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Detlef Schrempf

Detlef Schrempf
Personal information
Born (1963-01-21) January 21, 1963 (age 54)
Leverkusen, West Germany
Nationality German
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school Centralia (Centralia, Washington)
College Washington (1981–1985)
NBA draft 1985 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8th overall
Selected by the Dallas Mavericks
Playing career 1985–2001
Position Small forward / Power forward
Number 32, 11, 12
Coaching career 2005–2007
Career history
As player:
19851989 Dallas Mavericks
19891993 Indiana Pacers
19931999 Seattle SuperSonics
19992001 Portland Trail Blazers
As coach:
20052007 Seattle SuperSonics (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 15,761 (13.9 ppg)
Rebounds 7,023 (6.2 rpg)
Assists 3,833 (3.4 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Detlef Schrempf (born January 21, 1963) is a German-American retired professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies from 1981 to 1985, and was drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) by the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the 1985 NBA draft, with the eighth overall pick. He was an All-NBA Third Team member in 1995, a three-time NBA All-Star and the NBA Sixth Man of the Year twice.

Schrempf played in the NBA for sixteen seasons, including stints with the Indiana Pacers, the Seattle SuperSonics, and the Portland Trail Blazers. In 1996, he reached the NBA Finals with the Supersonics. He played for the West German, and later German, national team in the 1984 and 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1983 and 1985 EuroBasket championships.

Detlef Schrempf was born in Leverkusen, a city in then West Germany. He moved with his family to the United States for his senior year of high school, attending Centralia High School in Centralia, Washington, for one year, leading the Tigers to the Class 3A (then AA) state championship in 1981. in his senior year by defeating the Blazers of Timberline High School. After graduating he enrolled at the University of Washington, where he played basketball for the Washington Huskies men's basketball team from 1981 to 1985 under coach Marv Harshman. With Schrempf, the Huskies won Pac-10 regular-season titles in 1984 and 1985 and made three postseason appearances, reaching the Sweet 16 in 1984. In his career at Washington, he scored 1,449 total points.


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