John Salley

Basketball Player

1964 –

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Who is John Salley?

John Thomas Salley is a retired American professional basketball player, actor and talk show host. He was the first player in NBA history to play on three different championship-winning franchises, as well as the first player in the NBA to win a championship in three different decades.

After being drafted in the first round out of Georgia Tech in 1986, the 7'0 Salley played both power forward and center for the Detroit Pistons, Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls, Panathinaikos BC and Los Angeles Lakers. He was a long-time host of the former Fox Sports Net show The Best Damn Sports Show Period.

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Born
May 16, 1964
Brooklyn
Also known as
  • John Thomas Salley
  • Spider
  • John Spider Salley
Spouses
Ethnicity
  • African American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Scheller College of Business
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
Lived in
  • Brooklyn

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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