NBA: No. "And then, Pistol Pete," McAdoo said with a laugh, as he sat parked in Boca Raton, speaking by phone. And in half of his 14 NBA seasons, he shot .500 or better from the floor. The Lakers rolled through the regular season and the playoffs, meeting the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. Despite a 24-point, 15-rebound performance from McAdoo, North Carolina was upset by Florida State in the national semifinals. Bob McAdoo and Jo Jo White met again Sunday, but on a more friendly basis than their climactic encounter more than 42 years ago in the Game Six of the 1974 NBA Playoff series between the Buffalo. Born in Greensboro, NC #22. "His mother called us to start it. However, I couldnt even play since I was still recovering from off-season surgery to have bone spurs removed from my foot. [56], In 2012, McAdoo was treated for a blood clot in his leg. (Photo by Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images). McAdoo was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina. Family: Son of Robert and Vandalia McAdoo, grew up on Ross Avenue in Greensboro with parents and sister, Pamela. I would win those, too. [56], McAdoo's wife, Charlina, died of cancer in 1991. "I was winning the H-O-R-S-E games," he said with a laugh. " He left the team after his contract expired in 1986. Streamline your workflow with our best-in-class digital asset management system. With the same club, he also won the FIBA Intercontinental Cup (1987), two Italian League championships (1987, 1989), and the Italian Cup (1987). Robert Allen McAdoo Jr. (Doo, Mac) Position: Center and Power Forward Shoots: Right 6-9, 210lb (206cm, 95kg) . For the first time in my career, I had a chance to win a championship. By this time, Haywood had already moved on from the Lakers. McAdoo was also a great defender in those three scoring champ earning seasons. Bob McAdoo, 1 of the best shooting big men ever, was a 2-time NBA champion, a Rookie of the Year and an MVP in his career. McAdoo also led the NBA in field goal percentage in 197374, shooting 54.7 percent. An All-Star for the first time, he led the league in both scoring (30.6) and field-goal percentage (.547), helping Buffalo to a 42-40 record and the first playoff berth in franchise history. In McAdoos first (and only) season at Chapel Hill, the nationally ranked Tar Heels recorded a 29-5 regular-season record and advanced to the 1972 NCAA Final Four. Brown made a trade for his girlfriend, ex-Miss America Phyllis George. McAdoo was inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame in 1995. Understand, that was a season when McAdoo would average 26.5 points for the New York Knicks on 52-percent shooting, a time before the NBA advent of the 3-point shot. They have two children. McAdoo and his wife, Patrizia, reside in Boca Raton with their son, Ryan, who recently graduated from the University of North Carolina where he was a member of the basketball team, and their daughter, Rasheeda, who graduated from Georgia Tech and is now on the WTA Professional Circuit. Basically, if one participant cannot match a successful attempt by his opponent, he receives a letter. [7], "We didn't really recruit him," Coach Dean Smith of North Carolina said. Man died Wednesday. Won rookie of the year, three scoring titles and two championships. Jo Jo went to the line made both shots with time expired and Boston won the series and moved on to eventually win the NBA championship. MIAMI BEACH, FL - NOVEMBER 11: Bob McAdoo and his wife pose at the Night of Moroccan Heat Party at Shaquille and Shaunie O'Neal's private home on Star Island November 11, 2005 in Miami Beach, Florida. The Heat hasn't sent him overseas yet. Honors: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, N.C. Sports Hall of Fame, Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame. Because McAdoo knows, better than most, Smith would be there for him. [24], He finished his NBA career with 29 games for the Philadelphia 76ers in the 198586 season, averaging 10.1 points alongside Julius Erving, Moses Malone and Charles Barkley. On the fast break, he was a nightmare.". Hall of Fame 29: Bob McAdoo . McAdoo said you don't have to be a basketball fan to understand just how much Bryant meant to so many. 71 Year Old Libra #15. McAdoo is proud that the NBA started the sports protests, that the actions of a handful of Bucks players spread to baseball and soccer and even tennis. I was tired of losing and tired of being traded.. McAdoo was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000. [38][39], "As the 198182 season began, I was in the middle of a contract dispute with the New Jersey Nets. Bob MacKinnon Jr. was a sixth-grader at St. Gregory the Great, in Amherst, when he no-showed the school Christmas pageant. I was basically a shooter from deep range. McAdoo met with Smith in December of his last year at Vincennes. