NBA STRAYA #NeverForget OFF-SEASON EDITION!
Name: Sam Perkins
Nickname: ‘Big Smooth’ / ‘Sleepy Sam’ / ‘Big Shot Sam’
‘Strayan Nickame: ‘Larry’ / ‘Chunky Sam’ / ‘Flat Top’ / ‘Ann’ / ‘Slammin’ Sam’
Teams:
Dallas Mavericks (’84-‘90)
Los Angeles Lakers (’90-‘93)
Seattle #Supersonics (’93-‘98)
Indiana Pacers (’98-‘01)
Career Stats (per game):
11.9 pts // 6.0 rebs // 1.5 asts // 45.9 FG% // 36.2 3P%
Best known for:
– Being the 4th pick in the ’84 draft… one behind MJ and one ahead of Charles Barkley
– Being MJ’s teammate on UNC
– All-time GREAT flat-top
– All-time GREAT nickname
– Playing forever (from ’84 to ’01!)
– Hitting a (then-record) 8-straight 3-pointers for the Sonics in ’97
– Being the ‘Unlucky Horry’… three times he went to a team that went to the Finals… but never won an NBA title
– Helping pioneer the ‘chunky-bloke-who-can-shoot-so-he-can-play-til-he’s-39’ role
– Being the tallest player with the most 3s made in NBA history when he retired (in 2001, with 849… he’s now 20th)
– Shooting jumpshots without jumping
Dead-Set Ledge Status:
Assured! Big Smooth kept getting beaten by his old teammate MJ in the Finals (in ’91 with the Lakers and ’96 with the Sonics), but his game was fun as hell… he was deadly with the ‘trail behind the break and launch a 3-pointer’. If you don’t love Big Smooth, you’re a dead-set joker who probably doesn’t say ‘busy night mate?’ to cab drivers and who dobs on blokes who go an extra 5 minutes on smoko.
#ONYA Big Smooth!