Sam Perkins
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"Samuel "Sam" Perkins" is a retired American professional basketball player. He won a gold medal with the United States national basketball team/US national team at the Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics/1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

Known by the nicknames ""Sleepy Sam"" and ""Big Smooth"," he attended Samuel J. Tilden High School, Shaker High School and the University of North Carolina, where he was a teammate of future Basketball Hall of Fame/Hall of Famers James Worthy and Michael Jordan. A member of the 1982 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament/1982 NCAA Tournament championship winning Tar Heel squad, he was selected with the fourth pick of the 1984 NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks and played in the NBA from 1984 to 2001.

In 2008, Perkins was named vice president of player relations for the Indiana Pacers, for whom he played from 1999-2001.[http://www.nba.com/pacers/news/perkins_hired_080609.html PACERS: Perkins named V.P. of Player Relations]

In September 2008, Perkins was inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame along with NBA stars Kenny Anderson (basketball)/Kenny Anderson and Rod Strickland, coach Pete Gillen and pioneers Lou Bender and Eddie Younger.

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