Sam Perkins Samuel Perkins (born June 14, 1961) is an American retired professional basketball player and executive. 1K likes. He was the ACC Rookie of the Year in 1981, a two-time consensus All-American and a three-time All-ACC First Team pick, along with helping lead the Tar Heels to the 1982 national championship. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers in the early 1990s alongside Hall of Fame guard Magic Johnson. Sam Perkins is a member of Richest Celebrities and Basketball Players. Brooklyn Eagle. [citation needed], Perkins attended college at the University of North Carolina and played basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels from 1980 to 1984. It was held at the Felt Forum at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, on June 19, 1984, before the 1984–85 season. In 1954, Carl Perkins, a country and western singer by trade, was gigging around and doing a local radio show in Jackson, Tennessee, when he heard Elvis Presley’s version of Arthur Crudup’s “That’s All Right.”. In 2002, Perkins was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team as one of the fifty greatest players in Atlantic Coast Conference history. [22], Perkins was raised a Jehovah's Witness. Samuel Bruce "Sam" Perkins (s.14. Pete Gillen - Wikipedia [21], Perkins was named to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018. [15] In game one of the 1991 NBA Finals, Perkins made a game-winning three-point shot to defeat the Chicago Bulls. [18] That September, he was inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame. 6,143 Likes, 46 Comments - Carolina Basketball (@unc_basketball) on Instagram: “The 1️⃣1️⃣th Tar Heel inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame, Sam Perkins ” In this capacity, he worked with Dikembe Mutombo to lead a series of basketball clinics and team-building exercises with 50 youth and 36 coaches. Sam Perkins Basketball Camp, Chapel Hill, NC. [1], In 2002, Perkins was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team as one of the fifty greatest players in Atlantic Coast Conference history. [13] He appeared in three NBA Finals: The 1991 NBA Finals (with the Lakers),[14] the 1996 NBA Finals (with the SuperSonics),[14] and the 2000 NBA Finals (with the Pacers). Perkins was a three-time college All-American, was a member of the 1982 national champion North Carolina Tar Heels, and won a gold medal … He is popular for being a Basketball Player. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers in the early 1990s alongside Hall of Fame guard Magic Johnson . [11] Perkins played for the Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers, Seattle SuperSonics, and Indiana Pacers, respectively. [17], In 2008, Perkins was named vice president of player relations for the Indiana Pacers. 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