Talvin Skinner

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

Talvin Skinner
Personal information
Born (1952-09-10) September 10, 1952
Berlin, Maryland
NationalityAmerican
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 / Round: 3 / Pick: 44th overall
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
Playing career1974–1976
PositionSmall forward
Number22
Career history
1974–1976Seattle SuperSonics
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× First-team All-MEAC (1973, 1974)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Playing career

College

Skinner played basketball at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. 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

Skinner was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1974 NBA Draft (8th pick of the 3rd round). 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.[2]

Later years

Following his playing career, Skinner worked at Boeing in Seattle, Washington.[1] More recently, he was hired to work as a player development aide with the Seattle Storm.[3]

gollark: Quoted from my notes:The relevant factors for course choice are probably something like this, vaguely in order: “personal fit” - how much I'll actually like it. This is quite hard to tell in advance. During the Y11 careers interview I was recommended some kind of trial thing for engineering, but I doubt that's on now, like many other things. Probably more important than other things, as I'd spend 3-5 years on said course, will perform better if I do enjoy it, and will probably not get much use out of studying a subject I would not like enough to do work related to. flexibility/generality - what options are opened by studying this stuff? Especially important in a changing and unpredictable world. how hard a subject is to learn out of university - relates to necessity of feedback from people who know it much better, specialized equipment needed, availability of good teaching resources, etc. Likely to decline over time due to the internet/modern information exchange systems and advancing technology making relevant equipment cheaper. earning potential - how much money does studying this bring? I don't think this is massively significant, it's probably outweighed by other things quite rapidly, but something to consider. Apparently high for quantitative and applied subjects. entry requirements - how likely I am to be able to study it. There are some things I probably cannot do at all now, such as medicine, but I didn't and don't really care about those, and there shouldn't be many. Most of the high-requirement stuff is seemingly available with more practical ones at less prestigious universities, which is probably fine.
gollark: Replying to https://discord.com/channels/346530916832903169/348702212110680064/759121895022002206Well, yes, somewhat, BUT! There are other considerations™.
gollark: Weird.
gollark: Replying to https://discord.com/channels/346530916832903169/348702212110680064/759121667070492682<@!332271551481118732> Yes, possibly.
gollark: The power of yet!

References
  1. "Former Hawk Hoops Star Teaches and Calms His Way to a WNBA Championship". umeshawks.com. 2005-08-04.
  2. Teitl, John (2010-06-17). "Jon Teitel's Interview Series: Maryland-Eastern Shore Legend Talvin Skinner". collegehoops.net. Archived from the original on 2011-12-23.
  3. Bergin, Mark (May 19, 2005), "A moment with ... Talvin Skinner, Storm player development", The Seattle Post-Intelligencer


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