COACH
CENTER
FORWARD
FORWARD
FORWARD
GUARD
GUARD
STATISTICS:
CAREER AVG.:
BEST NBA YR.:
BEST ABA YR.:
Pts. Reb. Ast.
6.6
10.7
1.4
6.9
15.4
1.6
22.9
15.7
1.9
Pts. Reb. Ast.
20.3
10.3
1.8
29.2
12.5
2.9
30.0
19.5
2.3
Pts. Reb. Ast.
26.7
6.7
6.4
31.4
7.0
6.6
20.7
13.6
1.6
Pts. Reb. Ast.
14.9
4.6
2.2
21.3
5.6
2.6
20.7
13.6
1.6
Pts. Reb. Ast.
14.8
5.5
7.0
15.3
6.6
10.1
20.7
13.6
1.6
Pts. Reb. Ast.
14.0
2.9
7.6
18.8
4.2
10.5
20.7
13.6
1.6
AWARDS
 DPOY (4)
All-NBA (5)
All-Star (4)
All-Defense (6)		 ABA ROY
ABA MVP (1)
ABA All-Star (1)
NBA All-Star (4)
All-NBA (4)		 ROY
All-NBA (3)
All-Star (3)
 All-Star (1)
All-Defense (2)
SMOY (1)		 All-Star (4)
All-Defense (2)		 MVP (2)
All-NBA (5)
All-Star (5)

CLIPPER ROSTER

LEBRON JAMES ("King James")
NBA ROY: 2003-04; TSN MVP: 2005-06; ALL-NBA TEAM: 2004-05 (2nd), 2005-06 (1st), 2006-07 (2nd); ALL-STAR: 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07.

   Commonly nicknamed "King James" and "The Chosen One", the Akron, Ohio-born LeBron James was highly promoted in the national media as a future NBA star while still in high school. He was named the consensus 2003 National High School Player of the Year, the PARADE High School Boys Basketball Player of the Year as a junior and senior (becoming the first repeat winner in the 47-year history of the award), and the USA Today and Gatorade Player of the Year as both a junior and senior. He led St. Vincent-St. Mary (SVSM) to three state championships in four seasons, and was named Mr. Basketball for the state of Ohio by the Associated Press (AP) for three straight seasons. He was also named to USA Today All-USA First Team for three consecutive seasons beginning with his sophomore season.
   Then at the age of 18, LeBron was selected with the first overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft by the Cavaliers. In his first season, he received the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, becoming the youngest player to ever receive the honor, and one of three rookies in NBA history to average at least 20 points, five rebounds and five assists in one season (the others being Oscar Robertson and Michael Jordan).
   In the following three seasons, LeBron received All-NBA and All-Star honors. He led the Cavaliers to back-to-back playoff appearances in 2006 and 2007; the latter year the team advanced to the Conference Finals for the first time since 1992 and the NBA Finals for the first time in Cleveland's history.
   James is listed as a small forward, but can also play point guard and shooting guard. This versatility has led to his unofficial classification as a "point forward". James was a member of the United States men's national basketball team that won the bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, and he finished second in the league Most Valuable Player balloting in 2006.

PS: In the year 2021:

SEASON
LG
TM
GM
MIN
FG%
3P%
FT%
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PPG
2003-04
NBA
CLE
79
39.5
.417
.290
.754
5.5
5.9
1.6
0.7
3.5
20.9
2004-05
NBA
CLE
80
42.4
.472
.351
.750
7.4
7.2
2.2
0.7
3.3
27.2
2005-06
NBA
CLE
79
42.5
.480
.335
.738
7.0
6.6
1.6
0.8
3.3
31.4
2006-07
NBA
CLE
78
40.9
.476
.319
.698
6.7
6.0
1.6
0.7
3.2
27.3
CAREER
NBA
MIN
316
41.3
.463
.327
.733
6.7
6.4
1.8
0.7
3.3
26.7

STEPHEN NASH ("Steve")
HALL OF FAME: Inducted 2018; MVP: 2004-05, 2005-06; ALL-NBA TEAM: 2001-2002 (3rd), 2002-03 (3rd), 2004-05 (1st), 2005-06 (1st), 2006-07 (1st). ALL-STAR: 2001-02, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07.

