Shamell Jermaine Stallworth, commonly known in Brazil simply as Shamell (born September 7, 1980), is an American professional

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player that also has Brazilian nationality. His nickname is "Showmell". With E.C. Pinheiros from

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, he won the 2013

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College career

Shamell played for four seasons of

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in the

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(North American university championship), representing the

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, where he played with the

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Professional career

In 2004, Shamell came to Brazil and stayed three months in Araraquara, playing in the quarterfinals of the Paulista state championship. The following year, he moved to Paulistano, where in his first season there, playing next to the Paulista wing Renato Lamas, his team finished second in the Paulista state championship. That same season, Shamell was chosen for the selection of the Brazilian Championship, alongside Nezinho dos Santos, Alex Garcia, Ricardo Probst, and

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. In August 2007, Shamell moved to the Croatian club

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of the

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and the European 2nd-tier level EuroCup, where he played until June 2008. At the end of his contract, Shamell moved to the

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to play for Zhejiang Cyclone. However, he only played two months with the club, due to adjustment problems of his family, and he chose to return to Brazil to play, a nation which he declared to be his new home. He joined Winner Limeira, where he won the Paulista state regional championship in 2008–09. The fans of that club still remember him. In 2009, "Showmell" went to Pinheiros, a club that later would become a great rival of his former team Paulistano. Playing for the team of

, Shamell helped formed a great squad, alongside

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, and

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, winning the first Paulista state title in club history, and leading the team to two consecutive semifinals in the NBB. Moreover, Pinheiros, led by these players, was twice the runner-up in the InterLeagues Tournament, losing to

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in 2011, and to

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in 2012 . Also in 2011, the club was the runner-up in the

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, losing again to Obras Sanitarias. But in 2013, Shamell, playing alongside Márcio Dornelles,

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, Joe Smith, and Paulinho Boracini, led Pinheiros to the

title. It was the first time he played at the Final Four of the tournament. Shamell was named the MVP of the Final Four's Grand Final. In June 2013, he signed with

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of the

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. He then returned to Pinheiros. In 2014, he moved to

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, where he stayed until 2019. Stallworth then signed with

prior to the 2019–20 season.

Brazilian League statistics

NBB regular season

NBB playoffs

References

External links

EuroCup ProfileLatinBasket.com ProfileBrazilian League Profile

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