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Saturday, June 11, 2022 at 10am (PST)
Special Guest this week is Hall of Famer and 8x NBA World Champion Tom “Satch” Sanders
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Satch Sanders
| Personal information |
| November 8, 1938 (age 83) New York City, New York |
| American |
| 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information |
| Seward Park (New York City, New York) |
| NYU (1957–1960) |
| 1960 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8th overall |
| Selected by the Boston Celtics | |
| Playing career | 1960–1973 |
| Position | Power forward |
| Number | 16 |
| Coaching career | 1973–1978 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1960–1973 | Boston Celtics |
| As coach: | |
| 1973–1977 | Harvard |
| 1977–1978 | Boston Celtics (assistant) |
| 1978 | Boston Celtics |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| 8× NBA champion (1961–1966, 1968, 1969)NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1969)No. 16 retired by Boston CelticsThird-team All-American – UPI (1960)Haggerty Award (1960) | |
| Career playing statistics | |
| Points | 8,766 (9.6 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 5,798 (6.3 rpg) |
| Assists | 1,026 (1.1 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
| Career coaching record | |
| NBA | 23–39 (.371) |
| College | 40–60 (.400) |
| Basketball Hall of Fame |
Thomas Ernest “Satch” Sanders (born November 8, 1938) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played his entire professional career as a power forward for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Sanders’ eight championships are tied third for most NBA championships and he is one of three NBA players with an unsurpassed 8–0 record in NBA Finals series outcomes.[1] After his playing retirement, he served as a head coach for the Harvard Crimson men’s basketball team and the Boston Celtics.
Sanders was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor in 2011.
Biography
After playing at New York University as a stand out collegian, he spent all of his 13 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Boston Celtics. He scored a career-high 30 points to go along with 26 rebounds in a 142-110 win over the Syracuse Nationals on March 13, 1962.[2] He was part of the eight championship teams in 1961–66, 1968 and 1969. In NBA history, only teammates Bill Russell and Sam Jones have won more championship rings during their playing careers (three other teammates, John Havlicek, Tom Heinsohn and K. C. Jones, also won eight championship rings). He ended his career in 1973. On March 20, 1968, a housing development group formed by Sanders (called the Sanders Associates) received a $996,000 FHA commitment through the Boston Rehabilitation Program (BURP) for the rehabilitation of 83 units in Roxbury, Massachusetts after local community activists (including Mel King) criticized BURP for a lack of sufficient community control and racial equity.[3]
Following his playing career Sanders became the basketball coach at Harvard University, a position he held until 1977. Sanders became the first African-American to serve as a head coach of any sport in the Ivy League.[4] In 1978, Sanders became the head coach of the Boston Celtics, taking over for former teammate Tommy Heinsohn. Sanders returned the following season; however after a 2–12 record he was replaced by Dave Cowens, who took on the role as a player-coach.
In 1986, Sanders founded the Rookie Transition Program – the first such program in any major American sport.
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James Donaldson is a Washington State University graduate (’79). After an outstanding basketball career with WSU, he went on to play professional basketball in the NBA with the Seattle Supersonics, San Diego/L.A. Clippers, Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks, and Utah Jazz. He also played for several teams in the European Leagues in Spain, Italy, and Greece, and he toured with The Harlem Globetrotters to wrap up his career. James was an NBA All-Star in 1988 while playing center for the Dallas Mavericks. In 2006, James was inducted into the Pac-10 Sports Hall of Fame and also the Washington State University Athletic Hall of Fame. In 2010, James was elected as a board member for the NBA Retired Players Association.
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