[1] Considered one of the top college players from the Syracuse basketball program, Seikaly's stellar offense and defense placed him among the school's all-time leaders in rebounds, points and blocks, while earning several nationally recognized awards and honors.
Seikaly earned the 1990 NBA Most Improved Player Award and later played for the Golden State Warriors, Orlando Magic and New Jersey Nets and in Spain with FC Barcelona.
[7][8][9] On the recommendation of Koroneos, Seikaly was selected to join Panathinaikos' men's senior team, in order to begin training and practicing with them.
[12] In 1983, Seikaly moved from Greece to the United States and began attending Syracuse University in central New York, where he played college basketball.
As well as being the franchise's first ever college draft pick, Seikaly became the first player born in Lebanon to compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
In the 1991–92 season, Seikaly again averaged 16 points and 11 rebounds (6th in the league) as the Heat, bolstered by his play and Rice's scoring, led the team to 38 wins and the first playoff berth for the franchise.
Despite the breakthrough, Miami was no match for the defending champions, the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls, who swept the Heat in three games.
[citation needed] Seikaly's career with Miami saw him setting numerous single-game team records, including blocks (8), rebounds (34) and double–doubles.
[citation needed] On November 2, 1994, Seikaly was traded to the Golden State Warriors for Sasha Danilović and Billy Owens.
In November 1996, Seikaly, Clifford Rozier and a 1999 second-round draft pick were traded to the Orlando Magic for Donald Royal, Felton Spencer and Jon Koncak.
The Magic had been a dominant Eastern Conference team, but lost superstar center Shaquille O'Neal, and Seikaly was brought in to fill the void.
The Magic won 45 games and entered the playoffs as the 7th seed in the conference, facing off against Seikaly's old team in Miami, who then featured an All-Star center Alonzo Mourning.
Because of that, he sat next to the Greek team's bench at the final of the 1987 Athens EuroBasket, that Greece beat the Soviet Union, to win the tournament's gold medal.
[citation needed] Seikaly, an avid lover of music, started DJing at the age of 14 whilst living in Greece.
[citation needed] He has released many solo EPs including a lot of his early work "House Calls" in 2010.
[5] When Magic Johnson returned to the NBA HIV-positive, and there was opposition to his inclusion in the league, because of his health status, Seikaly challenged him to a game of one-on-one, to show everyone that HIV is not contagious by touch.
Seikaly is involved in many charities, such as the Miami Heat's Corporate Education and "Shoot for the Stars" programs, Make A Wish Foundation and many more.
Revenues from the sale of his 2012 album, Nervous Nitelife Presents Rony Seikaly, went to the Children's Department at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Foundation in Miami.