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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.
Dave Bing
About Dave Bing
David Bing (born November 24, 1943) is an American former professional basketball player, businessman and politician who served as the 74th mayor of Detroit from 2009 to 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
After starring at Syracuse University, Bing played 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a point guard for the Detroit Pistons (1966–1975), Washington Bullets (1975–1977) and Boston Celtics (1977–78). During his career, he averaged over 20 points and six assists per game and made seven NBA All-Star Game appearances, winning the game's Most Valuable Player award in 1976. The Pistons celebrated his career accomplishments with the retirement of his #21 jersey. In addition, he was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and named to the NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team and the NBA 75th Anniversary All-Time Team.
Bing founded Bing Steel, a processing company that earned him the National Minority Small Business Person of the Year award in 1984. The business grew into the multimillion-dollar Detroit-based conglomerate, the Bing Group, one of the largest steel companies in Michigan.
- Born
- November 24, 1943 (age 82) Washington, D.C., U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
- Listed weight
- 180 lb (82 kg)
- Position
- Point guard
- High school
- Spingarn (Washington, D.C.)
- College
- Syracuse (1963–1966)
- NBA draft
- 1966: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
- Playing career
- 1966–1978
Career highlights and awards
- 7× NBA All-Star (1968–1969, 1971, 1973–1976)
- NBA All-Star Game MVP (1976)
- 2× All-NBA First Team (1968, 1971)
- All-NBA Second Team (1974)
- NBA Rookie of the Year (1967)
- NBA All-Rookie Team (1967)
- NBA scoring champion (1968)
- NBA anniversary team (50th, 75th)
- No. 21 retired by Detroit Pistons
- Consensus first-team All-American (1966)
- Third-team All-American – NABC (1965)
- No. 22 retired by Syracuse Orange
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- Height
- 6′ 3″
- Weight
- 180 lb
- Position
- Point guard
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1966
- Draft pick
- Round 1 · Pick 2
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