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Salley hosted a podcast on [[Adam Carolla]]'s [[ACE Broadcasting Network]] with sportswriter [[Kevin Hench]] entitled ''[[ACE Broadcasting Network#Spider and the Henchman|Spider and the Henchman]]''.<ref>[http://adamcarolla.com/SHBlog ''Spider and the Henchman''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114102735/http://adamcarolla.com/SHBlog |date=January 14, 2010 }}</ref> The show was canceled on March 18, 2011.
Salley hosted a podcast on [[Adam Carolla]]'s [[ACE Broadcasting Network]] with sportswriter [[Kevin Hench]] entitled ''[[ACE Broadcasting Network#Spider and the Henchman|Spider and the Henchman]]''.<ref>[http://adamcarolla.com/SHBlog ''Spider and the Henchman''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114102735/http://adamcarolla.com/SHBlog |date=January 14, 2010 }}</ref> The show was canceled on March 18, 2011.


Salley has also hosted VH1's ''[[Basketball Wives]] (2010-2012) & [[Basketball Wives LA]] (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015) Reunion Specials.''<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.vh1insider.com/sneak-peak-basketball-wives-l-a-finale-reunion-airs-right-after/|title=Sneak Peek Basketball Wives L.A Finale Reunion Airs Right After!|publisher=vh1insider.com|accessdate=2012-12-06}}</ref>
Salley has also hosted VH1's ''[[Basketball Wives]] (2010-2012) & [[Basketball Wives LA]] (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015) Reunion Specials.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1insider.com/sneak-peak-basketball-wives-l-a-finale-reunion-airs-right-after/|title=Sneak Peek Basketball Wives L.A Finale Reunion Airs Right After!|publisher=vh1insider.com|accessdate=2012-12-06|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209070717/http://www.vh1insider.com/sneak-peak-basketball-wives-l-a-finale-reunion-airs-right-after/|archivedate=2012-12-09|df=}}</ref>


In 2012, he appeared as a celebrity judge on ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race]]'' (season 4, episode 2).
In 2012, he appeared as a celebrity judge on ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race]]'' (season 4, episode 2).
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On May 4, 2010, it was announced that Salley had joined the [[Simply Raw]] team. The group of individuals who produced the documentary ''[[Raw for 30]]'' had approached Salley with their video about reversing diabetes, and "it instantly got his attention" since his father had the disease.<ref>http://www.rawfor30days.com/blog/?p=83</ref>
On May 4, 2010, it was announced that Salley had joined the [[Simply Raw]] team. The group of individuals who produced the documentary ''[[Raw for 30]]'' had approached Salley with their video about reversing diabetes, and "it instantly got his attention" since his father had the disease.<ref>http://www.rawfor30days.com/blog/?p=83</ref>


Salley teamed up with [[Farm Sanctuary]] in 2010 to host their [[New York City]] ''Walk for Farm Animals'' on Sunday, October 24, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.farmsanctuary.org/mediacenter/2010/pr_john_salley.html |title=New York City Teams Up with NBA Champion John Salley for the 2010 Walk for Farm Animals |publisher=Farmsanctuary.org |date=2010-10-08 |accessdate=2011-12-16}}</ref>
Salley teamed up with [[Farm Sanctuary]] in 2010 to host their [[New York City]] ''Walk for Farm Animals'' on Sunday, October 24, 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.farmsanctuary.org/mediacenter/2010/pr_john_salley.html |title=New York City Teams Up with NBA Champion John Salley for the 2010 Walk for Farm Animals |publisher=Farmsanctuary.org |date=2010-10-08 |accessdate=2011-12-16 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928031311/http://www.farmsanctuary.org/mediacenter/2010/pr_john_salley.html |archivedate=2011-09-28 |df= }}</ref>


Salley married Natasha Duff in 1993,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/01/style/weddings-natasha-ann-duff-john-salley.html | work=The New York Times | title=WEDDINGS; Natasha Ann Duff, John Salley | date=August 1, 1993}}</ref> and they have 2 children together. John also has a daughter from a previous relationship.
Salley married Natasha Duff in 1993,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/01/style/weddings-natasha-ann-duff-john-salley.html | work=The New York Times | title=WEDDINGS; Natasha Ann Duff, John Salley | date=August 1, 1993}}</ref> and they have 2 children together. John also has a daughter from a previous relationship.

