Bob McAdoo
McAdoo in 1973.
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
September 25, 1951 Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Ben L. Smith (Greensboro, North Carolina) |
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| NBA draft | 1972 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall |
| Selected by the Buffalo Braves | |
| Playing career | 1972–1993 |
| Position | Forward / Center |
| Number | 11, 21 |
| Coaching career | 1995–present |
| Career history | |
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| 1972–1976 | Buffalo Braves |
| 1976–1979 | New York Knicks |
| 1979 | Boston Celtics |
| 1979–1981 | Detroit Pistons |
| 1981 | New Jersey Nets |
| 1981–1985 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1986 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1986–1990 | Olimpia Milano |
| 1990–1992 | Filanto Forlì |
| 1993 | Teamsystem Fabriano |
| As coach: | |
| 1995–2014 | Miami Heat (assistant) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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As assistant coach:
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 18,787 (22.1 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 8,048 (9.4 rpg) |
| Blocks | 1,147 (1.5 bpg) |
| 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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As assistant coach:
Robert Allen McAdoo (born September 25, 1951) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he was a five-time NBA All-Star and named the NBA Most Valuable Player in 1975. He won two NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1980s.
McAdoo played at the center and power forward positions. In his 21-year playing career, he spent 14 years in the NBA and his final seven in the Lega Basket Serie A in Italy. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000. McAdoo is one of the few players who have won both NBA and FIBA European Champions Cup titles as a player. He later won three more NBA titles in 2006, 2012 and 2013 as an assistant coach with the Miami Heat.
McAdoo was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina. His mother taught at his grade school and his father was a custodian at North Carolina A&T University. He attended Ben L. Smith High School, where he not only participated in basketball and track, he was also in the marching band as a saxophone player.
As a senior, he led Smith to the state basketball semifinals as well as to the state track tournament, where he set a new state high jump record.
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