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. To me it was a wrap I would start. Although McAdoo finished third in the league in scoring in 1977-78 (26.5), the Knicks traded him midway through the following season to Boston for Tom Barker and three first-round draft picks. After leaving the Lakers, McAdoo signed with the Philadelphia 76ers. In his 21-season playing career, he spent 14 seasons in the NBA and his final seven in the Lega Basket Serie A in Italy. The 6-foot-10 Braves' pivotman piles up plenty of his points from distant areas where most self-respecting pro centers would never dream of roaming, much less shoot from. The Braves, however, continued to sing the expansion blues, winning only 21 games after winning 22 in each of their first two seasons. The couple has four children together. He entered the NBA in 1972 after being picked by the Buffalo Braves during that years NBA Draft (now known as the Los Angeles Clippers). She plays professional tennis. But he could make those shots, too.. Mike Harrington: His team looks good, even without Alex Tuch. With the spotlight off him, McAdoo blossomed as a Laker. Hall of Famer Bob McAdoo reflects on the inspiration for his style of play in the NBA. I came before Michael Jordan and James Worthy, and back then, players just didnt leave early. He also served as the head coach of the HEATs Summer League team in 2004. The move, widely questioned at the time, paid off for both the player and the team. Growing up in the South in the 1960s, you would never expect a white coach to say something like that. Relaxed and amiable, the normally reserved McAdoo shook hands, smiled, posed and signed a variety of items ranging anywhere from copies of hisNo. For McAdoo, the shooting competition did not end during that 1977-78 showcase or even when his NBA career ended in 1986. Back in 1977-78, when the NBA's games were broadcast by CBS, the network offered weekly taped H-O-R-S-E competitions at halftime, similar to the format ESPN utilized for its production amid the NBA's shutdown due to the new coronavirus pandemic. [22] However, in the following round the Braves would again be eliminated by the Boston Celtics, who would once again go on to win the finals. [1] He later won three more NBA titles in 2006, 2012 and 2013 as an assistant coach with the Miami Heat. He spent one solitary season with the team and finished his NBA career in favor of a move to Europe. He also received All-America honors while playing at the University of North Carolina, where he helped guide the Tar Heels to a Final Four appearance. [47][46], McAdoo helped the Lakers to another NBA Championship in 198485, defeating Boston 42 in the NBA Finals. Making him an unforgettable player were not just the big wins or the extraordinary stats (he averaged 27.3 points per game in the Italian league playing 199 games, in Milano he had 28.1 points per game in 1987/88 . He went on to capture the 1972-73 Rookie of the Year award after averaging 18.0 points and 9.1 rebounds. As episodes nine and 10 of. Dean Smith was definitely a great man.. He won the 1973 NBA Rookie of the Year Award and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. Two chairs down was former Buffalo teammate Ernie DiGregorio. To celebrate the NBA's 75th anniversary festivities, the league has rolled out its official list of the 75 greatest . Los Angeles Clippers. Bob McAdoo dominated the Spurs in Game 4 of the 1982 Western Conference finals. On Christmas Eve 1981, the Lakers surprised McAdoo and most observers by acquiring his rights from the Nets for cash and a second-round draft pick. McAdoo was then waived. McAdoo was frustrated with Buffalo's losing in his rookie season, saying, "Here I was sitting at Buffalo, we were on the way to losing 61 games and we didn't have any players. McAdoo, who was selected as a member of the NBA's 75th Anniversary Team, received the games greatest honor when he was elected into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000. For years, McAdoo added pocket change (or more) during shooting competitions with unknowing Heat neophytes. Of course other former teammates are gone -- his pal Randy Smith, Bob Kauffman, Dale Schlueter coach Jack Ramsay and assistant coach and general manager Bob MacKinnon. He made 5 All-Star appearances, 2-all NBA teams, and won 2 Championships with the Lakers. In the 1982 NBA Finals, McAdoo averaged 16.3 points in 27 minutes as the Lakers defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 42. Braves coach Jack Ramsay initially thought McAdoo was too frail to play the center position, so he tried the rookie at small forward. [55], McAdoo came to the Heat organization when Pat Riley, who had been his coach for two championship seasons with the Lakers in the 1980s, left the New York Knicks to become the Heat's head coach and GM in 1995. 