Shannon, a native of West Palm Beach in Florida, has played his entire career essentially with only one eye.

At the age of 10 while playing with some of his seventh-grade friends, Eddie was unintentionally hit in the right eye with a rock, forever altering his vision.

He was eventually fitted with a cosmetic prosthesis that covers his damaged cornea leading him to wear goggles when playing, though he has since discarded them.

Most of Shannon's professional career has been played in European leagues which included stints with KK Split in Croatia and Strasbourg IG in France.

In all he spent some nine seasons in Europe including a stint as teammate to Australian Boomers center Chris Anstey at PBC Ural Great in Russia.