Shaq Buchanan

Leroy Shaquille "Shaq" Buchanan (born January 30, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for Karditsa of the Greek Basket League. He played college basketball for Murray State after transferring from Northeast Mississippi Community College.

Shaq Buchanan
No. 2 – ASK Karditsas
PositionShooting guard
LeagueGreek Basket League
Personal information
Born (1997-01-30) January 30, 1997
Madison, Mississippi, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High schoolMadison Central
(Madison, Mississippi)
College
NBA draft2019: undrafted
Playing career2019–present
Career history
2019–2021Memphis Hustle
2021–2022Memphis Grizzlies
2022Memphis Hustle
2022–2023Ironi Ness Ziona
2023–presentKarditsa
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-OVC (2019)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

High school career

Buchanan is the son of Stephanie Latiker and has a younger brother, Shunn, who plays for New Mexico State. He grew up in Madison, Mississippi, and attended Madison Central High School where he was a standout basketball player.[1] As a senior, he scored 23 points in the 6A playoffs to defeat defending champion Murrah High School.[2] Buchanan was not highly recruited and chose to attend Northeast Mississippi Community College.[1]

College career

Buchanan averaged 14 points and 5.7 rebounds as a freshman at Northeast Mississippi and helped the Tigers capture the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 23 title and reach the national tournament. Buchanan was a MACJC All-State selection as a freshman. As a sophomore, he averaged 18.4 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.7 steals, and 1.5 blocks per game, shooting 45.8 percent on field goals and 31.5 percent from beyond the arc. Buchanan had his best performance in the NJCAA Region 23 title game with a career-high 34 points on 11-of-17 shooting. He was a NJCAA All-American and signed with Murray State.[3]

As a junior at Murray State, Buchanan averaged 9.1 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.6 steals per game. He teamed with Ja Morant to lead the Racers to a 26–6 record and appearance in the 2018 NCAA Tournament.[4] As a senior, Buchanan was named to the First Team All-Ohio Valley Conference as well as conference Defensive Player of the Year.[5] He started all of his 33 games and averaged 13.0 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.82 steals per game, helping lead the Racers to the 2019 NCAA Tournament.[6] After the season, Buchanan competed in the Dos Equis 3X3 National Championship.[7] As a 12 seed, Murray State defeated Marquette 83–64 behind 14 points and six rebounds from Buchanan.[1] He finished his career at Murray State with 722 points scored, 110 career steals and 63 starts in his 65 career games.[8] In two seasons at Murray State, Buchanan shot 48.4% from the field, 32.4% from behind the arc and 70.1% from the free throw line.[9]

Professional career

Memphis Hustle (2019–2021)

After going undrafted in the 2019 NBA draft, Buchanan joined the Memphis Grizzlies in the NBA Summer League. On October 17, Buchanan signed a one-year contract worth $898,310 with the Grizzlies.[6] He was assigned to the Memphis Hustle of the NBA G League.[10][11] On December 5, he had 10 points and five rebounds in a 116–110 win over the Northern Arizona Suns.[12] On February 8, 2020, Buchanan scored a career-high 36 points to go with five assists, four rebounds and two steals in Memphis' 127–119 win over the South Bay Lakers.[13] On February 29, Buchanan posted a career-high 18 rebounds to go along with 22 points and 6 assists in a 123–120 loss to the Salt Lake City Stars.[14] He averaged 11.1 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game.[15]

Buchanan was added to the Grizzlies’ training camp roster for the 2020–21 season, but did not make their final roster. He re-joined the Hustle afterwards.[16]

In August 2021, Buchanan joined the Grizzlies for the 2021 NBA Summer League[17] and on September 23, he signed with them.[18] However, he was waived on October 8, after one preseason game.[19] On October 23, he re-signed with the Hustle.[20] Buchanan averaged 18.7 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.69 steals per game.[21]

Memphis Grizzlies (2021–2022)

On December 25, 2021, Buchanan signed a 10-day contract with the Memphis Grizzlies, via the hardship exemption.[21]

Return to the Hustle (2022)

On January 4, 2022, Buchanan was reacquired by the Memphis Hustle of the NBA G League.[22]

Buchanan joined the Memphis Grizzlies for the 2022 NBA Summer League.[23]

Ironi Ness Ziona (2022–2023)

On July 7, 2022, he signed with Ironi Ness Ziona of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[24]

Karditsa (2023–present)

On August 11, 2023, Buchanan signed with Greek club Karditsa.

Career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2021–22 Memphis 205.0.250.000—1.01.0.5.01.0
Career 205.0.250.000—1.01.0.5.01.0

References
  1. Cleveland, Rick (March 22, 2019). "In this Madison family, March Madness is real". Mississippi Today.
  2. Dumlao, Ros (February 25, 2014). "Slam-dunk effort: Buchanan's play leads Madison Central in 6A". Clarion Ledger. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  3. "Buchanan Becomes Seventeenth Tiger to Earn All-American Recognition". Northeast Mississippi Community College. April 17, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  4. "OVC Basketball Media Day Powered by Vectren Video: Murray State". Ohio Valley Conference. November 1, 2018. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  5. "Murray State's Morant and Buchanan, Belmont's Muszynski and Byrd Earn 2018–19 OVC Men's Basketball Top Honors" (Press release). Ohio Valley Conference. March 5, 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  6. "Memphis Grizzlies sign Shaq Buchanan". NBA.com. October 17, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  7. "Buchanan set to play in 3-on-3 event at Mall of America". Murray Ledger. March 28, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  8. Kendall, Nick (October 20, 2019). "Former Racer Buchanan signs with Memphis Hustle". The Murray State News. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  9. Marlowe, Edward (June 23, 2019). "MSU's Buchanan bound for Grizzlies summer league". Paducah Sun. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  10. Edward Marlowe (July 18, 2019). "MSU's Buchanan relishes time with Summer League Grizzlies". The Paducah Sun. pp. 1B–2B. Retrieved April 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  11. Sharber, Corey (October 17, 2019). "Shaq Buchanan Signs With Memphis Grizzlies G-League Affiliate". WKMS. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  12. "Shaq Buchanan: Earning more minutes". CBS Sports. December 5, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  13. "Shaq Buchanan: Turns in career night". CBS Sports. February 9, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  14. "Salt Lake City Stars 113 – Memphis Hustle 110". G League Stats. February 29, 2020. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  15. "Shaq Buchanan: Posts fourth-straight double-double". CBS Sports. March 9, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  16. "Memphis Hustle announce 2021 roster". NBA.com. January 26, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
  17. "Memphis Grizzlies announce 2021 Salt Lake City Summer League roster". NBA.com. August 2, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  18. "Memphis Grizzlies announce 2021 training camp roster". NBA.com. September 23, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  19. "Memphis Grizzlies sign Romeo Weems". NBA.com. October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  20. Moore, Corey (October 23, 2021). "Memphis Hustle announce 2021–22 training camp roster". NBA.com. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  21. "Memphis Grizzlies sign Tyrell Terry and Shaq Buchanan to 10-day contracts". NBA.com. December 25, 2021. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
  22. "2021–22 NBA G League transactions". gleague.nba.com. January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  23. "Memphis Grizzlies 2022 NBA2K23 Summer League Roster". NBA.com. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  24. "Isral I. Ness Ziona adds Buchanan to their roster". newsdaily.today. July 7, 2022. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
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