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Detlef Schrempf (born January 21 , 1963 in Leverkusen , West Germany , now Germany) had a 16-year career as an NBA Basketball player. SCHOOL AND COLLEGE Schrempf moved to the USA his junior year of high school, attending Centralia High in Washington State for two years. 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 . 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 Award s 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 . 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. 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 {Link without Title} . INTERNATIONAL CAREER Schrempf played for the West Germany Olympic Team in 1984 . In 1992 , he played for the German Olympic Team . 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. PERSONAL LIFE Schrempf is married to Mary, a former hurdler on the former West German National Team. They have two sons. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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