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Thomas Doane Chambers (born June 21, 1959) is an American former professional
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(NBA) player. Chambers played basketball professionally from 1981 to 1997. Playing
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in the NBA, Chambers was selected to four All-Star Games and he was also a two-time
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member during his career. In December 2021, Chambers was nominated to the
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but did not advance to the list of finalists.


High school

Chambers starred at Fairview High School in
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. Hailing from an athletic family, Chambers was a promising 6-2 guard at the end of his sophomore year. Suddenly, he grew six inches during the next six months. As a junior, teammates marveled that he had not lost any coordination with that growth. A broken wrist as a senior forced him to use his left hand more, improving his game. An all-Colorado high school player, he was hotly recruited and enrolled at Utah.


College

At
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, Chambers played center with star forward
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. The two led successful teams in the
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. He ran the floor well and had good shooting range. At the NBA level he would move to power forward. On Feb. 5, 2022, Chambers' jersey and number, 42, was retired during the Utes' game against Oregon.


Professional career


San Diego Clippers

Chambers was drafted by the-then
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with the 8th pick in the
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. After signing a $1.5 million four-year contract, he played at forward for the first time after being a center in college. On the injury-riddled young Clippers roster his rookie year, Chambers ended up the team's top scorer at 17.2 points per game, and he made 52.5% of his shots. On April 15, 1982, he set a then-career-high points total of 39 points in a 129–123 win against the
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. The following season, on October 29, 1982, Chambers scored 29 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in San Diego’s home opener, a loss to the Phoenix Suns. The same season, the team had drafted power forward
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, who went on to win Rookie of the Year, and the club felt it had to choose between the two young prospects, and they traded Chambers and
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for James Donaldson,
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, Mark Radford, a 1984 first round draft pick (
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was later selected) and a 1985 2nd round draft pick ( Calvin Duncan was later selected).


Seattle SuperSonics

Teaming with center
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and guard Gus Williams, Chambers became a key piece to a winning team in his third NBA season. He played all 82 games and averaged 18.1 points per game. The following year, though, Williams was traded, and the point guard who emerged was
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. After posting a team-high 21.5 points per game the season before, Chambers fell to third-most on the team in shot attempts, taking only 28 more shots more than Henderson that season. He still led the team at 18.5 points per game, but felt he was being passed around in the offense. 1986–87, however, was a big season for Chambers. Rookie
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took over Henderson's spot and Chambers became one of three key scorers for the Sonics. He posted 23.3 points per game to reach All-Star status for the first time. Chambers hit 85% of 630 free throw tries that season. He also again played all 82 games. He was the star of the
1987 NBA All-Star Game The 37th National Basketball Association All-Star Game was played on February 8, 1987, at Seattle's Kingdome. Seattle SuperSonics power forward Tom Chambers was the NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP). The Eastern Conference team consi ...
, played in Seattle. He scored 34 points on 13 of 25 shooting and was named Game's Most Valuable Player. With the SuperSonics, he averaged 20.4 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 2.4 assists.


Phoenix Suns

An avid hunter and horseback rider, Chambers had no interest in playing outside of his native West. He accepted a then-very pricey offer to join the Phoenix Suns in June 1988. Seattle declined to match the offer. His next three All-Star appearances would be as a Sun, the team he still works for today. In Phoenix, coach
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expected Chambers to shoot the ball. In 1988–89 Chambers scored 25.7 points per game. In 1989–90 his total rose to 27.2 points per game. Just as his scoring hit new highs his team also improved. Point guard Kevin Johnson was the passer Chambers had long-awaited, and the duo became an outstanding NBA tandem. Former Seattle teammate,
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, joined the team in 1990–91, and the now 31-year-old Chambers again accepted a more team-oriented role for the Suns. His scoring, and the team's success, declined. He had been twice named All-NBA Second Team, but now just tried to fit in. In 1992–93, the fifth and final season in Phoenix,
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arrived to give the team the rebounder the team had long needed to truly contend. The now 33-year-old Chambers accepted a role as
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, while Barkley and
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were the team's key scorers. That team made it to the 1993 NBA Finals, where they lost 4 games to 2 to
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's
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.


