Robert Allen McAdoo Jr. ( ; born September 25, 1951) is an American former professional
basketball
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player and coach. He played 14 seasons in the
National Basketball Association
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(NBA), where he was a five-time
NBA All-Star
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and named the
NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1975. He won two
NBA championships
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with the
Los Angeles Lakers
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during their
Showtime
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era in the 1980s. In 2000, McAdoo was inducted into the
Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
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. He was named to the
NBA 75th Anniversary Team
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in 2021.
McAdoo played at the
center
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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
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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
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,
2012
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and
2013
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as an assistant coach with the
Miami Heat
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.
Early life
McAdoo was raised in
Greensboro, North Carolina
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. His mother, Vandalia, taught at his grade school, and his father, Robert, was a custodian at
North Carolina A&T University
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. McAdoo attended Ben L. Smith High School, where he not only participated in basketball and track but was also in the marching band as a saxophone player.
As a senior, he led Smith to the state basketball semifinals as well as to the state track tournament, where he set a new state
high-jump
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record of 6'7", beating out future North Carolina teammate
Bobby Jones.
College career
Out of high school, McAdoo initially lacked the academic test scores required by the Division I schools, so he chose to enroll at
Vincennes University
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, then a
junior college
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, in
Vincennes, Indiana
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from 1969 through 1971. Vincennes University won the
NJCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
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in 1970, with McAdoo scoring 27 points in the championship game. His roommate was teammate
Foots Walker
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A 6' 0" guard, he led the Vincennes Trailblazers to their second NJCAA Men's Division I Basketball Cham ...
.
McAdoo was named a Junior College All-American as a sophomore in 1971.
At Vincennes, McAdoo averaged 19.3 points and 10 rebounds in 1969–70 and 25.0 points and 11.0 rebounds in 1970–71.
McAdoo played for
Team USA
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at the
1971 Pan American Games, in the summer of 1971, averaging 11.0 points per game.
"We didn't really recruit him," Coach Dean Smith of North Carolina said. "His mother called us to start it. She said all the other schools were recruiting him. Why weren't we?"
McAdoo enrolled at the University of North Carolina in 1971, the only junior college player Dean Smith recruited in his career.
McAdoo, playing alongside Bobby Jones, led the
1971–72 Tar Heels, coached by
Dean Smith
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, to a 26–5 record and the Final Four of the
1972 NCAA University Division basketball tournament. McAdoo averaged 19.5 points and 10.1 rebounds. He was named first-team
All-American. He also earned MVP honors at the
ACC tournament.
Citing family hardship, McAdoo sought and won early eligibility for the
1972 NBA draft under the "hardship" clause that existed until 1977. McAdoo consulted with Coach Dean Smith, who encouraged him to go to the NBA.
McAdoo said, "When I left, a lot of people were very angry and upset. But Dean gave me his blessing. He told me, ‘If they’re going to offer you this kind of money, I think you should leave to help you and your family.’ I had his blessing. My mother was totally against it,” McAdoo added, “but my father and Dean Smith were the guys who got me to move.”
Professional career
1972 ABA and NBA drafts
McAdoo sought and won early eligibility in the
1972 NBA draft.
However, it was rumored that McAdoo had signed with the
Virginia Squires
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of the rival
American Basketball Association
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after a "secret" ABA draft in which names of those drafted were not made public. Even though no contract was produced and McAdoo denied, reportedly, NBA Commissioner
Walter Kennedy advised NBA teams not to draft McAdoo. Other reports were that a contract was signed and voided, because McAdoo was too young to have signed it and that Buffalo somehow knew this. Later, McAdoo was indeed noted as the No. 1 pick of the 1972
American Basketball Association Draft The American Basketball Association draft was held from 1967 to 1975.
First overall picks
Note: 1974 ABA College Draft, not 1974 ABA Draft of NBA Players
Further reading
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.
Buffalo Braves (1972–1976)
Buffalo acted anyway, and McAdoo was selected with the No. 2 overall pick by the
Buffalo Braves
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(now the
Los Angeles Clippers
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), after rumors that contract talks between the
Portland Trail Blazers
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and McAdoo didn't come to fruition with the first pick.
LaRue Martin
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was selected by Portland.
McAdoo signed with the Braves and quickly became one of the
NBA
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's premier players. He won the 1973
NBA Rookie of the Year Award
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and was named to the
NBA All-Rookie First Team
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. He earned the first of three consecutive NBA scoring titles in only his second season.
