John Salley
Basketball Player
1964 –
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
- Natasha Duffy
(1993/07/31 - )
- Natasha Duffy
- 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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