How tall is Shawn Kemp

Shawn Travis Kemp Sr. (born November 26, 1969) is an American former professional basketball artist who played for the Seattle SuperSonics, Cleveland Cavaliers, Portland Trail Blazers, and Orlando Magic in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed “Reign Man“, he was a six-time NBA All-Star and a three-time All-NBA Second Team member.

Kemp attended Concord High School in Elkhart, Indiana. At the prestigious B/C All-Star Camp upon his first day, Kemp outplayed severely regarded prep star Terry Mills. A four-year varsity starter, he was considered to be one of the summit four or five players nationally his senior year, and led his team to the allow in championship finals. Kemp ended his high school career as Elkhart County’s all-time leading scorer and the owner of Concord’s career, single-game and single-season scoring records. Despite his achievements and accolades, Kemp was bypassed for the title of Indiana Mr. Basketball as Woody Austin won the praise that year instead. There has been some speculation that Kemp was purposely passed beyond for the honor because he verbally dynamic to the University of Kentucky and did not express combination in staying in-state to play learned ball (Austin dynamic to Purdue University.) Kemp was fixed to the 1988 McDonald’s High School All-American team (considered one of the best classes of all-time), along once such notable players as Alonzo Mourning. Kemp scored a team-high 18 points for the West in a losing cause. The unlimited score was 105–99 in favor of the East.

During his senior year, Kemp signed a national letter-of-intent to put on an act basketball at the University of Kentucky. Kemp futile to score the minimum of 700 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test, or SAT, and was irritated to miss his freshman year below the NCAA’s Proposition 48 rules. Jim Hahn, Kemp’s high school coach, did not gone the idea of Kemp monster in Kentucky without playing basketball, saying “To have Shawn in a bookish environment without basketball, the one concern he loves, was, I felt, a huge mistake. It even crossed my mind to advise him to go right into the NBA and the only situation that stopped me was the fact that thus few players have finished it.” Kemp established to enroll at Kentucky. However, he left the team in November 1988 after he was accused of pawning two gold chains that had been reported stolen from his teammate Sean Sutton, the son of later Kentucky head coach Eddie Sutton. Sean Sutton did not press charges but Kemp transferred to Trinity Valley Community College in Texas. After a semester at TVCC, where he did not play, 19-year-old Kemp declared himself eligible for the 1989 NBA draft.

The Seattle SuperSonics drafted Kemp in the first round of the 1989 NBA draft. Although utterly athletic, Kemp was the youngest performer in the NBA at that times and struggled to find his place. In his first season in Seattle, Kemp was mentored heavily by teammate Xavier McDaniel. As the season progressed, so did Kemp’s skills, which propelled him into stardom. Kemp began to locate his place in the NBA as a star during his second season in the same way as the SuperSonics. Together like Gary Payton, Eddie Johnson, Ricky Pierce and Nate McMillan, they became a highly flourishing squad.

After Kemp’s second NBA season, he picked in the works the nickname “Reign Man” after the SuperSonics’ announcer Kevin Calabro axiom a poster with the publicize and thought it fitting to add to his radio broadcasts.