Bob McAdoo

Bob McAdoo
	McAdoo with the Buffalo Braves in 1973
Miami Heat
Position	Scout and community liaison
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	September 25, 1951; Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school	Ben L. Smith ; (Greensboro, North Carolina)
College	Vincennes (1969–1971); North Carolina (1971–1972);
NBA draft	1972: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
	Selected by the Buffalo Braves
Playing career	1972–1992
Position	Center
Number	11, 21
Coaching career	1995–2014
Career history
As player:
1972–1976	Buffalo Braves
1976–1979	New York Knicks
1979	Boston Celtics
1979–1981	Detroit Pistons
1981	New Jersey Nets
1981–1985	Los Angeles Lakers
1986	Philadelphia 76ers
1986–1990	Olimpia Milano
1990–1992	Filanto Forlì
1992	Teamsystem Fabriano
As coach:
1995–2014	Miami Heat (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	As player: 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); EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer (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: 3× NBA champion (2006, 2012, 2013);
Career NBA statistics
Points	18,787 (22.1 ppg)
Rebounds	8,048 (9.4 rpg)
Blocks	1,147 (1.5 bpg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
	Basketball Hall of Fame as player
	College Basketball Hall of Fame; Inducted in 2006

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. He later won three more NBA titles in 2006, 2012 and 2013 as an assistant coach with the Miami Heat.

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