Samuel Bruce Perkins was born on June 14,1961 and is an American former professional basketball player and executive.
20 Facts About Sam Perkins
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Sam Perkins played professionally in the National Basketball Association for 17 seasons.
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Sam Perkins later attended and graduated from Shaker High School in Latham, New York.
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Sam Perkins was named large-school player of the year by the New York State Sportswriters Association in 1980 and was named to the 35 Greatest Boys McDonald's All Americans team.
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Sam Perkins attended college at the University of North Carolina and played basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels from 1980 to 1984.
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Sam Perkins was named ACC Rookie of the Year in 1981 and starred alongside future NBA Hall of Famers James Worthy and Michael Jordan on the Tar Heels' 1982 NCAA championship team.
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Sam Perkins finished his collegiate basketball career as the Tar Heels' all-time leader in rebounds and blocked shots and as the second-highest scorer in team history.
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Sam Perkins was a co-captain of the gold medal-winning 1984 United States men's Olympic basketball team.
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Sam Perkins was named first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference three times in his Tar Heel career.
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Sam Perkins was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 1985.
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Sam Perkins played for the Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers, Seattle SuperSonics, and Indiana Pacers, respectively.
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Sam Perkins scored a career-high 45 points on April 12,1990.
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Sam Perkins tied an NBA record on January 15,1997, by making eight three-pointers without a miss.
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Sam Perkins appeared in three NBA Finals: The 1991 NBA Finals, the 1996 NBA Finals, and the 2000 NBA Finals.
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In game one of the 1991 NBA Finals, Sam Perkins made a game-winning three-point shot to defeat the Chicago Bulls.
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In 2002, Sam Perkins was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team as one of the fifty greatest players in Atlantic Coast Conference history.
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In 2008, Sam Perkins was named vice president of player relations for the Indiana Pacers.
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In 2011, Sam Perkins traveled to South Sudan as a SportsUnited Sports Envoy for the US Department of State.
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Sam Perkins was named to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018.
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Sam Perkins has the distinction of having the third-most playoff games appeared in without having been on a team that won the NBA Championship.