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Talvin Skinner

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Talvin Skinner
Personal information
Born (1952-09-10) September 10, 1952 (age 73)
Berlin, Maryland, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High schoolWorcester (Newark, Maryland)
CollegeMaryland Eastern Shore (1971–1974)
NBA draft1974: 3rd round, 44th overall pick
Drafted bySeattle SuperSonics
Playing career1974–1976
PositionSmall forward
Number22
Career history
1974–1976Seattle SuperSonics
Career highlights
  • 2× First-team All-MEAC (1973, 1974)
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Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Talvin "Tab" Skinner (born September 10, 1952) is an American former professional basketball player.

Playing career

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College

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Skinner played college basketball for the Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks. In the 1972–73 season at UMES, Skinner led all players in the NAIA Championships in rebounding.[1]

For his play during the 1973-74 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament, Skinner was named the Most Outstanding Player.[1]

In the 1973–74 season, Skinner and the Fighting Hawks became the first ever Historically Black College or University (HBCU) to earn an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) post-season basketball tournament.[1]

Professional

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Skinner was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1974 NBA Draft (8th pick of the 3rd round).[2] He played with the SuperSonics for two seasons, starting part of the 1975–76 season and playing in the first two post-seasons for the franchise.[3]

Later years

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Following his playing career, Skinner worked at Boeing in Seattle, Washington.[1] He afterward worked as a player development aide with the Seattle Storm.[4]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

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Source[5]

Regular season

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Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1974–75 Seattle 7321.6.409.6494.71.2.7.24.8
1975–76 Seattle 7217.0.463.6133.7.9.7.14.3
Career 14519.3.434.6334.21.0.7.24.6

Playoffs

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Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1975 Seattle 923.4.467.7374.21.31.0.26.2
1976 Seattle 614.3.286.7332.51.2.8.33.2
Career 1519.8.424.7353.51.3.9.35.0

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Former Hawk Hoops Star Teaches and Calms His Way to a WNBA Championship". umeshawks.com. August 4, 2005.
  2. ↑ "1974 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 19, 2026.
  3. ↑ Teitl, John (June 17, 2010). "Jon Teitel's Interview Series: Maryland-Eastern Shore Legend Talvin Skinner". collegehoops.net. Archived from the original on December 23, 2011.
  4. ↑ Bergin, Mark (May 19, 2005), "A moment with ... Talvin Skinner, Storm player development", The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  5. ↑ "Tal Skinner NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
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