Dan Majerle

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dan Majerle
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Sep 9, 1965(1965-09-09)
Age	59
Birthplace	Traverse City
Country	United States
Birth City	Michigan
Horoscope	Virgo

Dan Majerle Biography

Dan Majerle is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on September 9, 1965 in Traverse City, Michigan, United States. A former NBA player who enjoyed the greatest success while playing for the Phoenix Suns in the early 1990s.

He played with He was teammates with Alonzo Mourning on the Miami Heat from 1996 to 2001. on the Miami Heat from 1996 to 2001.

Daniel Lewis Majerle (/ˈ m ɑːr l i / ; born September 9, 1965), also known by the nickname “Thunder Dan”, is an American retired professional basketball player and former coach of the Grand Canyon Antelopes. He played 14 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat, and Cleveland Cavaliers. He won a bronze medal with the U.S. national team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and a gold medal at the 1994 FIBA World Championship.

The Suns selected Majerle with the 14th pick of the 1988 NBA draft, which the Suns acquired (along with Kevin Johnson) in a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers for Larry Nance. During the draft, he was promptly booed when his name was announced over the public address system. Suns coach Cotton Fitzsimmons publicly chastised the Suns fans and told them “you’ll be sorry you ever booed this young man”. In his rookie season Majerle played in 54 games and started in 5, averaging 8.6 points as a bench player. The Suns won 55 games and made the playoffs, and Majerle increased his scoring average to 14.3 points a game as Phoenix advanced all the way to the Western Conference Finals before losing to the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers.

He was wed to Celestina Savoocchia in 1994 until the year 2006.

Dan Majerle Net Worth

Dan Majerle is one of the richest Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dan Majerle 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was picked fourteenth by the Suns in 1988, following an outstanding academic career in college at Central Michigan University.

He was selected in three All-Star games as well as Two NBA All-Defensive teams in his career.

Majerle’s great-grandfather Frank Majerle Sr. emigrated to the United States in 1901 at age 20 from what is now Slovenia, but was then part of Austria- Hungary. Frank Sr. settled in Haring, Michigan, and married American-born Anna Suhorepec (anglicised to Suhropetz) whose parents were also from Yugoslavia, more specifically Slovenia.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Dan Majerle height 6 ft 6 in Dan weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Dan Majerle Dating?

According to our records, Dan Majerle married to Tina Majerle (m. 1994–2006). As of December 1, 2023, Dan Majerle’s is not dating anyone.

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The Heat were a team with a bright future, as they featured all-stars Alonzo Mourning and Tim Hardaway, and were coached by Pat Riley. Injuries limited Majerle to 36 games during the 1996–97 season, as the Heat managed to win a franchise best 61 games and the Atlantic Division. During the regular season, on December 7, 1996, against the Chicago Bulls, Majerle made a three-pointer with one second remaining to win the game 83–80 and snap the Bulls’ NBA record 44 home-game winning streak. In the playoffs, the veteran Majerle was in healthy shape, and the Heat beat the up-and-coming Orlando Magic in the first round before facing the Knicks in a grueling 7 game series in which Majerle scored 18 points in the sixth game. The Heat would eventually fall to the defending champion Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals in 5 games.

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The team continued to use Majerle as a starter during the 1999–2000 season, as he started in 69 of 82 games and again averaged 7 points during the season. In the playoffs, Miami defeated the Detroit Pistons in the first round before facing the Knicks in another 7 game series in which New York again prevailed. Majerle averaged 9 points in the playoffs and led the team with 20 three-point field goals. In the 2000 offseason it was revealed that Alonzo Mourning would not play as a result of a kidney disease, and the 2000–01 season would feature new acquisitions such as Eddie Jones and Anthony Mason, and Majerle would serve as a reserve. The Heat would lose in the first round of the playoffs in a sweep to the Charlotte Hornets, and in the offseason Majerle would sign a deal returning to his original team in Phoenix.

What is Dan Majerle doing now?

Dan went on to have a 15-year NBA career, playing with the Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat. Following his retirement, he entered the coaching ranks and was most recently the head coach at Grand Canyon University.

Is Dan Majerle a Hall of Famer?

Was named the USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year in 1988 and was inducted in the Central Michigan Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998 and the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. Majerle continues to make an impact on college basketball, leading Grand Canyon to the Division I level.

How old is Dan Majerle?

57 years (September 9, 1965)

How many times was Dan Majerle an All Star?

Dan was a three-time All-Star (1992, ’93, ’95) who became the first reserve in NBA history to be voted an All-Star starter in 1995.

Is Dan Majerle married?

Tina Majerle