Dolph Schayes
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Adolph Schayes (May 19, 1928 – December 10, 2015) was an American professional basketball player and mentor in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
He was a 12-time NBA All-Star and a 12-time All-NBA pick, as a top scorer and rebounder.
In 1955, Schayes captured an NBA championship with the Syracuse Nationals.
He was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA history and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Schayes spent his entire career with the Nationals and their successor, the Philadelphia 76ers, from 1948 to 1964.
He led his team to the playoffs fifteen times during his 16-year career.
Schayes became the player-coach of the newly minted 76ers after the Nationals moved to Philadelphia.
He retired after the 1963-64 season and spent two more seasons as coach, receiving NBA Coach of the Year awards in 1966.
He played briefly with the Buffalo Braves for a short time.
Early years
Schayes was born in Bronx, New York, and Carl Schayes, a truck driver for Consolidated Laundries, was born. His parents were Romanian-Jewish immigrants. He grew up on Davidson Avenue and 183rd Street in University Heights, Bronx, near Jerome Avenue.
Personal life
Schayes founded Syracuse, New York, in 1948, where he first appeared in the NBA and where he was a real estate developer before his playing days.
Danny Schayes, a former NBA center who played for Jamesville-DeWitt High School in DeWitt, New York; Syracuse University; and the NBA for 18 seasons, is Schayes' son. Abi, Carla, and Rachel Goettsch, both his grandchildren and uncle Mickey Ferri earned gold medals for the United States volleyball team at the 2001 Maccabiah Games, while his grandson Mickey Ferri won a gold medal in the 4 100 meters relay at the 2005 Maccabiah Games.
Schayes was inducted into the Bronx Walk of Fame in May 2015, where he was given a street name in his honour, "Dolph Schayes Street."
Basketball career
He attended Creston Junior High School 79 and DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, New York, where he competed for the basketball team and helped it win the borough championship. In 1944–48, he played his college basketball at New York University (NYU). Schayes, a 16-year-old freshman, helped New York University reach the NCAA final in 1945. Schayes earned his diploma in aeronautical engineering and received the Haggerty Award in his final year. Howard Cann, his NYU coach, said of him: "He was in the gym training every spare minute." We had to chase him out"!
Schayes was drafted by both the New York Knicks in the 1948 BAA draft (1st round pick overall) and the Tri-Cities Blackhawks in the NBL draft. The Blackhawks sold his rights to the Syracuse Nationals, who later gave him a $7,500 (worth $84,600 today) player, which was much more than the Knicks, contributing to his decision to go to Syracuse. Schayes spent one season in the NBL and was named Rookie of the Year by the league. As part of the BAA and NBL merger, the National Basketball Association was relocated to the newly formed National Basketball Association in the 1950s (1949-50).
Schayes, who was 6' 7" (201 cm), was best known for his ferocious, high-arcing outside set-shot. The temperature reached a point where his coworkers referred to it as "Sputnik." Defenders who attempted to deny him the outside shot were confronted with his fiery drive to the basket. And as the NBA was transitioning to a league of jump-shooters, these two offensive weapons served him well.
Early in Schayes' career, he broke his right arm and spent almost a year in a cast. Oddly, this injury was a turning point in his development: he learned to shoot with his off-hand, making it particularly difficult to protect. Before the game was reduced to one-handed jump shots, he was one of the best—and the last—to use a two-handed set-shot with feet planted on the ground.
With 259. He ranked 6th in the league in assists in the 1949–50 season. With 1,080 and a 16.4-per-game average, he led the NBA in rebounding in 1950-51 (in which he also had 10 of the top 14 individual rebounding games). In 1952–53, he was third in the league in rebounding, with 920. His 12.3 rebounds per game in 1953–54 were fourth-best in the NBA.
He coached his team from 1954-55 in the NBA championship. He led the league in minutes per game (39.6) and free throws (625), while others saw 1,008 rebounds (3rd in the league) and averaged 22.6 points per game (4th in the league). In 1957, he set the NBA's all-time record in a single game with 18. He also led the league in minutes-per-game (40.5) in 1957-1958 and finished second in the league, scoring 24.9 points per game, second in the league, while others averaged 14.2 rebounds per game (fourth in the NBA).
Schayes led the NBA in free throw percentages three times: 1958 (.904), 1960 (.892), and 1962 (.896). In 1959, he scored a career-high 50 points in a game against the Celtics. He didn't miss a single game from February 17, 1952, to December 26, 1961, an NBA-record streak of 706 games. He led the league in free throws from 1960-61 (with 680). He became the first NBA player to reach 30,000 (Points + Rebounds + Assists) in 1961. He was the first person in the NBA to surpass 15,000 points.
Schayes, a 12-time NBA All-Star, was also named to the All-NBA First Team six times and was also named to the All-NBA Second Team six times. In 1958, he came in second place in MVP voting, and in 1957 and 1957, he came in fifth. He set the NBA records for games played (996), foul shots made (6,712), attempted (7,432), second in rebounds (19,256), and second in rebounds (18,438) when he retired in 1964 (11,256).
In 1970, he was named as one of the top 12 retired players on the NBA 25th Anniversary Team.
He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1972. He is also a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, and the National Jewish American Sports Hall of Fame.
He was selected as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA history in 1996.
On March 12, 2016, the 76ers retired his jersey while the Syracuse Crunch resigned it on March 26, 2016.
He was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021.
Schayes, the Philadelphia 76ers', was the Nationals' head coach when the Nationals first came to Philadelphia in 1963. However, his playing career had nearly come to an end; he appeared in 24 games for the first time in his career in which he appeared in fewer than 50 games. He didn't play at all during the playoffs.
He retired as a player after the season, but remained as coach for three more seasons. In 1966, he was named NBA Coach of the Year. He led the Sixers to the Eastern Division regular-season championship in 1998, snaping a nine-year tenure with the Boston Celtics. However, the Celtics beat the Sixers in a five-game Eastern final, and Schayes was fired. Alex Hannum, the team's former manager, and a NBA champion, were both named after him.
He was NBA referees from 1966 to 1970. In 1970, he was named the first coach of the Buffalo Braves, but he was fired a game into his second season.
In 1977 Maccabiah Games, Schayes guided the US Maccabiah Games basketball team to an upset victory and earn the gold medal. He also coached the U.S. Masters basketball team at the 1993 Maccabiah Games. He has also been instrumental in raising funds for the Maccabiah Games.