OSCAR ROBERTSON ("Big O")
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: 1960-61; MVP: 1963-64; ALL-NBA: 1960-61 (1st), 1961-62 (1st), 1962-63 (1st). 1963-64 (1st), 1964-65 (1st), 1965-66 (1st), 1966-67 (1st), 1967-68 (1st), 1968-69 (1st), 1969-70 (2nd), 1970-71 (2nd); ALL-STAR: 1960-61,1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72; HALL OF FAME: Inducted in 1980.

ROBERT PARISH ("Chief")
ALL-NBA: 1981-82 (2nd), 1988-89 (3rd); ALL-STAR: 1980-81,1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1989-90, 1990-91; HALL OF FAME: Inducted in 2003.

CHRIS MULLIN
ALL-NBA TEAM: 1988-89 (2nd), 1989-90 (3rd), 1990-91 (2nd) 1991-92 (1st); ALL-STAR: 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93.

   At 6-6 from Brooklyn, N.Y., Chris Mullin is the most honored player in St. John's history. The consensus All-American's sharp outside shooting from the floor, his dead-eye accuracy from the free-throw line, his keen basketball sense, his leadership both on and off the court and his total devotion to the game of basketball led him to become, arguably, the greatest player in St. John's history. Besides leading St. John's to the Final Four his senior year and a No. 1 ranking by both the UPI and AP polls for several weeks, Mullin was the recipient of the John R. Wooden Award, which is given to the nation's top collegiate basketball player. Mullin was a consensus first-team All-America, was named UPI's Player of the Year and District II Player of the Year
   The ultimate gym rat, Chris Mullin wore jersey No. 17 in honor of his boyhood hero, Boston Celtics legend John Havlicek. Mullin, a 6-7 swingman with a sweet left-handed jumper, may one day join his idol in the Hall of Fame after heralded collegiate and NBA careers. His quick and sure jump shot helped him average 18.2 point per game over his 16-year career. And after courageously confronting personal problems and overcoming injuries early in his career, he will be remembered as one of the great players of the storied Warriors franchise.
   In the 1988-89 season, the player the Warriors thought they were getting in the 1985 Draft finally emerged, as Mullin rededicated himself to the game. Mullin averaged a career-best 26.5 points (fifth in the league), 5.9 rebounds, and 5.1 assists. He was named to the All-NBA Second Team. He became the third player in Warriors history -- joining Wilt Chamberlain and Rick Barry -- to total 2,000 points, 400 rebounds, and 400 assists in a season. He also became the fourth player in the team’s 2,000-point club, joining Chamberlain, Barry and Purvis Short.
   Effort more than physicality marked Mullin's playing style. Somewhat lanky at 215 pounds and six-foot seven inches, Mullin managed to hold his own. He was a dead-eye outside shooter and could go to either his left or right and shoot with either hand, despite being naturally left-handed. This made him difficult for many NBA small forwards to guard. He was on the All-NBA second team (1989 and 1991), third team (1990), and first team (1992). In April 2004, Mullin was named executive vice president of basketball operations for the Warriors. Mullin also appeared in the 1995 Billy Crystal movie "Forget Paris".

