Shea Seals

{{Short description|American basketball player and coach}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Shea Seals | image = | width = | caption = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5 | weight_lb = 210 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|8|26}} | birth_place = Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. | high_school = McLain (Tulsa, Oklahoma) | college = Tulsa (1993–1997) | draft_year = 1997 | career_start = 1997 | career_end = 2004 | career_number = 24 | career_position = Shooting guard | coach_start = 2004 | coach_end = 2022 | years1 = {{nbay|1997|full=y}} | team1 = Los Angeles Lakers | years2 = 1999–2000 | team2 = ASVEL Basket | years3 = 2002–2003 | team3 = Mobile Revelers | years4 = 2004–2004 | team4 = Shandong Lions | cyears1 = 2004–2005 | cteam1 = McLain HS (assistant) | cyears2 = 2005–2007 | cteam2 = McLain HS | cyears3 = 2007–2012 | cteam3 = Booker T. Washington HS | cyears4 = 2015–2022 | cteam4 = Tulsa (assistant) | highlights = * Third-team All-American – AP, NABC (1997) * First-team All-WAC (1997) * 2× First-team All-MVC (1995, 1996) * No. 21 retired by Tulsa Golden Hurricane }} '''Shea Brandon Seals''' (born August 26, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in four games during the 1997–98 NBA season as a shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).<ref name=ESPN>[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7911980 Former Tulsa star Shea Seals added to Danny Manning's staff - ESPN]</ref>

Seals, who played collegiately for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team and is still their all-time career scoring leader,<ref name=ESPN/> also played in the ABA with the Indiana Legends and the Kansas City Knights, in the NBDL with the Mobile Revelers, and professionally in France with Villeurbanne and Chalon-sur-Saône. The Tulsa Golden Hurricane have retired Seals' number (#21).<ref name=ESPN/> He served eight years<ref name=ESPN/> as the head basketball coach at Booker T. Washington High School<ref name="Seals is welcomed as coach">{{cite web | url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/sports/article.aspx?articleID=070421_2_B1_hDesp28042| title=Seals is welcomed as coach| publisher= Barry Lewis:tulsaworld.com | accessdate=2007-05-15}}</ref> in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

He is probably best remembered for his performance against Dream Team III on July 6, 1996, the first exhibition game prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Dream Team III won the Gold. He scored 20 points, leading all players on both squads, for his Collegiate All-Star team. Despite his amazing game which helped the College Stars build a 17-point lead at the half, Dream Team III managed to win 96–90.<ref name="Dream Team III 96, USA Select 90">{{cite web | url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0765790.html| title=Dream Team v. USA Select Team Box Score}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{Basketballstats |nba= 1578 |bbr= s/sealssh01 }} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050405203745/http://www.nba.com/nbdl/players/shea_seals.html NBA D-League profile] *[http://www.basketstat.com/players/seals_shea.html France - Pro A profile] {{in lang|fr}}

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