1. Daniel Leslie Schayes was born on May 10,1959 and is an American former professional basketball player who played for Syracuse University and played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association, from 1981 until 1999.
19 Facts About Danny Schayes
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Danny Schayes is the son of the late Dolph Schayes, who was selected for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Danny Schayes's co-host is Etan Thomas, a retired American professional basketball player.
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Danny Schayes was born into a Jewish family in Syracuse, New York, the son of Naomi Eva and Dolph Danny Schayes, who played professional basketball and was inducted in the Hall of Fame.
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Danny Schayes's father's parents were born in Romania, and immigrated to the United States.
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Danny Schayes is an alum of Jamesville-Dewitt High School, where he scored 1,012 points for the basketball team.
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Danny Schayes played on the US basketball team that won a gold medal at the 1977 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, Israel; he played for Team USA at the 1981 Maccabiah Games, which won a gold medal.
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Danny Schayes served as Head Coach of Team USA in basketball at the 2013 Maccabiah Games, which won another gold medal.
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Danny Schayes was named to the 1981 All-Big East first team and was both an All-American and an Academic All-American.
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Danny Schayes holds the record at the Carrier Dome for rebounds in a game.
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Danny Schayes was selected in the first round with the 13th overall pick by the Utah Jazz in the 1981 NBA draft out of Syracuse University.
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Danny Schayes was the second center to be drafted that year, with Steve Johnson of Oregon State being the first.
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Danny Schayes retired after the NBA lockout-shortened 1999 season, after averaging 1.5 points in an injury-plagued 19-game stint with the Orlando Magic.
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Danny Schayes had an 18-year career in the NBA, in which he averaged 7.7 points and 5.0 rebounds in 1,138 games.
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Danny Schayes was named "Best male athlete to hail from CNY" by the Post Standard in 2000.
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Danny Schayes was added to the Syracuse University All-Century Basketball team and Hall of Fame.
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Danny Schayes is a member of the New York Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
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Danny Schayes is married to Wendy Lucero-Danny Schayes, a former Olympic diver.
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Since retiring from basketball, Danny Schayes has been an active supporter of the Jewish Democratic Council of America and has spoken at numerous events, including a rally for 2004 presidential candidate John Kerry in Omaha, Nebraska.