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Max Zaslofsky, 1993 NYC Basketball Hall of Famer

Max Zaslofsky
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 Inducted in 1993

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Player Inducted in 1993
Max Zaslofsky Max Zaslofsky, Inducted into the NYC Hall of Fame in 1993
Photo credit: (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick)
Max "Slats" Zaslofsky (December 7, 1925 – October 15, 1985) a Brooklyn native, attended Thomas Jefferson High School (1943), where he was an All-PSAL selection in basketball and also played for the baseball team. He spent two years in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Zaslofsky later attended St. John's University, where he played basketball for one season. 

After his freshman season, he left St. John's to join the Chicago Stags of the newly organized Basketball Association of America. Playing for the Chicago Stags, Zaslofsky was named All-NBA First Team 1946–47 at the age of 21. Zaslofsky played for the New York Knicks (1950-53), Baltimore Bullets (1953), Milwaukee Hawks (1953), Fort Wayne Pistons (1953-56), Trenton Capitols (1956), and Wilkes-Barre Barons. He later coached the New Jersey Americans/New York Nets (1966-68).

Career highlights 4× All-NBA First Team (1947–1950), NBA All-Star (1952), NBA scoring champion (1948), nominated for the NBA 25th Anniversary Team in 1971, and  International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Hall of Famer's Wikipedia Page