Sharrod Ford

Sharrod Ford ( born September 9, 1982 in Washington, DC ) is an American professional basketball player. After graduating from Clemson University, Ford tried as a professional in the most highly endowed U.S. professional league NBA. There, however, he could not prevail, and then played in Europe. With ALBA Berlin, he was the 2007 German Cup winner and with Virtus Bologna of Italy winner of the Euro Challenge 2009. The contract was canceled before the season starts again after an engagement with the first division team FC Bayern Munich in the BBL season 2011/12 did not materialize and, Ford has been committed for the following season 2012/13 by the German double winners Brose Baskets in Bamberg.

In the years 2001 to 2005 he studied at Clemson University and played for the college team Tigers in the NCAA. With the Tigers, he was the first player after Horace Grant in the 1980s, who managed to lead the team in two consecutive seasons in points and rebounds. Although he was not selected in the NBA Draft taken in September 2005 by the Phoenix Suns under contract after he could make Summer League attention to himself in the NBA. After three inserts in the NBA he was late December released from the contract again and delivered to the farm team Fayetteville Patriots in the NBA Development League (D - League), where he had another 15 missions before he moved to Europe in February 2006.

With Alba Berlin Ford reached at the end of the season the final series in the play- offs of the BBL season 2005/ 06, but lost against Rhein Energy Cologne. In the following season 2006/ 07 they won, although the German Cup, but resigned as the main round first in the first round of the play -offs against the Artland Dragons from. Then joined Ford in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A, where he first played for the club from Montegranaro. The rising stars of the pre-season ranked fourth in the final table and the first time the play-offs for the Italian championship, but in which one was eliminated in the first round. For the following season, he was obliged by Virtus Bologna, who had just finished the season in 15th place in the table. Therefore, the 15 times Italian champions started in the 2008/ 09 season, only the third European club competition Euro Challenge, you could win in front of their own fans at the end of the season at the Final Four tournament. Ford was able to achieve a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds in the final match against Cholet Basket. In the Italian Cup they reached the fifth place and different - from Ford's point of view again - in the first play-off round.

For the 2009/10 season as he changed his Bolognese Ford teammate Keith Langford to Russia and signed a contract with BK Spartak from Saint Petersburg. Ford left the club in the dispute over pending payments after only two months, followed in January 2010, returned to the Serie A in Italy. Here, however, he could not prevent his new club from relegation Ferrara, who finished the season in second to last place in the table. Therefore, for the 2010/11 season he returned to the club from Montegranaro, however once again the play-offs missed.

For the season 2011/12 Ford was announced as a new addition in the ambitious German first division team FC Bayern Munich, the contract was terminated by mutual agreement before the start of the season, for which private grounds of Ford were given. In February and March 2012, he was again active in the D -League for six games with the Erie BayHawks. In the season 2012/13 he makes a new attempt in the German Basketball Bundesliga. The dominant in the last three seasons club Brose Baskets, three times German double winners, decided to create a commitment from Ford