John Thomas Salley is a retired American professional basketball player, actor and talk show host. He was the first player in NBA history to play on three different championship-winning franchises, as well as the first player in the NBA to win a championship in three differe...
Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Natasha Duffy (m. 1993)
Siblings
Ron Salley, Willjay Salley, Jerry Salley
Nicknames
John Thomas Salley , Spider , John Spider Salley
Movies
Bad Boys, Eddie, Book of Love, Bad Boys II, Coast to Coast, Ladies Night, Naughty or Nice, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Something Like a Business
TV Shows
The Best Damn Sports Show Period, He's a Lady, Game On! With John Salley, Come to Papa, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, All American Girl, Fast Cars and Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race, Ballers
Was a member of the late 1980s-early 1990s Detroit Pistons team that was nicknamed the "Bad Boys". Ironically he also starred in both Bad Boys (1995) and Bad Boys II (2003).
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Currently a DJ for 100.3 The Beat's morning show in Los Angeles, California. [May 2005]
Won 4 championships with 3 different teams (2 with the Detroit Pistons, one with the Chicago Bulls, and one with the Los Angeles Lakers), in 3 different decades (with Detroit in 1989, with Detroit in 1990 and with Chicago in 1996, and with Los Angeles in 2000), and finally in 2 different millenniums (Detroit and Chicago in the 1900s and Los Angeles in the 2000s.).
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He is a vegetarian.
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Salley and Robert Horry are the only two players in NBA history to win championships with three different teams.
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Member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
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Played college basketball for Georgia Tech. He was named to the All-American team in 1986.
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11th overall draft pick by Detroit Pistons in 1986 NBA draft.
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Won 4 NBA championships: 2 with Detroit Pistons; 1 with Chicago Bulls; 1 with LA Lakers.
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Professional basketball player with the NBA's Detroit Pistons (1986-1992), Miami Heat (1993-1996), Toronto Raptors (1995-1996[start]), Chicago Bulls (1995-1996[end]), and Los Angeles Lakers (1999-2000).