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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Lanier" title="Bob Lanier – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Bob Lanier" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Lanier_(Basketballspieler)" title="Bob Lanier (Basketballspieler) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bob Lanier (Basketballspieler)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Lanier" title="Bob Lanier – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bob Lanier" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li 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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American basketball player (1948–2022)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Bob_Lanier_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Bob Lanier (disambiguation)">Bob Lanier (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul 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in 2004</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1948-09-10</span>)</span>September 10, 1948<br /><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">May 10, 2022<span style="display:none">(2022-05-10)</span> (aged 73)<br /><a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix, Arizona</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed height</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed weight</th><td class="infobox-data">250 lb (113 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">High school</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Bennett_High_School_(Buffalo,_New_York)" title="Bennett High School (Buffalo, New York)">Bennett</a> (Buffalo, New York)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">College</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/St._Bonaventure_Bonnies_men%27s_basketball" title="St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball">St. Bonaventure</a> (1967–1970)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/NBA_draft" title="NBA draft">NBA draft</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_draft" title="1970 NBA draft">1970</a>: 1st round, <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_overall_NBA_draft_picks" title="List of first overall NBA draft picks">1st overall pick</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Selected by the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Playing career</th><td class="infobox-data">1970–1984</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Position</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">Center</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Number</th><td class="infobox-data">16</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career history<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">As player:</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_NBA_season" title="1970–71 NBA season">1970</a>–<a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NBA_season" title="1979–80 NBA season">1980</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NBA_season" title="1979–80 NBA season">1980</a>–<a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_NBA_season" title="1983–84 NBA season">1984</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">As coach:</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_NBA_season" title="1994–95 NBA season">1994–1995</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_NBA_season" title="1994–95 NBA season">1995</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">Golden State Warriors (interim)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li>8× <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star">NBA All-Star</a> (<a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1972 NBA All-Star Game">1972</a>–<a href="/wiki/1975_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1975 NBA All-Star Game">1975</a>, <a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1977 NBA All-Star Game">1977</a>–<a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1979 NBA All-Star Game">1979</a>, <a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1982 NBA All-Star Game">1982</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award">NBA All-Star Game MVP</a> (<a href="/wiki/1974_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1974 NBA All-Star Game">1974</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Rookie_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Rookie First Team">NBA All-Rookie First Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_NBA_season" title="1970–71 NBA season">1971</a>)</li> <li>No. 16 <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons#Retired_numbers" title="Detroit Pistons">retired by Detroit Pistons</a></li> <li>No. 16 <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks#Retired_numbers" title="Milwaukee Bucks">retired by Milwaukee Bucks</a></li> <li>Consensus first-team <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/1970_NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="1970 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">1970</a>)</li> <li>Consensus second-team All-American (<a href="/wiki/1968_NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="1968 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">1968</a>)</li> <li>Second-team All-American – <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">AP</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Basketball_Coaches" title="National Association of Basketball Coaches">NABC</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Press_International" title="United Press International">UPI</a> (<a href="/wiki/1969_NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="1969 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">1969</a>)</li> <li>No. 31 <a href="/wiki/St._Bonaventure_Bonnies_men%27s_basketball#Retired_numbers" title="St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball">retired by St. Bonaventure Bonnies</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Points</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">19,248 (20.1 ppg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">9,698 (10.1 rpg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">Blocks</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">1,100 (1.5 bpg)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nba.com/player/600005">Stats</a> at NBA.com</b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q888056#P3647" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" 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Fame">Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Robert Jerry Lanier Jr.</b> (September 10, 1948 – May 10, 2022) was an American professional <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> player. He played <a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">center</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA). Lanier was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame</a> in 1992. </p><p>In 14 NBA seasons, Lanier played in eight <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association All-Star Game">NBA All-Star Games</a> and was named Most Valuable Player of the <a href="/wiki/1974_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1974 NBA All-Star Game">1974 game</a>. His accomplishments came despite a long history with knee injuries. He had his No. 16 jersey <a href="/wiki/Retired_number" title="Retired number">retired</a> by both the Pistons and the Bucks and his No. 31 jersey retired by <a href="/wiki/St._Bonaventure_University" title="St. Bonaventure University">St. Bonaventure University</a>, for whom he played <a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">college basketball</a>. After retiring from playing he was an assistant coach for the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>, and briefly served as their interim head coach. He went on to work as an NBA Cares Global Ambassador. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Lanier&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Robert Jerry Lanier Jr. was born on September 10, 1948, in <a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a>. He was the son of Robert Sr. and Nannette Lanier. His mother raised him in the <a href="/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church" title="Seventh-day Adventist Church">Seventh-day Adventist Church</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Growing up, Lanier initially was rejected in his efforts to play basketball. When he tried out to play for his grammar school team, Lanier was told by a coach that his feet (size 11 at age 11) were too large for him to become a successful athlete. Although he was 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) tall by age 16, Lanier did not make the varsity basketball squad in his sophomore year at <a href="/wiki/Bennett_High_School_(Buffalo,_New_York)" title="Bennett High School (Buffalo, New York)">Bennett High School</a> because he was deemed to be too clumsy.<sup id="cite_ref-nba.com_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his junior year, he was encouraged to try out again by new coach Fred Schwepker, who taught Lanier as a student in his biology class. Lanier tried out again and made the team. He averaged 21.5 points and was named to the All-City team as a junior. In his senior year, he averaged 25.0 points and he earned All-Western New York State honors. In each year, he led Bennett to a Buffalo city title.<sup id="cite_ref-nba.com1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba.com1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nba.com_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lanier graduated in 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-buffalonews_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-buffalonews-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lanier was recruited by more than 100 universities; however, he chose to attend <a href="/wiki/St._Bonaventure_University" title="St. Bonaventure University">St. Bonaventure University</a>, approximately an hour and a half away from his home. There, he played for coach <a href="/wiki/Larry_Weise" title="Larry Weise">Larry Weise</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nba.com1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba.com1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "There was recruiting competition, but the advantage I had, and what I sold, was that his parents could come watch him play", said Coach Weise. "He picked St. Bonaventure. His parents were at every game."<sup id="cite_ref-democratandchronicle.com_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-democratandchronicle.com-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009 as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Buffalo_News" title="The Buffalo News">The Buffalo News</a></i> celebrated 50 years of All-<a href="/wiki/Western_New_York" title="Western New York">Western New York</a> (WNY) basketball selections, Lanier, who was a 1965–66 All-WNY first team selection was named to the All-time All-WNY team along with Laettner, <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Aiken" title="Curtis Aiken">Curtis Aiken</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Harris_(basketball)" title="Paul Harris (basketball)">Paul Harris</a> and Mel Montgomery.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College_career">College career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Lanier&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: College career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lanier was a three-time <a href="/wiki/All-America" title="All-America">All-America</a> selection (1968–1970).