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Jamal Daniel Shead ( SHED; born July 24, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Houston Cougars.
Shead began his high school career at John B. Connally High School before transferring to Manor High School. He averaged 18.1 points, 6 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game as a junior. Shead led Manor High School to the state tournament for the first time in school history and scored 44 points in a win over Rudder High School, earning District 18-5A Most Valuable Player honors. As a senior, he averaged 19.3 points and 4.3 assists per game, helping Manor achieve a 28–10 record and the District 18-5A title. Considered a three-star recruit by the 247Sports Composite, Shead committed to playing college basketball for Houston over Texas A&M, SMU and Colorado State.
As a freshman, Shead averaged 3.3 points and 1.5 assists per game, logging minor minutes as a backup point guard on Houston’s 2020–21 Final Four team. In 2021–22, Shead’s sophomore season, he averaged 10 points and 5.8 assists per game. During the season he…
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