Sam Mack
- January 6, 2024
- Basketball Player
Quick Facts
Full Name | Sam Mack |
Occupation | Basketball Player |
Date Of Birth | May 26, 1970(1970-05-26) |
Age | 54 |
Country | United States |
Birth City | Chicago |
Horoscope | Taurus |
Sam Mack Biography
Name | Sam Mack |
Birthday | May 26 |
Birth Year | 1970 |
Home Town | Chicago |
Birth Country | United States |
Birth Sign | Taurus |
Sam Mack is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on May 26, 1970 in Chicago, United States. Sam Mack (born May 26 in 1970) is an American former professional basketball player. He is a 6’7″ shooter who hails from Dolton, Illinois played with five different NBA teams during a period of 10 years and was a part of an international basketball career that spanned 20 years.
Following his undrafted status at the age of 22, Mack played in the USBL with the New Haven Skyhawks in 1992. He was released as a free-agent by the San Antonio Spurs in September 1992. He appeared forty games in the CBA as an reserve (6.7 mpg) in the 1992-93 season before being let go. Mack spent the following three seasons with the CBA and was named as a member of the 1995-1996 CBA All-League second Team. Mack played in 119 career CBA games, scoring 16.1 per game, 3.5 rpg and 2.0 apg.
Mack was traded by the Rockets to the Vancouver Grizzlies for a second-round draft pick in October 1997. He became the Grizzlies’ starting shooting guard, averaging 10.8 ppg in ’97-’98 and 12.7 pg in ’98-’99. Mack was ranked 8th in the NBA in three-pointers made (87), 14th in three-pointers attempted (214) and 17th in three-point percentage (.397) in 1999. Set Grizzlies’ franchise records with 8 three-pointers in 13 attempts, scoring a game-high 26 points, in a 96-92 win over the Dallas Mavericks on 2/14/99. Led the Grizzlies in 1997-98 and established career-highs in three-pointers made (110) and attempted (269). Because of his prolific shooting, Mack was invited to compete in the AT&T Shootout during the 1998 NBA All-Star Weekend in New York.
Mack was traded back to the Rockets by the Grizzlies for Rodrick Rhodes in March 1999 but would never be a regular NBA starter again. He signed as a free agent by the Golden State Warriors in January 2000 but was waived in late March of that season. Played in the CBA and IBL with the Grand Rapids Hoops in 2000–01 before signing as a free agent by the Miami Heat on 9/14/01. He played in 12 games for Miami and made one start. Mack started in 105 of the 259 NBA games in which he appeared. He averaged 8 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 1.3 assists in his NBA career.
Mack’s final season at a collegiate level was a huge success in that he scored an average of 17.5 points over 31 games with the Cougars 1991-92. He along alongside Bo Outlaw and Anthony Goldwire helped them achieve 25-6 records as well as the NCAA Tournament appearance. Thanks to his work, Mack was named the SWC Newcomer of the Year.
Sam Mack Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Basketball Player |
House | Living in own house. |
Sam Mack is one of the richest Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sam Mack 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Then, in November of 1989 Mack was exiled by the ASU team during the redshirt season, after being investigated regarding an assault sexually aggravated. There were no charges filed following that the Maricopa County attorney’s office found inadequate evidence to support the claim of a woman that Mack assaulted her in a dormitory at the university. In March 1990 Mack and an ex- Arizona State football player, Fedel Underwood, were both arrested and accused of fraud with credit cards when they tried to purchase jewelry using a stolen credit card. Frieder exiled Mack as a player prior to when the time he played an Arizona State game. Sun Devils.
After his success as a star at Thornridge High School, Mack was signed by Iowa State, where he played and scored 11.8 points in his freshman year on a Cyclones team that went on to make it to the NCAA tournament, but lose to UCLA. Mack was charged and arrested for an armed robbery in Ames, Iowa in March 1989 after he took part in a standoff at a Burger King. Mack was wounded in the hip and foot in the course of fleeing the police. The case was eventually dismissed after the jury found the Iowa State football player Levin White who had transferred from USC and a former USC player, had forced Mack to surrender at gunpoint as his accomplice. Coach of the Cyclones Johnny Orr did not renew Mack’s basketball scholarship. He moved into Arizona State as one of Coach Bill Frieder’s initial recruits.
Mack got his big chance to show what he could do at the NBA level in 1996 when he began the year in the CBA playing for the Rockford Lightning, averaging 20.7 points and 4.3 rebounds. This performance attracted the attention of the back-to-back NBA Champion Houston Rockets, who had recently lost Clyde Drexler to injury and signed Mack to two 10-day contracts in February 1996. Mack came through for the Rockets by averaging 10.8 points and 3.2 rebounds, playing in 31 games and making 20 starts. His first career NBA start came on February 27 against Toronto and he scored 11 points in 34 minutes. Mack scored in double figures 13 times, including four games of 20 points or more. He scored a career-high 38 points against Golden State on April 2, and also had games of 26 points vs. Phoenix on April 21 and 25 points at Seattle on April 3. He shot 54-for-135 from three-point range (40%). Mack appeared in six of Houston’s eight playoff games, helping them beat the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Height | 6 ft 7 in |
Sam Mack height 6 ft 7 in Sam weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
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Facts & Trivia
Sam Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Sam Mack celebrates birthday on May 26 of every year.