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Robert Allen 'Bob' McAdoo (born September 25, 1951 in Greensboro, North Carolina) is a former professional basketball player who spent his fourteen-season career between the center and power forward positions in the National Basketball Association. more...

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Drafted in the first round of the 1972 NBA Draft by the Buffalo Braves (now the Los Angeles Clippers) after one season at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, McAdoo soon became one of NBA's premier players. McAdoo won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in his first season, and earned the first of three consecutive NBA scoring titles in only his second season. In his second season, he also enjoyed his first (of five) All-Star selection. In 1974-75 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 also led the league in fan voting for the '75 All-Star Game with 98,235 votes .

After this stellar beginning, McAdoo played several injury-crippled seasons for the New York Knicks, the Boston Celtics, the Detroit Pistons and the New Jersey Nets. Although these seasons were solid statistically, many analysts and fans felt that McAdoo's career was stagnating, mostly because the teams he played for were not title contenders. However, McAdoo enjoyed a much more memorable end to his career, winning two NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1982 and 1985 as the team's sixth man and a teammate to fellow Hall of Famers Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and James Worthy. He finished his NBA career with the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1985-86 season. He then played in Italy, in the Tracer Milano team, as one of the best US-players ever seen in Europe. In his first year he led Milan to the Italian and European Championship (two times) both, with an average of 26.1 points and 10.2 rebounds. Later he played in Forlì and Fabriano.

McAdoo's style was very modern for his time. Although a 'big man' at 2.06m (6 ft 9 in), he had no problems taking shots from the perimeter, which, in his prime, made him a nearly unstoppable force on offense. Thus, he can be regarded as a precursor of players such as Chris Webber, Rasheed Wallace or Karl Malone. For all his achievements, Bob McAdoo was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000.

Bob McAdoo is in his 11th season as an assistant coach for the Miami HEAT of the NBA.

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