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John Salley
Salley in 2007
Personal information
Born (1964-05-16) May 16, 1964 (age 60)
Brooklyn, New York
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High schoolCanarsie (Brooklyn, New York)
CollegeGeorgia Tech (1982–1986)
NBA draft1986: 1st round, 11th overall pick
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Playing career1986–2000
PositionPower forward / Center
Number22, 16
Career history
1986–1992Detroit Pistons
1992–1995Miami Heat
1995–1996Toronto Raptors
1996Chicago Bulls
1996Panathinaikos
1999–2000Los Angeles Lakers
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points5,228 (7.0 ppg)
Rebounds3,356 (4.5 rpg)
Blocks983 (1.3 bpg)
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

John Thomas Salley (born May 16, 1964[age 53]) is an American retired 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 (and only one of two, the other being Tim Duncan) 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 6'11 (2.11 m) Salley played both power forward and center for the Detroit Pistons, Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls, Panathinaikos and Los Angeles Lakers. He was a long-time host of the former Fox Sports Net show The Best Damn Sports Show Period.

Early life

Salley was born in Brooklyn, New York. Salley played high school ball at Canarsie High School in Brooklyn.[1] He is a 1988 graduate of Georgia Tech's College of Management.[2] He holds Georgia Tech's personal fouls record, and has had his jersey number 22 retired—a very rare honor in college basketball.[3]

Basketball career

Detroit Pistons

Salley was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the first round of the 1986 NBA draft out of Georgia Tech. After joining the Pistons, he became close friends with Adrian Dantley, who taught him proper nutrition, how to exercise, and how to conduct himself off the court. Salley, for his part, called Dantley "The Teacher". Salley would become good friends with comedian Eddie Murphy and made several appearances at comedy clubs in the off-season. In 1989 and 1990, he played on two Pistons NBA championship teams. He is among the Pistons' all-time leaders in blocked shots.

Under the coaching of Chuck Daly, Salley was part of the Pistons era that featured three consecutive NBA finals appearances. The team's defense oriented style of play earned them the nickname of the NBA's "Bad Boys", with Salley playing alongside Dennis Rodman, Bill Laimbeer, James Edwards, Joe Dumars, Isiah Thomas, Rick Mahorn and Dantley. After losing the 1988 NBA Finals in 7 games to the Lakers, the Pistons turned it around to sweep the Lakers in 4 games in 1989. Salley and the Pistons repeated in 1990 defeating the Portland Trail Blazers in 5 games. The Pistons' run came to an end when the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls swept them in 4 games in the 1991 Eastern Conference finals.

Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors

Salley was traded to the Miami Heat in 1992 and, a few years after that, was left unprotected by Miami in the 1995 expansion draft. Following a short stint with the inaugural Toronto Raptors team where he received little playing time, he negotiated a buyout of his contract.

Chicago Bulls

Free of his Raptors contract, Salley signed with the Chicago Bulls, where he played with Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Toni Kukoč, and former Pistons teammates Dennis Rodman and James Edwards. The Bulls of 1995-96 achieved a record-breaking 72-win season, ending with victory in the NBA championship. After the championship, Salley retired.

Panathinaikos

In 1996, Salley came out of retirement, and went to play in Greece, where he joined the Greek Basket League team Panathinaikos, for 7 games, and earning about €300,000 euros net income.[4]

Los Angeles Lakers

In 1999, Salley joined a Lakers team led by Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant. He saw little action for the Lakers en route to their first of three consecutive NBA championships from 2000 to 2002. In 2000, he retired again following the first Lakers championship season after proudly proclaiming that he had won "four championship rings, with three different teams, in three different decades and two different millenniums".[5]

Post-basketball career

Salley in 2008

John Salley had a role in Bad Boys and Bad Boys II, as a thick-glassed computer hacking nerd who gets out of jail because he helps cracking files for the Miami Police Department. In 1996, Salley appeared as a veteran basketball player alongside Whoopi Goldberg in the film Eddie, about a fan who takes over as coach of the New York Knicks.

In the fall of 1998, Salley hosted the game show I Can't Believe You Said That, which aired on the Fox Family Channel. During that time, he also guest-starred as a panelist on Hollywood Squares.

