Sam Perkins Basketball News & Bio

Name: Sam Perkins Hometown: Latham, NY High School: Shaker Born: June 14, 1961 (64) Height/Weight: 6-9, 235 Position: C/F Notes: Basketball, 1980 McDonald's All-American Related: Cecil Exum | Jimmy Black | Timo Makkonen | James Worthy

Recent wave of sports deaths all too real for Sam Perkins
The calls have become disturbingly normal. Too many times this year, Sam Perkins has answered his phone, learned of a death from his basketball past...
Fri Mar 20, 2015

Sam Perkins: Dean Smith did everything the right way (video)
On SI Now, NCAA champion Sam Perkins discusses Dean Smith's personable nature, immense knowledge and the way he cared for his team on and off...
Thu Feb 12, 2015

Sam Perkins Now International Ambassador for NBA
Sam Perkins is now an ambassador for the NBA and recently traveled to China with the Brooklyn Nets and to Spain with Team USA for...
Tue Feb 3, 2015

‘Big Smooth’ didn’t gripe about 82-game season
Sam Perkins ranks 19th all time in games played (1,286) and 55th in minutes (36,598). The sweet-shooting forward/center known as “Big Smooth” played at least...
Sun Nov 9, 2014

Sam Perkins Talks About His Charity Work and Life After Basketball
Sam Perkins, who was a member of UNC's 1982 NCAA championship basketball team, was selected with the fourth pick of the 1984 NBA Draft by...
Thu Jul 3, 2014

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