   Steve Nash was named NBA Most Valuable Player in 2004-5 and again in 2005-6. In 2006-07, Steve followed his two MVP awards by posting career highs in assists (NBA-best 11.6), field goal percentage (.532) and tied personal bests with a .455 three-point field goal percentage and 156 three-point field goals made in his 11th NBA season. Steve was a unanimous selection to the 2006-07 All-NBA First Team, his third consecutive First Team honor. He became the first NBA player since Magic Johnson (1990-91) to average at least 18 points (18.6) and 11 assists (11.6), the most in the NBA since John Stockton averaged 12.5 assists in 1994-95. Nash was just the second player (Stockton, 12.3 in 1994-95 at age 32 and 11.2 in 1995-96 at age 33) to average 11-plus assists per game at the age of 32 or older (at the start of the season). He led the league in assists for the third consecutive year (2004-07) to become only the fifth player in NBA history to lead the league in assists in at least three consecutive seasons (9, John Stockton, 1987-96; 8, Bob Cousy, 1952-60, 3, Oscar Robertson, 1963-66; 3, Jason Kidd, 1998-01). He was the only NBA player ranked in the top 25 in scoring, field goal percentage, three-point field goal percentage and free throw percentage, and led all NBA guards in field goal percentage (.532) and three-point field goal percentage (.455).

   A Nash-led team has led the league in scoring in six consecutive seasons (2004-07 with Phoenix, 2001-04 with Dallas). In 2006-07 he was named to his fifth NBA All-Star Team. In the 2007 Playoffs, he scored 10-plus points 11 times, 20-plus points 4 times, 30-plus points once, including a Suns’ 2007 playoff-high 31 points vs. San Antonio on May 6… Dished out 10-plus assists 10 times, 15-plus assists 3 times… Became just the fourth NBA player to average 13 assists per game in one postseason (13.3) while playing at least 10 games -- the only players to do it are Magic Johnson (1984-86 L.A. Lakers), John Stockton (1988, 1992 Utah Jazz) and Johnny Moore (1983 San Antonio Spurs). He had a career-high 23 assists, one shy of the NBA playoff record, at L.A. Lakers on April 29. Magic Johnson, John Stockton and Nash are the only NBA players to ever record at least 23 assists in an NBA playoff game, and distributed 15 assists in the first half to tie an NBA playoff record for most assists in half (other, Magic Johnson and Doc Rivers)… He has 40 career postseason double-doubles, and 43 career postseason double-digit assists games, which ranks as the sixth most in NBA playoff history.
   UPDATE: In 2018, Nash was inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame.)

SEASON
LG
TM
GM
MIN
FG%
3P%
FT%
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PPG
1996-97
NBA
PHO
65
10.5
.423
.418
.824
1.0
2.1
0.3
0.0
1.0
3.3
1997-98
NBA
PHO
76
21.9
.459
.415
.860
2.1
3.4
0.8
0.1
1.3
9.1
1998-99
NBA
DAL
40
31.7
.363
.374
.826
2.9
5.5
0.9
0.1
2.1
7.9
1999-00
NBA
DAL
56
27.4
.477
.403
.882
2.2
4.9
0.7
0.1
1.8
8.6
2000-01
NBA
DAL
70
34.1
.487
.406
.895
3.2
7.3
1.0
0.1
2.9
15.6
2001-02
NBA
DAL
82
34.6
.483
.455
.887
3.1
7.7
0.6
0.0
2.8
17.9
2002-03
NBA
DAL
82
33.1
.465
.413
.909
2.9
7.3
1.0
0.1
2.3
17.7
2003-04
NBA
DAL
78
33.5
.470
.405
.916
3.0
8.8
0.9
0.1
2.7
14.5
2004-05
NBA
PHO
75
34.3
.502
.431
.887
3.3
11.5
1.0
0.1
3.3
15.5
2005-06
NBA
PHO
79
35.4
.512
.439
.921
4.2
10.5
0.8
0.2
3.5
18.8
2006-07
NBA
PHO
76
35.3
.532
.455
.899
3.5
11.6
0.8
0.1
3.8
18.6
CAREER
LG
TM
779
30.5
.483
.426
.896
2.9
7.6
0.8
0.1
2.6
14.0

BEN WALLACE ("Big Ben")
HALL OF FAME: Inducted 2021; DPOY: 2001-02, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2005, 06; ALL-NBA TEAM: 2001-02 (3rd), 2002-03 (2nd), 2003-04 (2nd), 2004-05 (3rd), 2005-06 (2nd); ALL-STAR: 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06; ALL-DEFENSE: 2001-02 (1st), 2002-03 (1st), 2003-04 (1st), 2004-05 (1st), 2005-06 (1st), 2006-07 (1st).

