53 Facts About Bob McAdoo

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Bob McAdoo played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association, where he was a five-time NBA All-Star and named the NBA Most Valuable Player in 1975.

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Bob McAdoo won two NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers during their Showtime era in the 1980s.

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In 2000, McAdoo was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

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Bob McAdoo was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021.

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Bob McAdoo is one of the few players who have won both NBA and the FIBA European Champions Cup titles as a player.

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Bob McAdoo later won three more NBA titles in 2006,2012 and 2013 as an assistant coach with the Miami Heat.

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Out of high school, Bob 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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Vincennes University won the NJCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in 1970, with Bob McAdoo scoring 27 points in the championship game.

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Bob McAdoo was named a Junior College All-American as a sophomore in 1971.

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Bob McAdoo played for Team USA at the 1971 Pan American Games, in the summer 1971, averaging 11.0 points per game.

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Bob McAdoo said all the other schools were recruiting him.

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Bob McAdoo enrolled at the University of North Carolina in 1971, the only junior college player Dean Smith recruited in his career.

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Bob McAdoo consulted with Coach Dean Smith, who encouraged him to go to the NBA.

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Bob McAdoo told me, 'If they're going to offer you this kind of money, I think you should leave to help you and your family.

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My mother was totally against it," Bob McAdoo added, "but my father and Dean Smith were the guys who got me to move.

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Bob McAdoo sought and won early eligibility in the 1972 NBA draft.

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However, it was rumored that Bob McAdoo had signed with the Virginia Squires of the rival American Basketball Association after a "secret" ABA draft in which names of those drafted were not made public.

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Later, Bob McAdoo was indeed noted as the No 1 pick of the 1972 American Basketball Association Draft.

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Buffalo acted anyway, and Bob McAdoo was selected with the No 2 overall pick by the Buffalo Braves, after rumors that contract talks between the Portland Trail Blazers and Bob McAdoo didn't come to fruition with the first pick.

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Bob McAdoo signed with the Braves and quickly became one of the NBA's premier players.

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Bob McAdoo won the 1973 NBA Rookie of the Year Award and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team.

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Bob McAdoo earned the first of three consecutive NBA scoring titles in only his second season.

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Bob McAdoo led the league in fan voting for the 1975 All-Star Game with 98,325 votes.

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Two days later, Bob McAdoo was traded by the Buffalo Braves with Tom McMillen to the New York Knicks for John Gianelli and cash.

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In 334 games with Buffalo, Bob McAdoo averaged 28.2 points, 12.7 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 2.4 blocks and 1.1 steals.

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Bob McAdoo averaged 34.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists in the Cavaliers series and 18.8 points, 10.0 rebounds, 4.8 assists 2.3 blocks and 1.5 steals in the 76ers series.

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On February 12,1979, Bob McAdoo was traded by the Knicks to the Boston Celtics for Tom Barker, a 1979 1st round draft pick, a 1979 1st round draft pick and a 1979 1st round draft pick.

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In 171 games with the Knicks, Bob McAdoo averaged 26.7 points, 12.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.4 blocks and 1.3 steals.

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Bob McAdoo averaged 20.6 points, 7.1 rebounds, playing fewer minutes in a frontcourt with Cowens, Cedric Maxwell, Marvin Barnes and Rick Robey.

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On September 6,1979 Bob McAdoo was traded by the Celtics to the Detroit Pistons for a number one 1980 draft pick and a number 13 1980 draft pick.

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On February 19,1981, Bob McAdoo, who had been injured, claimed he was healthy and asked to be reinstated into the Pistons starting lineup.

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Coach Scotty Robertson denied his request, saying Bob McAdoo had not practiced and wasn't in proper physical shape.

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Bob McAdoo asked to be allowed to go home and was allowed to leave.

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On March 13,1981, Bob McAdoo signed as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets.

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On December 24,1981, Bob McAdoo was traded by the New Jersey Nets to the Los Angeles Lakers for a 1983 2nd round draft pick.

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Bob McAdoo had a memorable end to his NBA career, winning two NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1982 and 1985 as a key reserve on the Showtime-era teams with Hall of Famers Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy.

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Riley and Bob McAdoo thus began a professional relationship that continued for decades.

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In 41 games with the Lakers, Bob McAdoo averaged 9.6 points and 3.9 rebounds in 18.2 minutes in the regular season.

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Bob McAdoo played with a severely injured hamstring in the 1983 playoffs.

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Bob McAdoo was the 6th man, averaging 8.2 points and 3.0 rebounds in the 1985 NBA Finals and 11.4 points in the entire playoffs.

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On January 31,1986, Bob McAdoo signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers.

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Bob McAdoo averaged 10.8 points in the 76ers two playoff series.

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Bob McAdoo averaged 22.1 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.5 blocks and 1.0 steals in 852 games.

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Bob McAdoo played for the Buffalo Braves, New York Knicks, Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons, New Jersey Nets, Los Angeles Lakers and Philadelphia 76ers.

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In seven seasons in the Italian League, Bob McAdoo played in 201 games, and averaged 27.0 points and 8.9 rebounds per game.

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Bob McAdoo was an assistant coach for 19 seasons under Pat Riley, Stan Van Gundy and Erik Spoelstra, winning three NBA championships.

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Bob McAdoo has since worked the last five seasons as a scout and community liaison for Miami.

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Bob 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.

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Riley quickly reached out to Bob McAdoo to join his coaching staff.

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In 2010, Bob McAdoo took part in the Basketball Without Borders program in Singapore, which uses sport to create a positive social change in areas of education, health and wellness.

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Bob McAdoo participated in the program in Beijing in 2009 and the NBA Legends Tour to South Africa in 1993, a goodwill mission to promote the NBA.

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Bob McAdoo was the basketball technical adviser for the 1993 feature film, "The Air Up There", starring Kevin Bacon.

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In 2012, Bob McAdoo was treated for a blood clot in his leg.