Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Shams Charania is an American sports journalist. He works as an NBA insider, writer, and analyst for The Athletic, a sports website, and Stadium, a multi-platform sports network.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- Shams’ career started at the young age of seventeen, in November 2010, when he started writing on a Chicago Bulls blog that belonged to ChicagoNow. The blog was owned by the prestigious Chicago Tribune Media Group.
- In 2012, Shams made himself known with overtures to the sports website RealGM, where he started officially working in April of that same year.
- Shams remained as an NBA writer at RealGM until September 2015, when he moved to the same role for The Vertical at Yahoo!, after being discovered by his future mentor and friendly professional rival Adrian Wojnarowski. In fact, Adrian Wojnarowski’s first-ever tweet about Shams referred to him as ‘the best young reporter in the business.’
- Three years later, in August 2018, Shams left his job at Yahoo once The Vertical was shut down, and took on his two current roles: Senior NBA analyst for Stadium, and Senior NBA insider/writer at The Athletic.
- Shams’ tenacity and prodigious understanding of the NBA world made his career skyrocket before he even finished his college degree. This precociousness and inherent skill for creating and maintaining relations within the NBA world gave Shams essential insights that allowed him to break the news on many important signings.
- He has become a staple in the world of NBA journalism, quickly catching up to Wojnarowski’s reputation and even surpassing it.
- Those who have worked with Shams in the past are quick to comment on not only his talent but his dedication to putting in ‘the real work’.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- The pronunciation of Shams’ name rhymes with ‘tombs’ rather than ‘trams.’
- Shams was a nursing unit concierge at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Illinois from 2013 to 2014.
- While working for RealGM, Shams’ press credential with the Chicago Bulls was revoked when they found out he was still in college. Shams made up for this by covering the Milwaukee Bucks, driving ninety minutes each way to do the job.
- Shams’ record of accuracy when it comes to breaking signings is nearly at 100% accuracy so far.
- Shams has stated that he sleeps next to his phone to ensure that he never misses out on potential scoops.
- He uses his well-curated Twitter (now called X) account to reinforce his reputation and to frequently interact with his over 500,000 followers.