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> As a senior in 1970, he led the <a href="/wiki/St._Bonaventure_Bonnies_men%27s_basketball" title="St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball">St. Bonaventure</a> to the <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a> <a href="/wiki/Final_Four" class="mw-redirect" title="Final Four">Final Four</a>. Near the end of the regional championship game, he injured his knee in a collision with <a href="/wiki/Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball" title="Villanova Wildcats men's basketball">Villanova</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Chris_Ford" title="Chris Ford">Chris Ford</a> and did not play in St. Bonaventure's national semifinal loss to <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Dolphins_men%27s_basketball" title="Jacksonville Dolphins men's basketball">Jacksonville University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>That year, Lanier was named the <i>Coach and Athlete Magazine</i> player of the year<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_College_Athletic_Conference" title="Eastern College Athletic Conference">Eastern College Athletic Conference</a>'s Player of the Year.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2007 their basketball court has been called the “ <a href="/wiki/Reilly_Center" title="Reilly Center">Bob Lanier court</a>” </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Freshman_year_(1966–1967)"><span id="Freshman_year_.281966.E2.80.931967.29"></span>Freshman year (1966–1967)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Lanier&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Freshman year (1966–1967)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Per NCAA rules at the time, Lanier played on the freshman team during his first year at St. Bonaventure. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sophomore_year_(1967–1968)"><span id="Sophomore_year_.281967.E2.80.931968.29"></span>Sophomore year (1967–1968)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Lanier&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sophomore year (1967–1968)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bob_lanier_1968_yearbook_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Bob_lanier_1968_yearbook_01.jpg/200px-Bob_lanier_1968_yearbook_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Bob_lanier_1968_yearbook_01.jpg/300px-Bob_lanier_1968_yearbook_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Bob_lanier_1968_yearbook_01.jpg/400px-Bob_lanier_1968_yearbook_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="598" data-file-height="740" /></a><figcaption>Lanier at St. Bonaventure</figcaption></figure> <p>As a 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) sophomore in the 1967–68 season, Lanier made an immediate impact and gained national recognition. Lanier led St. Bonaventure (13–9 in the previous season) to an undefeated regular season (26–0) and a number three final poll ranking. He averaged 26.2 points and 15.6 rebounds per game for the season.<sup id="cite_ref-sports-reference.com_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sports-reference.com-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Against <a href="/wiki/Loyola_Greyhounds_men%27s_basketball" title="Loyola Greyhounds men's basketball">Loyola Maryland</a>, Lanier had 27 rebounds, leading St. Bonaventure to a 94–78 victory.<sup id="cite_ref-nba.com_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 23-team <a href="/wiki/1968_NCAA_University_Division_basketball_tournament" title="1968 NCAA University Division basketball tournament">1968 NCAA tournament</a>, Lanier led St. Bonaventure to a 102–93 victory over <a href="/wiki/Boston_College_Eagles_men%27s_basketball" title="Boston College Eagles men's basketball">Boston College</a> and coach <a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">Bob Cousy</a>. The Bonnies were then defeated 91–72 by <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men%27s_basketball" title="North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball">North Carolina</a> and coach <a href="/wiki/Dean_Smith" title="Dean Smith">Dean Smith</a> in the East Regional semifinal, ending their undefeated season.<sup id="cite_ref-sports-reference.com_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sports-reference.com-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lanier had 32 points and 15 rebounds in the victory over Boston College and 23 points with 9 rebounds in the North Carolina loss. Lanier then fouled out, scoring 18 points with 13 rebounds in the third-place East Region game; St. Bonaventure lost, 92–75, to <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Lions_men%27s_basketball" title="Columbia Lions men's basketball">Columbia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lanier was named a second-team All-American, behind <a href="/wiki/Lew_Alcindor" class="mw-redirect" title="Lew Alcindor">Lew Alcindor</a> (who later changed his name to <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a>) at center.<sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference.com_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference.com-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Junior_year_(1968–1969)"><span id="Junior_year_.281968.E2.80.931969.29"></span>Junior year (1968–1969)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Lanier&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Junior year (1968–1969)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1968–69 season, St. Bonaventure finished with a 17–7 record after starting the season 3–5.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Against <a href="/wiki/Seton_Hall_Pirates_men%27s_basketball" title="Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball">Seton Hall</a>, Lanier scored 51 points, setting the single-game scoring record for St. Bonaventure.<sup id="cite_ref-nba.com_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lanier averaged 27.3 points and 15.6 rebounds in 24 games. Lanier was again named a second-team All-American behind <a href="/wiki/Lew_Alcindor" class="mw-redirect" title="Lew Alcindor">Lew Alcindor</a> at center.<sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference.com_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference.com-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his junior year, Lanier was approached by representatives of the <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association">American Basketball Association</a>'s <a href="/wiki/New_York_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Nets">New York Nets</a>, who reportedly offered him $1.2 million to leave school early and join the ABA. However, following his father's advice, Lanier chose to remain in school.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Senior_year:_NCAA_Tournament_and_knee_injury_(1969–1970)"><span id="Senior_year:_NCAA_Tournament_and_knee_injury_.281969.E2.80.931970.29"></span>Senior year: NCAA Tournament and knee injury (1969–1970)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Lanier&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Senior year: NCAA Tournament and knee injury (1969–1970)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lanier averaged 29.2 points and 16.0 rebounds as St. Bonaventure finished the 1969–70 regular season 25–1 (with the only loss at <a href="/wiki/Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball" title="Villanova Wildcats men's basketball">Villanova</a> 64–62) and a number three national ranking. In the 25-team <a href="/wiki/1970_NCAA_University_Division_basketball_tournament" title="1970 NCAA University Division basketball tournament">1970 NCAA tournament</a>, Lanier led St. Bonaventure to an 80–72 victory over <a href="/wiki/Davidson_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball" title="Davidson Wildcats men's basketball">Davidson College</a> with 28 points and 15 rebounds. He had 24 points and 19 rebounds in an 80–68 victory over <a href="/wiki/NC_State_Wolfpack_men%27s_basketball" title="NC State Wolfpack men's basketball">NC State</a>, and had 26 points and 14 rebounds in the 97–74 victory over Villanova as St. Bonaventure advanced to the Final Four.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, Lanier injured his knee near the end of the regional championship game in a collision with <a href="/wiki/Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball" title="Villanova Wildcats men's basketball">Villanova</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Chris_Ford" title="Chris Ford">Chris Ford</a>. The injury was severe enough that he could not play in the Final Four and eventually required the first of eight knee surgeries he would undergo throughout his life.<sup id="cite_ref-democratandchronicle.com_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-democratandchronicle.com-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Final Four, the Bonnies lost to <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Dolphins_men%27s_basketball" title="Jacksonville Dolphins men's basketball">Jacksonville University</a>, whose center was future <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Hall of Famer</a> <a href="/wiki/Artis_Gilmore" title="Artis Gilmore">Artis Gilmore</a>. St. Bonaventure was whistled for 32 personal fouls and was outscored 37–15 at the free-throw line in the 91–83 loss. In the third-place game, the Bonnies lost to <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_State_Aggies_men%27s_basketball" title="New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball">New Mexico State</a>, finishing the season 25–3.<sup id="cite_ref-democratandchronicle.com_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-democratandchronicle.com-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Every year at this time you start thinking about it and my players start thinking about it," reflected Coach Larry Weise at age 81. "We have a reunion every three, four years and it's the same with them. It was a magical moment in our lives, no question. In our hearts, we knew we were good enough to win the championship."<sup id="cite_ref-democratandchronicle.com_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-democratandchronicle.com-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "I think I appreciate it even more than my (college) teammates," Lanier reflected on the Final Four in 1985, "because I had a basis for comparison. It wasn't the money, or who got the 'numbers' like in the NBA. We weren't any big stars, it was a couple of guys from Buffalo and a guy from Troy all blending together."<sup id="cite_ref-auto_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lanier was named a first-team All-American at center alongside future <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Hall of Famers</a> <a href="/wiki/Dan_Issel" title="Dan Issel">Dan Issel</a> (center, Kentucky), <a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Pete Maravich</a> (point guard, LSU) and <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Murphy" title="Calvin Murphy">Calvin Murphy</a> (point guard, Niagara), along with College Basketball Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Rick_Mount" title="Rick Mount">Rick Mount</a> (shooting guard, <a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers_men%27s_basketball" title="Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball">Purdue</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference.com_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference.com-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lanier graduated from St. Bonaventure with a degree in business administration.