Nationality American Name Gerald Henderson Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Role Basketball player | Listed weight 175 lb (79 kg) Height 1.96 m Salary 6 million USD (2016) | |
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NBA draft 1978 / Round: 3 / Pick: 64th overall Education Duke University, Episcopal Academy Parents Marie Henderson, Gerald Henderson Similar People Noah Vonleh, Gerald Henderson, Nicolas Batum, Mason Plumlee, C J McCollum Profiles | ||
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Jerome McKinley "Gerald" Henderson Sr. (born January 16, 1956) is an American retired basketball player. He was a combo guard who had a 13-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1979 until 1992. He played for the Boston Celtics, Seattle SuperSonics, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Pistons, and Houston Rockets. Henderson was born in Richmond, Virginia and attended Virginia Commonwealth University.
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Henderson is best known for his steal of a James Worthy pass to score a game-tying layup in Game 2 of the 1984 NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers. The Celtics eventually prevailed in overtime. In a post-game interview, Henderson said that "For a minute I could hear Johnny Most going, 'Henderson steals the ball!'", in reference to Most's famous call of John Havlicek's steal in the 1965 Eastern Conference finals.
In the fall of 1984 Henderson was traded to Seattle for the Sonics' first round pick in 1986, which the Celtics would use to draft Len Bias.
As of 2006, he and his wife run a real estate business in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. Their son, Gerald Henderson Jr. was selected by the Charlotte Bobcats of the National Basketball Association in the 2009 NBA draft. Henderson, Jr. is currently a free agent.
In 2012, Henderson was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.