I remember when this guy was for the Wizards for a while, he used to be a decent college player too, he was a great ball handler and very exciting. Anyone know what ever happened to him?
yeah he was pretty good. too bad he couldn't make a team. alot of good former college players overseas... you'd think they'd have more of shot to stick with an NBA team after a couple yrs overseas
Shamgod had a sick and handle and could get in the lane at will he was great at the drive and dish... but unfortunately for him he left PC to early and had no jump shot. Last place I heard him playing was in China.
This guy had some amazing skill but was NEVER considered an NBA player. Its not like a Jason Gardner or a Hollis Price, where people expected them to play in the L. No one ever thought he would play in the NBA.
Good days. It's a real shame that players of Hollis' and Jason's quality couldnt get into the league, but it shows just how good of a skill-set and what complete player you have to be to play in the NBA. Unless your world-class at one aspect or your good at everything- you are not going to survive. shame but dems da facts.
if he was a pure pg why couldnt he make the league? lord knows we need some. I'm just wondering, never seen him play. what were his weaknesses?
Hold on let me find out, I'll get back to you. I thought maybe it was because of his name, but that can't be accurate. . I found out why ill post it up in a sec . . .
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God Shamgod was one of the top point guards in New York. He was the second household name next to Stephon Marbury. He averaged 38 points and 11 assists in his first seven games on the LaSalle freshman, then he was switched to the Varsity team and received honorable mention in All-USA Today, after averaging 14.5 ppg his junior year.
By his senior year of high school, Shammgod had become the second best point guard in New York, behind only Marbury. Shammgod and his LaSalle squad finished with a 24-2 record and National Top 10 ranking, while he averaged a school-record 23.7 points and nine dimes a contest (including a legendary 45 point and 22 assist game against rival St. Raymond’s). Numbers like that propelled Shammgod to First-Team All-City and McDonald’s High School All-American status. Shammgod took part in arguably the best McDonald’s game ever, which boasted Marbury, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Vince Carter, Antawn Jamison, Chauncey Billups, Ron Mercer and ->Tractor Traylor<-
With Lincoln High’s Stephon Marbury receiving most of the press out of NYC at the time, Providence College snuck in and grabbed Shammgod. “He was kind of a sleeper,” says Pete Gillen, Shammgod’s head coach at Providence.
After an up and down season where Shammgod improved in every category (10.8 ppg, 6.6 apg, 2.3 rpg and 2.4 spg), the Friars squeaked into the NCAA Tournament as a 10-seed. “At that point we kind of woke up,” Gonzalez says. “We came in as a new team. Something struck Shamm because the guy played phenomenal. It was like catching lightning in a bottle.” The Friars raced through the bracket, knocking off Marquette, Duke and UT-Chattanooga before losing to Arizona in OT, despite 23 points, five dimes and three steals from Shammgod against ’Zona’s Mike Bibby.
Had Shamm stayed at Providence, he likely would have been one of the top players in college basketball the following season. “We all tried to talk to him,” Gonzalez says. “We all thought if he stayed another year or two he’d be a lottery pick and get guaranteed money. I know he didn’t love school, but he got bad advice. There were guys hanging around telling him stuff, filling his head up with lies. It was sad, guys did that with a lot of kids.”
In the end, with a point guard-rich draft that included Chauncey Billups, Antonio Daniels, Brevin Knight, Bobby Jackson and Jacque Vaughn, Shammgod slipped to the Washington Wizards at No. 46.
Shammgod logged only 146 minutes of action in 20 games during that 1997-98 season for the Wizards and ended with averages of 3.1 points and 1.8 assists per game. Shammgod’s hopes of increased playing time were crushed when the NBA entered a lockout the following season, forcing him to look elsewhere for employment. Shammgod went on to play in the CBA, USBL and many countries overseas, most recently in Saudi Arabia. Shammgod and his club Al Ittihad have won the Arab Club Championship for the past two seasons, and Shammgod has been the MVP and top scorer each season.
So basically, if he stayed for another year or two in college, he could of been a lottery pick.
This guy had some amazing skill but was NEVER considered an NBA player. Its not like a Jason Gardner or a Hollis Price, where people expected them to play in the L. No one ever thought he would play in the NBA.
That's completely false. I expected him to make the leage, perhaps not as a star but at least as a solid backup pg. And I'm sure that I wasn't alone in that assumption. Shamgod was a playground legend in NY, and many others like him (Kenny Anderson, Starbury, Bassy, etc..) have gone on to the league. I'm more surprised that he didn't make it.
So basically, if he stayed for another year or two in college, he could of been a lottery pick.
maybe, but they say that about everyone who came out early and slid to the 2nd round or didn't get drafted. The reality is that there are only 14 lottery spots available per year. It's a cliche to say, "oh, too bad that scrub player in Europe hadn't stayed in college a year longer, he would have been a lottery pick." Perhaps it's true 5% of the time, but if the best league a guy can play in is the Arabian one, I doubt he ever had NBA talent.
God Shamgod
