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Matt Guokas
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Matthew George "Matt" Guokas, Jr. (born February 25, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American former professional basketball player and coach.
Guokas played on the 1967 Philadelphia 76ers team, featuring Wilt Chamberlain, Hal Greer, Chet Walker and Billy Cunningham, that ended the eight-year championship streak of the Boston Celtics. He also played with the Buffalo Braves, Chicago Bulls, Cincinnati Royals, Houston Rockets, and Kansas City Kings, all of the NBA. In the 1972-73 season, Guokas finished second (to Chamberlain) in the NBA in field goal percentage with a 0.570 mark.
Guokas later coached the Sixers as well as the Orlando Magic, compiling a 230-305 career record. He currently works as a TV and radio analyst for the Magic. He was also a color commentator for The NBA on NBC during the 1990s and was a color commentator for the Cleveland Cavaliers for a number of years in the late 1990s.
Matt and his father, Matt Guokas, Sr., were the first father-son duo to both win NBA championships as players; this feat has since been repeated by Rick Barry (with the 1975 NBA champion Golden State Warriors) and Brent Barry (with the 2005 NBA champion San Antonio Spurs).
Chamberlain | Costello | Cunningham | Gambee | Greer | Guokas | Jackson | Jones | Melchionni | Walker | Weiss | Coach Hannum
| Preceded by Billy Cunningham |
Philadelphia 76ers Head Coach 1985–1988 |
Succeeded by Jim Lynam |
| Preceded by Initial coach |
Orlando Magic Head Coach 1989–1993 |
Succeeded by Brian Hill |
| Preceded by Jack Givens |
Orlando Magic color commentator 1989–1993 |
Succeeded by N/A |
Categories: 1944 births | American basketball coaches | American basketball players | Buffalo Braves players | Chicago Bulls players | Cincinnati Royals players | Houston Rockets players | Kansas City Kings players | Living people | National Basketball Association broadcasters | Orlando Magic coaches | People from Philadelphia | Philadelphia 76ers players | Saint Joseph's University alumni | Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball players | Basketball families