McAdoo was frustrated with Buffalo's losing in his rookie season, saying, "Here I was sitting at Buffalo, we were on the way to losing 61 games and we didn't have any players. My wife could have outrun those people."
His second season (1973–74) remains the last time an NBA player has averaged both 30.0 points and 15.0 rebounds per game. McAdoo also led the NBA in field goal percentage in 1973–74, shooting 54.7 percent. That year he enjoyed his first of five
All-Star selections, and led Buffalo to its first playoffs appearance, though they would lose in the first round to
Dave Cowens
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and the eventual-champion
Celtics
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.
In
1974–75, he was awarded the
NBA Most Valuable Player Award
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, 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 1975 All-Star Game with 98,325 votes. McAdoo is the youngest player to have had a 50-point/20-rebound game. That season, with McAdoo aided by strong play from
Jim McMillian
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and
Randy Smith, the Braves would finish with an improved 49-33 record, though again they would lose in their first postseason matchup, this time a seven game series loss to
Elvin Hayes
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,
Wes Unseld
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, and the
Washington Bullets
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During the
1976 NBA Playoffs, McAdoo and the Braves would finally advance out of the first round, beating the
Philadelphia 76ers
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as McAdoo averaged 30.3 points, 18.7 rebounds, and 4.3 assists in 47.3 minutes per game. However, in the following round the Braves would again be eliminated by the
Boston Celtics
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, who would once again go on to win the finals.
The following season, on December 7, 1976, McAdoo grabbed a career-high 29 rebounds, while adding 42 points, in a 107-103 loss to the
Indiana Pacers
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. Two days later, McAdoo was traded by the Buffalo Braves with
Tom McMillen
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to the
New York Knicks
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for
John Gianelli and cash.
McAdoo's style was very modern for his time. Although a 'big man' at , he had no problems taking shots from the perimeter, which, in his prime, made him a nearly unstoppable force on offense. In 334 games with Buffalo, McAdoo averaged 28.2 points, 12.7 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 2.4 blocks and 1.1 steals.
New York Knicks (1976–1979)
In 52 games with the Knicks in 1976–77, McAdoo averaged 26.7 points, 12.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.3 blocks and 1.2 steals under Hall of Fame Coach
Red Holtzman
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, as the Knicks finished 40–42, missing the playoffs. Joining the Knicks, McAdoo played alongside future Hall of Fame teammates
Walt Frazier
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,
Earl Monroe
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,
Spencer Haywood
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High school career
In 1964, Hayw ...
,
Bill Bradley
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and
Phil Jackson
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.
In 1977–78, the Knicks, finished 43–39 under new Coach
Willis Reed
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, as McAdoo averaged 26.5 points, 12.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.6 blocks and 1.3 steals in 79 games. The Knicks defeated the
Cleveland Cavaliers
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2–0 in the Eastern Conference Playoffs, before losing to the
Philadelphia 76ers
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with
Julius Erving
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4–0 in the Eastern Conference semi-finals. McAdoo averaged 34.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists in the Cavaliers series and 18.8 points, 10.0 rebounds, 4.8 assists 2.3 blocks and 1.5 steals in the 76ers series.
In 1978–79, the Knicks fired Willis Reed and rehired Red Holtzman mid-season. On January 23, 1979, McAdoo scored his most points scored as a Knick, with 45 in a 148-124 loss against the
Los Angeles Lakers
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. After 40 games with the Knicks, McAdoo was averaging 26.9 points, 9.5 rebounds and 3.2 assists when he was traded. On February 12, 1979, McAdoo was traded by the Knicks to the
Boston Celtics
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for
Tom Barker, a 1979 1st round draft pick (
Bill Cartwright
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was later selected), a 1979 1st round draft pick (
Larry Demic
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was later selected) and a 1979 1st round draft pick (
Sly Williams
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was later selected).
In 171 games with the Knicks, McAdoo averaged 26.7 points, 12.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.4 blocks and 1.3 steals.
Boston Celtics (1979)
In his tenure with Boston under player/Coach
Dave Cowens
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, Boston finished 29–53. McAdoo averaged 20.6 points, 7.1 rebounds, playing fewer minutes in a frontcourt with Cowens,
Cedric Maxwell
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,
Marvin Barnes
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and
Rick Robey
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.
