John Salley
Biography
John Salley is an American former professional basketball player who has also worked as an actor, host and analyst. Born in Brooklyn, he played at Georgia Tech and was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in 1986, winning NBA championships with the Pistons in 1989 and 1990, the Chicago Bulls in 1996 and the Los Angeles Lakers in 2000. On screen he played the computer hacking prisoner Fletcher in Bad Boys and returned to the part in Bad Boys II (2003) and Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024), and he appeared in Eddie (1996), The Ultimate Christmas Present (2000), Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) and Sneakerella (2022). His television work includes hosting The Best Damn Sports Show Period and Basketball Wives, and he served as an NBA Showtime analyst.
62years old
Turns 63 on May 16in 186 days
- Born Brooklyn
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Also credited as John Thomas Salley, Spider and Mr. May
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 28 years1996 to 2024
Genres
- Comedy78%, 7 films
- Action22%, 2 films
- Crime22%, 2 films
- Romance22%, 2 films
- Documentary11%, 1 film
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A first
Salley was the first NBA player to win titles with three franchises, a feat later matched by Robert Horry, Danny Green and LeBron James. He also was the first to take a championship in three separate decades, later joined by Tim Duncan.
A role that slipped away
Before the 1986 NBA Draft, Salley worked out for the Boston Celtics against Len Bias in front of Red Auerbach, and the Chicago Bulls promised to take him ninth before choosing Brad Sellers instead. Detroit drafted him eleventh.
A change of course
Salley came out of a three-month retirement in September 1996 to sign a one-year, US$1 million deal with reigning EuroLeague champion Panathinaikos, then quit the Greek club unilaterally about a month later after clashing with coach Bozidar Maljkovic.
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