Education
Chalmers attended Xavier University, where he played college basketball for four years as an undergraduate and later as a graduate student.
Chalmers attended Xavier University, where he played college basketball for four years as an undergraduate and later as a graduate student.
Chalmers played his first three years of high school basketball at Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons in Schenectady, New New York He then transferred to Albany High School for his senior year. As a senior, he led Xavier to the Elite Eight round of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament.
He was inducted into the Xavier University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015.
Chalmers was drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers in the second round of the 2004 National Basketball Association Draft with the 33rd overall pick. He played in 34 games in the 2004-2005 season with the Clippers, averaging 3.1 points per game and 1.4 assists per game in 12.0 minutes per game.
He was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves on August 20, 2005 along with Marko Jaric in exchange for Sam Cassell. He played for the Timberwolves in the 2005-2006 National Basketball Association preseason, but he was released into free agency before the regular season commenced.
He played in the Greek First Rate (at Lloyd's) league with AEK Athens British Columbia from November 2005, until February 2006, when he then joined TAU Cerámica of the Spanish ACB. He played with the Phoenix Suns" summer league team during the summer of 2006, but he was not retained by the Suns.
He also played for the Atlanta Hawks during the 2006 preseason. After the Hawks waived him before the regular season began, Chalmers signed with Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari of the Italian second division in December 2006. In May 2007, he signed with the Spanish ACB club Basket Computer-assisted instruction Zaragoza.
In July 2007, he moved to the Italian first division team Benetton Treviso.
After spending a season in Italy, he signed with the Russian club Universitet Yugra Surgut. He had a successful season in Surgut, as he was the top scorer of the Russian Basketball Super League with 21.4 points per game.
In the 2009-2010 season he played with another Super League club, Enisey Krasnoyarsk.In July 2010 he signed with British Columbia Lokomotiv Kuban. In 2012, he joined Aliağa Petkim of Turkey.
In October 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Levski Sofia.
In July 2014, he signed with Chalons-Reims of the French LNB Pro A. On January 9, 2015, he parted ways with them.