After the season Boston fired Cowens as coach, replaced him with
Bill Fitch
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, and
Larry Bird
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arrived from Indiana State. McAdoo was traded to Detroit.
On September 6, 1979 McAdoo was traded by the Celtics to the
Detroit Pistons
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for a number one 1980 draft pick (
Joe Barry Carroll
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was later selected) and a number 13 (1st round) 1980 draft pick (
Rickey Brown
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High school
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was later selected). This exchange was arranged as compensation for Boston signing veteran free agent
M.L. Carr on July 24, 1979. The number one pick Boston received was later traded to the
Golden State Warriors
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who used it to select Carroll. In return, Boston received the #3 overall pick (used to select
Kevin McHale) and center
Robert Parish
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.
Detroit Pistons (1979–1981)
In 1979–80, McAdoo joined a Pistons team that finished 16–66 under coaches
Dick Vitale
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(4–8), who had encouraged the trade for McAdoo, and Vitale's replacement
Richie Adubato
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(12–58). Playing alongside Hall of Famer
Bob Lanier
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, McAdoo averaged 21.1 points and 8.1 rebounds in 58 games.
On March 11, 1981, McAdoo was waived by the Pistons after playing in only six games with the team in 1980–81, as Detroit finished 21–61.
On February 19, 1981, McAdoo, who had been injured, claimed he was healthy and asked to be reinstated into the Pistons starting lineup. Coach
Scotty Robertson
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denied his request, saying McAdoo had not practiced and wasn't in proper physical shape. McAdoo asked to be allowed to go home and was allowed to leave. The next day Pistons general manager
Jack McCloskey
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notified McAdoo to not return for the rest of the season. McAdoo was then waived.
New Jersey Nets (1981)
On March 13, 1981, McAdoo signed as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets. He played ten games with the Nets, averaging 15 minutes per contest as the Nets finished 24–58.
Los Angeles Lakers (1981–1985)
On December 24, 1981, McAdoo was traded by the New Jersey Nets to the
Los Angeles Lakers
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for a 1983 2nd round draft pick (
Kevin Williams was later selected). McAdoo had not played for the Nets in the 1981–82 season and
Mitch Kupchak
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had become injured for the Lakers.
"As the 1981–82 season began, I was in the middle of a contract dispute with the New Jersey Nets. However, I couldn’t even play since I was still recovering from off-season surgery to have bone spurs removed from my foot. There were times, standing around on crutches for months, when I thought my career was over." McAdoo reflected, "But I got a call from the Lakers on Christmas Eve. They had just lost a key player, Mitch Kupchak, who blew out his knee. In the short term, they were hoping I could fill his void coming off the bench. In the long term, I think they were hoping I could help the team get headed in the right direction."
McAdoo had a memorable end to his NBA career, winning two NBA titles with the
Los Angeles Lakers
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in 1982 and 1985 as a key
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on the
Showtime-era teams with Hall of Famers
Magic Johnson
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,
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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and
James Worthy
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. The former MVP was silently frustrated with not starting behind players such as
Jim Brewer
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,
Mark Landsberger
Mark Walter Landsberger (born May 21, 1955) is a retired American professional basketball player. At 6'8" and 215 pounds, he played power forward and center for the Los Angeles Lakers from 1980-1983.
Career
Landsberger attended Mounds View High S ...
, and
Kurt Rambis
Darrell Kurt Rambis (born February 25, 1958) is a Greek-American former professional basketball player and coach who is a senior basketball adviser for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a player, he won fou ...
, but sacrificed to be part of championship teams.
“That championship is the one thing I don’t have I’ll do whatever I need to get it.” McAdoo said in playing with the Lakers in 1982.
In 1981–82, the Lakers won the 1982 NBA Championship, as
Pat Riley
Patrick James Riley (born March 20, 1945) is an American professional basketball executive, former coach, and former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been the team president of the Miami Heat since 1995, and he also se ...
had taken over coaching from
Paul Westhead
Paul William Westhead (born February 21, 1939) is an American Retired basketball coach. He was the head coach for three National Basketball Association (NBA) teams and an assistant for four others, and also coached in the National Collegiate Athl ...
. Riley and McAdoo thus began a professional relationship that continued for decades. In 41 games with the Lakers, McAdoo averaged 9.6 points and 3.9 rebounds in 18.2 minutes in the regular season. In the
1982 NBA Finals, McAdoo averaged 16.3 points in 27 minutes as the Lakers defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 4–2. In the entire playoffs, McAdoo averaged 16.7 points and 6.8 rebounds.
