Carl Scheer was an American basketball executive.
15 Facts About Carl Scheer
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Carl Scheer was the commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association.
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Carl Scheer was the first GM in Hornets history and is credited as the inventor of the NBA Slam Dunk Contest.
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Carl Scheer was born on December 14,1936, in Springfield, Massachusetts to Robert and Minette Scheer.
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Carl Scheer was educated in Springfield and was an all-state basketball player.
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Carl Scheer graduated from Middlebury College, where he played basketball, and University of Miami School of Law before settling in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Carl Scheer made the contest a longstanding part of the NBA when he revived the idea for the 1984 NBA All-Star Game in Denver.
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Denver shuffled the front office and Carl Scheer left the Nuggets in 1984.
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Carl Scheer moved to the Los Angeles Clippers in July 1984.
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Carl Scheer's stay in Los Angeles was short after battling with team ownership and he ended up taking the job of commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association in 1986.
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One year later, Carl Scheer was tapped to be the general manager of the New Jersey Nets.
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Carl Scheer left Charlotte to take over as president of the Nuggets.
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Carl Scheer's second stay in Denver was short, as he left only 14 months later amid other departures in the front office.
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Carl Scheer was married to Marsha Carl Scheer from 1959 until his death.
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Carl Scheer died on December 13,2019, at the age of 82, from complications of dementia, in Charlotte, North Carolina.