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Uwe Blab

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Uwe Blab is a German former professional basketball player, born on 26 March 1962, who played centre and spent five seasons in the National Basketball Association. His red hair earned him the nickname Burning Skyscraper, and he and Detlef Schrempf, drafted the same year, were the first Germans in many years to reach the NBA. Blab attended Effingham High School in Illinois and played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers, helping the team win the 1983 Big Ten title and reach the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight the next year. He represented West Germany at EuroBasket 1983 and the 1984 Summer Olympics, and a unified Germany at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The Dallas Mavericks drafted him 17th overall in 1985; he later played for Napoli and ALBA Berlin before retiring and working as a software engineer in Texas.

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Birth Year
1962 1
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1984 Summer Olympics, Competitions
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1992 Summer Olympics, Competitions
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EuroBasket, Competitions
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National Basketball Association, Competitions
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Basketball, Sports
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Nationality

Germany

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Uwe Konstantin Blab (born March 26, 1962) is a German former professional basketball player
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    Uwe Konstantin Blab (born March 26, 1962)
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    Uwe Konstantin Blab (born March 26, 1962) is a German former professional basketball player
  • Competed In: EuroBasket, National team career, EuroBasket 1983
    Blab was first selected to the West Germany national team for the EuroBasket in 1983.
  • Competed In: 1984 Summer Olympics, National team career, 1984
    He was also part of the team at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  • Competed In: 1992 Summer Olympics, National team career, 1992
    Seven years later, Blab was able to participate in the 1992 Summer Olympics, this time for a unified Germany.
  • Competed In: National Basketball Association, Lead, NBA career
    who had a five-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA)
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