   Nicknamed "Big Ben" and "The Body"", Ben Wallace is a 6'9", 240 lb. center. He's a four-time winner of the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award (a feat equalled only by Dikembe Mutombo), and is regarded as one of the finest defensive players in the game. Wallace was considered by many to be the cornerstone of the Detroit Pistons' success in the 2000s, culminating in a championship in 2004.
   As a high school player, Wallace achieved all-state honors in track, football, and baseball. He first played college basketball on the junior college level at Cuyahoga Community College for two years. He then transferred to Virginia Union, a Division II school, where he studied criminal justice. As an undrafted player, he was signed as a rookie free agent by the Washington Bullets on October 2, 1996 after playing in Italy.
   In 1999, Wallace was traded to the Orlando Magic along with Tim Legler, Terry Davis, and Jeff McInnis for Ike Austin. On August 3, 2000, he was traded along with Chucky Atkins to the Detroit Pistons for Grant Hill, in what was at the time considered a one-sided trade; Hill had planned to sign with Orlando as an unrestricted free agent, but the sign and trade deal allowed Hill to receive a slightly more lucrative contract while Detroit received at least some compensation for losing its marquee player. But since the deal, Wallace has had the more successful career by far, owing in part to Hill's oft-injured status.

   Wallace has been considered the quintessential defensive specialist, winning the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2001-02, 2002-03, 2004-05, and 2005-06 seasons. In the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons, he led the league in both rebounds and blocked shots. In 2003, he was voted by fans to his first NBA All-Star Game as the starting center for the Eastern Conference. He became the first undrafted player to ever start an All-Star Game.
   Wallace, along with Chauncey Billups, captained the Pistons' 2004 NBA championship team.
   UPDATE: He was inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame in 2021.

SEASON
LG
TM
GM
MIN
FG%
3P%
FT%
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PPG
1996-97
NBA
WSB
34
10.5
.348
--
.300
1.7
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.5
1.1
1997-98
NBA
WAS
67
21.9
.518
--
.357
4.8
0.3
0.9
1.1
0.4
3.1
1998-99
NBA
WAS
46
31.7
.578
--
.356
8.3
0.4
1.1
2.0
0.8
6.0
1999-00
NBA
ORL
81
27.4
.503
--
.487
8.0
0.8
0.9
1.6
0.8
4.8
2000-01
NBA
DET
80
34.1
.490
.250
.336
13.2
1.5
1.3
2.3
1.5
6.4
2001-02
NBA
DET
80
34.6
.531
.000
.423
13.0
1.4
1.7
3.5
0.9
7.6
2002-03
NBA
DET
73
33.1
.481
.167
.450
15.4
1.6
1.4
3.2
1.2
6.9
2003-04
NBA
DET
81
33.5
.421
.125
.490
12.4
1.7
1.8
3.0
1.5
9.5
2004-05
NBA
DET
74
34.3
.453
.111
.428
12.2
1.7
1.4
2.4
1.1
9.7
2005-06
NBA
DET
82
35.4
.510
.000
.416
11.3
1.9
1.8
2.2
1.1
7.3
2006-07
NBA
CHI
77
35.3
.453
.200
.408
10.7
2.4
1.4
2.0
1.3
6.4
CAREER
LG
TM
775
31.4
.479
.128
.418
10.7
1.4
1.3
2.3
1.1
6.6

SPENCER HAYWOOD
ALL-NBA: 1971-72 (1st), 1972-73 (1st), 1973-74 (2nd), 1974-75 (2nd); ALL-ABA: 1969-70 (1st); NBA ALL-STAR: 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75; ABA ALL-STAR: 1969-70; ABA ROY: 1969-70; ABA MVP: 1969-70.