SEASON	LG	TM	GM	MIN	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PPG
1985-86	NBA	GSW	55	25.3	.463	.185	.896	2.1	1.9	1.3	0.4	1.4	14.0
1986-87	NBA	GSW	82	29.0	.514	.302	.825	2.2	3.2	1.2	0.4	1.9	15.1
1987-88	NBA	GSW	60	33.9	.508	.351	.885	3.4	4.8	1.9	0.5	2.6	20.2
1988-89	NBA	GSW	82	37.7	.509	.230	.892	5.9	5.1	2.1	0.5	3.6	26.5
1989-90	NBA	GSW	78	36.3	.536	.372	.889	5.9	4.1	1.6	0.6	3.1	25.1
1990-91	NBA	GSW	82	40.4	.536	.301	.884	5.4	4.0	2.1	0.8	3.0	25.7
1991-92	NBA	GSW	81	41.3	.524	.366	.833	5.6	3.5	2.1	0.8	2.5	25.6
1992-93	NBA	GSW	46	41.3	.510	.451	.810	5.0	3.6	1.5	0.9	3.0	25.9
1993-94	NBA	GSW	62	37.5	.472	.364	.753	5.6	5.1	1.7	0.9	2.9	16.8
1994-95	NBA	GSW	25	35.6	.489	.452	.879	4.6	5.0	1.5	0.8	3.7	19.0
1995-96	NBA	GSW	55	29.4	.499	.393	.856	2.9	3.5	1.4	0.6	2.2	13.3
1996-97	NBA	GSW	79	34.6	.553	.411	.864	4.0	4.1	1.6	0.4	2.4	14.5
1997-98	NBA	IND	82	26.5	.481	.440	.939	3.0	2.3	1.2	0.5	1.4	11.3
1998-99	NBA	IND	50	23.6	.477	.465	.870	3.2	1.6	0.9	0.3	1.2	10.1
1999-00	NBA	IND	47	12.4	.428	.409	.902	1.6	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.6	5.1
2000-01	NBA	GSW	20	18.7	.340	.365	.857	2.1	1.0	0.8	0.5	1.0	5.8
TOTAL			986	32.6	.509	.384	.865	4.1	3.5	1.6	0.6	2.3	18.2

   Charles Linwood Williams (born March 8, 1960 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina), better known as "Buck", was one of the best rebounders in the history of the NBA. His 17-year NBA career was adorned with three All-Star Game appearances, a Rookie of the Year award, All-Rookie team selection, an All-NBA second team selection and four selections to the first and second All-Defensive teams.
   Williams attended Rocky Mount High School (then called Rocky Mount Senior High) in Rocky Mount before going off to play collegiately at the University of Maryland. Williams had immediate success at Maryland, capturing the ACC Rookie of the Year Award in 1979. He led the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in rebounding twice (1979 and 1981), while averaging 15.5 points per game in his sophomore and junior years. He earned first-team All-American honors in 1981 and earned All-ACC honors in 1980 and 1981. National recognition of his performances came when he was selected to the 1980 USA Olympic basketball team, along such players as later two-time NBA champions Isiah Thomas and Mark Aguirre; he, however, never got to represent the national colors in Moscow due to the United States' boycott. In 2002, Williams was one of eight former Maryland players to be named to the ACC's 50th Anniversary Men's Basketball Team.
   After three years at Maryland, Williams decided to leave for the NBA. The New Jersey Nets selected him third overall in the 1981 NBA Draft, behind Olympic teammates Aguirre and Thomas. In his first season with the Nets, he averaged 15.5 points and led the team with 12.3 rebounds per game, helping New Jersey win 20 more games (a 44-38 win-loss record) than the previous year and earning 1982 Rookie of the Year honors. Williams established himself as a premier player at the power forward position over the next eight seasons with the Nets; in six of those he was ranked among the best three rebounders in the league, never averaging less than twelve rebounds per game.
   On June 24, 1989, the Nets traded Williams to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Sam Bowie and a draft pick. In Portland, Williams would continue his solid play and take a complementary frontcourt role to established guard duo of Clyde Drexler and Terry Porter. The Blazers' post-season campaigns ended in the first round four consecutive years prior to 1990; contrastingly, Wiliams' first three seasons with the Blazers were marked by three Western Conference Finals appearances and two NBA Finals: in 1990 they succumbed to the powerhouse Detroit Pistons in five games, while in 1992 they fell to the ever-improving Chicago Bulls in six. Williams was regularly in the starting lineup for the first six of his seven seasons with the Blazers. He remains the franchise leader in field goal percentage (55.0%).
   In the twilight of his career, after the 1995-96 season, Williams moved back to the Atlantic Division, signing with the New York Knicks, where he played in a much more limited capacity, behind the frontcourt duo of Patrick Ewing and Charles Oakley. He spent two years with the Knicks, but was forced to miss 41 games during 1997-98 season due to knee surgery (the first time in his career he missed more than 12 games in a season). Williams announced his retirement on January 27, 1999, holding career averages of 12.8 points and ten rebounds per game and a field goal average of 54.9 percent. During the course of his 17 year NBA career, Williams racked up more than 16,000 points and 13,000 rebounds — one of only seven NBA players to ever reach both marks.