In 2001, he made an appearance in the Luther Vandross music video, "Take You Out". He also appeared on a celebrity episode of The Weakest Link that same year and was voted off in the first round.

In 2003, Salley appeared in the Showtime TV film Coast to Coast alongside actress Selma Blair.

In 2004, he was part of the panel of celebrity judges in the TBS Superstation show He's a Lady.

In 2005, he appeared in the television series Noah's Arc as Victor.

In 2006, Salley was named the Commissioner of the American Basketball Association.

In 2007, Salley appeared in the ABC reality television series Fast Cars and Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race, featuring a dozen celebrities in a stock car racing competition. In the first round of competition, Salley matched up against professional wrestler John Cena and tennis star Serena Williams. Salley also became the host of the BET show Ballers.

Salley joined the cast of the reality competition show I'm a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here!, which premiered on June 1, 2009.[6] He came in third place with Lou Diamond Phillips winner and Torrie Wilson runner-up. On the show he became friends with Patti Blagojevich who is the wife of Rod Blagojevich.

He also appeared in the movie Confessions of a Shopaholic in 2009 as a member of the shopaholic help group (interestingly playing a retired NBA player), and had a bit role as a pimp in the blaxploitation spoof Black Dynamite.[7]

He was one of the hosts of The Best Damn Sports Show Period on Fox Sports Network. Salley hosted The John Salley Block Party, a radio morning show on Los Angeles station 100.3 The Beat from May 2005 - 2006

Known for making racially disparaging comments while hosting The Best Damn Sports Show Period on Fox Sports Network.

For a short time, Salley provided analysis for NBC's NBA Showtime.

Salley appeared in the Disney Channel original movie, The Ultimate Christmas Present as a tall elf.

Salley hosted a podcast on Adam Carolla's ACE Broadcasting Network with sportswriter Kevin Hench entitled Spider and the Henchman.[8] The show was canceled on March 18, 2011.

Salley has also hosted VH1's Basketball Wives (2010-2012) & Basketball Wives LA (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015) Reunion Specials.[9]

In 2012, he appeared as a celebrity judge on RuPaul's Drag Race (season 4, episode 2).

On an episode of Bravo's Millionaire Matchmaker ("The NFL Kicker and the Workaholic", aired March 12, 2013), he acted as a consultant to Patti Stanger, to help one of her clients (an ex-NFL player) become less of a "playa" and find a woman to settle down with.

He is also ambassador for Operation Smile.

Personal life

Salley is a vegan and has appeared on PETA's testimonial videos,[10] as well as in promoting alternatives to practices of massive factory farming.[11]

Salley is also noted for speaking at Michigan's Vegfest since 2009 and appearing on VegMichigan's billboard campaign.

On May 4, 2010, it was announced that Salley had joined the Simply Raw team. The group of individuals who produced the documentary Raw for 30 had approached Salley with their video about reversing diabetes, and "it instantly got his attention" since his father had the disease.[12]

Salley teamed up with Farm Sanctuary in 2010 to host their New York City Walk for Farm Animals on Sunday, October 24, 2010.[13]

Salley married Natasha Duff in 1993,[14] and they have 2 children together. John also has a daughter from a previous relationship. John Salley is a member of Omega Psi Phiiniatated through Nu Omega Chapter in Detroit Michigan.

In June 2012 Salley became the official spokesperson for a natural supplements line called VirMax that is developed by Natural Product Solutions, LLC.[15]

In December 2015, Salley encouraged US First Lady Michelle Obama to go vegan "for the planet" - setting a lifestyle example of reducing environmental impacts from greenhouse gas release.[16][17]

"Vegan eating is not just a slam dunk for human health; it’s also the most effective way to combat climate change."

