John Shumate

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John Shumate

John H. Shumate (born April 6, 1952 in Greenville, South Carolina

Greenville, South Carolina

Greenville is a mid-sized city located in the upstate of South Carolina. It is the county seat of Greenville County, SC and the principal city in the Greenville-Mauldin, South Carolina-Easley, South Carolina Greenville-Mauldin-Easley metropolitan area ....
) is a retired American

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
professional basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet high hoop under organized rules....
player.

A 6'9" forward/center

Center (basketball)

The center, colloquially known as the five or the pivot, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well....
from the University of Notre Dame

University of Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a private Roman Catholic Church University located in Notre Dame, Indiana, USA. It was founded by Father Edward Sorin, Congregation of Holy Cross, who was also the school's first president....
, Shumate played five seasons (1975-1978; 1979-1981) in the NBA as a member of the Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns

The Phoenix Suns are a Professional sports basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
, Buffalo Braves

Los Angeles Clippers

The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the National Basketball Association and are members of the NBA Western Conference's Pacific Division ....
, Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons

The Detroit Pistons are a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills....
, Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets

The Houston Rockets are an Major North American professional sports teams basketball team based in Houston, Texas. The team plays in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in National Basketball Association ....
, San Antonio Spurs

San Antonio Spurs

The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. They play in the National Basketball Association ....
, and Seattle SuperSonics

Seattle SuperSonics

The Seattle SuperSonics were an United States professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington that played in the Pacific Division and Northwest Division s of the National Basketball Association from 1967 until 2008....
. He earned NBA All-Rookie Team

NBA All-Rookie Team

The NBA All-Rookie Team is an annual National Basketball Association honor given since the 1962?63 NBA season to the top rookies during the regular season....
honors in his first season after averaging 11.3 points per game

Points per game

Points per game, often abbreviated PPG, is the average number of points scored by a player per game played in a sport, over the course of a series of games, a whole season , or a career....
and 5.6 rebounds per game. Over the course of his career, Shumate averaged 12.3 points and 7.5 rebounds.

Shumate later coached for the Southern Methodist University

Southern Methodist University

Southern Methodist University is a private university, coeducational university in University Park, Texas, Texas . Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU currently operates campuses in University Park, Plano, Texas, and Taos, New Mexico....
Mustangs and the Phoenix Mercury

Phoenix Mercury

The Phoenix Mercury is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Phoenix, Arizona . The Mercury began in 1997 as one of the league's original eight teams....
of the WNBA.

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