NBA Straya NEVER FORGET – OFF-SEASON EDITION: George Gervin

Nickname: ‘The Iceman’ / ‘Ice’ / ‘Iceberg Slim’

NBA Straya Nickame: ‘Icey’ / ‘Frosty’

Teams:
Virginia Squires (’72-’74)
San Antonio Spurs (’74-’85)
Chicago Bulls (’85-’86)

Career Stats (per game):
25.1 pts // 5.3 rebs // 2.6 asts // 1.2 stls // 1.0 blks // 50.4 FG% // 27.1 3P% // 84.1 FT%

BEST KNOWN FOR:
– being built like a toothpick
– being one of the greatest NBA scorers of all-time & winning four scoring titles
– once averaging 33 points a game while shooting an absurd 52.8 FG%
– being on the same team as Dr J his rookie year, and MJ his last year
– scoring 63 on the last night of the ’78 season… and winning the scoring title over David ‘Skywalker’ Thompson (who scored 73)
– setting the record of 33 points in a quarter (which stood until Klay broke it in 2015)
– being Kevin Durant v1.0
– having one of the all-time coolest NBA posters
– amazing finger-roll
– also doing a crap-ton of drugs

DEAD-SET LEDGE STATUS:
Assured!! Mate! Pull the other one… as if he wouldn’t be! We’re talking about the bloody Iceman! He’s only one of the most amazing NBA players of all time!!! Four scoring titles, an iconic move, AND one of the sickest NBA posters ever!? Mate, Iceman was smoother than Phil Smyth’s noggin and at least as big of a dead-set ledge as Dipper & Libba combined!

#ONYA Iceman!

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