   As a 20-year-old rookie in 1969-70, Spencer Haywood led the American Basketball Association in both scoring and rebounding and was named the ABA's Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year. After moving to the NBA he averaged better than 20 points for five consecutive seasons, including 29.2 ppg in 1972-73, and he was twice selected to the All-NBA First Team. Haywood was as dominating as they come. His most effective shot was a turnaround jumper in which Haywood took advantage of his height and reach to extend above the defender before lofting a soft arc toward the hoop.
   He grew up in a poor Southern family, then at age 15 went to Chicago and then to Detroit to live with his brother. In the Motor City, he led his Pershing High School to the 1967 Michigan Class A championship. He spent a year at Trinidad State Junior College in Colorado, where he tallied 28.2 points and 22.1 rebounds per game. In the summer of 1968, Haywood helped the United States to a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Mexico City. He moved on to the University of Detroit for 1968-69, where as a sophomore he scored 32.1 ppg and led the nation in rebounding with an average of 21.5 rpg. Feeling that he had accomplished all that he needed to at the college level, Haywood passed up his final two years of eligibility to sign with the ABA's Denver Rockets.
>   Haywood joined the ABA in 1969-70 and had a phenomenal first season. He was the league's Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player. He also won the ABA scoring title with an average of 30.0 ppg, and he led the league in rebounding with a remarkable 19.5 rpg to set the ABA's all-time record. The next season the 21-year-old Haywood shook up both the ABA and the NBA when he left the Rockets to sign with the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics. At the time, the NBA prohibited the drafting or signing of a player before his college class had graduated. Haywood's class wouldn't graduate until the end of the 1970-71 campaign, but the Sonics signed him anyway. The NBA league office and other NBA teams opposed the move, protesting that it violated existing rules and that, since Haywood hadn't gone through a draft, the Sonics had no right to him. The NBA took Haywood and the Sonics to court. The argument in Haywood's favor was that, as the sole wage earner in his struggling family, he was a "hardship case" and therefore had a right to begin earning his living. The Supreme Court ruled in Haywood's favor, forever altering professional basketball.

   Out of legal courts and back on the basketball variety, Haywood joined the Sonics and averaged 20.6 ppg over the final 33 games in 1971. The five years he spent with Seattle represented the most stable and productive period of his career -- he made four NBA All-Star Teams, two All-NBA First Teams and two All-NBA Second Teams.
   In 1971-72, his first full NBA season, Haywood scored 26.2 ppg and grabbed 12.7 rpg. The next year he was unstoppable, pouring in 29.2 ppg (third in the league behind Nate Archibald and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) and pulling down 12.9 rpg., and scored 51 points against the Kansas City-Omaha Kings that year. In 1973-74, his scoring average dropped to 23.5 ppg, but he increased his rebounding to 13.4 rpg, sixth in the NBA. The Sonics finished 36-46 under new coach Bill Russell and missed the playoffs again. Haywood and Russell made history in 1974-75 when they led Seattle to its first playoff berth in the team's eight-year existence. Haywood was dominating as usual, averaging 22.4 ppg and 9.3 rpg and earning his fourth straight trip to the NBA All-Star Game. The Sonics finished 43-39 and actually made some noise in the postseason, bumping off the Detroit Pistons in the first round before losing to the eventual NBA-champion Golden State Warriors in the conference semifinals.
   After that season, Haywood was traded to the New York Knicks, and in the Big Apple he led the life of a star. He married glamorous fashion model Iman, and the celebrity couple were regulars on the social scene. Haywood later played for the New Orleans Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers, and Washington Bullets. He earned a championship ring with the Lakers in the 1979-80 season. Haywood spent the 1980-81 campaign playing in Italy and working toward returning to the NBA. He played 76 games with the Washington Bullets in 1981-82 and 38 more the following season. He was waived in March 1983, then retired from the NBA with 14,592 career points and 7,038 rebounds. Haywood's #24 jersey was retired by the SuperSonics during a halftime ceremony on February 26, 2007.
   UPDATE: Haywood is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, being inducted in 2015.

