Writing, analysis and media work across basketball, salary-cap strategy and player evaluation.
Who I am
The person behind the database
ShamSports is the perpetually unfinished pseudo-culmination of many years of laborious and financially unsuccessful study of basketball operations. I am interested in how teams identify talent, value players, manage money and use the rules to create options that were not obvious at first glance.
That means scouting, salary-cap mechanics, contract structure, transaction sequencing, roster balance and market value. The website concentrates chiefly on the first two of the traditional team-building disciplines: old-school player evaluation and cap management. You will need a real adult for the advanced analytics.
I have written for outlets including HoopsHype, Heavy and Forbes; produced video and podcast work; consulted with agents and team personnel; placed players internationally; and built tools, databases and long-form projects intended to make difficult basketball information easier to use.
At a glance
Roster construction, contracts, cap mechanics and transaction strategy.
NBA, G League, NCAA, Europe and international basketball.
Databases, long-form writing, explainers and practical tools.
Writing, research, consultancy, corrections and broadcast enquiries.
admin@shamsports.com
What this site contains
The main projects
Player Database
Thousands of profiles, career histories, current teams, scouting notes and player movement from around the world.
NBA Salaries
Team-by-team salary information, contract commitments and the numbers shaping roster decisions.
The Capulator
A practical roster-building and salary-cap scenario tool for testing transactions and offseason plans.
CBA Glossary
Plain-English explanations of NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement rules, including the obscure and irritating ones.
Selected credentials
Writing, media and consultancy
Not entirely basketball
The quiz books
Collins Ultimate Quiz Night
The first general-knowledge quiz book. It once reached number 242 on Amazon, which is not bad at all.
Collins Pub Quiz
A second book of general-knowledge questions and picture rounds. Still not basketball, but still mine.