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NBA Straya NEVER FORGET – OFF-SEASON EDITION: Bob McAdoo

NBA STRAYA #NeverForget OFF-SEASON EDITION!

Name:
Bob Mc Adoo

Nickname:
‘Doo’ / ‘Mac’

‘Strayan Nickame:
‘Macca’

Teams played for:
Buffalo Braves (’72-’76)
New York Knicks (’76-79)
Boston Celtics (’79)
Detroit Pistons (’79-’80)
New Jersey #Nets (’81)
Los Angeles Lakers (’81-‘85)
Philadelphia 76ers (’85-’86)

Career Stats (per game):
22.1 pts // 9.4 rebs // 2.3 asts // 1.5 blks // 50.3 FG% // 08.1 3P%

Best known for:
– Won Rookie of the Year, 3 straight scoring titles and an MVP in his first four years
– 2x NBA Champ
– Once had a season (his MVP year) where he averaged 34.5 pts & 14 rebs… after averaging 30 & 15 the previous year
– Stopped caring between 1976-1982 until reinventing himself as a reserve on Magic & Kareem’s Lakers
– Being a scoring machine: scored on everyone til they wheeled him out of the NBA… then continued scoring on everyone in Italy until he was 41 and racked up Italian & Euro titles
– Then won another 3 NBA titles as an assistant coach from ’95-’14 with the Miami Heat
– Great chops
– Sick hair


Dead-Set Ledge Status:
Assured! Not only is Macca a Hall of Famer and considered one of the best shooting big men of all time, he had one of the slickest looks this side of prime Mike Whitney.

#ONYA Macca!

 

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