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Detlef Schrempf
Detlef Schrempf (born January 21, 1963 in Leverkusen, Germany) had a 14-year career as an NBA basketball player. He moved to the USA his junior year of high school, attending Centralia High in Washington State for two years.
He played college basketball for the University of Washington Huskies, where he was named to the All-Pac-10 Team and The Sporting News All-America Second Team.
Originally drafted eighth overall by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1985 NBA Draft, he became a regular after being traded to the Indiana Pacers. He was one of the NBA's leading substitutes, winning consecutive NBA Sixth Man Awards in 1990 and 1991, before becoming a starter. In the 1992-93 season, he played in his first National Basketball Association All-Star Game. He was then traded to the Seattle SuperSonics for Derrick McKey and Gerald Paddio. While with the Sonics he played in two more All-Star games.
He was released in 1999 and signed the same day by the Portland Trail Blazers, where he retired from basketball in 2001.