Friday, July 10, 2009

The 20 Year Anniversary of Detlef Schrempf's 1989 Basketball Saeson




















Detlef Schrempf
6'9", 214 lbs. Forward
Born January 21, 1963
Leverkusen, Germany
Indiana Pacers

1989 Season Stats

32 Games/13 Starts

162/315 Fg, 51.4%

5/19 3pt Fg, 26.3%

146/189 Ft, 77.2

475 Pts, 14.8 Ppg

229 Reb, 7.2 Rpg

93 Ast, 2.9 Apg

29 Stl, 0.90 Spg

10 Blk, 0.31 Bpg

The stats don't lie. In the 32 games Schrempf played for the Pacers after being traded from the Mavs he dominated. The Pacers were terrible before that blockbuster trade that gave Detlef a killer $440,000.00 annual salary. The play of Schrempf and Schrempf alone is the reason Indiana finished strong at 28-54 overall, for 6th in NBA Central Division. Sixth out of six to be exact. That is awesome. Hey, I'm a "glass is half full" type of guy and sixth is pretty sweet. If not for the Pistons, Cavs, Hawks, Bucks and Bulls, who knows what the Schrmpf-ster would've done. So here's to you Detlaf Schrempf and your kick ass 1989 NBA half season after the trade from the Mavs with Indiana.

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