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Game state source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 5:36 pm EDTNBA legend. Named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Biography, honors and career statistics below.
Bob McAdoo
Career at a glance
Bob McAdoo played 14 NBA regular seasons between 1972 and 1986, appearing in 852 games and averaging 22.1 points, 9.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. He played for 7 teams: Buffalo (1972–77, 334 games), New York (1976–79, 171 games), Boston (1978–79, 20 games), Detroit (1979–81, 64 games), New Jersey (1980–81, 10 games), L.A. Lakers (1981–85, 224 games), Philadelphia (1985–86, 29 games). His best scoring season was 1974–75 with Buffalo: 34.5 points per game over 82 games.
He rebounded best in 1973–74 at 15.1 per game. The season table marks him as the league leader in scoring 3 times, field-goal percentage once. Championship seasons: 1981–82 (L.A. Lakers), 1984–85 (L.A. Lakers).
In the playoffs he appeared in 9 postseason runs (94 games, 18.3 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 18,800 regular-season points (an estimate from per-game figures, not an official total).
whynba analysis of the season-by-season statistics below (Wikipedia revision, CC BY-SA 4.0). Totals are estimates from per-game averages.
About Bob McAdoo
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 in four consecutive trips to the Finals in four years with the ShowtimeLos Angeles Lakers of 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.
The #2 pick of the 1972 NBA draft out of the University of North Carolina, McAdoo played center for the majority of his career, splitting the balance of his time between power and small forward. In a 21-year playing career, he spent his first 14 seasons in the NBA and 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. He later won three more NBA titles in 2006, 2012 and 2013 as an assistant coach with the Miami Heat.
- Born
- September 25, 1951 (age 75) Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
- Listed weight
- 210 lb (95 kg)
- Position
- Center
- High school
- Ben L. Smith (Greensboro, North Carolina)
- College
- Vincennes (1969–1971) North Carolina (1971–1972)
- NBA draft
- 1972: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
- Playing career
- 1972–1992
Career highlights and awards
- 2× NBA champion (1982, 1985)
- NBA Most Valuable Player (1975)
- 5× 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)
- 3× 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)
- 3× NBA champion (2006, 2012, 2013)
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972–73 | Buffalo | 80 | — | 32.0 | .452 | — | .774 | 9.1 | 1.7 | — | — | 18.0 |
| 1973–74 | Buffalo | 74 | — | 43.0 | .547* | — | .793 | 15.1 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 30.6* |
| 1974–75 | Buffalo | 82 | — | 43.2* | .512 | — | .805 | 14.1 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 34.5* |
| 1975–76 | Buffalo | 78 | — | 42.7* | .487 | — | .762 | 12.4 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 31.1* |
| 1976–77 | Buffalo | 20 | — | 38.4 | .455 | — | .696 | 13.2 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 23.7 |
| 1976–77 | New York | 52 | — | 39.1 | .534 | — | .757 | 12.7 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 26.7 |
| 1977–78 | New York | 79 | — | 40.3 | .520 | — | .727 | 12.8 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 26.5 |
| 1978–79 | New York | 40 | — | 39.9 | .541 | — | .651 | 9.5 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 26.9 |
| 1978–79 | Boston | 20 | — | 31.9 | .500 | — | .670 | 7.1 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 20.6 |
| 1979–80 | Detroit | 58 | — | 36.2 | .480 | .125 | .730 | 8.1 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 21.1 |
| 1980–81 | Detroit | 6 | — | 28.0 | .366 | — | .600 | 6.8 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 12.0 |
| 1980–81 | New Jersey | 10 | — | 15.3 | .507 | .000 | .810 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 9.3 |
| 1981–82† | L.A. Lakers | 41 | 0 | 18.2 | .458 | .000 | .714 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 9.6 |
| 1982–83 | L.A. Lakers | 47 | 1 | 21.7 | .520 | .000 | .730 | 5.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 15.0 |
| 1983–84 | L.A. Lakers | 70 | 0 | 20.8 | .471 | .000 | .803 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 13.1 |
| 1984–85† | L.A. Lakers | 66 | 0 | 19.0 | .520 | .000 | .753 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 10.5 |
| 1985–86 | Philadelphia | 29 | 0 | 21.0 | .462 | — | .765 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 10.1 |
| Career | 852 | ? | 33.2 | .503 | .081 | .754 | 9.4 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 22.1 | |
| All-Star | 5 | 3 | 25.2 | .578 | — | .737 | 6.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 17.6 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Buffalo | 6 | — | 45.2 | .478 | — | .809 | 13.7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 31.7 |
| 1975 | Buffalo | 7 | — | 46.7* | .481 | — | .740 | 13.4 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 37.4* |
| 1976 | Buffalo | 9 | — | 45.1* | .451 | — | .707 | 14.2 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 28.0 |
| 1978 | New York | 6 | — | 39.7 | .484 | — | .600 | 9.7 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 23.8 |
| 1982† | L.A. Lakers | 14 | — | 27.7 | .564 | — | .681 | 6.8 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 16.7 |
| 1983 | L.A. Lakers | 8 | — | 20.8 | .440 | .333 | .786 | 5.8 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 10.9 |
| 1984 | L.A. Lakers | 20 | — | 22.4 | .516 | .000 | .704 | 5.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 14.0 |
| 1985† | L.A. Lakers | 19 | 0 | 20.9 | .472 | .000 | .745 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 11.4 |
| 1986 | Philadelphia | 5 | 0 | 14.6 | .556 | — | .875 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 10.8 |
| Career | 94 | 0 | 28.9 | .491 | .250 | .724 | 7.6 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 18.3 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 9″
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Position
- Center
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1972
- Draft pick
- Round 1 · Pick 2
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