Jim Spanarkel

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Jim Spanarkel
Spanarkel in May 2020
Personal information
Born (1957-06-28) June 28, 1957 (age 66)
Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High schoolHudson Catholic
(Jersey City, New Jersey)
CollegeDuke (1975–1979)
NBA draft1979: 1st round, 16th overall pick
Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career1979–1984
PositionShooting guard / small forward
Number34, 33
Career history
1979–1980Philadelphia 76ers
19801984Dallas Mavericks
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points
2,505 (9.7 ppg)
Rebounds652 (2.5 rpg)
Assists572 (2.2 apg)
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

James Gerard Spanarkel (born June 28, 1957) is an American

College Basketball on CBS and a former professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers and the Dallas Mavericks. He played college basketball for Duke University, where he was an All-American
.

Career

High school

Born and raised in Jersey City, New Jersey, Spanarkel played at Hudson Catholic Regional High School,[1] where he was a teammate of future NBA player Mike O'Koren.

College and professional basketball

Spanarkel playing for Duke in 1979

Spanarkel was a First Team Acclaim All American, in addition the First Team

runner-up that year to Kentucky.[2] At Duke, Spanarkel was also a pitcher on the baseball team for two years.[3]
He graduated from university in 1979, and during the summer of 1980, he studied for and obtained a real estate broker's license.

The

1979–80 campaign, with the Sixers. He was then drafted by the Dallas Mavericks and played the following four seasons with them, leading the club in scoring for the 1980–81 season with a 14.4 ppg average.[4] His NBA career ended in 1984, after a season during which a broken right wrist cost him three months on the bench.[5]

American broadcaster

Spanarkel worked 30 years as Nets television analyst (currently on the

Fox Sports, and YES. In 2013, Spanarkel called the international telecasts of the 2013 NBA Finals alongside Eagle. He has also been chief commentator for the Travers Cups and various member guest tournaments at Upper Montclair
.

Personal life

Spanarkel is married to Janet, and the couple has four children, James, Bridget, Stephanie, and Andrew.

Merrill Lynch
in New Jersey.

Spanarkel has been a resident of Rutherford, New Jersey.[10]

Honors

  • In 1990, Jim Spanarkel was inducted into the Duke Sports Hall of Fame.[11]
  • In 2001, Spanarkel was inducted into the Duke Circle of Honor.[12]
  • Jim Spanarkel was inducted into the UPI First Team All-America: 1979.[13]
  • He was inducted second into the All-ACC Team.[14]
  • MVP of All-ACC Tournament teams in 1978; 1979.[15]
  • He was the ACC Freshman of the year in 1976 for Duke.[16]
  • He has the NCAA East Regional MOP: 1978.[17]
  • He was the All-NCAA Tournament's Most Outstanding Player.[18]
  • Sparnakel was GTE Academic All-Americans consecutively in 1978 and 1979.[19]
  • James was team captain in 1978–1979.[20]
  • Won the Swett Memorial Trophy (Duke MVP) three years in a row: 1977, 1978, and 1979.[21]
  • In 2014, won the New York
    Emmy Award for Best Sports Analyst for the YES Network broadcasts of Brooklyn Nets games.[22]

References

  1. ^ Hague, Jim. "Open the doors of the NJSIAA Hall Jersey City legend Spanarkel heads three Hudson greats into the NJSIAA Hall of Fame", The Hudson Reporter, December 13, 2018. Accessed October 20, 2019. "When Jim Spanarkel was playing a multitude of sports while growing up on Jersey City’s West Side, he never thought he was creating a legacy of greatness never before seen in Hudson Catholic Regional High School’s history."
  2. NBA.com. Archived from the original
    on October 31, 2006. Retrieved November 7, 2006.
  3. ^ "Duke Magazine | Duke".
  4. ^ 1980-81 Dallas Mavericks Roster and Stats. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  5. ^ "CBS' Jim Spanarkel looks back happily on days with original Mavs, even the time a tiger was brought to the locker room". Dallas News. March 24, 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  6. ^ Income, Net (November 13, 2020). "After 30 years, Jim Spanarkel's days as Nets analyst are over". NetsDaily. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
  7. Journal Sentinel
    . Retrieved October 27, 2022.
  8. ^ "YES dumping informative Jim Spanarkel shows sad state of TV sports". New York Post. November 13, 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
  9. NBA.com
    . Retrieved November 7, 2006.
  10. The Record (Bergen County)
    , October 18, 2019. Accessed October 20, 2019. "Jim Spanarkel... Now living in Rutherford, he is a Brooklyn Nets announcer, and a college basketball announcer for SNY and CBS. He also works the NCAA Tournament."
  11. ^ "Duke Sports Hall of Fame". Retrieved November 7, 2006.
  12. ^ "Duke Circle of Honor". Retrieved November 7, 2006.
  13. ^ "UPI First Team All-America". Retrieved November 7, 2006.
  14. ^ "All ACC Team". Retrieved November 7, 2006.
  15. ^ "MVP of ALL-ACC Tournament Teams". Retrieved November 7, 2006.
  16. ^ "ACC Rookie of the Year". Retrieved November 7, 2006.
  17. ^ "NCAA East Regional MOP". Retrieved November 7, 2006.
  18. ^ "All NCAA Tournament". Retrieved November 7, 2006.
  19. ^ "GTE Academic All-Americans". Retrieved November 7, 2006.
  20. ^ "Duke Team Captains". Retrieved November 7, 2006.
  21. ^ "Swett Memorial Trophy". Retrieved November 7, 2006.
  22. ^ "Breen, Spanarkel, Maher win Emmys". Retrieved April 4, 2014.

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