<sup id="cite_ref-nba.com_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lanier holds St. Bonaventure records for scoring and rebounding, averaging 27.6 points and 15.7 rebounds, with 57% shooting in 75 career games.<sup id="cite_ref-hoophall.com_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hoophall.com-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2018, St. Bonaventure won its first game in the NCAA tournament since 1970, defeating UCLA. Coach <a href="/wiki/Mark_Schmidt" title="Mark Schmidt">Mark Schmidt</a> said, "It can't get better. Our guys just fought, we persevered. ... In 1970, you know, Bob Lanier got hurt, and didn't have a chance to play UCLA and ... this is for him."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "When I got the job here 11 years ago, we hear the stories about 1970," Schmidt said. "And everybody talks about if Lanier was healthy, they would have taken on UCLA. This victory is for those guys."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Lanier&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Detroit_Pistons_(1970–1980)"><span id="Detroit_Pistons_.281970.E2.80.931980.29"></span>Detroit Pistons (1970–1980)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Lanier&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Detroit Pistons (1970–1980)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lanier was the <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_overall_NBA_draft_picks" title="List of first overall NBA draft picks">first overall pick</a> by the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_draft" title="1970 NBA draft">1970 NBA draft</a>. He was also a territorial pick by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Nets">New York Nets</a> of the <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association">American Basketball Association</a> in the 1970 <a href="/wiki/ABA_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="ABA Draft">ABA Draft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference.com1_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference.com1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lanier played while still recovering from surgery.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was named to the <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Rookie_Team" title="NBA All-Rookie Team">1971 NBA All-Rookie Team</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-hoophall.com_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hoophall.com-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> averaging 15.6 points and 8.1 rebounds for the 45–37 Pistons in 24 minutes per game under Coach <a href="/wiki/Butch_van_Breda_Kolff" title="Butch van Breda Kolff">Butch van Breda Kolff</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference.com1_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference.com1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "I wasn't healthy when I got to the league," Lanier reflected. "I shouldn't have played my first year. But there was so much pressure from them to play, I would have been much better off—and our team would have been much better served—if I had just sat out that year and worked on my knee. My knee was so sore every single day that it was ludicrous to be doing what I was doing."<sup id="cite_ref-Aschburner_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aschburner-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lanier rehabilitated his knee with the help of Coach van Breda Kolff, who had Lanier stay at his beachfront house for 2½ weeks to run in the sand and strengthen his knee and legs.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Lanier became a star for Detroit, playing alongside teammate <a href="/wiki/Dave_Bing" title="Dave Bing">Dave Bing</a>. He averaged more than 21 points per game for each of the next eight seasons, with a high mark of 25.7 PPG in the <a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_NBA_season" title="1971–72 NBA season">1971–72 season</a>. Lanier averaged more than 11 rebounds per game in seven straight seasons. On November 28, 1972, Lanier scored 48 points, a Pistons franchise record to this day for points scored in a game by a center, during a 129–96 win over the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 15, 1974, Lanier led all scorers in that season's <a href="/wiki/NBA_All_Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All Star Game">NBA All Star Game</a> with 24 points, and was named the All-Star Game MVP.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Detroit was a franchise in constant transition. Lanier played under eight coaches in ten seasons: <a href="/wiki/Butch_van_Breda_Kolff" title="Butch van Breda Kolff">Butch van Breda Kolff</a> (1970–1971), <a href="/wiki/Terry_Dischinger" title="Terry Dischinger">Terry Dischinger</a> (1971), <a href="/wiki/Earl_Lloyd" title="Earl Lloyd">Earl Lloyd</a> (1971–1972), <a href="/wiki/Ray_Scott_(basketball)" title="Ray Scott (basketball)">Ray Scott</a> (1972–1975), <a href="/wiki/Herb_Brown" title="Herb Brown">Herb Brown</a> (1975–1977), <a href="/wiki/Bob_Kauffman" title="Bob Kauffman">Bob Kauffman</a> (1977–1978), <a href="/wiki/Dick_Vitale" title="Dick Vitale">Dick Vitale</a> (1978–1979), and <a href="/wiki/Richie_Adubato" title="Richie Adubato">Richie Adubato</a> (1979–1980). Each coach was hired or fired in mid-season.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of his time in Detroit, Lanier said, "I think '73–74 was our best team [52–30]. We had Dave [Bing], <a href="/wiki/Stu_Lantz" title="Stu Lantz">Stu Lantz</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Mengelt" title="John Mengelt">John Mengelt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Ford" title="Chris Ford">Chris Ford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Don_Adams_(basketball)" title="Don Adams (basketball)">Don Adams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Rowe" title="Curtis Rowe">Curtis Rowe</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Trapp" title="George Trapp">George Trapp</a>. But then for some reason, they traded six guys off that team before the following year. I just didn't feel we ever had the leadership... That was a rough time because, at the end of every year, you'd be so despondent."<sup id="cite_ref-Aschburner_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aschburner-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lanier's latter years in Detroit were marred by recurring injuries, as he never played more than 64 games in any of his last four seasons as a Piston. </p><p>In his ten seasons with the Detroit Pistons, Lanier averaged a double-double 22.7 points, 11.8 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 2.0 blocks and 1.2 steals in 681 games. Lanier is the Pistons' all-time leader in scoring average (22.7 ppg); he ranks second in total rebounds (8,063), third in total points (15,488), and was voted to seven All-Star games.<sup id="cite_ref-nba.com1_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba.com1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference.com2_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference.com2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Milwaukee_Bucks_(1980–1984)"><span id="Milwaukee_Bucks_.281980.E2.80.931984.29"></span>Milwaukee Bucks (1980–1984)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Lanier&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Milwaukee Bucks (1980–1984)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On February 4, 1980, Lanier was traded by the Pistons to the Milwaukee Bucks for <a href="/wiki/Kent_Benson" title="Kent Benson">Kent Benson</a> and a 1980 first-round draft pick (which the Pistons used to select <a href="/wiki/Larry_Drew" title="Larry Drew">Larry Drew</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference.com2_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference.com2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 20 of that year, Lanier scored 19 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in a Game 7 loss against the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a> in the Western Conference Semifinals (the final season for the Bucks in that conference).<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 5, 1982, Lanier's 27 points led the Bucks to a Game 5 playoff victory against the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Bucks eventually lost the series. Lanier's 27 points represented his highest single post-season game point total for the Bucks.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Lanier's five seasons with the Bucks, they won the Midwest Division championship each year under Coach <a href="/wiki/Don_Nelson" title="Don Nelson">Don Nelson</a>, with Lanier playing alongside teammates <a href="/wiki/Marques_Johnson" title="Marques Johnson">Marques Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Moncrief" title="Sidney Moncrief">Sidney Moncrief</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quinn_Buckner" title="Quinn Buckner">Quinn Buckner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Junior_Bridgeman" title="Junior Bridgeman">Junior Bridgeman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">Dave Cowens</a>. Still highly effective, but with aging knees, Lanier played a key role with the Bucks while averaging nearly 10 minutes less per game in his Milwaukee tenure that he had in Detroit (36.2 to 26.8).<sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference.com2_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference.com2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of going to Milwaukee, Lanier said, "I wanted the trade. I got to Milwaukee... and the people gave me a standing ovation and really made me feel welcome. It was the start of a positive change. I just wish I had played with that kind of talent around me when I was young. But if I had had Marques [Johnson] and Sidney [Moncrief] and all of them around me? Damn."<sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference.com1_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference.com1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lanier officially retired from the Milwaukee Bucks on September 24, 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference.com2_29-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference.com2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He cited reoccurring knee injuries as the reason for his retirement.<sup id="cite_ref-exnba.com_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-exnba.com-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 278 games with the Bucks, Lanier averaged 26 minutes, 13.5 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 1.0 steals per game. He played in the 1982 All-Star Game with Milwaukee.<sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference.com2_29-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference.com2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During Lanier's five-season tenure, the Bucks advanced as far as the Eastern Conference Finals twice.<sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference.com2_29-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference.com2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NBA_career_summary">NBA career summary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Lanier&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: NBA career summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Over his fourteen-season NBA career, Lanier played in 959 games, averaging 20.1 points, 10.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.5 blocks, and 1.1 steals per game. He scored 19,248 total points and had 9,698 total rebounds.<sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference.com2_29-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference.com2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 67 career playoff games, Lanier averaged 18.6 points, 9.7 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 1.5 blocks. Lanier played in eight NBA All-Star Games; he never appeared in an NBA Finals game.<sup id="cite_ref-nba.com1_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba.com1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference.com2_29-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference.com2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Bob probably wasn't as good a total player as he could have been because of the knee injury," said Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Willis_Reed" title="Willis Reed">Willis Reed</a>. Reed acknowledged that Lanier "probably was one of the best all-around big men ever to play the game of basketball."<sup id="cite_ref-auto_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lanier was known across the league as being tenacious, and was referred to as an "enforcer" due to his physical style of play. His intensity sometimes spilled over from playing into fighting, as he knocked out Atlanta's <a href="/wiki/Bob_Christian_(basketball)" title="Bob Christian (basketball)">Bob Christian</a> in 1971 and broke the nose of Detroit's <a href="/wiki/Bill_Laimbeer" title="Bill Laimbeer">Bill Laimbeer</a> in 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1977 NBA Playoffs">1977 NBA Playoffs</a>, in the third game of a best of three series against <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>, the game was marred by a 3rd quarter fight with <a href="/wiki/Charles_Dudley_(basketball)" title="Charles Dudley (basketball)">Charles Dudley</a> of Golden State tangling with <a href="/wiki/Eric_Money" title="Eric Money">Eric Money</a> of the Pistons. The fight spilled into the stands as a Warriors fan punching Piston <a href="/wiki/M._L._Carr" title="M. L. Carr">M. L. Carr</a> and Lanier then decking the fan. Reflective of the different era in the game, personal fouls were called on Dudley and Money, and the game resumed with the Warriors winning 109–101.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_career">Coaching career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Lanier&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Coaching career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Golden_State_Warriors_(1994–1995)"><span id="Golden_State_Warriors_.281994.E2.80.931995.29"></span>Golden State Warriors (1994–1995)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Lanier&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Golden State Warriors (1994–1995)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_NBA_season" title="1994–95 NBA season">1994–95</a>, Lanier served as an assistant coach for the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> under his former coach, <a href="/wiki/Don_Nelson" title="Don Nelson">Don Nelson</a>. After Nelson resigned, Lanier was named interim head coach on February 13, 1995. He compiled a 12–25 win–loss record in 37 games and the Warriors finished 26–56 overall.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_ventures">Other ventures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Lanier&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Other ventures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lanier owned and operated Bob Lanier Enterprises, Inc., a promotional marketing company which was a member of the Proforma network.<sup id="cite_ref-asi_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asi-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lanier was a spokesperson and chairman of the NBA's "Stay In School" program (later renamed Read to Achieve) from 1989 to 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-nba.com1_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba.com1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2005 to 2022, Lanier was the NBA Cares Global Ambassador. Lanier routinely worked with youth-serving programs that supported education, youth, and family development, and health-related causes.<sup id="cite_ref-excelisys.com_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excelisys.com-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Lanier&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lanier appeared as a member of the Detroit team in the cult classic basketball film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Fish_That_Saved_Pittsburgh" title="The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh">The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh</a></i> in 1979 alongside Pistons teammates <a href="/wiki/Chris_Ford" title="Chris Ford">Chris Ford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Money" title="Eric Money">Eric Money</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Shumate" title="John Shumate">John Shumate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Porter_(basketball,_born_1950)" title="Kevin Porter (basketball, born 1950)">Kevin Porter</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Leon_Douglas" title="Leon Douglas">Leon Douglas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lanier was hired as basketball coach for the film <i><a href="/wiki/White_Men_Can%27t_Jump" title="White Men Can't Jump">White Men Can't Jump</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lanier was impressed with lead actors <a href="/wiki/Woody_Harrelson" title="Woody Harrelson">Woody Harrelson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wesley_Snipes" title="Wesley Snipes">Wesley Snipes</a>, suggesting both reached a Division II college basketball skill level. He also noted that between the two of them, Harrelson was the better player. </p><p>Lanier was also mentioned in the 1980 movie "<a href="/wiki/Airplane!" title="Airplane!">Airplane!</a>" when an exasperated <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul_Jabbar" class="mw-redirect" title="Kareem Abdul Jabbar">Kareem Abdul Jabbar</a> admonished Joey, "Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes!" </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_death">Personal life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Lanier&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Personal life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Navy_030619-N-7849S-007_National_Basketball_Association_(NBA)_Legend_and_Hall_of_Fame_member_Bob_Lanier_signs_autographs_for_USS_Nimitz_(CVN-68)_and_Carrier_Air_Wing_Eleven_(CVW-11)_sailors_during_a_recent_United_Services_Or.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/US_Navy_030619-N-7849S-007_National_Basketball_Association_%28NBA%29_Legend_and_Hall_of_Fame_member_Bob_Lanier_signs_autographs_for_USS_Nimitz_%28CVN-68%29_and_Carrier_Air_Wing_Eleven_%28CVW-11%29_sailors_during_a_recent_United_Services_Or.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/US_Navy_030619-N-7849S-007_National_Basketball_Association_%28NBA%29_Legend_and_Hall_of_Fame_member_Bob_Lanier_signs_autographs_for_USS_Nimitz_%28CVN-68%29_and_Carrier_Air_Wing_Eleven_%28CVW-11%29_sailors_during_a_recent_United_Services_Or.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/US_Navy_030619-N-7849S-007_National_Basketball_Association_%28NBA%29_Legend_and_Hall_of_Fame_member_Bob_Lanier_signs_autographs_for_USS_Nimitz_%28CVN-68%29_and_Carrier_Air_Wing_Eleven_%28CVW-11%29_sailors_during_a_recent_United_Services_Or.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1378" /></a><figcaption>Lanier signing autographs for USS Nimitz sailors in 2003</figcaption></figure> <p>Lanier was married and divorced twice and had five children: Walter “Jack” Lanier, Kimberly Lanier, Tiffany Lanier, Robert Lanier III, and <a href="/wiki/Khalia_Lanier" title="Khalia Lanier">Khalia Lanier</a>. At the time of his death, he had 7 grandchildren.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The knee injuries that plagued Lanier's later career worsened as he aged. He underwent several surgeries after his retirement, the last being in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-exnba.com_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-exnba.com-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame</a> in <a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Massachusetts" title="Springfield, Massachusetts">Springfield, Massachusetts</a>, visitors are able to compare the size of their foot to that of Lanier. The largest shoe ever created by shoe company <a href="/wiki/Allen_Edmonds" title="Allen Edmonds">Allen Edmonds</a> was a size 22 for Lanier.<sup id="cite_ref-nba.com1_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba.com1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2018, Lanier shared one of his most notable NBA memories: "...when I was still playing in Milwaukee and I was getting gas at a station on, I think it was Center St. A guy came up to me and said, 'My dad is sick. And you're his favorite player. Could you come up to the house and say hello to him? The house is right next door.' So I went over, I went upstairs. The guy was laying there in his bed. His son said, 'This is Bob,' and he was like, 'I know.' And he just had a little smile, a twinkle in his eye. And he grabbed my hand and squeezed it. And we said a little prayer. About two weeks later, his dad had died. And he left a card at the Bucks office, just saying 'Thank you for making one of my dad's final days into a good day.'"<sup id="cite_ref-exnba.com_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-exnba.com-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lanier died on May 10, 2022, after a brief illness.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was 73. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors">Honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Lanier&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Inducted into the St. Bonaventure Athletics Hall of Fame in 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-sbu.edu_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sbu.edu-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>St. Bonaventure retired Lanier's No. 31 jersey.<sup id="cite_ref-sbu.edu_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sbu.edu-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 1978, Lanier was selected by the Professional Basketball Writers Association (PBWA) as the recipient of the <a href="/wiki/J._Walter_Kennedy_Citizenship_Award" title="J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award">J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award</a> for outstanding community service.<sup id="cite_ref-excelisys.com_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excelisys.com-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 1981, the <a href="/wiki/YMCA" title="YMCA">YMCA</a> organization presented Lanier with the "<a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a> Award." The award is given for service to youth, good citizenship and leadership.<sup id="cite_ref-excelisys.com_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excelisys.com-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lanier was inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame in 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lanier's No. 16 jersey has been retired by both the Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks. The Bucks retired his jersey in 1984. The Pistons retired his jersey in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lanier was enshrined into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-hoophall.com_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hoophall.com-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2000, Lanier was the recipient of the Congressional "Horizon & Leadership Award." The award is presented annually by the Joint Leadership Commission of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> and the Board of Directors of The Congressional Award Foundation to individuals who have made an exceptional impact on the lives of America's young people.