SEASON
LG
TM
GM
MIN
FG%
3P%
FT%
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PPG
1969-70
ABA
DNR
84
45.3
.493
.000
.776
19.5
2.3
--
--
3.0
30.0
1970-71
NBA
SEA
33
35.2
.449
--
.734
12.0
1.5
--
--
--
20.6
1971-72
NBA
SEA
73
43.4
.461
--
.819
12.7
2.0
--
--
--
26.2
1972-73
NBA
SEA
77
42.3
.476
--
.839
12.9
2.5
--
--
--
29.2
1973-74
NBA
SEA
75
40.5
.457
--
.814
13.4
3.2
0.9
1.4
--
23.5
1974-75
NBA
SEA
68
37.2
.459
--
.811
9.3
2.0
0.8
1.6
--
22.4
1975-76
NBA
NYK
78
37.1
.445
--
.757
11.3
1.2
0.7
1.0
--
19.9
1976-77
NBA
NYK
31
32.9
.450
--
.832
9.0
1.6
0.5
0.9
--
16.5
1977-78
NBA
NYK
67
26.3
.484
--
.711
6.6
1.9
0.6
1.1
2.1
13.7
1978-79
NBA
NYK
34
30.1
.489
--
.733
6.1
1.6
0.3
0.9
2.6
17.8
NBA
NOJ
34
39.4
.497
--
.849
9.6
2.1
0.9
1.6
3.3
24.0
NBA
TOT
68
34.7
.494
--
.791
7.8
1.9
0.6
1.2
2.9
20.9
1979-80
NBA
LAL
76
20.3
.487
.250
.772
4.6
1.2
0.5
0.8
1.8
9.7
1981-82
NBA
WSB
76
27.4
.476
.000
.842
5.6
0.8
0.6
0.9
2.3
13.3
1979-80
NBA
WSB
38
20.4
.401
.000
.724
4.8
0.8
0.3
0.7
1.8
8.2
ABA
84
45.3
.493
.000
.776
19.5
2.3
--
--
3.0
30.0
NBA
760
33.7
.465
.125
.800
9.3
1.8
0.6
1.1
2.2
19.2
TOTAL
LG
TM
844
34.8
.494
.154
.771
10.3
1.8
0.6
1.1
2.4
20.3

MICHAEL RAY RICHARDSON
ALL-STAR: 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1984-85; ALL-DEFENSE: 1979-80 (1st), 1980-81 (1st).

   Micheal "Sugar" Ray Richardson played in the NBA for eight years, most notably for the New York Knicks from 1978 to 1982. The Knicks drafted Richardson with the fourth pick overall in the 1978 NBA Draft, and he was billed as "the next Walt Frazier." Two picks later, the Boston Celtics drafted Larry Bird. In his second year, he became the first player in NBA history to lead the league in both assists (10.1) and steals (3.2), setting Knicks franchise records in both categories.
   At the beginning of the 1982-83 season, he was sent to the Golden State Warriors as compensation for the New York Knicks signing Bernard King as a free agent. After playing only 33 games for the Warriors, Richardson was traded to the New Jersey Nets. He would be named an all-star as a Net, being a member of the Eastern Conference all-star team that allegedly froze out Michael Jordan. In the 1984 playoffs, Richardson was spectacular, leading the Nets to a shocking upset of the defending champion Philadelphia 76ers. In the fifth and deciding game, Richardson scored 24 points and had six steals. While the Knicks showed mild improvement after trading Richardson, that improvement was short-lived, ending when King was felled by a devastating knee injury midway through the 1984-85 season.
   In 1986 NBA commissioner David Stern banned Richardson for life after Richardson violated the league's drug policy three times. Richardson's right to play in the NBA was restored in 1988, but Richardson failed two cocaine tests in 1991, though he disputed the results. He bitterly complained that the suspensions he received from the NBA were unfair given the fact that Chris Mullin was never disciplined by the league for his well-documented alcohol problem, implying that this "double standard" existed because Richardson is African-American while Mullin is white), and became a frequently cited example of destructive lifestyles in the NBA. He was the subject of the 2000 film Whatever Happened to Micheal Ray?, a look at his troubled life. It was narrated by Chris Rock.

