşak Sportif |
Years4: | 2017 |
Team4: | Gran Canaria |
Years5: | 2017–2018 |
Team5: | Avtodor Saratov |
Years6: | 2018–2019 |
Team6: | Gaziantep |
Years7: | 2019–2020 |
Team7: | Beşiktaş |
Years8: | 2020–present |
Team8: | Olympiacos |
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Shaquielle McKissic (born August 17, 1990), is an American-born naturalized Azerbaijani professional basketball player for Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League (GBL) and the EuroLeague.
In the 2009–10 and 2012–13 season, McKissic played for Edmonds Community College. In 2013, McKissic started playing for the Arizona State Sun Devils. In his final season, he averaged 12.4 points and 4.7 rebounds per game for the Sun Devils.[1]
In July 2015, McKissic joined Victoria Libertas Pesaro of the Italian Serie A.[2]
On December 7, 2015, McKissic signed with the Changwon LG Sakers of the South Korean KBL.[3] In his season in South Korea, he averaged 16.1 points per game in the KBL.Web site: Shaquielle McKissic. RealGM.com. 4 December 2016.
In June 2016, McKissic signed with Muratbey Uşak Sportif in Turkey.[4]
On June 29, 2017, McKissic signed a one-year deal with Gran Canaria.[5] On December 6, 2017, he parted ways with Gran Canaria after averaging 5.5 points per game in the Liga ACB,[6] due to disciplinary reasons after alleging a confrontation with coach Luis Casimiro.[7] Six days later, he signed with Russian club Avtodor Saratov for the rest of the 2017–18 season.[8]
On July 5, 2019, McKissic signed a one-year contract with Beşiktaş Sompo Japan of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL).[9] On February 1, 2020, McKissic opted out of his contract with the club.[10] He averaged 16.6 points per game in the Champions League, along with 17.6 points in the BSL.
On February 10, 2020, McKissic signed with Olympiacos Piraeus of the EuroLeague.[11] On February 7, 2021, he signed a two-year extension with the team.[12] On April 11, 2023, McKissic agreed on another two-year contract extension through 2025.
In June 2017, McKissic received an Azerbaijani passport and he then became a member of the senior Azerbaijan national basketball team.[13]
Olympiacos Piraeus
McKissic portrayed high school basketball star Doug 'Easy' Ryder in the 2011 film Rock Paper Scissors. In May 2019, he was married to Beril McKissic.
Led the league |
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="5"| Olympiacos| 3 || 3 || 26.0 || .529 || .273 || .400 || 2.0 ||1.7 || 1.0 || .7 || 13.7 || 10.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| 33 || 12 || 23.4 || .429 || .307 || .716 || 2.3 || 2.2 || 1.5 || .2 || 10.7 || 9.8|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22| 37 || 0 || 16.5 || .457 || .316 || .722 || 1.9 || 1.5 || .9 || .1 || 7.0 || 7.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23| style="background:#CFECEC;"|41* || 7 || 17.7 || .514 || .319 || .684 || 1.4 || 1.5 || .8 || .0 || 9.0 || 8.9|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24| 32 || 0 || 16.3 || .470 || .346 || .712 || 1.6 || 1.0 || 1.0 || || 7.3 || 6.8|-|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career| 146 || 22 || 18.6 || .469 || .319 || .704 || 1.8 ||1.6 ||1.0 || .1 || 8.6 || 8.3