McAdoo resigned with the Lakers for the 1982–83 season, declining a more lucrative offer from the Philadelphia 76ers in order to remain with the Lakers.
Averaging 15.0 points in 1982-1983 and 13.1 points in 1983–84 for the Lakers in the next two seasons, the team finished 58–24 and 54–28. McAdoo played with a severely injured hamstring in the 1983 playoffs. "If we could have had Mac (McAdoo) healthy, we might have had a shot," coach Riley said after the 1983 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA Finals.
McAdoo averaged 12.5 points and 5.5 rebounds as the Lakers lost 4–3 to the Boston Celtics in the 1984 NBA Finals.
McAdoo helped the Lakers to another NBA Championship in 1984–85, defeating Boston 4–2 in the NBA Finals. McAdoo was the 6th man, averaging 8.2 points and 3.0 rebounds in the 1985 NBA Finals and 11.4 points in the entire playoffs.
After the season, the Lakers did not re-sign McAdoo, instead offering a contract to veteran
Maurice Lucas
Maurice Lucas (February 18, 1952 – October 31, 2010) was an American professional basketball player who played in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a four-time NBA All-Star and won ...
for the 6th man role.
“It was a great opportunity for me to play with Kareem and Magic,” McAdoo said of his tenure with the Lakers. “For the first time in my career, I had a chance to win a championship. But I had no thoughts at all in my mind about coming off the bench. It just happened. To me it was a wrap I would start. They didn’t have anyone who could stick with me at that position, but I dealt with it because I had never been on a championship team. And I’ve never been one to cause disruption or anything like that.”
Philadelphia 76ers (1986)
On January 31, 1986, McAdoo signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers.
He finished his NBA career with 29 games for the
Philadelphia 76ers
The Philadelphia 76ers, colloquially known as the Sixers, are an American professional basketball team based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The 76ers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eas ...
in the 1985–86 season, averaging 10.1 points alongside
Julius Erving
Julius Winfield Erving II (born February 22, 1950), commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is an American former professional basketball player. Erving helped legitimize the American Basketball Association (ABA), and he was the best-known player ...
,
Moses Malone
Moses Eugene Malone (March 23, 1955 – September 13, 2015) was an American professional basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1974 through 1995. A cen ...
and
Charles Barkley
Charles Wade Barkley (born February 20, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player who is a television analyst on TNT. Nicknamed "Sir Charles", "Chuck", and "the Round Mound of Rebound", Barkley played 16 seasons in the Natio ...
. McAdoo averaged 10.8 points in the 76ers two playoff series.
In the final game of his NBA career, McAdoo scored 7 points and grabbed 4 rebounds in 12 minutes of playing time, during a 113-112 Game 7 semifinals loss to the
Milwaukee Bucks
The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball team based in Milwaukee. The Bucks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded in 1968 ...
.
NBA career totals
In his NBA career, McAdoo scored 18,787 career points. He averaged 22.1 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.5 blocks and 1.0 steals in 852 games. He played for the Buffalo Braves (1972–1976), New York Knicks (1976–1979), Boston Celtics (1979), Detroit Pistons (1979–1981), New Jersey Nets (1980–1981), Los Angeles Lakers (1981–1985) and Philadelphia 76ers (1986).
Italian League (1987–1992)
After his
NBA
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...
career ended, McAdoo played in Italy, first playing with
Olimpia Milano
Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano, commonly known as Olimpia Milano or as EA7 Emporio Armani Milan after its title sponsor, is an LBA Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy. Its colors are white and red, and the team is sometimes ...
, as one of the best American players ever seen in Europe, and the
FIBA European Champions Cup (now known as the
EuroLeague). McAdoo played with Olimpia Milano from the 1986–87 season, to the 1989–90 season. He led the club to two straight FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) titles, in the
1986–87 and
1987–88 seasons, being named the
EuroLeague Final Four MVP
The EuroLeague Final Four Most Valuable Player Award is presented and awarded to the basketball player who has exhibited the most exceptional play during the EuroLeague Final Four. The award often goes to the best player on the European-wide top ...
in
1988
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. With the same club, he also won the
FIBA Intercontinental Cup
The FIBA Intercontinental Cup, also commonly referred to as the FIBA World Cup for Champion Clubs, or the FIBA Club World Cup, is a professional basketball clubs competition that is endorsed by FIBA and the NBA. Historically, its purpose has be ...
