SUMMARY
- Shams Charania is known for being one of the biggest NBA reporters around.
- The Athletic's star reporter has been linked to a few names such as Lisa Skeete Tatum and FanDuel's Kay Adams.
Shams Charania has been an incredibly important NBA source for many years now. He has been a frontman in sports journalism for the last few years, reporting several signings and happenings around the league. The reporter began sportswriting for ChicagoNow, a subsidiary group of the Chicago Tribune. What’s more impressive is that he started writing at the age of 17. This experience he gained benefitted him eventually.
It was around 2012 when Charania shifted to RealGM. There, he was responsible for reporting small transactions and signings that happened around the league. His work was quite impressive for someone who was a rookie in his field and it caught the attention of Adrian Wojnarowski. The veteran reporter recruited Charania to work for Yahoo Sports. But in 2018, Shams chose to join The Athletic and Stadium, companies that he’s currently associated with.
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Before he was born, his parents migrated from Pakistan during the 80s. Shams Charania was born in Chicago and raised in Wilmette, Illinois. He attended New Trier High School and pursued higher education at Loyola University Chicago. However, his personal life has been a major topic of interest amongst fans.
The NBA reporter has been linked to a woman named Lisa Skeete Tatum. Multiple sources claim that they are currently married or in a relationship. Tatum is the owner of Landit, a company that works towards empowering women in the workspace. With a background in Chemical Engineering and Business, Tatum has been an influential figure for many years. But there is no link or proof to confirm the connection between them.
Is Shams Charania currently dating anyone?
Fans always claim that Shams Charania has an extremely charming personality. However, that could be an unintentional look Charania has been trying to portray since coming into the limelight. He has been the type of person to strictly focus on his work rather than involve himself in popular culture of any sort. Charania has reported blockbuster signings of Stephen Curry, Blake Griffin, Dwight Howard, and Jamal Crawford as well.
He did have a brief, yet friendly rivalry with his former mentor and colleague, Wojnarowki. Charania mainly works via X and other major social media platforms such as Instagram. From what it seems, Charania is all work and no play. However, he was previously linked to FanDuel’s Kay Adams. Rumors regarding a potential romance flooded the internet during Shams’ informal interview in November 2022.
Adams began the interview by asking Shams about his time with Chandler Parsons the night before they got together on set. The Up And Adams host jokingly called out Shams for not personally inviting her. Throughout the interview, Kay and Shams had great chemistry. At one point, she mentioned he was obsessed with him and made a joke about having children together.
Shams Charania is known as the Rizz God
The whole “Rizz God” nickname originated from the informal interview that went viral. At one point in the interview, Shams Charania revealed that one of his guilty pleasures was snuggling. Kay Adams seemed to have liked the answer a lot as well. While Shams wasn’t necessarily directly trying to flirt or do it at all, fans picked up on the chemistry.
For Valentine’s Day 2024, Charania sent a pair of red John Geiger shoes that he wore during Super Bowl LVIII. Adams mentioned that she made fun of the shoes, so he sent her a pair with a note written. He said, “Kay, with much love and with much admiration for you as a person, Happy Valentine’s – Shams.”
The ‘Rizzgod’ strikes again 😅❤️@ShamsCharania @heykayadams pic.twitter.com/cDAGOrf5Z0
— Up & Adams (@UpAndAdamsShow) February 14, 2024
Adams also addressed Charania about the relentless memes being posted about them on social media following the interview. Shams and Adams both claimed that they didn’t know what “Rizz God” meant. Charania added that he was also bombarded with posts about them. He eventually said that he meant strict business. Unfortunately, there is no information on whether they are dating or if Shams is married to anyone.