Personal information | |
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Born |
Leverkusen, West Germany |
January 21, 1963
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: | |
1985–1989 | Dallas Mavericks |
1989–1993 | Indiana Pacers |
1993–1999 | Seattle SuperSonics |
1999–2001 | Portland Trail Blazers |
As coach: | |
2005–2007 | Seattle SuperSonics (assistant) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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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.