SEASON
LG
TM
GM
MIN
FG%
3P%
FT%
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PPG
1978-79
NBA
NYK
72
16.9
.414
--
.539
3.2
3.0
1.4
0.3
2.0
6.5
1979-80
NBA
NYK
82
37.3
.472
.245
.660
6.6
10.1
3.2
0.4
4.4
15.3
1980-81
NBA
NYK
79
40.2
.469
.225
.663
6.9
7.9
2.9
0.4
3.8
16.4
1981-82
NBA
NYK
82
37.1
.461
.188
.700
6.9
7.0
2.6
0.5
3.5
17.9
1982-83
NBA
GSW
33
32.5
.412
.129
.632
4.4
7.4
3.1
0.3
4.2
12.5
NBA
NJN
31
32.3
.438
.200
.671
4.8
6.0
2.6
0.5
3.5
12.7
NBA
TOT
64
32.4
.425
.157
.650
4.6
6.8
2.8
0.4
3.8
12.6
1983-84
NBA
NJN
48
26.8
.460
.241
.704
3.6
4.5
2.1
0.4
2.5
12.0
1984-85
NBA
NJN
82
38.1
.469
.252
.767
5.6
8.2
3.0
0.3
3.0
20.1
1985-86
NBA
NJN
47
34.1
.448
.148
.788
5.3
7.2
2.7
0.2
3.2
15.7
CAREER
LG
TM
556
33.4
.457
.220
.690
5.5
7.0
2.6
0.4
3.3
14.8

Jeff's Choice: GUS JOHNSON ("Honeycomb")
HALL OF FAME: Inducted in 2010; NBA ALL ROOKIE TEAM: 1963-64; ALL-NBA TEAM: 1964-65 (2nd), 1965-66 (2nd), 1969-70 (2nd); 1970-71 (2nd) ALL-STAR: 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971; ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM: 1969-70, 1970-71.

   Gus Johnson Jr. (December 13, 1938 - April 29, 1987) was a 6 ft 6 inch, 235-pound forward who spent nine seasons with the Baltimore Bullets, and his final season was split between the Phoenix Suns and the ABA Champion Indiana Pacers.
   One of the first forwards to frequently play above the rim, Johnson combined an unusual blend of strength, jumping ability, and speed; he was one of the first dunk shot artists in the NBA. His nickname "Honeycomb" was given to him by his college coach. He had a gold star set into one of his front teeth and shattered three backboards during his career.
   Honeycomb was selected tenth overall in the 1963 NBA draft, by the Chicago Zephyrs, who were in the process of moving to Baltimore to become the Baltimore Bullets for the 1963–64 season. Johnson was an immediate starter under Coach Slick Leonard and averaged 17.3 points and 13.6 rebounds per game. Johnson finished as the runner-up for the Rookie of the Year honors, and made the NBA All-Rookie Team.

   Gus played in five NBA All-Star Games, was named to four All-NBA Second Teams, and was twice named to the All-NBA Defense First Team. His number 25 jersey was retired by the Baltimore Bullets franchise. With the Pacers, he was a member of the 1973 ABA championship team.
   "Gus was probably one of the roughest players I have ever played against. He was not a dirty player. He was one of the most tenacious competitors ever to play the game," said former Piston Dave DeBusschere.
   UPDATE: Johnson was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.

SEASON
LG
TM
GM
MIN
FG%
3P%
FT%
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PPG
1963-64
NBA
BAL
78
36.5
.430
N/A
.658
13.6
2.2
N/A
N/A
N/A
17.3
1964-65
NBA
BAL
76
38.1
.418
N/A
.676
13.0
3.6
N/A
N/A
N/A
18.6
1965-66
NBA
BAL
41
31.3
.413
N/A
.736
13.3
2.8
N/A
N/A
N/A
16.5
1966-67
NBA
BAL
73
36.0
.450
N/A
.708
11.7
2.7
N/A
N/A
N/A
20.7
1967-68
NBA
BAL
60
37.9
.467
N/A
.667
13.0
2.7
N/A
N/A
N/A
19.1
1968-69
NBA
BAL
49
34.1
.459
N/A
.717
11.6
2.0
N/A
N/A
N/A
17.9
1969-70
NBA
BAL
78
37.4
.451
N/A
.724
13.9
3.4
N/A
N/A
N/A
17.3
1970-71
NBA
BAL
66
38.5
.453
N/A
.738
17.1
2.9
N/A
N/A
N/A
18.2
1971-72
NBA
BAL
39
17.1
.383
N/A
.683
5.8
1.3
N/A
N/A
N/A
6.4
1972-73
NBA
PHO
21
19.9
.381
N/A
.694
6.5
1.5
N/A
N/A
N/A
7.8
1972-73
ABA
IND
50
15.1
.441
.190
.738
4.9
1.2
N/A
N/A
N/A
6.0
CAREER
NBA
N/A
631
33.1
.440
.190
.700
12.1
2.5
N/A
N/A
N/A
16.2

iHack's Choice: CLIFFORD ROBINSON
ALL-STAR: 1993-94; SMOY: 1992-93; ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM: 1999-00 (2nd), 2001-02 (2nd).