38 on Nick Wright's Top 50 NBA Players of the Last 50 Years list is former 'Showtime' Los Angeles Lakers star Bob McAdoo. [13] Later, McAdoo was indeed noted as the No. Autograph signings are something McAdoo hasn't done a lot of because until last season he was busy traveling and working as an NBA coach. McAdoo didnt make the starting lineup until halfway through the 1972-73 campaign, and even then he struggled defensively. > Archive 75: Bob McAdoo| 75 Stories: Bob McAdoo. On February 12, 1979, McAdoo was traded by the Knicks to the Boston Celtics for Tom Barker, a 1979 1st round draft pick (Bill Cartwright was later selected), a 1979 1st round draft pick (Larry Demic was later selected) and a 1979 1st round draft pick (Sly Williams was later selected). Date of Birth: Apr 22, 1949 (73 years old) Place of Birth: Silver City, Mississippi. Married second wife, Patrizia, while playing in Italy. Five letters, H-O-R-S-E, and you're out. The 13-time All-Star, who was dealt to Phoenix on Feb. 9, has not played in a game since Jan. 8 when he was with the Nets. Forget that bit about the greatest shooting big man.. Bob McAdoo. He played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he was a five-time NBA All-Star . The G League Ignite guard has been toward the top of several draft boards ahead of the 2023 Draft. [34][35], On March 11, 1981, McAdoo was waived by the Pistons after playing in only six games with the team in 198081, as Detroit finished 2161. One collector even have a replica jersey of McAdoo's school jersey No. 2 overall pick in 1972 draft by Buffalo Braves. In 1982-83 he averaged 15.0 ppg, although he spent 32 games on the disabled list with a toe injury. In his senior year, McAdoo led Smith to North Carolinas state basketball semifinals as well as to the state track tournament, at which he set a new record for the high jump. [2][3], Out of high school, McAdoo initially lacked the academic test scores required by the Division I schools, so he chose to enroll at Vincennes University, then a junior college, in Vincennes, Indiana from 1969 through 1971. 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McAdoos professional career sprang forth from one All-America season in Chapel Hill, where Smith changed his life. [25], In 197778, the Knicks, finished 4339 under new Coach Willis Reed, as McAdoo averaged 26.5 points, 12.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.6 blocks and 1.3 steals in 79 games. Al Harrington played in the NBA for 16 seasons. [24][32][33], In 197980, McAdoo joined a Pistons team that finished 1666 under coaches Dick Vitale (48), who had encouraged the trade for McAdoo, and Vitale's replacement Richie Adubato (1258). He and several friends from his mostly African-American neighborhood chose to be bused to Smith High because, he later conceded, they thought their chances of making the basketball team were better at an integrated school. He brings 41 years of combined NBA experience, as an assistant coach, player and scout, into the field of player personnel and scouting where he serves as one of the lead scouts for HEAT Vice President, Basketball Operations/Assistant General Manager Adam Simon. Playing alongside Hall of Famer Bob Lanier, McAdoo averaged 21.1 points and 8.1 rebounds in 58 games. The following season, on December 7, 1976, McAdoo grabbed a career-high 29 rebounds, while adding 42 points, in a 107-103 loss to the Indiana Pacers. They had just lost a key player, Mitch Kupchak, who blew out his knee. Former Heat assistant coach Bob McAdoo met his match in a shooting competition against Pete Maravich. 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When team president Pat Riley shook things up with the Heat after James returned to Cleveland, McAdoo's duties were shifted to scouting. The former Braves scoring star, an NBA Most Valuable Player in 1975 who was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000, was a big hit in the star-studded lineup of athletes who appeared at the show. Bob McAdoo? Millions of high-quality images, video, and music options are waiting for you. Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. Ultimately, even after working with the likes of Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Tim Hardaway and Dan Majerle during a Heat coaching run that ran until 2014, never was there anything like that time he tried to match Pistol Pete shot for shot. He complained of getting insufficient national attention in a wintry town where, he once ruefully noted, small children played hockey, not basketball, in the streets. 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