Detlef Schrempf

Detlef Schrempf, born on January 21, 1963 in Leverkusen, West Germany, is a German-American former professional basketball player who later became a businessman and philanthropist. After a year at Centralia High School in Washington state he played for the University of Washington Huskies, scoring 1,449 points, and the Dallas Mavericks chose him eighth overall in the 1985 NBA draft. Over 16 NBA seasons with the Mavericks, Indiana Pacers, Seattle SuperSonics and Portland Trail Blazers he won the Sixth Man Award twice, was named to the All-NBA Third Team in 1995, played in three All-Star Games as the first European selected to the game, and reached the 1996 NBA Finals with Seattle. He played for West Germany and Germany at the 1984 and 1992 Olympics and was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2021.