Utah Jazz

Chambers still felt he had more to contribute, and accepted an offer to join the Utah Jazz in August 1993. He would back up star
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, and re-team with
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from the Suns. The Jazz improved immediately and made it to the 1994 Western Conference Finals. Now age 35, Chambers had one more year to give before ending his first stint in the NBA as a 20,024 point NBA scorer.


Israel

Chambers joined
Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...
in
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
, for a season of play in the
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and the FIBA EuroLeague, during the 1995–96 season. In the Israeli Super League, Chambers averaged 17.7 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game. He also won the Israeli League championship that season with Maccabi. In the FIBA EuroLeague's 1995–96 season, Chambers averaged 15.1 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 0.7 steals per game, in 32.8 minutes per game.


End of playing career

After his stint in Israel, Chambers decided to reunite with the Phoenix Suns. However, before playing a single game of a second run there, he was traded to the
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. He played twelve games with the Hornets but was then waived. Chambers would play in one more NBA game, with the
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, during the 1997–98 regular season, before retiring. In the last game of his career, played on November 26, 1997, he had six points, two rebounds, and two steals for the 76ers, against the
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, in his only appearance with the team.


Player profile

Chambers appeared in 16 NBA seasons as a member of the
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,
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,
Phoenix Suns The Phoenix Suns are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Suns are the only team in t ...
,
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,
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, and
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."Chambers, Tom." ''2005–06 Official NBA Player Register''. 2005. 338–339. Chambers scored 20,049 total points in the NBA for a career average of 18.1 points per game. His career high was a 60-point performance with the Suns against the Sonics on March 24, 1990. He appeared in four
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s during his career (1987, 1989, 1990, and 1991), earning game MVP honors in 1987 after scoring 34 points. He also played in the 1993 NBA Finals as a member of the Suns, but his team lost to the
Chicago Bulls The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The Bulls compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded on January 1 ...
. He is one of just two players currently eligible for induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame who have scored 20,000 points who have not been inducted.


Legacy

Chambers was inducted into the
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in April 1999 and became the first inductee since the Ring of Honor was installed at the then-America West Arena (now
Footprint Center Footprint Center (formerly known as America West Arena, US Airways Center, Talking Stick Resort Arena and Phoenix Suns Arena) is a multi-purpose arena in Phoenix, Arizona. Built in the regional population center of the southwestern United Sta ...
). As part of the induction ceremony, he received a bronze statue by artist Sam Wickey recreating his 1989 dunk over the
New York Knicks The New York Knickerbockers, shortened and more commonly referred to as the New York Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The Knicks compete in the National Basketball Associat ...
guard Mark Jackson. Chambers was also honored with being inducted into the
Utah Sports Hall of Fame The Utah Sports Hall of Fame is an athletics hall of fame in the U.S. state of Utah. The Utah Sports Hall of Fame Foundation, organized in 1967 as The Old Time Athletes Association, was founded "to celebrate and preserve Utah's storied sports heri ...
in 2010, and the
Arizona Sports Hall of Fame The Arizona Sports Hall of Fame is a sports hall of fame in the United States honoring any athlete who has "merited recognition and distinction in sports and who has brought fame and honor to the State of Arizona through outstanding sporting acco ...
in 2019.


NBA career statistics


Regular season

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Playoffs

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Personal life

After his playing career ended, Chambers bought a ranch in North Ogden for himself and family which became known as Shooting Star Ranch. Soon after, he became a community relations representative for the Suns, sold his ranch in Ogden, and moved permanently to Scottsdale, Arizona with his family. He also won a Rocky Mountain Emmy alongside senior editor Tommy Arguelles for their work on ''Sunderella Suns'', a film commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 1975–76 Phoenix Suns season and the impact that season had on the state of Arizona as a whole.


See also

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List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders This article contains two charts: The first chart is a list of the top 50 all-time scorers in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The list includes only points scored in regular season games. The second chart is a progressi ...
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List of National Basketball Association career free throw scoring leaders This article provides two lists: :A list of National Basketball Association players by total career regular season free throws made. :A progressive list of free throws made leaders showing how the record has increased through the years. Free thr ...
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List of National Basketball Association single-game scoring leaders This is a complete listing of National Basketball Association players who have scored 60 or more points in a game. This feat has been accomplished 80 times in NBA history. Thirty-two players have scored 60 or more points in a game, while just six ...


References


External links


NBA.com Historical Player InfoIsraeli Super League Profile
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