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Sedale Threatt

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Sedale Threatt
Born
Sedale Eugene Threatt

(1961-09-10) September 10, 1961 (age 65)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
OccupationProfessional basketball player (retired)
Years active1983–2002
Known forNBA career as point guard; last sixth-round NBA draft pick to play in the league

Sedale Eugene Threatt (; born September 10, 1961) is a retired American professional basketball athlete who competed in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Threatt played collegiate basketball at the West Virginia Institute of Technology from 1979 through 1983. Known by the moniker "the Thief" due to his defensive prowess, he holds the distinction of being the final sixth-round NBA draft selection to participate in the league before the draft was reduced to two rounds in 1989. Throughout his career, Threatt had the unique opportunity to share the court with iconic figures such as Julius Erving, Michael Jordan, and Magic Johnson. His professional tenure in the NBA extended from 1983 until 1997, after which he continued his career internationally.

Professional career

Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the sixth round of the 1983 NBA draft, Threatt remains the only player from West Virginia Tech to reach the NBA level. During the 1986 NBA playoffs, he achieved personal best averages of 13.7 points, 3.5 assists, and 1.9 steals per contest. In a pivotal Game Seven of the Eastern Conference Semifinals versus the Bucks, Threatt led all scorers with 28 points, though Philadelphia narrowly fell 113–112. After spending four seasons with the Sixers, he was traded to the Chicago Bulls in 1986 and subsequently dealt to the Seattle SuperSonics in 1988 in exchange for Sam Vincent. Threatt spent four seasons in Seattle before being traded on October 2, 1991, to the Los Angeles Lakers for three second-round draft selections.

Originally anticipated to serve as a backup to Magic Johnson, Threatt assumed the starting point guard role following Johnson's abrupt retirement linked to his HIV diagnosis. Lakers announcers Chick Hearn and Stu Lantz dubbed him "The Thief" in recognition of his defensive capabilities. Over his initial two seasons with Los Angeles, Threatt led the team in assists, steals, and minutes played. Notably, during the 1992–93 season, he became only the second player after Johnson to top the Lakers in scoring (15.1 points), assists (6.9), and steals (1.7).

Threatt recorded a personal scoring peak of 42 points against the New York Knicks on March 10, 1992, and posted a playoff career-best of 35 points during Game One of the 1993 Western Conference Quarterfinals against the Phoenix Suns. After concluding his NBA career following the 1996–97 season, he extended his professional play with Gymnastikos S. Larissas in Greece until retiring in 2002.

Regular season

|- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | 45 || 0 || 10.3 || .419 || .125 || .821 || .9 || .9 || .3 || .0 || 3.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | 82 || 0 || 15.9 || .452 || .182 || .733 || 1.2 || 2.1 || 1.0 || .2 || 5.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | 70 || 27 || 25.1 || .453 || .042 || .833 || 1.7 || 2.8 || 1.3 || .1 || 9.9 |- | style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2| | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | 28 || 8 || 23.9 || .414 || .438 || .792 || 2.0 || 2.9 || 1.1 || .1 || 9.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Chicago | 40 || 0 || 19.5 || .480 || .000 || .803 || 1.3 || 4.4 || 1.1 || .2 || 7.9 |- | style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2| | style="text-align:left;"|Chicago | 45 || 0 || 15.6 || .502 || .100 || .780 || 1.2 || 2.4 || .6 || .1 || 6.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Seattle | 26 || 0 || 13.6 || .519 || .143 || .833 || 1.3 || 2.0 || 1.3|| .2||7.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Seattle |63||0||19.4||.494||.367||.818||1.9||3.8||1.3||.1||8..6 |- | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Seattle |65||18||22..8||.506||..250||..828||1..8||3..3||1..0||..1||11..4 |- 

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| style="text-align:left;" |Seattle
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| style="text-align:left;" |L.A.Lakers
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| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" |1996–97 Houston Rockets season 
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|style="text-align:center;" colspan= "2"|Career
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Playoffs

Template:NBA player statistics start |- | style="text-align:left;"|1984 | style="text-align:left;”|Philadelphia |3||—||2.0||.333||.000||—||0.7||0.3||0.3||0.0||0.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1985 | style="text-align:left;”|Philadelphia |4||0||7.0||.286||—||—||0.3||1.3||0.3||0.0||1.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1986 | style="text-align:left;”|Philadelphia |12||0||26.0||.469||0.000||.788||2.1||3.5||1.9||0.2||13.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1987 | style="text-align:left;”|Chicago |'3'||'0'||'23·3'||'.471'||—'||'1·000'||'1·7'||'5·3'||'.3'||'.0'||'6·7' |- |'style=text-align-left;'|'1988 NBA playoffs'|'style=text-align-left;'|'1987-88 Seattle SuperSonics season'|'5'||'0'||'16·0'||'.412'||'.000'||'1·000'||'2·2'||'2·2'||'.2'||'.0'||'6·4' |- |'style=text-align-left;'|'1989 NBA playoffs'|'style=text-align-left;'|'1988-89 Seattle SuperSonics season'|'8'||'1'||'25·1'||'.476'||'.250'||'.850'||'1·6'||'6·1'||'2·1'||'.0'||'12·0' |- |'style=text-align-left;'|'1991 NBA playoffs'|'style=text-align-left;'|'1990-91 Seattle SuperSonics season'|'5'||'5'||'27·2'||'.536'||'.364'||'.900'||'1·6'||'3·4'||'1·0'||'.0'||'14·6' |- |'style=text-align-left;'|'1992 NBA playoffs'|'style=text-align-left;'|'1991-92 Los Angeles Lakers season'|'4'||'4'||'40·5'||'.522'||'.667'||'.750'||'2·0'||'4·3'||'.5'||'.0'||'14·8' |- |'style=text-align-left;'|'1993 NBA playoffs'|'style=text-align-left;'|'1992-93 Los Angeles Lakers season'|'5'||'5'||'41·0'||'.438'||'.231'||'.750'||'3·4'||'8·0'||'2·6'||'.2'||'18·0'


Personal life

Threatt is reported to have fathered no fewer than fourteen children and has been married on two occasions. His first marriage was to Nicole Plotzker in 1992; she eventually left him for Dr. Dre. Subsequently, he wed Britt Johnson.

In 2000, Threatt received a six-month prison sentence due to nonpayment of child support, following the rejection of a plea agreement that had proposed probation. The presiding judge also required him to adhere to further child-support obligations.

By 2012, Threatt, together with his son Sedale Threatt Jr., was running a basketball academy based in Melbourne, Australia. Another son named Sedale Threatt Jr., who formerly played as a quarterback for Lehigh University’s football team, later embarked on a career in acting.

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