Shawn James
James with Maccabi Tel Aviv in October 2011.
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| Cariduros de Fajardo | |
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| Position | Power forward / Center |
| League | BSN |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
September 10, 1983 Berbice, Guyana |
| Nationality | Guyanese / American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Listed weight | 234 lb (106 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Notre Dame Prep (Fitchburg, Massachusetts) |
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| NBA draft | 2008 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2008–present |
| Career history | |
| 2008–2011 | Bnei Hasharon |
| 2011–2014 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 2014–2015 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano |
| 2015 | Bilbao Basket |
| 2015–2016 | Olympiacos Piraeus |
| 2016 | Eskişehir Basket |
| 2016 | Budućnost Podgorica |
| 2017–present | Cariduros de Fajardo |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Shawn James (born September 10, 1983) is a Guyanese-American professional basketball player who currently plays for Cariduros de Fajardo of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). Standing at 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m), he plays at the power forward and center positions. He was an All-Euroleague Second Team in 2013.
The son of Gordon and Marva James, he has seven siblings. Three of his brothers played basketball professionally or at college level. The youngest brother Delroy James plays for Serie A club Enel Brindisi, older brother Gordon has played professionally in Japan and Latin America, whilst younger brother Lex played for St. Francis without going pro. He has another brother Devaun and three sisters, Teceeta, Enola, and Minette Graves.
Shawn moved with his parents and most of his siblings to Brooklyn, New York in 1990 from his native Guyana, there he discovered basketball, having mostly dallied with cricket before, he only started seriously playing the game at 17 after a growth spurt. He is married to former Northeastern player Melissa Kowalski who he met at the university, they have two children, twin sons Brooklyn and Brayden.
On 17 September 2006, James and four other Duquesne teammates Sam Ashaolu, Stuart Baldonado, Aaron Jackson and Kojo Mensah were the victims of an unprovoked shooting on the university's Pittsburgh campus. Ashaolu was shot in the head and neck, Mensah in the shoulder and arm, Baldonado through his back into his elbow, James in his left foot whilst Jackson was only grazed on the wrist by a bullet.
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