Alex English
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
January 5, 1954 Columbia, South Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Dreher (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| College | South Carolina (1972–1976) |
| NBA draft | 1976 / Round: 2 / Pick: 23rd overall |
| Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks | |
| Playing career | 1976–1992 |
| Position | Small forward |
| Number | 23, 22, 2 |
| Career history | |
| 1976–1978 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1978–1980 | Indiana Pacers |
| 1980–1990 | Denver Nuggets |
| 1990–1991 | Dallas Mavericks |
| 1991–1992 | Basket Napoli |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 25,613 (21.5 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 6,538 (5.5 rpg) |
| Assists | 4,351 (3.6 apg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
| Basketball Hall of Fame as player | |
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College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 |
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Alexander English (born January 5, 1954) is an American retired basketball player. He was most recently an assistant coach with the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Born in Columbia, South Carolina, he played college basketball at the University of South Carolina. English played 15 seasons in the NBA for four different teams.
English averaged 21.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game during his NBA career and was named to eight NBA All-Star teams. His #2 jersey was retired by the Denver Nuggets and he was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1997.
Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2nd round with the 23rd pick. Alex's time in Milwaukee was spent as a back-up on a rebuilding team that lost Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. However, it was not until he left as a free agent in 1978 for the Indiana Pacers, that he began his reputation as a scorer, averaging 16 points on another sub-par team before being traded to Denver in midway through the 1979–80 season for George McGinnis, a former Pacers star from their ABA days and it turned out to be one of the most one-sided trades in NBA history; McGinnis was only a shadow of his former self, and was out of the league by 1982.
English then commenced a highly low-key assault on the NBA scoring books. With the erratic, high-paced, and high-scoring Nuggets he averaged 21 points when he arrived in Denver in 1980, then proceeded with averages of 24, 25, 28, 26, 28, nearly 30 (in 1985–86) season, 29, 25, 27, and 18 points per game during his decade-long scoring spree. That made him the highest-scoring player of the time, a period where the NBA gained national prominence; he never sought out the spotlight, he also led the Nuggets to nine consecutive playoffs, and for himself was awarded with three All-NBA Second Teams (1982, 1985, 1986), 8 All-Star appearances, set 31 team records in his decade in Denver, helped Denver win 2 Midwest Division titles and get to the 1985 Western Conference Finals, and was the leading scorer in 55% of the games he played in Denver.
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