As the NBA celebrates it's 75th Anniversary Season, get to know dozens of star players who helped make the NBA what it is today. With the spotlight off him, McAdoo blossomed as a Laker. In 2019, McAdoo was honored, along with seven others, by the University of North Carolina on a banner displaying UNC alumni who had been elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. 1 pick once netted the Celtics two Hall of Famers", "1979-80 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats", "Star-studded trades in Detroit Pistons' history", "Negotiations between pro basketballer Bob McAdoo's agent and the", "1980-81 New Jersey Nets Roster and Stats", "Bob McAdoo - All Things Lakers - Los Angeles Times", "Throwback Thursday: Lakers Acquire Bob McAdoo In 1981", "The game I'll never forget. Even though McAdoo was the second overall pick in the 1972 NBA . After becoming a free agent, he signed with New Jersey Nets but only played ten games for the team before being traded to the LA Lakers in December 1981. They have two children. Growing up in the South in the 1960s, you would never expect a white coach to say something like that. As episodes nine and 10 of. (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). He cared, McAdoo said. A man who changed McAdoos life. McAdoo continued to serve in the role for 19 years under Riley and his successors. She returned to the university during the next few. Now that I look at it, I say I probably should have taken him outside. It wasn't until Bob Kauffman, Buffalo's All-Star, was injured when McAdoo received extended playing time under coach Jack Ramsay. The East's high-scoring combo of Julius Erving and Bob McAdoo provided the fireworks throughout the 1977 All-Star Game, but it was Paul Westphal who made the last splash. 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 . McAdoo consulted with Coach Dean Smith, who encouraged him to go to the NBA. You have permission to edit this article. An awful lot of pressure went with that. Carr. Robert Allen "Bob" McAdoo is an American former professional basketball player and coach. Buffalo then lost to the championship-bound Celtics in the conference semifinals. In the postseason, McAdoo led the Braves to their first playoff series victory, a first-round triumph over Philadelphia. As he waited last week in his car at a Whole Foods parking lot while his wife shopped, playing it safe during these times as a 68 year old, Bob McAdoo laughed a knowing laugh. Midway through the 1975-76 season, McAdoo asked to be excused from a game because of back problems. 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. "[3], His second season (197374) remains the last time an NBA player has averaged both 30.0 points and 15.0 rebounds per game. 24 at Smith High in Greensboro, N.C. "You have to be patient with people," McAdoo said. McAdoo had not played for the Nets in the 198182 season and Mitch Kupchak had become injured for the Lakers. At 6 feet 9, McAdoo was quite the sight with that one. Another son, Russell, lives with them in Boca. McAdoo reached high school age just as civil rights laws and judges began to require busing to achieve school integration. Bob McAdoo Is A Member Of . A few months ago he attended the funeral of Jim McMillian. Former Heat assistant coach Bob McAdoo met his match in a shooting competition against Pete Maravich. Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. He spent one solitary season with the team and finished his NBA career in favor of a move to Europe. He was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021. His second act vindicated a career that had sent him, despite his consistently high scoring, bouncing unhappily from Buffalo to New York and then to Boston, Detroit and New Jersey. Bob McAdoo was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA on Tuesday, September 25, 1951 (Baby Boomers Generation). "The theme for the next few days is clear: Hey Kevyn, the lonely eyes of Sabres fans are turned to you,"Mike Harrington writes. One collector even have a replica jersey of McAdoo's school jersey No. His son, Robert III, is assistant tennis coach at Georgia Gwinnett College outside Atlanta, his son, Ross, lives in Alaska and his son, Russell, and daughter, Rita, reside in New Jersey. Did Jerry Buss Consider Firing Paul Westhead in Real Life. LeBron James' mother Gloria Marie James and wife Savannah James occupied the front-row seats at the Crypto.com Arena as the Los Angeles Lakers star took on the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday. Bob MacKinnon Jr. was a sixth-grader at St. Gregory the Great, in Amherst, when he no-showed the school Christmas pageant. "I knew I was in trouble," he recalled. SPOILERS AHEAD! If you are having difficulty accessing any content on this website, please visit our Accessibility page. Two chairs down was former Buffalo teammate Ernie DiGregorio. "I was winning the H-O-R-S-E games," he said with a laugh. 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[12] Other reports were that a contract was signed and voided, because McAdoo was too young to have signed it and that Buffalo somehow knew this. Robert Allen McAdoo Jr. (/mkdu/ MAK--doo; born September 25, 1951) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played for the likes of Olimpia Milano, Filanto Forl, and Teamsystem Fabriano in the Italian League for four years, between 1987 to 1992. In 1993, McAdoo was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. 