Joe Shipp

  • Nationality: USA
  • Date of Birth: 25/02/81
  • Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California (USA)
  • Position: FRD
  • Height (CM): 196
  • Weight (KG): 100
  • Junior Assoc:
  • College: UCLA (2003–2007)
  • NBL DEBUT: 12/01/08
  • AGE AT DEBUT: 26
  • LAST NBL GAME: 25/02/08
  • AGE AT LAST GAME: 27
  • NBL History: Perth 2008
  • Championships: 0
  • None

BIO: Joe Shipp was born in Los Angeles, California (USA). Shipp played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. He has played professionally in Turkey and Germany. Under coach Harvey Kitani, Shipp led the Fairfax Lions to the California Division I state title. As a junior, he helped lead his team to the City finals and received All-State underclassman and All-City second-team honours.

NBL EXPERIENCE

Joe Shipp made his NBL debut with the Perth Wildcats at 26 years of age. He scored four points in his first game.

Joe Shipp played one season in the NBL. He averaged 5.5 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 0.9 assists in 12 NBL games.

NBL TOTAL STATISTICS

SEASONAGETEAMTEAM RECORDGPMINSPTSREBASTORDRSTLBLKTOPFFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%EFG%HS
2007-0827Perth18-12 (4)1218166261162051108256538%93129%7978%48%45%14
Totals1218166261162051108256538.5%93129.0%7977.8%48%45%14

NBL PER GAME STATISTICS

SEASONAGETEAMTEAM RECORDGPMINSPTSREBASTORDRSTLBLKTOPFFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%EFG%HS
2007-0827Perth18-12 (4)1215.15.52.20.90.51.70.40.10.80.72.15.438%0.82.629%0.60.878%48%45%14
Total1215.15.52.20.90.51.70.40.10.80.72.15.438.5%0.029.0%0.82.677.8%48%45%14

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS STEALS BLOCKS TURNOVERS TRIPLE DOUBLES
14632140

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Turkey - Bornova Belediye (2009–2010), Galatasaray (2010–2012), Anadolu Efes (2012–2013), Türk Telekom (2013–2014) | Germany - Brose Baskets (2014–2015)

Shipp joined Bornova Belediye (İzmir) for the 2009–10 Turkish Basketball League season, playing his first season in Turkey and appearing in 33 league games while averaging 18.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 1.9 steals per game.

Shipp moved to Galatasaray in July 2010 for the 2010–11 Turkish Basketball League season, sharing the roster with Preston Shumpert, Taylor Rochestie, Jerry Johnson, Lukša Andrić, and Ermal Kuqo while playing 39 league games and averaging 9.3 points and 5.1 rebounds per game, then adding 11 EuroCup games (9.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game).

He stayed with Galatasaray for the 2011–12 season, alongside teammates including Zaza Pachulia, Darius Songaila, Jamon Gordon, Jaka Lakovič, Ender Arslan, and Furkan Aldemir, playing 20 Turkish league games (10.4 points and 4.1 rebounds per game) and 16 EuroLeague games (9.1 points and 4.4 rebounds per game).

On October 31, 2012, Shipp signed with Anadolu Efes for the 2012–13 Turkish Basketball League season, playing 16 league games (10.3 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game) while sharing the roster with players including Kerem Gönlüm, Jamon Gordon, and Sinan Güler, and he also appeared in 26 EuroLeague games (5.7 points per game).

Shipp joined Türk Telekom (Ankara) for the 2013–14 Turkish Basketball League season, playing 29 league games while averaging 11.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per game alongside teammates including Manny Harris, Terrence Williams, Kerem Tunçeri, and Vuk Radivojević before moving to Germany in November 2014 to join Brose Baskets (Bamberg) for the 2014–15 season, where he replaced injured Carlon Brown, played 10 Basketball Bundesliga games and seven EuroCup games, and was released on January 11, 2015 after sharing the squad with players including Ryan Thompson, Karsten Tadda, and Mindaugas Katelynas.

COLLEGE

Shipp played college basketball at UCLA during the 2003–04 season before continuing with the Bruins through the 2006–07 season, competing from 2003 to 2007 under head coaches Steve Lavin and Ben Howland.

In the 2003–04 season, UCLA finished 11–17 overall and 7–11 in the Pac-10, and Shipp appeared in 27 games as a freshman, starting 15 contests while averaging 9.0 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game across 25.3 minutes per outing.

During that freshman campaign he totaled 242 points, shot 43.1% from the field, 33.3% from three-point range, and 72.5% from the free-throw line, while recording 106 rebounds, 37 assists, 20 steals, and 9 blocks.

In 2004–05, UCLA improved to 18–11 overall and 11–7 in conference play, and Shipp played 29 games with 28 starts, averaging 13.9 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game while logging 31.6 minutes per contest.

Across that sophomore season he scored 402 total points, shot 43.9% from the field, 36.5% from three, and 80.5% at the line, adding 134 rebounds, 61 assists, 30 steals, and 10 blocks.

In 2005–06, UCLA finished 32–7 overall, won the Pac-10 regular-season title with a 14–4 conference record, and advanced to the NCAA Final Four, and Shipp appeared in 39 games with 38 starts, averaging 13.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per game.

That junior season included 520 total points, 188 rebounds, 86 assists, 47 steals, and 16 blocks, with shooting percentages of 46.5% from the field, 33.0% from three-point range, and 80.0% from the free-throw line.

In 2006–07, UCLA posted a 30–6 overall record and a 13–5 Pac-10 mark, reaching a second consecutive NCAA Final Four, and Shipp played 36 games with 36 starts, averaging 14.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game over 31.4 minutes per contest.

During his senior season he totaled 514 points, shot 44.8% from the field, 35.1% from three-point range, and 80.8% at the free-throw line, while contributing 156 rebounds, 76 assists, 36 steals, and 15 blocks.

Across his four-year UCLA career, Shipp played 131 games with 117 starts, scoring 1,678 career points to rank among the program’s top scorers at the time of his graduation in 2007, while adding 584 rebounds, 260 assists, 133 steals, and 50 blocks.

He earned All-Pac-10 First Team honors in 2006 and 2007, was named to the Pac-10 All-Freshman Team in 2004, and was selected to multiple NCAA Tournament regional teams during UCLA’s back-to-back Final Four appearances in 2006 and 2007.

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