(
1987
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), two
Italian League
The Italic League or Most Holy League was an international agreement concluded in Venice on 30 August 1454, between the Papal States, the Republic of Venice, the Duchy of Milan, the Republic of Florence, and the Kingdom of Naples, following the Tr ...
championships (1987, 1989), and the
Italian Cup
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
(1987).
Later, he played with the Italian clubs
Filanto Forlì (1990–92) and
Teamsystem Fabriano (1992), before retiring from playing professional basketball, in 1992, at age 41. In his last season, he retired after playing in just 2 games. In seven seasons in the Italian League, McAdoo played in 201 games, and averaged 27.0 points and 8.9 rebounds per game. In three seasons in the EuroLeague, all as a member of Olimpia Milano, he averaged 25.8 points per game overall, averaging 21.8 points per game in 1986–87, 29.1 points per game in 1987–88, and 25.5 points per game in
1989–90.
Coaching/scouting career
Beginning in 1995, McAdoo has worked 25 years for the
Miami Heat
The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team based in Miami. The Heat compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference Southeast Division (NBA), Southe ...
. He was an
assistant coach
A sports coach is a person coaching in sport, involved in the direction, instruction and training of a sports team or athlete.
History
The original sense of the word ''coach'' is that of a Coach (carriage), horse-drawn carriage, deriving ultima ...
for 19 seasons under Pat Riley (1995–2003, 2005–2008),
Stan Van Gundy (2003–2005) and
Erik Spoelstra
Erik Jon Spoelstra ( ; born November 1, 1970) is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has won two NBA championships as the head coach of the Heat. A Fi ...
(2008–2013), winning three NBA championships. He has since worked the last five seasons as a scout and community liaison for Miami.
McAdoo came to the Heat organization when Pat Riley, who had been his coach for two championship seasons with the Lakers in the 1980s, left the New York Knicks to become the Heat's head coach and GM in 1995. Riley quickly reached out to McAdoo to join his coaching staff.
Personal life
McAdoo's wife, Charlina, died of cancer in 1991.
They had four children together - sons Robert III and Russell and his daughter Rita live in New Jersey, while their other son, Ross, lives in Alaska.
McAdoo and his wife, Patrizia, whom he met while playing professionally in Italy, live in
Boca Raton, Florida
Boca Raton ( ; es, Boca Ratón, link=no, ) is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It was first incorporated on August 2, 1924, as "Bocaratone," and then incorporated as "Boca Raton" in 1925. The population was 97,422 in the ...
. They have two children. Their daughter Rasheeda graduated from
Georgia Tech
The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech or The Institute, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1885, it is part of ...
where she played on the tennis team and qualified for
The 2017 NCAA Singles Championship. She plays professional tennis.
Their son Ryan is a basketball player at the
University of North Carolina
The University of North Carolina is the multi-campus public university system for the state of North Carolina. Overseeing the state's 16 public universities and the NC School of Science and Mathematics, it is commonly referred to as the UNC Sy ...
.
In 2010, McAdoo took part in the
Basketball Without Borders
Basketball Without Borders is a basketball instructional camp organized by the NBA in conjunction with FIBA. It presents itself as a “basketball development and community outreach program that unites young basketball players to promote the sport ...
program in
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
, which uses sport to create a positive social change in areas of education, health and wellness. He also participated in the program in
Beijing
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in 2009 and the NBA Legends Tour to
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
in 1993, a goodwill mission to promote the NBA. McAdoo was also the basketball technical adviser for the 1993 feature film, "
The Air Up There
''The Air Up There'' is a 1994 American sports comedy film directed by Paul Michael Glaser and starring Kevin Bacon and Charles Gitonga Maina with Yolanda Vazquez as Sister Susan.
Plot
Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball assistant coach who wa ...
", starring
Kevin Bacon
Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American actor. His films include the musical-drama film '' Footloose'' (1984), the controversial historical conspiracy legal thriller '' JFK'' (1991), the legal drama '' A Few Good Men'' (1992), t ...
.
In 2012, McAdoo was treated for a blood clot in his leg.
