{"id":2282165,"date":"2026-02-14T18:10:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T18:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2282165"},"modified":"2026-02-14T18:10:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T18:10:20","slug":"espn-hoops-insider-shams-charania-puts-up-dud-in-celebrity-all-star-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/espn-hoops-insider-shams-charania-puts-up-dud-in-celebrity-all-star-game\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN Hoops Insider Shams Charania Puts Up Dud In Celebrity All-Star Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"standfirst\"\/>\n<p>Woj would never!<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta article-meta-lower\">\n<p><span class=\"article-date-published\"><strong>Published<\/strong><time class=\"time time-published\" datetime=\"February 14, 2026 11:20 AM EST\">February 14, 2026 11:20 AM EST<\/time><\/span><span class=\"article-date-updated\"><span class=\"dateline-vertical-line\">\u2022<\/span><strong>Updated<\/strong><time class=\"time time-updated\" datetime=\"February 14, 2026 10:56 AM EST\">February 14, 2026 10:56 AM EST<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"fb\"><button>Facebook<\/button><\/li>\n<li class=\"tw\"><button>Twitter<\/button><\/li>\n<li class=\"email\"><button>Email<\/button><\/li>\n<li class=\"link\"><button>Copy Link<\/button><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">When you think of someone who gets paid to talk about sports for a living, you would be excused if you expected some baseline athleticism or skill tied to their game of choice.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">When I pick up a football, no one mistakes me for Tom Brady, but I can at least look like I know what I&#8217;m doing on a gridiron.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">All too often, though, the reality is that these guys who are getting paid high six-figure and low seven-figure contracts to break down sports every day look like they&#8217;ve never touched a ball in their lives.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/sports\/shams-charania-fraud-watch-after-giannis-antetokounmpo-stayed-bucks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ: <strong>Shams Charania On &#8216;Fraud&#8217; Watch After Giannis Antetokounmpo Stayed With Bucks<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">I&#8217;m reminded of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/culture\/darren-rovell-proudly-boasts-he-owns-michael-j-foxs-back-future-underwear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Darren Rovell&#8217;s<\/a> brutal &#8220;20-yard dash&#8221; a few years back.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Another guy who has brought great shame to the name of sports journalists everywhere is NBA insider Shams Charania.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Charania was hooping it up in the Celebrity All-Star Game Friday night, and although he looked the part, he put up a stat line that would make even some YMCA chuckers blush.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Yikes! <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/culture\/kay-adams-shoots-her-shot-with-shams-who-shoots-right-back\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I hope Kay Adams was watching.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Shams&#8217; performance is multi-faceted too.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">For starters, he missed every shot he took, and the shots weren&#8217;t even close either.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">His teammates routinely got him the ball with wide-open looks at the rim, and ESPN&#8217;s insider golden boy was unable to capitalize, hitting the front rim on all but one.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The best part, however, is that after clanging four three-pointers, Shams was calling for the ball while being iced out by his teammates.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Brutal.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">I don&#8217;t want to be too tough on Shams, though. It&#8217;s not like he airballed anything and at least looked like he had shot a basketball before Friday night.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">But for a guy whose life and career revolve around basketball, it was a poor showing.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Predictably, the fine folks on X let him have it in the comments section as well.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Now I won&#8217;t sit here and say that I could&#8217;ve done any better than Shams.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">I&#8217;m not particularly good at basketball and when I play, I&#8217;m usually a three-and-D type of player, except without the three.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">But I also guarantee if I were in a &#8220;celebrity&#8221; flag football game, I&#8217;d be able to hit a few wide-open receivers as a quarterback.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Shake it off, Shams! Get back in the lab and work on your jumper.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">America loves a redemption story.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--]--><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v22.0\" async><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.outkick.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woj would never! PublishedFebruary 14, 2026 11:20 AM EST\u2022UpdatedFebruary 14, 2026 10:56 AM EST Facebook Twitter Email Copy Link When you think of someone who gets paid to talk about sports for a living, you would be excused if you expected some baseline athleticism or skill tied to their game of choice. 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