Adolph "Dolph" Schayes (born May 19, 1928) is a retired American professional basketball player and coach in the NBA. He was a member of the 1955 NBA champion Syracuse Nationals and a 12-time All-Star. Schayes played for the Nationals (and for one season the Philadelphia 76ers when the franchise moved) from 1948 to 1964 in a Hall of Fame career.
Schayes was born in New York, New York. He attended Creston Junior High School 79 and DeWitt Clinton H...
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Adolph "Dolph" Schayes (born May 19, 1928) is a retired American professional basketball player and coach in the NBA. He was a member of the 1955 NBA champion Syracuse Nationals and a 12-time All-Star. Schayes played for the Nationals (and for one season the Philadelphia 76ers when the franchise moved) from 1948 to 1964 in a Hall of Fame career.
Schayes was born in New York, New York. He attended Creston Junior High School 79 and DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, New York, and played his college basketball at New York University 1944-48. Although tall for his era at 6'8", Schayes was especially known for his deadly, high-arcing, outside set-shot. Defenders who attempted to deny him the outside shot were confronted by his powerful drive to the basket. These two offensive weapons served him well, even as the NBA was transitioning into a league of jump-shooters. Early in Schayes' career, he broke his right arm and played almost an entire season in a cast. Oddly, this injury became...
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