McAdoo's second cousin, Ronnie McAdoo, is the father of
James Michael McAdoo
James Michael Ray McAdoo (born January 4, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Sun Rockers Shibuya of the B.League in Japan. He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels, and twice earned second-team all ...
, who also played for the Tar Heels basketball team and turned pro in 2014.
Honors
* In 1993, McAdoo was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.
* McAdoo was inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame in 1995. McAdoo still holds the Braves/Clippers record for most minutes played per game (40.1), field goals made per game (11.1), and field goal attempts per game (22.1).
* McAdoo was enshrined in the
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 1000 Hall of Fame Avenue in Springfield, Massachusetts. It serves as basketball's most complete library, in addition to promoting and pres ...
in 2000.
* In 2006, McAdoo was inducted into the
College Basketball Hall of Fame
The National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Kansas City, Missouri, is a hall of fame and museum dedicated to men's college basketball. The museum is an integral portion of the College Basketball Experience created by the National ...
.
* In 2008, he was named to the
50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors.
* McAdoo was inducted into the
Olimpia Milano
Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano, commonly known as Olimpia Milano or as EA7 Emporio Armani Milan after its title sponsor, is an LBA Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy. Its colors are white and red, and the team is sometimes ...
Hall of Fame, in 2013,.
* In 2016, the gymnasium at Ben L. Smith High School (Guilford County School District) was named after McAdoo.
* In 2019, McAdoo was honored, along with seven others, by the University of North Carolina on a banner displaying UNC alumni who had been elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
* McAdoo is a member of the Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame.
* In 2021, McAdoo was elected to the
NBA 75th Anniversary Team
The NBA 75th Anniversary Team, also referred to as the NBA 75, was chosen in 2021 to honor the 75th anniversary of the founding of the National Basketball Association (NBA). It was the fourth and most recent anniversary team in the league. S ...
.
NBA career statistics
Regular season
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Buffalo
, 80 , , – , , 32.0 , , .452 , , – , , .774 , , 9.1 , , 1.7 , , – , , – , , 18.0
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Buffalo
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, style="text-align:left;",
Buffalo
, 82 , , – , , style="background:#cfecec;", 43.2* , , .512 , , – , , .805 , , 14.1 , , 2.2 , , 1.1 , , 2.1 , , style="background:#cfecec;", 34.5*
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, style="text-align:left;",
Buffalo
, 78 , , – , , style="background:#cfecec;", 42.7* , , .487 , , – , , .762 , , 12.4 , , 4.0 , , 1.2 , , 2.1 , , style="background:#cfecec;", 31.1*
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;",
Buffalo
, 20 , , – , , 38.4 , , .455 , , – , , .696 , , 13.2 , , 3.3 , , 0.8 , , 1.7 , , 23.7
, -
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, style="text-align:left;",
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
, 52 , , – , , 39.1 , , .534 , , – , , .757 , , 12.7 , , 2.7 , , 1.2 , , 1.3 , , 26.7
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New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
, 79 , , – , , 40.3 , , .520 , , – , , .727 , , 12.8 , , 3.8 , , 1.3 , , 1.6 , , 26.5
, -
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, style="text-align:left;",
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
, 40 , , – , , 39.9 , , .541 , , – , , .651 , , 9.5 , , 3.2 , , 1.6 , , 1.2 , , 26.9
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Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
, 20 , , – , , 31.9 , , .500 , , – , , .670 , , 7.1 , , 2.0 , , 0.6 , , 1.0 , , 20.6
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, style="text-align:left;",
Detroit
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...
, 58 , , – , , 36.2 , , .480 , , .125 , , .730 , , 8.1 , , 3.4 , , 1.3 , , 1.1 , , 21.1
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, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;",
Detroit
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...
, 6 , , – , , 28.0 , , .366 , , – , , .600 , , 6.8 , , 3.3 , , 1.3 , , 1.2 , , 12.0
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, style="text-align:left;",
New Jersey
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, 10 , , – , , 15.3 , , .507 , , .000 , , .810 , , 2.6 , , 1.0 , , 0.9 , , 0.6 , , 9.3
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, style="text-align:left;",
L.A. Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their ...
, 41 , , 0 , , 18.2 , , .458 , , .000 , , .714 , , 3.9 , , 0.8 , , 0.5 , , 0.9 , , 9.6
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;",
L.A. Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their ...