SEASON	LG	TM	GM	MIN	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PPG
1981-82	NBA	NJN	82	34.5	.582	.000	.624	12.3	1.3	1.0	1.0	2.9	15.5
1982-83	NBA	NJN	82	36.1	.588	.000	.620	12.5	1.5	1.1	1.3	3.0	17.0
1983-84	NBA	NJN	81	37.1	.535	.000	.570	12.3	1.6	1.0	1.5	2.9	15.7
1984-85	NBA	NJN	82	38.8	.530	.250	.625	12.3	2.0	0.8	1.3	2.9	18.2
1985-86	NBA	NJN	82	37.4	.523	.000	.676	12.0	1.6	0.9	1.2	3.0	15.9
1986-87	NBA	NJN	82	36.3	.557	.000	.731	12.5	1.6	1.0	1.1	3.4	18.0
1987-88	NBA	NJN	70	37.7	.560	1.00	.668	11.9	1.6	1.0	0.6	2.7	18.3
1988-89	NBA	NJN	74	33.1	.531	.000	.666	9.4	1.1	0.8	0.5	1.9	13.0
1989-90	NBA	POR	82	34.2	.548	.000	.706	9.8	1.4	0.8	0.5	2.0	13.6
1990-91	NBA	POR	80	32.3	.602	--	.705	9.4	1.2	0.6	0.6	1.7	11.7
1991-92	NBA	POR	80	31.5	.604	.000	.754	8.8	1.4	0.8	0.5	1.6	11.3
1992-93	NBA	POR	82	30.5	.511	.000	.645	8.4	0.9	1.0	0.7	1.2	8.3
1993-94	NBA	POR	81	32.5	.555	.000	.679	10.4	1.0	0.7	0.6	1.4	9.7
1994-95	NBA	POR	82	29.5	.512	.500	.673	8.2	1.0	0.8	0.8	1.5	9.2
1995-96	NBA	POR	70	23.9	.500	.667	.668	5.8	0.6	0.6	0.7	1.3	7.3
1996-97	NBA	NYK	74	20.2	.537	.000	.642	5.4	0.7	0.5	0.5	1.1	6.3
1997-98	NBA	NYK	41	18.0	.503	--	.732	4.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.9	4.9
TOTAL			1307	32.5	.549	.167	.664	9.1	1.3	0.8	0.8	2.1	14.5

BOB LOVE ("Butterbean")
ALL-NBA TEAM: 1970-71 (2nd), 1971-72 (2nd); ALL-STAR: 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73; ALL-DEFENSE: 1971-72 (2nd), 1973-74 (2nd), 1974-75 (2nd).

