Independent basketball research since 2007

Players, salaries, rules and roster construction.

ShamSports brings together player research, NBA salary information, cap tools and Collective Bargaining Agreement reference material in one deliberately over-detailed basketball operations site.

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The Basketball Manifesto
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●NBA

●G League

●EuroLeague

●EuroCup

●NCAA

●Worldwide

Database

Player Database

Profiles, career paths, current teams, scouting information and player movement from across the basketball world.

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NBA finances

NBA Salaries

Team-by-team salary positions, contract commitments and the numbers shaping roster decisions.

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Tool

The Capulator

Build NBA rosters, test transactions and explore salary-cap scenarios rather than merely arguing about them.

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Reference

CBA Glossary

Plain-English explanations of NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement rules, including the obscure and irritating ones.

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Database shortcuts

Find what you need

Go straight to a player, a roster or a specific corner of the database without working through introductory material first.

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Advanced player searchFilter by team, league, country, position, nationality and career status.Open →

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Browse playersExplore the complete database by league, country, name or position.Open →

Random playerOpen one profile from the database and disappear down an entirely avoidable rabbit hole.Open →

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Team rostersView current roster records and player information team by team.Open →

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The Basketball ManifestoThe large-scale scouting and roster-building project behind much of the database.Open →

About ShamSportsWhat the site is, who built it and the writing, research and media work behind it.Open →

The ShamSports method

Basketball operations, without the easy bits.

The useful part of ShamSports is the overlap: player evaluation affects contracts, contracts affect transactions, transactions affect roster construction, and roster construction eventually creates another obscure CBA question.

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