   Clifford Ralph Robinson (referred to as Clifford (or Cliff) Robinson) (born December 16, 1966, in Buffalo, New York) played collegiately at the University of Connecticut, and was selected with the 36th overall pick (2nd round) in the 1989 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers.
   Robinson played for the Trail Blazers for eight seasons. With he, Clyde Drexler, and Terry Porter (who left in 1995), Portland made the playoffs all eight seasons, including two trips to the NBA Finals in 1990 and 1992. He won the 1992-93 Sixth Man of the Year Award after averaging 19.1 points, 6.6 rebounds and a career-best 1.99 blocks per game.[2] He was an All-Star with the team in 1994.
   Robinson signed with the Phoenix Suns as a free agent on August 25, 1997, where he remained for three more seasons. The highlight of his tenure with the Suns was registering a career-best 50 points against the Denver Nuggets on January 16, 2000. He became the oldest player at 33 years of age and two months to register his first 50-point game. Robinson was traded to the Detroit Pistons on June 29, 2001 in exchange for Jud Buechler and John Wallace, and played a major role in the team's return to playoff contention and defensive dominance.
   At 6'10", he is the tallest player to make more than 1,000 three-pointers; he has made 1,228 threes as of the conclusion of the 2005-06 season and currently ranks 16th all-time in career three-point field goals made. He has played in 1,330 career games which ranks him 7th in NBA history while his 19,388 points make him the second highest on the list of players who have never won a championship, and 34th best all-time. On August 11, 2006, the New Jersey Nets re-signed Robinson to a contract extension to start his 18th year in the league. At age 40, he is the third-oldest player in the league (only Houston Rockets center Dikembe Mutombo and Dallas Mavericks center Kevin Willis were born earlier).
   On February 5, 2007, Robinson's number "00" was retired at Gampel Pavilion on the University of Connecticut campus in Storrs, Connecticut during halftime of the basketball game against the Syracuse Orange as part of the "Huskies of Honor" ceremony which recognized personal accomplishments of 13 former players and 3 coaches.

SEASON
LG
TM
GM
MIN
FG%
3P%
FT%
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PPG
1989-90
NBA
POR
82
19.1
.397
.273
.550
3.8
0.9
0.6
0.6
1.6
9.1
1990-91
NBA
POR
82
23.7
.463
.316
.653
4.3
1.8
1.0
0.9
1.6
11.7
1991-92
NBA
POR
82
25.9
.466
.091
.664
5.1
1.7
1.0
1.3
1.9
12.4
1992-93
NBA
POR
82
31.4
.473
.247
.690
6.6
2.2
1.2
2.0
2.1
19.1
1993-94
NBA
POR
82
34.8
.457
.245
.765
6.7
1.9
1.4
1.4
2.1
20.1
1994-95
NBA
POR
75
36.3
.452
.371
.694
5.6
2.6
1.1
1.1
2.1
21.3
1995-96
NBA
POR
78
38.2
.423
.378
.664
5.7
2.4
1.1
0.9
2.5
21.1
1996-97
NBA
POR
81
38.0
.426
.346
.696
4.0
3.2
1.2
0.8
2.1
15.1
1997-98
NBA
PHO
80
29.5
.479
.321
.689
5.1
2.1
1.2
1.1
1.8
14.2
1998-99
NBA
PHO
50
34.8
.475
.417
.697
4.5
2.6
1.5
1.2
1.8
16.4
1999-00
NBA
PHO
80
35.5
.464
.370
.782
4.5
2.8
1.1
0.8
2.1
18.5
2000-01
NBA
PHO
82
33.5
.422
.361
.709
4.1
2.9
1.1
1.0
2.3
16.4
2001-02
NBA
DET
80
35.7
.425
.378
.694
4.8
2.5
1.1
1.2
1.9
14.6
2002-03
NBA
DET
81
34.9
.398
.336
.676
3.9
3.3
1.1
1.1
2.0
12.2
2003-04
NBA
GSW
82
34.7
.387
.357
.711
3.9
3.3
0.8
0.9
2.1
11.8
2004-05
NBA
GSW
42
26.0
.398
.331
.603
2.7
1.8
1.0
0.9
1.0
8.5
NBA
NJN
29
20.7
.361
.379
.692
3.3
1.0
0.6
0.5
0.9
6.0
NBA
TOT
71
23.8
.386
.347
.639
2.9
1.5
0.9
0.7
0.9
7.5
2005-06
NBA
NJN
80
23.3
.427
.343
.658
3.3
1.1
0.6
0.5
0.8
6.9
2006-07
NBA
NJN
50
19.1
.372
.379
.444
2.4
1.0
0.2
0.5
0.6
4.1
TOTAL
1380
30.8
.438
.356
.689
4.6
2.2
1.0
1.0
1.8
14.2

