Detlef Schrempf

Detlef Schrempf (born January 21, 1963 in Leverkusen, West Germany, now Germany) had a 16-year career as an NBA basketball player. Image File history File links Detlef-schrempf. ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Template:C20YearInnTopic 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Map of Germany showing Leverkusen Leverkusen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... The National Basketball Association, more commonly referred to as the NBA, is the worlds premier mens professional basketball league and one of the major professional sports leagues of North America. ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005 For other uses, see Basketball (disambiguation). ...

School and College

Schrempf moved to the USA his junior year of high school, attending Centralia High in Washington State for two years. Centralia is a city located in Lewis County, Washington. ... Official language(s) None Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 18th 184,824 km² 385 km 580 km 6. ...

He played college basketball for the University of Washington Huskies, where he was named to the All-Pac-10 Team and The Sporting News All-America Second Team. At college, he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity and majored in International Business. The term college (Latin collegium) is most often used today to denote an educational institution. ... The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a major public research university in Seattle, Washington. ... The Pacific Ten Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. ... The Sporting News (TSN) is an American-based sports newspaper. ... Phi Delta Theta (ΦΔΘ) is an international fraternity founded in 1848 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. ... International Business is a term used to collectively describe topics relating to the operations of companies with interests in several countries. ...

NBA

Originally drafted eighth overall by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1985 NBA Draft, he became a regular after being traded to the Indiana Pacers. He was one of the NBA's leading substitutes, winning consecutive NBA Sixth Man Awards in 1990 and 1991, becoming a threat from the three-point line. He was known to be one of the most effective long-range shooters in the league finishing second in the NBA with a .478 three-point percentage in 1987. Eventually, he became a starter. In the 1992-93 season, he played in his first National Basketball Association All-Star Game. The Dallas Mavericks are a National Basketball Association team based in Dallas, Texas. ... This article is about the year. ... The National Basketball Association draft is an annual U.S. event in which the National Basketball Associations (NBA) thirty teams can select young players who wish to join the league. ... The Indiana Pacers are a National Basketball Association team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. ... The NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award is the award given by the National Basketball Association to the leagues best player coming off of the bench. ... This article is about the year. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 2004/2005 NBA Eastern Conference All-Stars The 2004/2005 NBA Western Conference All-Stars The NBA staged its first All-Star Game in the Boston Garden on March 2, 1951. ...

He was then traded to the Seattle SuperSonics for Derrick McKey and Gerald Paddio. He quickly established himself again as one of the best long-range shooters ranking second in the league in three-point shooting with a remarkable .514 percentage. With the Sonics, he became part of one of the most solid teams of the NBA (together with Shawn Kemp, Gary Payton, Sam Perkins, among others, became known as the Sonic Boom) reaching the NBA Finals in 1996 where they lost to Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls in six games. While with the Sonics he played in two more All-Star games. The Seattle SuperSonics (or simply Sonics to their fans) are a National Basketball Association team based in Seattle, Washington. ... Derrick Wayne McKey (born October 10, 1966 in Meridian, Mississippi) is a former NBA basketball player who played the most part of his career between the small forward and the power forward positions. ... The National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the NBA, is the premier professional basketball league in North America. ... Shawn Kemp in Seattle SuperSonics uniform (1995) Shawn Kemp in Portland Trail Blazers uniform (2001) Shawn T. Kemp (born November 26, 1969, in Elkhart, Indiana) is a former professional basketball player in the United States National Basketball Association. ... Payton on the Miami Heat This article is about the basketball player. ... Samuel Bruce Perkins (born June 6, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former professional basketball player, also known by the nickname The Big Smooth. ... The NBA Finals is the championship series of the National Basketball Association, played under a best-of-seven playoff format. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York), is an American former NBA player, and is generally considered to be the greatest basketball player of all time. ... The Chicago Bulls are a National Basketball Association team based in Chicago, Illinois. ...

He was released in 1999 and signed the same day by the Portland Trail Blazers, where he retired from basketball in 2001. On January 24, 2006, the Seattle SuperSonics hired Schrempf as an Assistant Coach [1]. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Portland Trail Blazers are a National Basketball Association team based in Portland, Oregon. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

International Career

Schrempf played for the West Germany Olympic Team in 1984. In 1992, he played for the German Olympic team. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Charitable Work

Schrempf established the Detlef Schrempf Foundation in 1996 to benefit local charities. The foundation hosts the Detlef Schrempf Celebrity Golf Classic every year. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Personal life

Schrempf is married to Mary, a former hurdler on the former West German National Team. They have two sons.

External links

• Detlef Schrempf on nba.com
• Schrempf's official site