Detlef Schrempf

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Detlef Schrempf
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Schrempf in 2016
Personal information
Born (1963-01-21) January 21, 1963 (age 61)
Leverkusen, West Germany
NationalityGerman / American
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school Centralia (Centralia, Washington)
College Washington (1981–1985)
NBA draft 1985: 1st round, 8th overall pick
Selected by the Dallas Mavericks
Playing career1985–2001
Position Small forward / power forward
Number32, 11, 12
Coaching career2005–2007
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
Career NBA statistics
Points 15,761 (13.9 ppg)
Rebounds 7,023 (6.2 rpg)
Assists 3,833 (3.4 apg)
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FIBA Hall of Fame

Detlef Schrempf (born January 21, 1963) is a German-American former 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, the first European player ever to achieve this award, and the NBA Sixth Man of the Year twice.

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Schrempf played in the NBA for 16 seasons, including stints with the Indiana Pacers, the Seattle SuperSonics, and the Portland Trail Blazers. [1] 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. Schrempf was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2021. [2]

High school and college career

Born in Leverkusen, West Germany, Schrempf played for the youth teams of Bayer Leverkusen, before attending Centralia High School in Centralia, Washington, United States, for one year. As a senior, he led the Tigers to the Class AA (now 2A) state championship in 1981, scoring 24 points in the title game, [3] a 52–43 victory over the Timberline Blazers of Lacey. [4] After graduating he enrolled at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he played for the Huskiesunder head 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. He was named team captain for his senior year. [5] In his career at Washington, he scored 1,449 total points. [6]

Schrempf was named to the All-Pac-10 First Team and The Sporting News All-America Second Team. He was inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame in 1995, and was also named to the University of Washington All-Century Team. While attending UW, he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and majored in international business. [4]

NBA career

Schrempf was selected eighth overall by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1985 NBA draft. He became a regular in NBA rotations after being traded to the Indiana Pacers for veteran center Herb Williams in February 1989. [7] Playing for the Mavericks, he finished second in the NBA with a .478 three-point percentage in 1986–87, and eventually worked his way into the starting lineup. In 1991 and 1992, he won consecutive NBA Sixth Man Awards. In the 1992–93 season, he was the only player in the NBA to finish in the top 25 in scoring (19.1 ppg), rebounding (9.5 rpg) and assists (6.0 apg), [8] and was the first European [9] selected to play in the NBA All-Star Game, the first of his three appearances.

Following the 1992–93 NBA season, Schrempf was traded to the Seattle SuperSonics for forwards Derrick McKey and Gerald Paddio. He ranked second in the NBA in three-point accuracy during the 1994–95 season with a 51.4 three-point field goal percentage and became leader in the NBA in offensive rating the same season with 127 points per 100 possessions. On a Sonics team that also featured Gary Payton, Shawn Kemp, Sam Perkins, and Hersey Hawkins, Schrempf reached the NBA Finals in 1996, where they lost to Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls in six games. Schrempf became the first (and one of only four, to date, along with Dirk Nowitzki, Daniel Theis, and Maxi Kleber) German-born NBA player to reach the NBA Finals. While with the Sonics, Schrempf played in the NBA All-Star game in both 1995 and 1997.

Schrempf was released by the Sonics in 1999 and signed the same day by the Portland Trail Blazers, with whom he played until his retirement from professional basketball in 2001, playing in a total of 1,136 regular season games and 114 playoff games.

On January 24, 2006, the Seattle SuperSonics hired Schrempf as an assistant coach under Bob Hill, who had coached Schrempf when he played for the Indiana Pacers. [10]

National team career

Schrempf first appeared for the West Germany national team at the EuroBasket in 1983. He also led the team in scoring during the event at 15.3 ppg. [11] A year later, he led the team to the 1984 Olympics. [12] In 1985, Schrempf helped West Germany to their best finish at the EuroBasket in their history to that point. [13] Seven years later, at the 1992 Olympics, he represented the team for his last international tournament. [14]

Charitable work

Schrempf established the Detlef Schrempf Foundation in 1996 to benefit local charities. In January 2012, he won the Paul Allen Award for Citizenship (formerly the Seattle Sports Commission Sports Citizen of the Year [usurped] ) at the 77th annual Sports Star of the Year banquet in Seattle. [15] His foundation hosts the Detlef Schrempf Celebrity Golf Classic at McCormick Woods Golf Course in Port Orchard, Washington, each summer and has raised about $10 million for children's charities in the Pacific Northwest. [16]

Personal life

Schrempf is married to Mari Schrempf. They have two sons, Alex and Michael. [17] Since 2010, Schrempf has been the Business Development Officer at Coldstream Capital, a wealth management firm in Seattle. [18] [19] [20]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high
 * Led the league

NBA statistics

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1985–86 Dallas 641215.1.451.429.7243.11.4.4.26.2
1986–87 Dallas 81521.1.472.478.7423.72.0.6.29.3
1987–88 Dallas 82419.4.456.156.7563.41.9.5.48.5
1988–89 Dallas 37122.8.426.125.7894.52.3.6.29.5
1988–89 Indiana 321231.4.514.263.7727.22.9.9.314.8
1989–90 Indiana 781833.0.516.354.8207.93.2.8.216.2
1990–91 Indiana 82332.1.520.375.8188.03.7.7.316.1
1991–92 Indiana 80432.6.536.324.8289.63.9.8.517.3
1992–93 Indiana 826037.8.476.154.8049.56.01.0.319.1
1993–94 Seattle 818033.7.493.324.7695.63.4.9.115.0
1994–95 Seattle 82*82*35.2.523.514.8396.23.81.1.419.2
1995–96 Seattle 636034.9.486.408.7765.24.4.9.117.1
1996–97 Seattle 616035.9.492.354.8016.54.41.0.316.8
1997–98 Seattle 787835.2.487.415.8447.14.4.8.215.8
1998–99 Seattle 50*3935.3.472.395.8237.43.7.8.515.0
1999–00 Portland 77621.6.432.404.8334.32.6.5.27.5
2000–01 Portland 26015.3.411.375.8523.01.7.3.14.0
Career1,13652429.6.491.384.8036.23.4.8.313.9
All-Star3017.0.455.250.3333.72.3.0.37.7

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1986 Dallas 10012.0.464.000.6472.31.4.2.13.7
1987 Dallas 4024.3.371.000.4553.01.5.8.57.8
1988 Dallas 15018.3.465.333.7063.71.6.5.57.8
1990 Indiana 3341.7.489.000.9387.31.7.7.320.3
1991 Indiana 5035.8.474.000.8337.22.2.4.015.8
1992 Indiana 3040.0.383.500.89313.02.3.7.321.0
1993 Indiana 4441.3.463.000.7785.87.3.3.519.5
1994 Seattle 5534.8.520.333.8675.42.0.2.618.6
1995 Seattle 4438.3.404.556.7924.83.0.8.518.8
1996 Seattle 212137.6.475.368.7505.03.2.7.216.0
1997 Seattle 121238.3.472.552.8155.83.41.1.116.9
1998 Seattle 101037.5.512.143.8167.73.9.7.116.1
2000 Portland 15018.4.393.167.8303.52.0.3.05.6
2001 Portland 3010.7.667.667.6671.7.3.0.04.7
Career1145929.3.465.373.7895.02.6.5.212.6

International statistics

YearCompetitionGPMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1983 EuroBasket
1984 Olympic Games
1985 EuroBasket
1992 Olympic Games
Career71

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