[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). The Pistons were in turmoil, and McAdoo suffered a string of injuries. Aided by the Braves acquisition of playmaker Ernie DiGregorio and forward Jim McMillian, McAdoo had a sensational sophomore year. McAdoo had not played for the Nets in the 198182 season and Mitch Kupchak had become injured for the Lakers. He also served as the head coach of the HEATs Summer League team in 2004. "And then, Pistol Pete," McAdoo said with a laugh, as he sat parked in Boca Raton, speaking by phone. A few months ago he attended the funeral of Jim McMillian. The G League Ignite guard has been toward the top of several draft boards ahead of the 2023 Draft. Snyder, unwilling to meet McAdoos money demands or lose him to free agency after the season, traded him at midyear to the New York Knicks. His career also included tours with New York, New Jersey, Boston, Philadelphia and the Los Angeles Lakers were he played for Pat Riley and won NBA championships in 1982 and 1985. The two men speak by phone all the time, and McAdoo said they will see. I was supposed to do all the scoring and all the rebounding. 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. They have two children. By this time, Haywood had already moved on from the Lakers. Over 14 seasons, McAdoo scored 18,787 points and averaged 22.1 points. Far away from most of Bob's accolades, this man never even made an All-Star . He went to high school in New Jersey (Bergen Catholic and Ramapo) where he played basketball and tennis and went on to Stonehill College in Massachusetts and the University of NorthCarolina-Asheville. In 41 games with the Lakers, McAdoo averaged 9.6 points and 3.9 rebounds in 18.2 minutes in the regular season. It wasn't until Bob Kauffman, Buffalo's All-Star, was injured when McAdoo received extended playing time under coach Jack Ramsay. 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. "Only Pistol Pete had all the oohs and all the aahs. ". However, it was rumored that 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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(Photo by Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images) Embed PURCHASE A LICENSE McAdoo joined the coaching staff of the Miami Heat in 1995, originally reuniting with his former Lakers coach Pat Riley. For years, McAdoo added pocket change (or more) during shooting competitions with unknowing Heat neophytes. But Dean gave me his blessing. McAdoo, the 1975 MVP, traded to the Lakers in 1981, staying until 1985. Former Heat assistant coach Bob McAdoo met his match in a shooting competition against Pete Maravich. In each of the next three seasons he averaged at least 30 points and 12 rebounds. 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. Former Heat assistant coach Bob McAdoo met his match in a shooting competition against Pete Maravich. Through the window he saw them, and thought to himself, "I better watch my wallet.". The Heat hasn't sent him overseas yet. In Italy, McAdoo added yet another act to his unconventional career. McAdoo said you don't have to be a basketball fan to understand just how much Bryant meant to so many. His zodiac sign is Libra More about Bob McAdoo Filmography Discussions Have your say Why weren't we? The Sabres acquired defenseman Riley Stillman from the Vancouver Canucks on Monday in exchange for forward prospect Josh Bloom. By the middle of the 1975-76 season,Sports Illustratedwas calling McAdoo the quickest tall man, finest shooter and most astounding outside scoring machine ever to play basketball. According to the same publication, when told that his coach, Jack Ramsay, had said McAdoo could become the greatest big man to play the game, McAdoo (never noted for his modesty) retorted, I think Im the greatest already., Indeed, McAdoo won a third straight scoring title that season, averaging 31.1 points. [58][59][60] Their son Ryan is a basketball player at the University of North Carolina. McAdoo was traded to Detroit. They had just lost a key player, Mitch Kupchak, who blew out his knee. McAdoo felt unwelcome and found himself sitting while Cowens played center. "When it came to the 3-point line, I couldnt beat James Jones," he said of the two-time Heat champion forward. According to our records, Bob McAdoo is possibly single. In 1920s Hollywood, writer Harry Vincent is engaged by movie mogul Damon Ira Chance to track down Shorty McAdoo, an old-time Western actor whose story will be the basis of the producer . She said all the other schools were recruiting him. Buffalo turned in another strong regular season in 1975-76, finishing second behind Boston in the Atlantic Division, with a 46-36 record. McAdoo was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina. Vandalia McAdoo held a masters degree from Columbia and was a teacher at Bobs old elementary school, Gillespie Park. He's eligible for Social Security if he needed it. Honors: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, N.C. Sports Hall of Fame, Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame. But North Carolina, after my sophomore season, showed interest. NBA MVPs. 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. In this period, McAdoo helped the team win 3 NBA Championships, one in 2006 and two back-to-back in 2012 and 2013. 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. McAdoo played two years of junior college basketball at Vincennes Junior College in Indiana after graduating from Smith High. 