Coach: BILL SHARMAN
HALL OF FAME: Inducted in 1976 (player) and 2004 (coach); COACH OF THE YEAR: 1972 (NBA), 1971 (ABA); CHAMPIONSHIPS AS AN EXECUTIVE: 1962 (ABL), 1971 (ABA), 1972 (NBA), 1980 (NBA), 1982 (NBA), 1985 (NBA), 1987 (NBA), 1988 (NBA)

   William Walton Sharman (May 25, 1926 - October 25, 2013) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He is mostly known for his time with the Boston Celtics in the 1950s, partnering with Bob Cousy in what was then considered the greatest backcourt duo of all time. As a coach, Sharman won titles in the ABL, ABA, and NBA, and is credited with introducing the now ubiquitous morning shootaround.
   He was the first North American sports figure to win a championship as a player, coach, and executive. He was a 10-time NBA champion (having won four titles as a player with the Celtics, one as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, and five as a Lakers executive), and a 12-time World Champion in basketball overall counting his ABL and ABA titles.
   From 1950 to 1955 Sharman played professional baseball in the Brooklyn Dodgers minor league system. He was called up to the Dodgers late in the 1951 season but did not appear in a game. He was part of a September 27 game in which the entire Brooklyn bench was cleared from the dugout for arguing with the home plate umpire over a ruling at the plate. This has led to the legend that Sharman holds the distinction of being the only player in baseball history to have ever been ejected from a major league game without ever appearing in one.
   Sharman was one of the first NBA guards to shoot better than .400 from the field. He led the NBA in free throw percentage a record seven times (including a record five consecutive seasons), and his mark of 93.2% in the 1958–59 season remained the NBA record until Ernie DiGregorio topped it in 1976–77. Sharman still holds the record for consecutive free throws in the playoffs with 56. Sharman was named to the All-NBA First Team from 1956 through 1959, and was an All-NBA Second Team member in 1953, 1955, and 1960. Sharman played in eight NBA All-Star games, scoring in double figures in seven of them. He was named the 1955 NBA All-Star Game MVP after scoring ten of his fifteen points in the fourth quarter. Sharman still holds the NBA All-Star Game record for field goals attempted in a quarter with 12. Sharman ended his NBA playing career after 11 seasons in 1961. In 1971, Sharman was named to the NBA 25th Anniversary Team. On October 29, 1996, Sharman was named one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players.
   Sharman coached the Cleveland Pipers of the American Basketball League to the league championship in 1962. He next went on to coach Los Angeles State (now California State, Los Angeles) for two seasons. In 1970–71 he coached the Utah Stars to an ABA title and was a co-recipient of the ABA Coach of the Year honors. After resigning as coach for the Utah Stars, Sharman signed a contract to coach the Los Angeles Lakers. The following season, he guided the Wilt Chamberlain and Jerry West-led Los Angeles Lakers to an NBA record 33 game win streak, a then-record 69-13 win-loss mark, the first Lakers championship in Los Angeles and the first for the team in more than a decade. That season, Sharman was named NBA Coach of the Year. He is one of two men to win NBA and ABA championships as a coach.
   As Lakers General Manager, Sharman built the 1980 and 1982 NBA Championship teams, and as Lakers President he oversaw the 1985, 1987 and 1988 NBA Championship teams. Sharman retired from the Lakers front office in 1991 at age 65. Sharman was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1976 as a player and again in 2004 as a coach.