1. Ronald Fred Seikaly was born on May 10,1965 and is a Lebanese-American former professional basketball player.
33 Facts About Rony Seikaly
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Rony Seikaly was one of the first internationally born players to make an impact on American basketball.
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Rony Seikaly earned the 1990 NBA Most Improved Player Award and later played for the Golden State Warriors, Orlando Magic and New Jersey Nets and in Spain with FC Barcelona.
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Rony Seikaly was part of the United States national basketball team during the 1986 FIBA World Championship, winning gold.
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In 1981, when Rony Seikaly was 16, the Panathinaikos basketball player Takis Koroneos took note of him, after he purchased a pair of basketball sneakers in Koroneos' athletics store.
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Rony Seikaly continued to train and practice with Panathinaikos until 1983.
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In 1983, Rony Seikaly moved from Greece to the United States and began attending Syracuse University in central New York, where he played college basketball.
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Rony Seikaly played center for the Syracuse Orange men's basketball team.
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Rony Seikaly led his Syracuse team to the 1987 NCAA tournament championship finals against the Indiana Hoosiers during his junior year, after averaging 22 points and 11 rebounds per game throughout the tournament.
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Rony Seikaly was an All-American, and was named to the John R Wooden All-American Team.
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Rony Seikaly graduated from Syracuse as the school's all-time leading rebounder, second in school history in blocked shots, and fourth in school history in scoring.
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Rony Seikaly was named to the Orange's All 20th Century Team, and his number 4 jersey has been retired and raised to the rafters at the Carrier Dome.
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Rony Seikaly was taken by the Miami Heat with the 9th pick in the first round of the 1988 NBA draft.
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On November 2,1994, Rony Seikaly was traded to the Golden State Warriors for Sasha Danilovic and Billy Owens.
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The Magic had been a dominant Eastern Conference team, but lost superstar center Shaquille O'Neal, and Rony Seikaly was brought in to fill the void.
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Rony Seikaly averaged 16 points and 9.5 rebounds per game in his stint in Orlando.
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Rony Seikaly holds NBA career averages of 14.7 points per game, 9.5 rebounds per game, and 1.3 blocks per game.
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In 2000, Rony Seikaly moved to the Spanish ACB League club Barcelona.
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Rony Seikaly averaged 13.0 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.0 blocks per game in 24.5 minutes played per game.
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Rony Seikaly first began training and practicing with the senior Greece national team, in 1983, at the age of 18.
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Rony Seikaly was then able to represent Team USA at both the 1986 Goodwill Games and the 1986 FIBA World Championship.
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Rony Seikaly later asked FIBA to grant him permission to represent the Lebanese national team.
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FIBA granted the request, and Rony Seikaly was thus able to represent Lebanon.
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Rony Seikaly averaged 30 points and 20 rebounds in those games.
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Rony Seikaly has been producing and working in the genres of house, deep house, tech house and techno, and has played in many of the major clubs across the globe.
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Rony Seikaly has released many solo EPs including a lot of his early work "House Calls" in 2010.
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Rony Seikaly ran his own radio show on Sirius XM satellite radio called SugarFreeRadio which aired four days per week and was a resounding success since 2012.
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Rony Seikaly speaks four languages fluently: English, Greek, Arabic and French.
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When Magic Johnson returned to the NBA HIV-positive, and there was opposition to his inclusion in the league, because of his health status, Rony Seikaly challenged him to a game of one-on-one, to show everyone that HIV is not contagious by touch.
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Rony Seikaly owns and runs a multi-million-dollar real estate investment company.
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From July 2011 to January 26,2024, Rony Seikaly had a relationship with a Brazilian model, a relationship that produced a daughter, Aya.
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Rony Seikaly is involved in many charities, such as the Miami Heat's Corporate Education and "Shoot for the Stars" programs, Make A Wish Foundation and many more.
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Revenues from the sale of his 2012 album, Nervous Nitelife Presents Rony Seikaly, went to the Children's Department at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Foundation in Miami.