Jack Sikma is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on November 14, 1955 in Illinois, Illinois, United States. Blonde, curly-haired center who was selected to 7 straight All-Star games as a member of the Seattle SuperSonics from 1979 to 1985. He helped lead the team to the franchise’s first and only NBA Championship in 1979.
Three years after he left the Sonics, they drafted future All-Star center and forward Shawn Kemp.
Sikma was born in Kankakee, Illinois to Grace and Clarence Sikma and attended St. Anne High School in St. Anne, Illinois. He lived in rural Wichert, Illinois growing up. Sikma was a guard his first three years of high school, before a growth spurt had him at 6’10” going into his senior season. Nicknamed “the Wichert Wonder,” Sikma led the St. Anne High School Cardinals to a fourth-place finish in the 1974 Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Class A boys basketball tournament, scoring 100 points in his four tournament games.
As a rookie in 1977-1978, Sikma averaged 10.7 points and 8.3 rebounds, as the Sonics played in NBA Finals, losing to the Washington Bullets in seven games. Sikma was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team in 1978.
He had three sons, Jacob, Lucas, and Nathan, with his wife Shawn.