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. Barton joins the Raptors after he was waived by the Wizards on Feb. 21. He earned the first of three consecutive NBA scoring titles in only his second season. Bob McAdoo of the Los Angeles Lakers in action against the Washington Bullets during an NBA basketball game circa 1983 at the Capital Centre in. Carr on July 24, 1979. He knew what draft picks were making. {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{term}}, {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} {{term}}, Sabres place Alex Tuch on injured reserve; top-line winger's status is uncertain, Nebraska cheerleader competes by herself at state competition, but crowd doesn't let her feel alone. Five letters, H-O-R-S-E, and you're out. The NBA finally gave Dominique Wilkins, Bob McAdoo the respect they deserve. McAdoo met with Smith in December of his last year at Vincennes. In the middle of the 1978-79 campaign, Haywood was swapped to the New . "If we could have had Mac (McAdoo) healthy, we might have had a shot," coach Riley said after the 1983 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA Finals. McAdoo was also the basketball technical adviser for the 1993 feature film, "The Air Up There", starring Kevin Bacon. 69-year-old suffers stroke in his home; Realtor showing house leaves him there. Dean was right. Relaxed and amiable, the normally reserved McAdoo shook hands, smiled, posed and signed a variety of items ranging anywhere from copies of hisNo. McAdoo. Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. Later he married Patrizia McAdoo. Bob McAdoo Robert Allen McAdoo Jr. ( / mkdu / MAK--doo; born September 25, 1951) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. I'd seen him do tricks in a game, where he would fake people out. 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. There are no second acts in American lives, F. Scott Fitzgerald once observed. [1] He later won three more NBA titles in 2006, 2012 and 2013 as an assistant coach with the Miami Heat. Al Harrington played in the NBA for 16 seasons. Another son, Ross, lives in Alaska. Robert Allen "Bob" McAdoo is an American former professional basketball player and coach. 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. (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). The Braves faced the Boston Celtics in the conference semifinals and lost in six games. High school: Smith. (One of his rivals at the track meet was future NBA forward Bobby Jones, who would later be McAdoos teammate at Philadelphia in 1985-86, the final year in the league for both players.). He finished with overall averages of 18.0 points and 9.1 rebounds and earned the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. Career statistics and player information from, This page was last edited on 24 January 2023, at 15:55. McAdoo didnt make the starting lineup until halfway through the 1972-73 campaign, and even then he struggled defensively. The high-scoring, 6-foot-9 forwards 14-season tenure in the league began brilliantly. McAdoo played 334 games for the Buffalo Braves and scored an average of 28.2 points. Midway through the 1975-76 season, McAdoo asked to be excused from a game because of back problems. In his first four seasons, nearly half of the shots he took came from outside the lane, a dazzling new strategy for a center. Just like Carolina was the right decision. During his14-year NBA career with seven different teams, McAdoo . Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. Robert Allen "Bob" McAdoo (born September 25, 1951) is a retired American professional basketball player who spent a fourteen-year career playing the center and power forward positions in the National Basketball Association. [24], On February 19, 1981, McAdoo, who had been injured, claimed he was healthy and asked to be reinstated into the Pistons starting lineup. The NBA would not stage another H-O-R-S-E competition until it was brought back for trial runs in 2009 and '10 during All-Star Weekend, never gaining much traction, with those three-man exhibitions both won by Kevin Durant. "This loss will be felt for a long time around the basketball world," McAdoo. The following season, McAdoo was in the final year of his contract. (Michael Laughlin), "He was in a league by himself," McAdoo said of Maravich, who died in 1988 at the age of 40 due to a previously undetected heart defect. [6][10], McAdoo said, "When I left, a lot of people were very angry and upset. The Getty Images design is a trademark of Getty Images. Net Worth: $3 Million. He led the club to two straight FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) titles, in the 198687 and 198788 seasons, being named the EuroLeague Final Four MVP in 1988. 38 on Nick Wright's Top 50 NBA Players of the Last 50 Years list is former 'Showtime' Los Angeles Lakers star Bob McAdoo. Am I doing the right thing? Mike Harrington: His team looks good, even without Alex Tuch. 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. He also worked on a constant basis with all players to improve their shooting skills, while imparting the wisdom and knowledge derived from a 14-year NBA playing career. McAdoo was also a great defender in those three scoring champ earning seasons. If you are having difficulty accessing any content on this website, please visit our Accessibility page. 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. [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. In the short term, they were hoping I could fill his void coming off the bench. Simply put, no player in hoops history achieved as much individual and team success as did Abdul-Jabbar. His roommate was teammate Foots Walker. "BOB!". NBA legends Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bob McAdoo were also in attendance. But he could make those shots, too.. Mostly, he said,he coversin the Southeastern U.S. but come NCAA tournament time he could find himself traveling to any venue in the nation. Bob McAdoo was an offensive powerhouse who won three straight scoring titles before winning two championships with the Lakers. McAdoo averaged 10.8 points in the 76ers two playoff series. The New York Knicks Bill Bradley scored a career-best 38 points on a night he was being guarded by rookie McAdoo. Generally considered the greatest shooting big man in NBA history, McAdoo enjoyed a storied 14-year playing career in the NBA, which included three consecutive scoring titles from 1973-74 through 1975-76 making him one of only seven NBA players to accomplish the feat. Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty follows the Los Angeles Lakers as they become one of the most iconic teams in basketball. But the troubles that would dog McAdoo for the rest of the 1970s were already brewing. Los Angeles returned to the Finals in 1985 for the fourth time in McAdoos four Lakers seasons. Erik Brady. McAdoo was inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame in 1995. He told me, If theyre going to offer you this kind of money, I think you should leave to help you and your family. I had his blessing., Led by McAdoo, who averaged 19.5 points and 10.1 rebounds per game, the Tar Heels went 26-5 in the 1971-72. season, reaching the Final Four and losing in the semifinals. Then his star slowly faded before unexpectedly reigniting through the first half of the 1980s. Carr. Buffalo then lost to the championship-bound Celtics in the conference semifinals. Date of Birth: Apr 22, 1949 (73 years old) Place of Birth: Silver City, Mississippi. McAdoo played with Olimpia Milano from the 198687 season, to the 198990 season. In the 1982 NBA Finals, McAdoo averaged 16.3 points in 27 minutes as the Lakers defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 42. [41], That championship is the one thing I dont have Ill do whatever I need to get it. McAdoo said in playing with the Lakers in 1982. McAdoos professional career sprang forth from one All-America season in Chapel Hill, where Smith changed his life. He is 71 years old and is a Libra. Hall of Fame 29: Bob McAdoo . But the novelist couldnt have anticipated the turbulent NBA career of Bob McAdoo. Led by performances of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson, the team hits a trailblazing form under the leadership of interim Head Coach Paul Westhead and his assistant, Pat Riley. > Archive 75: Bob McAdoo| 75 Stories: Bob McAdoo. On the fast break, he was a nightmare.". Bob McAdoo Popularity . After his NBA career ended, McAdoo played in Italy, first playing with Olimpia Milano, as one of the best American players ever seen in Europe, and the FIBA European Champions Cup (now known as the EuroLeague). pisode 1. 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. "[8], McAdoo enrolled at the University of North Carolina in 1971, the only junior college player Dean Smith recruited in his career. 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. Libra Named Bob #5. So what does Sabres GM Kevyn Adams do this week? But I ended up being rookie of the year and then a leading scorer and MVP. He won 1 MVP Award, was selected to play in 5 All-Star Games, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2000. At 6 feet 9, McAdoo was quite the sight with that one. 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. RotoWire considers the best player values in Yahoo fantasy leagues for Tuesday night's 10 game slate. She returned to the university during the next few. Riley and McAdoo thus began a professional relationship that continued for decades. When I left, a lot of people were very angry and upset. Compare Spencer Haywood's Net Worth. 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. Career Stats He told me, If theyre going to offer you this kind of money, I think you should leave to help you and your family. I had his blessing. Born in Greensboro, NC #22. [42], In 198182, the Lakers won the 1982 NBA Championship, as Pat Riley had taken over coaching from Paul Westhead. Watch: And Ray Allen, too. INDIANAPOLIS Along with the change in defensive coordinator with Leslie Frazier deciding to "take a step back," Bills General Manager Brando. [61], In 2010, 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. On January 23, 1979, McAdoo scored his most points scored as a Knick, with 45 in a 148-124 loss against the Los Angeles Lakers. Playing alongside Hall of Famer Bob Lanier, McAdoo averaged 21.1 points and 8.1 rebounds in 58 games. The Braves, however, continued to sing the expansion blues, winning only 21 games after winning 22 in each of their first two seasons. A lot of people dont know that, McAdoo said. [17], In 197475, he was awarded the NBA Most Valuable Player Award, averaging 34.5 points, 14.1 rebounds and 2.12 blocks per game, while shooting 51.2 percent from the field and 80.5 percent from the free throw line. He played for the Buffalo Braves (19721976), New York Knicks (19761979), Boston Celtics (1979), Detroit Pistons (19791981), New Jersey Nets (19801981), Los Angeles Lakers (19811985) and Philadelphia 76ers (1986).[24]. 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. Basketball Player Born in North Carolina #26. They were all over him . McAdoo currently resides in Boca Raton, Florida. No playing time was guaranteed, and I didnt want it guaranteed, McAdoo said. Access the best of Getty Images with our simple subscription plan. CHAPTER 4: Leggenda. 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. It just happened. Unhappy with Philadelphias best offer and yet not ready to retire, McAdoo signed to play for Tracer Milan of the Italian League. McAdoo was an assistant coach with the Miami Heat before and through its Lebron James years. He played ten games with the Nets, averaging 15 minutes per contest as the Nets finished 2458. He was unaware that guard Lee Winfield had passed away several year ago in St. Louis or that Fred Hilton was a successful insurance agent in Louisiana. McAdoo, the best basketball player in Greensboros storied sports history, will make the trip back to North Carolina from his Florida home for the private memorial service at Binkley Baptist Church. 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