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
† Denotes season in which Salley won an NBA championship

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1986–87 Detroit 82 2 17.8 .562 .000 .614 3.6 0.7 0.5 1.5 5.3
1987–88 Detroit 82 16 24.4 .566 – .709 4.9 1.4 0.6 1.7 8.5
1988–89† Detroit 67 21 21.8 .498 .000 .692 5.0 1.1 0.6 1.1 7.0
1989–90† Detroit 82 12 23.3 .512 .250 .713 5.4 0.8 0.6 1.9 7.2
1990–91 Detroit 74 1 22.3 .475 .000 .727 4.4 0.9 0.7 1.5 7.4
1991–92 Detroit 72 38 24.6 .512 .000 .715 4.1 1.6 0.7 1.5 9.5
1992–93 Miami 51 34 27.9 .502 – .799 6.1 1.6 0.6 1.4 8.3
1993–94 Miami 76 45 25.1 .477 .667 .729 5.4 1.8 0.7 1.0 7.7
1994–95 Miami 75 50 26.1 .499 – .739 4.5 1.6 0.6 1.1 7.3
1995–96 Toronto 25 6 19.3 .486 – .723 3.9 1.6 0.4 0.5 6.0
1995–96† Chicago 17 0 11.2 .343 – .600 2.5 0.9 0.5 0.9 2.1
1999–00† L.A. Lakers 45 3 6.7 .362 – .750 1.4 0.6 0.2 0.3 1.6
Career 748 228 22.1 .506 .214 .714 4.5 1.2 0.6 1.3 7.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1987 Detroit 15 0 20.7 .500 – .643 4.8 0.7 0.2 1.1 6.2
1988 Detroit 23 0 27.1 .538 .000 .710 6.7 0.9 0.7 1.6 7.0
1989† Detroit 17 0 23.1 .586 – .667 4.6 0.5 0.5 1.5 8.9
1990† Detroit 20 0 27.4 .475 – .755 5.9 1.0 0.5 1.7 9.5
1991 Detroit 15 0 20.5 .543 – .600 4.1 0.7 0.4 1.3 7.5
1992 Detroit 5 1 29.8 .455 .000 .821 6.0 2.8 0.6 2.8 12.6
1994 Miami 5 5 40.2 .386 – .688 8.0 1.6 0.4 1.0 11.0
1996† Chicago 16 0 5.3 .545 – .286 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.9
2000† L.A. Lakers 18 0 4.3 .385 – .700 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.9
Career 134 6 20.1 .505 .000 .690 4.4 0.8 0.4 1.2 6.4

See also

References

  1. ^ Anderson, Dave. " Sports of The Times; City Teen-Agers Hold A Calm Garden Party", The New York Times, March 19, 1995. Accessed October 10, 2007.
  2. ^ Leigh Montville. "Holy Cow, What Digs!". Sports Illustrated. November 6, 1989. Retrieved on January 9, 2010.
  3. ^ The retiring of players' jerseys is not uncommon in college basketball, but retirement of numbers is far more rare. The main reason is that far fewer numbers are available for use by college teams than in the NBA. NCAA rules, unlike those of the NBA, prohibit the use of any digits greater than five in player numbers. Georgia Tech has not only retired Salley's number 22, but also the number 25 worn by Salley's teammate Mark Price, the number 15 worn by current NBA player Matt Harpring, the number 20 worn by former NBA player Tom Hammonds, and the numbers 21 and 40 worn by Roger Kaiser and Rich Yunkus, respectively.
  4. ^ Ο μήνας της "αράχνης" Template:El icon.
  5. ^ "John Salley Trivia & Quotes". TV.com. 1993-07-31. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
  6. ^ "I'm a Celebrity Cast Announced; Blagojevich Inexplicably Still Involved". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  7. ^ "Film Review: Black Dynamite". Archived from the original on January 10, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-08. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Spider and the Henchman Archived January 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Sneak Peek Basketball Wives L.A Finale Reunion Airs Right After!". vh1insider.com. Archived from the original on 2012-12-09. Retrieved 2012-12-06. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "I am an athlete and I am a vegan", Featured Veggie Testimonial, PETA, Accessed July 4, 2008.
  11. ^ "John Salley on Animals as Food". YouTube. 2010-11-20. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
  12. ^ http://www.rawfor30days.com/blog/?p=83
  13. ^ "New York City Teams Up with NBA Champion John Salley for the 2010 Walk for Farm Animals". Farmsanctuary.org. 2010-10-08. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-12-16. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ "WEDDINGS; Natasha Ann Duff, John Salley". The New York Times. August 1, 1993.
  15. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-03-08. Retrieved 2013-02-22. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. ^ NBA Player Challenges Michelle Obama To Go Vegan, Ecorazzi.com
  17. ^ NBA Champ Challenges FLOTUS to Take PETA’s Vegan Pledge, December 29, 2015

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