Bob McAdoo

Bob McAdoo
McAdoo with the Buffalo Braves in 1973
Miami Heat
PositionCommunity liaison
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (1951-09-25) September 25, 1951
Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High schoolBen L. Smith
(Greensboro, North Carolina)
College
  • Vincennes (1969–1971)
  • North Carolina (1971–1972)
NBA draft1972: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
Drafted byBuffalo Braves
Playing career1972–1992
PositionCenter
Number11, 21
Coaching career1995–2014
Career history
As a player:
1972–1976Buffalo Braves
1976–1979New York Knicks
1979Boston Celtics
1979–1981Detroit Pistons
1981New Jersey Nets
1981–1985Los Angeles Lakers
1986Philadelphia 76ers
1986–1990Olimpia Milano
1990–1992Filanto Forlì
1992Teamsystem Fabriano
As a coach:
1995–2014Miami Heat (assistant)
Career highlights
As player:
  • NBA champion (1982, 1985)
  • NBA Most Valuable Player (1975)
  • NBA All-Star (1974–1978)
  • All-NBA First Team (1975)
  • All-NBA Second Team (1974)
  • NBA Rookie of the Year (1973)
  • NBA All-Rookie Team (1973)
  • NBA scoring champion (1974–1976)
  • NBA 75th Anniversary Team
  • FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (1987)
  • 2× EuroLeague champion (1987, 1988)
  • EuroLeague Final Four MVP (1988)
  • 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008)
  • 2× Italian League champion (1987, 1989)
  • Italian Cup winner (1987)
  • Consensus first-team All-American (1972)
  • First-team All-ACC (1972)
  • NJCAA All American (1971)

As assistant coach:

Career NBA statistics
Points18,787 (22.1 ppg)
Rebounds8,048 (9.4 rpg)
Blocks1,147 (1.5 bpg)
Stats at NBA.com 
Stats at Basketball Reference 
Basketball Hall of Fame
Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

Robert Allen McAdoo Jr. (/ˈmækəˌdu/ MAK-ə-doo; born September 25, 1951) 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. He won two NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers during their Showtime era in the 1980s. In 2000, McAdoo was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. He was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021.

McAdoo played center for the majority of his career. 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. McAdoo is one of the few players who have won both NBA and the FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) titles as a player.[1] He later won three more NBA titles in 2006, 2012 and 2013 as an assistant coach with the Miami Heat.

  1. ^ Stankovic, Vladimir (February 11, 2012). "Bob McAdoo, the NBA and European champ". euroleague.net. Retrieved May 28, 2015.