, 47 , , 1 , , 21.7 , , .520 , , .000 , , .730 , , 5.3 , , 0.8 , , 0.9 , , 0.9 , , 15.0
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
, style="text-align:left;",
L.A. Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their ...
, 70 , , 0 , , 20.8 , , .471 , , .000 , , .803 , , 4.1 , , 1.1 , , 0.6 , , 0.7 , , 13.1
, -
, style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;", †
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L.A. Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their ...
, 66 , , 0 , , 19.0 , , .520 , , .000 , , .753 , , 4.5 , , 1.0 , , 0.3 , , 0.8 , , 10.5
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
, 29 , , 0 , , 21.0 , , .462 , , – , , .765 , , 3.6 , , 1.2 , , 0.3 , , 0.6 , , 10.1
, - class="sortbottom"
, style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career
, 852 , , 1 , , 33.2 , , .503 , , .081 , , .754 , , 9.4 , , 2.3 , , 1.0 , , 1.5 , , 22.1
, - class="sortbottom"
, style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", All-Star
, 5 , , 3 , , 25.2 , , .578 , , – , , .737 , , 6.0 , , 1.2 , , 0.8 , , 0.4 , , 17.6
Playoffs
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1974
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Buffalo
, 6, , –, , 45.2, , .478, , –, , .809, , 13.7, , 1.5, , 1.0, , 2.2, , 31.7
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, style="text-align:left;",
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
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Buffalo
, 7, , –, , style="background:#cfecec;", 46.7*, , .481, , –, , .740, , 13.4, , 1.4, , 0.9, , 2.7, , style="background:#cfecec;", 37.4*
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
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Buffalo
, 9, , –, , style="background:#cfecec;", 45.1*, , .451, , –, , .707, , 14.2, , 3.2, , 0.8, , 2.0, , 28.0
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
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New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
, 6, , –, , 39.7, , .484, , –, , .600, , 9.7, , 3.8, , 1.2, , 2.0, , 23.8
, -
, style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;",
1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...
†
, style="text-align:left;”,
L.A. Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their ...
, 14, , –, , 27.7, , .564, , –, , .681, , 6.8, , 1.6, , 0.7, , 1.5, , 16.7
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
1983
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...
, style="text-align:left;”,
L.A. Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their ...
, 8, , –, , 20.8, , .440, , .333, , .786, , 5.8, , 0.6, , 1.4, , 1.3, , 10.9
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
, style="text-align:left;”,
L.A. Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their ...
, 20, , –, , 22.4, , .516, , .000, , .704, , 5.4, , 0.6, , 0.6, , 1.4, , 14.0
, -
, style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;",
1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
†
, style="text-align:left;”,
L.A. Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their ...
, 19, , 0, , 20.9, , .472, , .000, , .745, , 4.5, , 0.8, , 0.5, , 1.4, , 11.4
, -
, style="text-align:left;",
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal ente ...
, style="text-align:left;”,
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
, 5, , 0, , 14.6, , .556, , –, , .875, , 2.8, , 0.4, , 0.8, , 1.0, , 10.8
, - class="sortbottom"
, style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career
, 94 , , 0 , , 28.9 , , .491 , , .250 , , .724 , , 7.6 , , 1.4 , , 0.8 , , 1.6 , , 18.3
See also
*
List of National Basketball Association annual scoring leaders
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*
*
List of National Basketball Association annual minutes leaders
References
External links
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Bob McAdooat nba.com
(Player)
Bob McAdooat nba.com
(Coach)
Bob McAdooat legabasket.it
Bob McAdooat olimpiamilano.com
Buffalo Braves team history book - "Buffalo , Home of the Braves"
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1951 births
Living people
African-American basketball coaches
African-American basketball players
American expatriate basketball people in Italy
American men's basketball players
Basketball coaches from North Carolina
Basketball players at the 1971 Pan American Games
Basketball players from Greensboro, North Carolina
Boston Celtics players
Buffalo Braves draft picks
Buffalo Braves players
Centers (basketball)
Detroit Pistons players
Los Angeles Lakers players
Miami Heat assistant coaches
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees
National Basketball Association All-Stars
New Jersey Nets players
New York Knicks players
North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball players
Olimpia Milano players
Pan American Games competitors for the United States
People from Ramsey, New Jersey
Philadelphia 76ers players
Power forwards (basketball)
Sportspeople from Greensboro, North Carolina
Vincennes Trailblazers men's basketball players
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American sportspeople