   Butterbean Love grew up in poverty as one of fourteen children in rural Louisiana. As a child and throughout his early life he was unable to do what most of us take for granted--speak properly. He had a severe stuttering problem. There were long periods which he could not speak at all, as well as times when he just stumbled his way through. To escape from his embarrassing speech problem, Love dreamed of one day becoming a basketball star. Not having the financial resources to afford a basket or basketball, young Bob nailed a coat hanger to the side of his grandmother's house and used his imagination.
   A versatile forward who could shoot with either his left or right hand, Love rose through the ranks and became one of the top players ever to play the game of basketball. He played 11 seasons in the NBA, led the Bulls in team-scoring for seven straight years and was a three-time NBA All-Star. Love flourished while playing for Dick Motta's Bulls. In 1969-1970, he became a full-time starter, averaging 21 points and 8.7 rebounds. The following two seasons he averaged 25.2 and 25.8 points per game, appeared in his first two NBA All-Star Games, and earned All-NBA Second Team honors both seasons. Love also appeared in the 1973 All-Star Game, and he would average at least 19 points and six rebounds every season until 1976-1977. Love was named to the NBA's All-Defense Second Team in 1974 and 1975. He led the Bulls in scoring for seven straight seasons (now ranking third among Bulls all-time scorers with 12,623 points).
   His was unstoppable until...he hurt his back in 1977. His playing days were over, with career totals of 13,895 points and 4,653 rebounds. The doctors told him he would never walk again, and his wife left him, taking all their belongings saying she did not want to be married to a "stutterer and a cripple."
   Unable to speak, Bob tried for seven years to find a steady job. In the early 80's he hit rock bottom. He took a job busing tables and washing dishes at Nordstrom's in Seattle, Washington, at a measly $4.45 an hour. Days, weeks, and months went by. It was the most humiliating and embarrassing time of his life. Former players and their children would see him cleaning tables, and Love recalls overhearing people whisper things like, "Hey, that's Bob Love...used to be a great basketball player...what a shame." Those whispers made Bob stronger. He endured for over a year-and-a-half, and one day, one of the Nordstrom owners said he was doing a great job and offered to help him with his speech problem. They paid for his speech training. Bob was a new man. In 1992, he received a call from Steve Schanwald, the Bulls vice president of marketing and broadcasting. The fans still loved him and they wanted him back. Would he consider a job as director of community relations? After all those years, he was finally coming home. He promptly accepted the job and dropped down to his knees and gave thanks. The mid-'90s have bestowed some happy times upon Love. On January 19, 1994, his famous number 10 jersey was retired before a sellout crowd at Chicago stadium.

SEASON	LG	TM	GM	MIN	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PPG
1966-67	NBA	CIN	66	16.3	.429	--	.633	3.9	0.7	--	--	--	6.7
1967-68	NBA	CIN	72	14.8	.424	--	.684	2.9	0.8	--	--	--	6.4
1968-69	NBA	MIL	14	16.2	.368	--	.763	4.6	0.2	--	--	--	7.6
	NBA	CHI	35	9.0	.416	--	.724	2.5	0.4	--	--	--	5.1
	NBA	TOT	49	11.1	.397	--	.740	3.1	0.3	--	--	--	5.9
1969-70	NBA	CHI	82	38.1	.466	--	.842	8.7	1.8	--	--	--	21.0
1970-71	NBA	CHI	81	43.0	.447	--	.829	8.5	2.3	--	--	--	25.2
1971-72	NBA	CHI	79	39.3	.442	--	.784	6.6	1.6	--	--	--	25.8
1972-73	NBA	CHI	82	37.0	.431	--	.824	6.5	1.5	--	--	--	23.1
1973-74	NBA	CHI	82	40.1	.417	--	.818	6.0	1.6	1.0	0.3	--	21.8
1974-75	NBA	CHI	61	39.4	.429	--	.830	6.3	1.7	1.0	0.2	--	22.0
1975-76	NBA	CHI	76	37.1	.390	--	.801	6.7	1.9	0.8	0.1	--	19.1
1976-77	NBA	CHI	14	35.4	.338	--	.761	5.2	1.6	0.6	0.1	--	12.2
	NBA	NYN	13	17.5	.462	--	.846	2.9	0.3	0.1	0.2	--	10.1
	NBA	SEA	32	14.1	.372	--	.872	2.7	0.7	0.4	0.1	--	4.1
	NBA	TOT	59	19.9	.379	--	.826	3.4	0.8	0.4	0.1	--	7.3
TOTAL			789	31.8	.429	--	.805	5.9	1.4	0.8	0.2	--	17.6