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 Riley moved to coach Miami Heat, McAdoo joined him as an assistant coach in 1995. (Photo by Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images) Embed PURCHASE A LICENSE 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. He put down a figure for me and said, If they give you this amount of money, if I were you, I would leave.. Far away from most of Bob's accolades, this man never even made an All-Star . In his current role, McAdoos duties include scouting on the NBA, college and international levels. McAdoo later married Patrizia, and the couple has two children together. [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. 38 on Nick Wright's Top 50 NBA Players of the Last 50 Years list is former 'Showtime' Los Angeles Lakers star Bob McAdoo. The Celtics then dispatched McAdoo to the Detroit Pistons as compensation for Bostons free-agent signing of M.L. [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. So he slipped it in the pocket of his gym bag and. [63], Clubhouse Lawyer: Law in the World of Sports By Frederick J. The NBA finally gave Dominique Wilkins, Bob McAdoo the respect they deserve. Bob McAdoo dominated the Spurs in Game 4 of the 1982 Western Conference finals. 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 (MVP) in 1975. In his time with the Heat, McAdoo was on the staff of three championship teams in 2006, 2012 and 2013. The cast also features Pearl Bailey and a young Jerry Mathers.. Based on the Broadway play King of Hearts by Jean Kerr, the film includes a song of the same name with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin, written in 1925. As he caught up on the whereabouts of some of his former teammates. 11 Braves uniform jersey, both the powder blue and the orange and black, action photographs,game programs, seats from the old Aud and even a piece of the portable basketball floor from the building. 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. In that case, here is everything you need to know! 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). After leaving the Lakers, McAdoo signed with the Philadelphia 76ers. It just happened. 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Bob McAdoo was an offensive powerhouse who won three straight scoring titles before winning two championships with the Lakers. But Bob McAdoo of the Buffalo Braves, who has captured the scoring championship of the National Basketball Association the past two seasons, is not cast from the traditional mold. Robert Allen McAdoo Jr. (Doo, Mac) Position: Center and Power Forward Shoots: Right 6-9, 210lb (206cm, 95kg) . "This loss will be felt for a long time around the basketball world," McAdoo. He earned the first of three consecutive NBA scoring titles in only his second season. Coach Scotty Robertson denied his request, saying McAdoo had not practiced and wasn't in proper physical shape. Played 1971-72 season at North Carolina, averaging 19.5 points and 10.1 rebounds, earning All-America honors, All-ACC, ACC tournament MVP. He also served as the head coach of the HEATs Summer League team in 2004. Bob McAdoo, (11) goes over Cleveland Cavaliers players Lenny Wilkens (19 and bending over) and John Johnson (32) to score a basket during a game in the 1970s | Bettman/Getty Images Bob McAdoo hardly felt shy about highlighting the differences between his era and the modern NBA landscape. I never regretted that decision. "That's what you have to be when you coach NBA players.". McAdoo currently resides in Boca Raton, Florida. 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. In 334 games with Buffalo, McAdoo averaged 28.2 points, 12.7 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 2.4 blocks and 1.1 steals. My mother was totally against it, McAdoo said, but my father and Dean Smith were the guys who got me to move.. Net Worth: $3 Million. McAdoo gave his former nemesis a big smile and a bear hug while still complaining about referee Darell Garretson's call back in April of 1974. [43][44][24], McAdoo resigned with the Lakers for the 198283 season, declining a more lucrative offer from the Philadelphia 76ers in order to remain with the Lakers. McAdoo's . I was playing pro ball and making money, and he would tell me, Bob, weve got people here and alumni who can help you manage your money. He would call me during the season to see how I was doing. [6][10], McAdoo said, "When I left, a lot of people were very angry and upset. Because for all the trickery cobbled together by the contestants in ESPNs H-O-R-S-E competition last week, the former Miami Heat assistant coach and current scout knew that none, including eventual winner Mike Conley Jr., had experienced what he had experienced more than 40 years ago while participating in such an NBA exhibition himself. After stepping down as assistant coach in 2014, McAdoo continued his association with Miami Heat. In his first year in Europe, at age 35, he led Milan to the Italian and European Championship, averaging 26.1 points and 10.2 rebounds. But New York acquired Bob McAdoo during the 1976-77 season, and the Knicks found themselves with two high-scoring forwards. He knew what draft picks were making. With the same club, he also won the FIBA Intercontinental Cup (1987), two Italian League championships (1987, 1989), and the Italian Cup (1987). Bob McAdoo's trip to Dean Smith's funeral about loyalty, respect. Los Angeles returned to the Finals in 1985 for the fourth time in McAdoos four Lakers seasons. But he could make those shots, too.. Robert Allen McAdoo Jr is a former basketball player born on September 25, 1951, in Greensboro, North Carolina. 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. The Heat hasn't sent him overseas yet. 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