<sup id="cite_ref-excelisys.com_40-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excelisys.com-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2006, Lanier was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2007, Lanier received the <a href="/wiki/National_Civil_Rights_Museum" title="National Civil Rights Museum">National Civil Rights Museum</a> Sports Legacy Award. It was awarded for his significant contribution to civil and human rights internationally in the spirit of Dr. <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The basketball court at Lanier's <i>alma mater</i>, St. Bonaventure, was named in his honor in 2007. "Bob Lanier Court" is in the Reilly Center Arena. Said the 2007 press release, "Bob Lanier elevated an already established St. Bona basketball program to the next level and is an ideal ambassador of the sport. When we were thinking about names for the court he was the obvious choice and a perfect fit."<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lanier was named co-recipient of the 2009 "The <a href="/wiki/Mannie_Jackson" title="Mannie Jackson">Mannie Jackson</a> – Basketball's Human Spirit Award." The award was given by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in recognition of his passion for the game of basketball and his continued commitment to community service.<sup id="cite_ref-excelisys.com_40-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excelisys.com-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Following Lanier's death, Detroit Pistons players wore a black stripe with No. 16 across the right shoulder (as seen from the front) of their jerseys for the 2022–23 NBA season.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NBA_career_statistics">NBA career statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Lanier&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: NBA career statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="white-space: nowrap;"> <caption>Legend </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;">  GP </td> <td>Games played </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black">  GS  </td> <td>Games started </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> MPG  </td> <td>Minutes per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> FG%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Field_goal_(basketball)" title="Field goal (basketball)">Field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> 3P%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">3-point field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> FT%  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Free_throw" title="Free throw">Free throw</a> percentage </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> RPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> APG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> SPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steal_(basketball)" title="Steal (basketball)">Steals</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> BPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">Blocks</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> PPG  </td> <td>Points per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> <b>Bold</b>  </td> <td>Career high </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Lanier&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Regular season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games started">GS</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Minutes per game">MPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Field goal percentage">FG%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="3-point field-goal percentage">3P%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Free-throw percentage">FT%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Rebounds per game">RPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Assists per game">APG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Steals per game">SPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Blocks per game">BPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Points per game">PPG</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_NBA_season" title="1970–71 NBA season">1970–71</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1970–71 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> </td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>24.6</td> <td>.455</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.726</td> <td>8.1</td> <td>1.8</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>15.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_NBA_season" title="1971–72 NBA season">1971–72</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1971–72 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> </td> <td>80</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>38.7</td> <td>.493</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.768</td> <td>14.2</td> <td>3.1</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td><b>25.7</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_NBA_season" title="1972–73 NBA season">1972–73</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1972–73 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> </td> <td>81</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>38.9</td> <td>.490</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.773</td> <td><b>14.9</b></td> <td>3.2</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>23.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_NBA_season" title="1973–74 NBA season">1973–74</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1973–74 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> </td> <td>81</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>37.6</td> <td>.504</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.797</td> <td>13.3</td> <td>4.2</td> <td><b>1.4</b></td> <td><b>3.0</b></td> <td>22.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_NBA_season" title="1974–75 NBA season">1974–75</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1974–75 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> </td> <td>76</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td><b>39.3</b></td> <td>.510</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.802</td> <td>12.0</td> <td><b>4.6</b></td> <td>1.0</td> <td>2.3</td> <td>24.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_NBA_season" title="1975–76 NBA season">1975–76</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1975–76 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> </td> <td>64</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>36.9</td> <td>.532</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.768</td> <td>11.7</td> <td>3.4</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>21.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NBA_season" title="1976–77 NBA season">1976–77</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1976–77 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> </td> <td>64</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>38.2</td> <td>.534</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td><b>.818</b></td> <td>11.6</td> <td>3.3</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>25.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_NBA_season" title="1977–78 NBA season">1977–78</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1977–78 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> </td> <td>63</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>36.7</td> <td>.537</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.772</td> <td>11.3</td> <td>3.4</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>24.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_NBA_season" title="1978–79 NBA season">1978–79</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1978–79 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> </td> <td>53</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>34.6</td> <td>.515</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.749</td> <td>9.3</td> <td>2.6</td> <td>.9</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>23.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NBA_season" title="1979–80 NBA season">1979–80</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1979–80 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> </td> <td>37</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>37.6</td> <td>.546</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.781</td> <td>10.1</td> <td>3.3</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>21.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NBA_season" title="1979–80 NBA season">1979–80</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1979–80 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td>26</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>28.4</td> <td>.519</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>.785</td> <td>6.9</td> <td>2.4</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>15.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_NBA_season" title="1980–81 NBA season">1980–81</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1980–81 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td>67</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>26.2</td> <td>.525</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>.751</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>2.7</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>14.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">1981–82</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1981–82 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td>74</td> <td>72</td> <td>26.8</td> <td>.558</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.752</td> <td>5.2</td> <td>3.0</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>.8</td> <td>13.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_NBA_season" title="1982–83 NBA season">1982–83</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1982–83 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td>39</td> <td>35</td> <td>25.1</td> <td>.491</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.684</td> <td>5.1</td> <td>2.7</td> <td>.9</td> <td>.6</td> <td>10.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_NBA_season" title="1983–84 NBA season">1983–84</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1983–84 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td>72</td> <td>72</td> <td>27.9</td> <td><b>.572</b></td> <td>.000</td> <td>.708</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>2.6</td> <td>.8</td> <td>.7</td> <td>13.6 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career </td> <td>959</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>33.5</td> <td>.514</td> <td>.154</td> <td>.767</td> <td>10.1</td> <td>3.1</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>20.1 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">All-Star </td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>15.1</td> <td>.582</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.833</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>.5</td> <td>.6</td> <td>9.2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Playoffs">Playoffs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Lanier&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games started">GS</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Minutes per game">MPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Field goal percentage">FG%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="3-point field-goal percentage">3P%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Free-throw percentage">FT%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Rebounds per game">RPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Assists per game">APG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Steals per game">SPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Blocks per game">BPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Points per game">PPG</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1974_NBA_playoffs" title="1974 NBA playoffs">1974</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1973–74 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> </td> <td>7</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td><b>43.3</b></td> <td>.507</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.789</td> <td>15.3</td> <td>3.0</td> <td>.6</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>26.