Former NBA star and coach Butch Beard has put his Central Harlem penthouse on the market for $1.55 million, The Post has learned.
Beard, a hoops legend with a nine-season NBA career from 1969 to 1970 and then from 1971 to 1979, purchased the home back in 2014 for $1.42 million, records show.
This basketball maestro dribbled, shot and dunked his way through five different teams during his playing days, including the Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Seattle SuperSonics, Golden State Warriors and the New York Knicks.
With 5,622 career points under his belt, Beard even repped the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1972 NBA All-Star Game.
But here’s the real kicker: During his time with the Golden State Warriors, Beard played the hero — sinking the final 7 points that clinched the 1975 NBA Championship.
He went on to coach the New Jersey Nets from 1994 to 1996, graced TV screens as a color analyst for New York Knicks games in the 1980s, and held the reins at Howard University and later at Morgan State University, where he made waves until his departure in March 2006.
Beard and his wife, Lisa Carvalho, former VP of PR at L’Oreal, fell in love with the Big Apple, particularly Harlem, in 2014.
They joined the ranks of retired NY Knicks greats Earl Monroe and Walt Frazier, who also call Harlem home. Since then, they’ve become local heroes, diving headfirst into the community.
Beard mentors underserved youth through college and intramural basketball leagues, and sits on the board of the Harlem-based organization, YES Inc, championing young lives through sports and education empowerment.