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Shane Battier is a retired professional basketball and was a member of the U.S. national basketball team. He played four years of college basketball at Duke, where he captured the 2001 National Championship and swept the major National Player of the Year awards. He is the only basketball player to have ever won both the Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award (1997) and the Naismith College Player of the Year (2001). Battier was a two-time Academic All-American and Academic All-American of the year in 2001
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In this June 25, 2012, photo, Miami Heat player Shane Battier looks at the NBA Championship trophy during the public celebration in Miami, after the team won the national championship. Battier was hired Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, to lead the new analytics department for the Heat, the team he helped win NBA championships in 2012 and 2013. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)
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FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2015, file photo, former Miami heat player Shane Battier gestures to his former teammates before an NBA basketball between the Miami Heat and Portland Trail Blazers in Miami. Battier was hired Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, to lead the new analytics department for the Miami Heat, the team he helped win NBA championships in 2012 and 2013. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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Miami Heat forward Shane Battier warms up before Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals playoff series against the Indiana Pacers in Miami on May 26, 2014. (Associated Press)
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Indiana Pacers center Ian Mahinmi (28) looks to shoot over Miami Heat forward Shane Battier (31) during the first half of Game 2 of the NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals in Indianapolis, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
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Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert, left, is fouled by Miami Heat forward Shane Battier during the second half of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals NBA basketball playoff series, Sunday, May 18, 2014, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
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Indiana Pacers' David West (21) puts up a shot against Miami Heat's Chris Andersen and Shane Battier, right, during the second half of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals NBA basketball playoff series, Sunday, May 18, 2014, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6) goes for a rebound in front of teammate Shane Battier (31) and Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert (55) and David West during the first half of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals NBA basketball playoff series Sunday, May 18, 2014, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
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Indiana Pacers forward Paul George (24) looks to pass under the defense of Miami Heat forward Shane Battier (31) during the first half of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals NBA basketball playoff series Sunday, May 18, 2014, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
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Miami Heat forward Shane Battier (31) defends Brooklyn Nets forward Paul Pierce (34) in the first half of Game 4 of a second-round NBA playoff basketball game at the Barclays Center, Monday, May 12, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo)
