BIOGRAPHY
Shaedon Sharpe was born May 30, 2003 in London, Ontario, Canada. He is a shooting guard in the NBA.
Sharpe played basketball for H. B. Beal Secondary School in his hometown of London, Ontario and led his team to the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations AAA title. He moved to Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel Aire, Kansas, where he had a limited production as a sophomore. For his junior season, Sharpe transferred to Dream City Christian School in Glendale, Arizona and assumed a leading role. He averaged 21.4 points and six rebounds per game in the Grind Session. He competed for UPLAY Canada on the Amateur Athletic Union circuit, with whom he was mentored by Dwayne Washington.
Sharpe was a consensus five-star recruit and was ranked as the third-best player in the 2021 class by 247Sports and Rivals. He was previously the number one player in the 2022 class before reclassifying. Sharpe was unranked by major recruiting services early in his high school career and became one of the top players in his class in about one year, in part due to his success at the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League in 2021. On September 7, 2021, he committed to playing college basketball for Kentucky over offers from Arizona, Kansas, Oklahoma State and the NBA G League Ignite. Sharpe graduated early from high school with the intention of redshirting his first year at Kentucky and playing in the 2022–23 season. On April 21, Sharpe declared for the 2022 draft, forgoing his remaining college eligibility without playing a game.
Sharpe was selected with the seventh overall pick by the Portland Trail Blazers.
