Spud Webb
Spud Webb was born in Dallas, Texas, United States on July 13th, 1963 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 61, Spud Webb biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Anthony Jerome "Spud" Webb (born July 13, 1963) is an American retired professional basketball point guard.
Despite being one of the shortest players in NBA history, Webb, who competed in the National Basketball Association (NBA), is known for winning a Slam Dunk Contest.
According to NBA.com, he stands at 5 foot (7 cm) tall.
He is now the President of Basketball Operations for the Texas Legends, the G League team for the Dallas Mavericks in Frisco, Texas.
Early years
In Dallas, Texas, Webb was born into poverty. He was raised in a tiny two-bedroom house and saw basketball as a source of inspiration. Webb was not tall, but he was able to outplay bigger children due to his quickness and jumping ability. Webb was told he was too short to play basketball starting in the seventh grade. Since two players did not complete physical exam forms in time for the first game, he had a chance to play on his junior high team. In his first game, Webb scored 22 points. When he was 5 ft. (3.60 m) tall, he could have dunk the ball. He was a member of Wilmer-Hutchins High School and made a big difference; as a senior, he averaged 26 points per game.
College career
Despite his stellar academic record, Webb attracted no attention from colleges. Bill Blakeley, North Texas Basketball Coach Bill Blakeley (who would later become his agent throughout his NBA career), gave him his first opportunity to play on a college basketball team at Midland College (in Midland, Texas), where he helped the Chaparrals win their junior college national championship in 1982. Midland defeated Miami-Dade North of Florida, 93-88, in a double overtime game in the championship game. Webb led all scorers in with 36 points, shooting 10-15 from the floor and 16-18 from the line. Webb's success at the tournament earned him a write-up in Sports Illustrated and national newspaper. The National Junior College Athletic Association named him an NJCAA All-American in 1983.
Webb intended to play for Bill Blakeley but Spud was shot in May 1983 and Spud was ready to serve with his Dad at Webb's Soul Mart near Fair Park in Dallas. Coach Blakeley reached out to Tom Abatemarco, an assistant coach at North Carolina State University, and took him to Spud's summer league game at MLK Recreation Center. Abatemarco was enthralled and arranged for Webb to speak with head coach Jim Valvano, who gave Webb a scholarship to Webb. His vertical leap in college was measured at 42 inches (1.1 m). He appeared for NC State from 1983-1984 to 1984-85, scoring 10.4 points and 5.7 assists.
Professional career
Because of his height, most scouts expected that Webb would play in Europe or for the Harlem Globetrotters. However, the Detroit Pistons had Webb draft in the fourth round of the 1985 NBA draft. Spud's handler, Bill Blakeley, arranged a tryout with the Atlanta Hawks, where Spud beat out several veteran guards to make the opening roster.
Webb spent his first six seasons with the Atlanta Hawks before being traded to the Sacramento Kings for Travis Mays, where he had his best years statistically and played as a starter from 1992–1995. In his first season with the Kings, Webb hit career highs of 16.0 points and 7.1 assists per game. In 1994-95, he was the NBA's most effective free throw shooter, shooting 93.4 percent in 1994-95 (after shooting 81.3 percent the previous season).
In 1995, Webb was traded back to the Atlanta Hawks for Tyrone Corbin.
Before being traded by Andrew Lang to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Christian Laettner and Sean Rooks, Webb spent half of the 1995-96 season with the Hawks.
Webb retired from professional basketball in 1997 after one season with the Orlando Magic.
Webb had over 50 games with 20 points or more, including a career-high 34 points against the Golden State Warriors on April 21, 1993, 1993, and a career-high 18 assists against the Detroit Pistons on April 19, 1986. In his NBA career, Webb played 814 games, averaging 9.9 points per game, and his highest point total was 4,342 assists in 12 seasons.
Only two players have been shorter than he was when Webb made his NBA debut: Muggsy Bogues and Earl Boykins.
Webb became the first person to participate in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, winning the tournament in 1986 at Reunion Arena in Dallas. Dominique Wilkins, the teammate and defending dunk champion who had "never seen me dunk before," Webb said. The elevator two-handed double pump dunk, the off-the-backboard one-handed jam, a 360-degree chop, a reverse double-pump slam, and, finally, the reverse two-handed strawberry jam from a lob bounce off the floor were among his dunks. In the final round, he defeated Wilkins with two straight 50-point scores. "Spud kind of duped him," Atlanta coach Mike Fratello said. He told Wilkins that he never had anything planned and didn't practiced for it, but that he didn't have anything planned. So, Wilkins may have hoped that his old collection would be good enough to get through." Nate Robinson, the Knicks' point guard (who stands at 5 feet 9 inches tall), was selected to win the tournament 20 years after Webb's victory in the Slam Dunk contest. Robinson, who leaped over Webb and dunked, was given 50 points by the judges. Robinson went on to win, making him and Spud the only two people in NBA history under the age of six foot taller to win a slam dunk competition.
The 1986 Slam Dunk triumph, as well as his campaign as a rookie and fan favorite, helped Webb land scores from advertisers such as Pony Shoes, Coca-Cola, Church's Fried Chicken, Baden Basketball, Hardee's Hamburgers, Southland Corp, Chips Ahoy!
At the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Webb served as a judge for the 2010 Dunk contest. It was the first time the festival had been held in Dallas since Webb's triumph in 1986.