Charles Patrick Eidson Jr. (born October 10, 1980), commonly known asChuck Eidson, is an American former professionalbasketball player. He is 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) tall and he played mainly at thesmall forward position. He could also play at both thepoint guard andshooting guard positions, as well as apoint forward.
Eidson playedhigh school basketball atPinewood Preparatory School, where he was aParade All-American andSouth CarolinaGatorade Player of the Year. He also played at theAlbert Schweitzer Tournament in 1998, and at theNike Hoop Summit in 1999.
Eidson playedcollege basketball at theUniversity of South Carolina, with theGamecocks men's basketball team.
After his college career with the University of South Carolina Gamecocks, Eidson spent a season with theNorth Charleston Lowgators of theNBDL. After a short stint with theBoston Celtics, he signed a one-year deal with theGießen 46ers in the GermanBasketball Bundesliga. The team, that was on the verge of relegation the season before, was brought back to life by Eidson, who led the 46ers to the Bundesliga playoffs against RheinEnergie Köln. In the decisive game five, Eidson scored 40 points, leading Gießen to a 3–2 series win and straight to the semifinals, where they lost against the eventual championGHP Bamberg. For his stellar performance, the Small Forward was named the 2004–05Bundesliga Best Offensive Player. In a pre-season game versusEnBW Ludwigsburg the following fall, Eidson suffered a torn ACL and sat out 172 days before returning to the starting lineup of the 46ers in a Bundesliga game against BG Karlsruhe. Only three games later, Eidson torched TBB Trier for 41 points. After the season, Eidson left Germany and signed withStrasbourg IG in theFrench Pro A, where he also gainedEuroCup experience. One year later, he signed with the Lithuanian powerhouseLietuvos rytas of Vilnius.
When Eidson came to Lietuvos rytas, he quickly became a starter, and one of the team's leaders. His most memorable performance was in theEuroLeague game againstMaccabi Tel Aviv, when he scored 28 points and led the team to victory.FC Barcelona Bàsquet attempted to buy his contract out, but he remained with Lietuvos Rytas.
In the 2008–09 season, he won theEuroCup with the team also earning theEuroCup MVP award,[1] averaging 15.9 points and 21.3PIR per game. He also led the team to aBaltic League title that season, scoring a career high 41 points in the final againstBC Žalgiris, earning him the Baltic League Finals MVP award.
In 2009, he moved to theIsraeli League clubMaccabi Tel Aviv,[2] signing a two-year contract, estimated 1.5M$net income for the whole period. In his second season with Maccabi, Eidson led the team to theEuroLeague Final with a great performance in the semifinal againstReal Madrid: 19 points on 66 percent shooting, along with eight rebounds and six steals for a PIR of 33.[3] In the finals Maccabi lost toPanathinaikos.
In 2011, he left Maccabi Tel Aviv and signed a lucrative contract withFC Barcelona.[4] In Barcelona, Eidson was released due to cutting of the budget.
His next station was theRussian League clubUNICS, where he signed a two-year contract.[5] He failed toqualify with the team to the2012–13 Euroleague, ending up instead in the2012–13 EuroCup season. He was named to theAll-Eurocup Second Team in 2013.[6]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
| Bold | Career high |
| * | Led the league |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007–08 | Rytas | 18 | 15 | 29.2 | .430 | .489 | .778 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 2.2 | .2 | 12.2 | 12.7 |
| 2009–10 | Maccabi | 20 | 19 | 32.6 | .398 | .329 | .791 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 1.2 | .2 | 12.0 | 13.4 |
| 2010–11 | 22 | 20 | 29.3 | .434 | .339 | .705 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 2.6* | .1 | 9.7 | 14.3 | |
| 2011–12 | Barcelona | 18 | 14 | 20.7 | .405 | .365 | .786 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 1.2 | .1 | 7.7 | 9.2 |
| Career | 78 | 68 | 28.1 | .417 | .373 | .765 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 1.8 | .2 | 10.4 | 12.5 | |
