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Does Shawn Kemp have a ring? Did Shawn Kemp win a championship?

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Shawn Travis Kemp Sr. was born on November 26, 1969, and is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Seattle SuperSonics, Cleveland Cavaliers, Portland Trail Blazers, and Orlando Magic in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Nicknamed “Reign Man”, he was a six-time NBA All-Star and a three-time All-NBA Second Team member.

Kemp has seven children with six different women. His oldest son, Shawn Kemp Jr., played basketball for the University of Washington, and another son, Jamon, played basketball at Southeastern Louisiana University.

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Kemp appeared on the 2009 season premiere of Pros vs. Joes. A photograph of Kemp dunking over Hakeem Olajuwon appears on the cover of NBA Jam Extreme.

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Kemp was the owner of a sports bar in Lower Queen Anne, Seattle named Oskar’s Kitchen. The establishment closed in 2015. Kemp now owns a part of Amber’s Kitchen on 1st Avenue in Seattle as well as a controlling interest in several Seattle venues.

In October 2020, Kemp was part of a group that opened a cannabis dispensary in Seattle named Shawn Kemp’s Cannabis. He was joined at the grand opening by former teammate Gary Payton, whose Cookies brand cannabis strain he sells at the shop.

Does Shawn Kemp have a ring? Did Shawn Kemp win a championship?

Kemp’s career statistics show a player just below the level of the Hall of Fame. He also does not have any championships which usually go a big way to getting into the Hall of Fame. Kemp’s career was derailed by weight and drug addiction problems.

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