He graduated from Middlebury College, where he played basketball, and University of Miami School of Law before settling in Greensboro, North Carolina.
[2][3] In 1974, both Scheer and Larry Brown moved to the Denver Rockets (later the Nuggets) as the Cougars owner planned to fold the franchise.
[4] with Brown as the head coach, Scheer built a team with Bobby Jones, David Thompson and Dan Issel that made it to the 1975–76 ABA Finals.
[5] It was in Denver that Scheer introduced the Slam Dunk Contest for the 1976 ABA All-Star Game, that featured David Thompson, Julius Erving and Artis Gilmore.
Denver won two straight Midwest Division titles upon entering the NBA, and advanced to the 1978 Western Conference Final.
His stay in Los Angeles was short after battling with team ownership and he ended up taking the job of commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association in 1986.