Sam Perkins

Sam Perkins
No. 41, 44, 14
	Power forward / Center
Personal information
Date of birth	June 14, 1961 (age 50)
Place of birth	Brooklyn, New York
Nationality	American
High school	Shaker (Latham, New York)
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
College	North Carolina (1980–1984)
NBA Draft	1984 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4th overall
	Selected by the Dallas Mavericks
Pro career	1984–2001
Career history
1984–1990	Dallas Mavericks
1990–1993	Los Angeles Lakers
1993–1998	Seattle SuperSonics
1998–2001	Indiana Pacers
Career highlights and awards
	NBA All-Rookie First Team (1985); NCAA Champion (1982); 2× Consensus NCAA All-American First Team (1983–1984); Consensus NCAA All-American Second Team (1982);
Career NBA statistics
Points	15,324 (11.9 ppg)
Rebounds	7,666 (6.0 rpg)
Blocks	933 (0.7 bpg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Men’s basketball
Competitor for United States
Olympic Games
Pan American Games
FIBA U19 World Championship

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Samuel Perkins (born June 14, 1961) is a retired American professional basketball player, also known by the nicknames "Sleepy Sam" and "Big Smooth." He attended Samuel J. Tilden High School, Shaker High School and the University of North Carolina, where he was a teammate of Michael Jordan.^[1] He then played in the NBA from 1984 to 2001.

In 1980, he was selected large-school player of the year in high school by the New York State Sportswriters Association.

In 2008, Perkins was named vice president of player relations for the Indiana Pacers, with whom he played from 1999-2001.^[2]

In September 2008, Perkins was inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame along with NBA stars Kenny Anderson and Rod Strickland, coach Pete Gillen and pioneers Lou Bender and Eddie Younger.^[3]

[edit] Career highlights

Member of the 1982 NCAA Champion North Carolina Tar Heels.
Named to the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team as one of the fifty greatest players in Atlantic Coast Conference history
Co-captain of the gold-medal winning 1984 U.S. Olympic basketball team.
Named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 1984-85.
Has appeared in 164 career playoff games averaging 11.3 ppg and 5.7 rpg.
Recorded the only 30-20 game in Mavericks history, with 31 points and a career-high 20 rebounds, against the Houston Rockets on 12/12/86.
Scored a career-high 45 points, for the Mavericks, against the Golden State Warriors on 4/12/90.
Appeared against the Chicago Bulls in the 1991 NBA Finals with the L.A. Lakers and again in 1996 with the Seattle SuperSonics.
Tied an NBA record by hitting 8 three-pointers without a miss with the Seattle SuperSonics against the Toronto Raptors on 1/15/97.
Participated in the AT&T Shootout during the 1997 NBA All-Star Weekend in Cleveland.
Posted a 1997-98 season-high 21 points, on perfect shooting (5-5 FG, 4-4 3FG, 7-7 FT), and 3 steals against the L.A. Clippers on 12/14/97.

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