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1975_NBA_playoffs" title="1975 NBA playoffs">1975</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1974–75 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> </td> <td>3</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>42.7</td> <td>.510</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.750</td> <td>10.7</td> <td><b>6.3</b></td> <td>1.3</td> <td><b>4.0</b></td> <td>20.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_playoffs" title="1976 NBA playoffs">1976</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1975–76 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> </td> <td>9</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>39.9</td> <td>.552</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td><b>.900</b></td> <td>12.7</td> <td>3.3</td> <td>.9</td> <td>2.3</td> <td>26.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_playoffs" title="1977 NBA playoffs">1977</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1976–77 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> </td> <td>3</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>39.3</td> <td><b>.630</b></td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.842</td> <td><b>16.7</b></td> <td>2.0</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>2.3</td> <td><b>28.0</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_playoffs" title="1980 NBA playoffs">1980</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1979–80 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td>7</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>36.6</td> <td>.515</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.738</td> <td>9.3</td> <td>4.4</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>19.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_playoffs" title="1981 NBA playoffs">1981</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1980–81 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td>7</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>33.7</td> <td>.588</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.719</td> <td>7.4</td> <td>4.0</td> <td><b>1.7</b></td> <td>1.1</td> <td>17.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_playoffs" title="1982 NBA playoffs">1982</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1981–82 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td>6</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>35.3</td> <td>.513</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.560</td> <td>7.5</td> <td>3.7</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>.8</td> <td>16.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_playoffs" title="1983 NBA playoffs">1983</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1982–83 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td>9</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>27.8</td> <td>.573</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.600</td> <td>7.0</td> <td>2.6</td> <td>.6</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>13.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_playoffs" title="1984 NBA playoffs">1984</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1983–84 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td><b>16</b></td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>31.2</td> <td>.480</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.886</td> <td>7.3</td> <td>3.4</td> <td>.7</td> <td>.6</td> <td>12.7 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career </td> <td>67</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>35.2</td> <td>.532</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.768</td> <td>9.6</td> <td>3.5</td> <td>.9</td> <td>1.5</td> 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1947_BAA_draft" title="1947 BAA draft">1947</a>: <a href="/wiki/Clifton_McNeely" title="Clifton McNeely">McNeely</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1948_BAA_draft" title="1948 BAA draft">1948</a>: <a href="/wiki/Andy_Tonkovich" title="Andy Tonkovich">Tonkovich</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1949_BAA_draft" title="1949 BAA draft">1949</a>: <a href="/wiki/Howie_Shannon" title="Howie Shannon">Shannon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1950_NBA_draft" title="1950 NBA draft">1950</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Share" title="Chuck Share">Share</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1951_NBA_draft" title="1951 NBA draft">1951</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gene_Melchiorre" title="Gene Melchiorre">Melchiorre</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1952_NBA_draft" title="1952 NBA draft">1952</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Workman" title="Mark 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<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1959_NBA_draft" title="1959 NBA draft">1959</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Boozer" title="Bob Boozer">Boozer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1960_NBA_draft" title="1960 NBA draft">1960</a>: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1961_NBA_draft" title="1961 NBA draft">1961</a>: <a href="/wiki/Walt_Bellamy" title="Walt Bellamy">Bellamy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1962_NBA_draft" title="1962 NBA draft">1962</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bill_McGill" title="Bill McGill">McGill</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1963_NBA_draft" title="1963 NBA draft">1963</a>: <a href="/wiki/Art_Heyman" title="Art Heyman">Heyman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1964_NBA_draft" title="1964 NBA draft">1964</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jim_%22Bad_News%22_Barnes" title="Jim "Bad News" Barnes">Barnes</a></span></li> 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selflink">Lanier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_draft" title="1971 NBA draft">1971</a>: <a href="/wiki/Austin_Carr" title="Austin Carr">Carr</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_draft" title="1972 NBA draft">1972</a>: <a href="/wiki/LaRue_Martin" title="LaRue Martin">L. Martin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1973_NBA_draft" title="1973 NBA draft">1973</a>: <a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Collins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1974_NBA_draft" title="1974 NBA draft">1974</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1975_NBA_draft" title="1975 NBA draft">1975</a>: <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">D. Thompson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_draft" title="1976 NBA draft">1976</a>: <a href="/wiki/John_Lucas_II" title="John Lucas II">Lucas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_draft" title="1977 NBA draft">1977</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kent_Benson" title="Kent Benson">Benson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_draft" title="1978 NBA draft">1978</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mychal_Thompson" title="Mychal Thompson">M. Thompson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_draft" title="1979 NBA draft">1979</a>: <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">E. Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_draft" title="1980 NBA draft">1980</a>: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Barry_Carroll" title="Joe Barry Carroll">Carroll</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_draft" title="1981 NBA draft">1981</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Aguirre" title="Mark Aguirre">Aguirre</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_draft" title="1982 NBA draft">1982</a>: <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">Worthy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_draft" title="1983 NBA draft">1983</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_draft" title="1984 NBA draft">1984</a>: <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_draft" title="1985 NBA draft">1985</a>: <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Ewing</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_draft" title="1986 NBA draft">1986</a>: <a href="/wiki/Brad_Daugherty_(basketball)" title="Brad Daugherty (basketball)">Daugherty</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_draft" title="1987 NBA draft">1987</a>: <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">D. Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_draft" title="1988 NBA draft">1988</a>: <a href="/wiki/Danny_Manning" title="Danny Manning">Manning</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_draft" title="1989 NBA draft">1989</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pervis_Ellison" title="Pervis Ellison">Ellison</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_draft" title="1990 NBA draft">1990</a>: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Coleman" title="Derrick Coleman">Coleman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1991_NBA_draft" title="1991 NBA draft">1991</a>: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1969)" title="Larry Johnson (basketball, born 1969)">L. Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1992_NBA_draft" title="1992 NBA draft">1992</a>: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1993_NBA_draft" title="1993 NBA draft">1993</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Webber</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_draft" title="1994 NBA draft">1994</a>: <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Robinson" title="Glenn Robinson">G. Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_draft" title="1995 NBA draft">1995</a>: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Smith_(basketball)" title="Joe Smith (basketball)">Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1996_NBA_draft" title="1996 NBA draft">1996</a>: <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1997_NBA_draft" title="1997 NBA draft">1997</a>: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_draft" title="1998 NBA draft">1998</a>: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Olowokandi" title="Michael Olowokandi">Olowokandi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1999_NBA_draft" title="1999 NBA draft">1999</a>: <a href="/wiki/Elton_Brand" title="Elton Brand">Brand</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_NBA_draft" title="2000 NBA draft">2000</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">K. Martin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_NBA_draft" title="2001 NBA draft">2001</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kwame_Brown" title="Kwame Brown">Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_draft" title="2002 NBA draft">2002</a>: <a href="/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming">Yao</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_NBA_draft" title="2003 NBA draft">2003</a>: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_NBA_draft" title="2004 NBA draft">2004</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Howard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_NBA_draft" title="2005 NBA draft">2005</a>: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bogut" title="Andrew Bogut">Bogut</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_draft" title="2006 NBA draft">2006</a>: <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Bargnani" title="Andrea Bargnani">Bargnani</a></span></li> <li><span 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href="/wiki/2013_NBA_draft" title="2013 NBA draft">2013</a>: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Bennett_(basketball)" title="Anthony Bennett (basketball)">Bennett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_NBA_draft" title="2014 NBA draft">2014</a>: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Wiggins" title="Andrew Wiggins">Wiggins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_draft" title="2015 NBA draft">2015</a>: <a href="/wiki/Karl-Anthony_Towns" title="Karl-Anthony Towns">Towns</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_draft" title="2016 NBA draft">2016</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Simmons" title="Ben Simmons">Simmons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_draft" title="2017 NBA draft">2017</a>: <a href="/wiki/Markelle_Fultz" title="Markelle Fultz">Fultz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_draft" title="2018 NBA draft">2018</a>: <a href="/wiki/Deandre_Ayton" title="Deandre Ayton">Ayton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_draft" title="2019 NBA draft">2019</a>: <a href="/wiki/Zion_Williamson" title="Zion Williamson">Williamson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_draft" title="2020 NBA draft">2020</a>: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Edwards_(basketball)" title="Anthony Edwards (basketball)">Edwards</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_NBA_draft" title="2021 NBA draft">2021</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cade_Cunningham" title="Cade Cunningham">Cunningham</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_NBA_draft" title="2022 NBA draft">2022</a>: <a href="/wiki/Paolo_Banchero" title="Paolo Banchero">Banchero</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_NBA_draft" title="2023 NBA draft">2023</a>: <a href="/wiki/Victor_Wembanyama" title="Victor Wembanyama">Wembanyama</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_NBA_draft" title="2024 NBA draft">2024</a>: <a 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href="/wiki/Paul_Arizin" title="Paul Arizin">Arizin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/wiki/George_Mikan" title="George Mikan">Mikan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">Cousy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Sharman" title="Bill Sharman">Sharman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Pettit" title="Bob Pettit">Pettit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">Cousy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Pettit" title="Bob Pettit">Pettit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor">Baylor</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bob_Pettit" title="Bob Pettit">Pettit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Pettit" title="Bob Pettit">Pettit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Russell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Smith_(basketball)" title="Adrian Smith (basketball)">A. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Barry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Hal_Greer" title="Hal Greer">Greer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Willis_Reed" title="Willis Reed">Reed</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Wilkens</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">West</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">Cowens</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lanier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Frazier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Bing" title="Dave Bing">Bing</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Erving</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Randy_Smith_(basketball)" title="Randy Smith (basketball)">R. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">Thompson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/George_Gervin" title="George Gervin">Gervin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Nate_Archibald" title="Nate Archibald">Archibald</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Erving</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Chambers_(basketball)" title="Tom Chambers (basketball)">Chambers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Malone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Barkley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">Stockton</a> & <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Malone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Pippen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Mitch_Richmond" title="Mitch Richmond">Richmond</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Glen_Rice" title="Glen Rice">Rice</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <i><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_NBA_lockout" title="1998–99 NBA lockout">No game played</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Garnett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a> & <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Wade</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paul" title="Chris Paul">Paul</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Kyrie_Irving" title="Kyrie Irving">Irving</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Russell_Westbrook" title="Russell Westbrook">Westbrook</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Russell_Westbrook" title="Russell Westbrook">Westbrook</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Davis" title="Anthony Davis">Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Leonard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Giannis_Antetokounmpo" title="Giannis Antetokounmpo">Antetokounmpo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Curry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Jayson_Tatum" title="Jayson Tatum">Tatum</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Damian_Lillard" title="Damian Lillard">Lillard</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="J._Walter_Kennedy_Citizenship_Award" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist 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Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">M. Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Porter" title="Terry Porter">Porter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Dumars</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: O'Toole</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Dudley" title="Chris Dudley">Dudley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/P._J._Brown" title="P. J. 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color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #1D428A, inset -2px -2px 0 #1D428A; !important;;"><div> <ul><li>Founded in <b><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FFFFFF">1937</span></b></li> <li>Formerly the <b>Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons</b> (1937–1948) and the <b>Fort Wayne Pistons</b> (1948–1957)</li> <li>Based in <b><a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FFFFFF">Detroit, Michigan</span></a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C8102E !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #1D428A, inset -2px -2px 0 #1D428A; !important;;;width:1%">Franchise</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons_all-time_roster" title="Detroit Pistons all-time roster">All-time roster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons_draft_history" title="Detroit Pistons draft history">Draft history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Pistons_head_coaches" title="List of Detroit Pistons head coaches">Head coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Pistons_seasons" title="List of Detroit Pistons seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="2024–25 Detroit Pistons season">Current season</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C8102E !important; 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Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Schommer" title="John Schommer">Schommer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Scott_(basketball)" title="Charlie Scott (basketball)">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barney_Sedran" title="Barney Sedran">Sedran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sharman" title="Bill Sharman">Sharman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katie_Smith" title="Katie Smith">K. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Staley" title="Dawn Staley">Staley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Steinmetz" title="Christian Steinmetz">Steinmetz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">Stockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheryl_Swoopes" title="Sheryl Swoopes">Swoopes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">D. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michele_Timms" title="Michele Timms">Timms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuzzy_Vandivier" title="Fuzzy Vandivier">Vandivier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Wade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Wanzer" title="Bobby Wanzer">Wanzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Weatherspoon" title="Teresa Weatherspoon">Weatherspoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Westphal" title="Paul Westphal">Westphal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Whalen" title="Lindsay Whalen">Whalen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Jo_White" title="Jo Jo White">J. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Wilkens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynette_Woodard" title="Lynette Woodard">Woodard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wooden" title="John Wooden">Wooden</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Forwards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Arizin" title="Paul Arizin">Arizin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seimone_Augustus" title="Seimone Augustus">Augustus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Barkley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor">Baylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Bosh" title="Chris Bosh">Bosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Boswell" title="Sonny Boswell">Boswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley" title="Bill Bradley">Bradley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Brown_(basketball,_born_1942)" title="Roger Brown (basketball, born 1942)">R. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swin_Cash" title="Swin Cash">Cash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamika_Catchings" title="Tamika Catchings">Catchings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Cooper_(basketball)" title="Chuck Cooper (basketball)">C. Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cooper" title="Michael Cooper">M. Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denise_Curry" title="Denise Curry">Curry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dra%C5%BEen_Dalipagi%C4%87" title="Dražen Dalipagić">Dalipagić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dandridge" title="Bob Dandridge">Dandridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Dantley" title="Adrian Dantley">Dantley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Davis_(basketball)" title="Walter Davis (basketball)">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_DeBusschere" title="Dave DeBusschere">DeBusschere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Dehnert" title="Dutch Dehnert">Dehnert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_English" title="Alex English">English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Erving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_E._Foster" title="Harold E. Foster">Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Fulks" title="Joe Fulks">Fulks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laddie_Gale" title="Laddie Gale">Gale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Garnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">Gasol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_Gates" title="Pop Gates">Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Gola" title="Tom Gola">Gola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Hagan" title="Cliff Hagan">Hagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">Havlicek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connie_Hawkins" title="Connie Hawkins">Hawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Haywood" title="Spencer Haywood">Haywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Heinsohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Hill" title="Grant Hill">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bailey_Howell" title="Bailey Howell">Howell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Hudson" title="Lou Hudson">Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauren_Jackson" title="Lauren Jackson">L. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Gus Johnson (basketball)">G. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(basketball,_born_1951)" title="Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)">B. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_King" title="Bernard King">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radivoj_Kora%C4%87" title="Radivoj Korać">Korać</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toni_Kuko%C4%8D" title="Toni Kukoč">Kukoč</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Luisetti" title="Hank Luisetti">Luisetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">K. Malone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katrina_McClain" title="Katrina McClain">McClain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branch_McCracken" title="Branch McCracken">B. McCracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_McCracken" title="Jack McCracken">J. McCracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_McGinnis" title="George McGinnis">McGinnis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">McHale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vern_Mikkelsen" title="Vern Mikkelsen">Mikkelsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Miller" title="Cheryl Miller">C. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Mullin" title="Chris Mullin">Mullin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Nowitzki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Pettit" title="Bob Pettit">Pettit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Pierce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Pippen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Pollard" title="Jim Pollard">Pollard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Pullins" title="Albert Pullins">Pullins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dino_Ra%C4%91a" title="Dino Rađa">Radja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Ramsey_(basketball)" title="Frank Ramsey (basketball)">Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Rodman" title="Dennis Rodman">Rodman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolph_Schayes" title="Dolph Schayes">Schayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Schmidt" title="Ernest Schmidt">E. Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Schmidt" title="Oscar Schmidt">O. Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Stokes" title="Maurice Stokes">Stokes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cat_Thompson" title="Cat Thompson">C. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Thompson" title="Tina Thompson">T. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Twyman" title="Jack Twyman">Twyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chet_Walker" title="Chet Walker">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Webber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nera_White" title="Nera White">N. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Wilkes" title="Jamaal Wilkes">Wilkes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominique_Wilkins" title="Dominique Wilkins">Wilkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">Worthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Yardley" title="George Yardley">Yardley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Centers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Abdul-Jabbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Barlow_(basketball)" title="Thomas Barlow (basketball)">Barlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zelmo_Beaty" title="Zelmo Beaty">Beaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Bellamy" title="Walt Bellamy">Bellamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarzan_Cooper" title="Tarzan Cooper">T. Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kre%C5%A1imir_%C4%86osi%C4%87" title="Krešimir Ćosić">Ćosić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">Cowens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Crawford_(basketball)" title="Joan Crawford (basketball)">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Daniels" title="Mel Daniels">Daniels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forrest_DeBernardi" title="Forrest DeBernardi">DeBernardi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vlade_Divac" title="Vlade Divac">Divac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Donovan" title="Anne Donovan">Donovan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Ewing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Gallatin" title="Harry Gallatin">Gallatin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artis_Gilmore" title="Artis Gilmore">Gilmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yolanda_Griffith" title="Yolanda Griffith">Griffith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ace_Gruenig" title="Ace Gruenig">Gruenig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lusia_Harris" title="Lusia Harris">Harris-Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Houbregs" title="Bob Houbregs">Houbregs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Issel" title="Dan Issel">Issel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inman_Jackson" title="Inman Jackson">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skinny_Johnson" title="Skinny Johnson">W. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Johnston" title="Neil Johnston">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moose_Krause" title="Moose Krause">M. Krause</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kurland" title="Bob Kurland">Kurland</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lanier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Leslie" title="Lisa Leslie">Leslie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Lovellette" title="Clyde Lovellette">Lovellette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Lapchick" title="Joe Lapchick">Lapchick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Macauley" title="Ed Macauley">Macauley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubiratan_Pereira_Maciel" title="Ubiratan Pereira Maciel">Maciel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">M. Malone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_McAdoo" title="Bob McAdoo">McAdoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dino_Meneghin" title="Dino Meneghin">Meneghin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Mikan" title="George Mikan">Mikan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alonzo_Mourning" title="Alonzo Mourning">Mourning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stretch_Murphy" title="Stretch Murphy">S. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dikembe_Mutombo" title="Dikembe Mutombo">Mutombo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Parish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willis_Reed" title="Willis Reed">Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnie_Risen" title="Arnie Risen">Risen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">B. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arvydas_Sabonis" title="Arvydas Sabonis">Sabonis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uljana_Semjonova" title="Uljana Semjonova">Semjonova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Sikma" title="Jack Sikma">Sikma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nate_Thurmond" title="Nate Thurmond">Thurmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Unseld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Wachter" title="Ed Wachter">Wachter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Wallace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ora_Washington" title="Ora Washington">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming">Yao</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_coaches_in_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="List of coaches in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Coaches</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Adelman" title="Rick Adelman">Adelman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lidiya_Alekseyeva" title="Lidiya Alekseyeva">Alexeeva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phog_Allen" title="Phog Allen">P. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Anderson_(basketball)" title="Harold Anderson (basketball)">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Auerbach" title="Red Auerbach">Auerbach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geno_Auriemma" title="Geno Auriemma">Auriemma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Barmore" title="Leon Barmore">Barmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Barry" title="Sam Barry">Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Bess" title="Gene Bess">Bess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Blair" title="Gary Blair">Blair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Blood" title="Ernest Blood">Blood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Boeheim" title="Jim Boeheim">Boeheim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Brown_(basketball)" title="Larry Brown (basketball)">L. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Calhoun" title="Jim Calhoun">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Calipari" title="John Calipari">Calipari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Cann" title="Howard Cann">Cann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doc_Carlson" title="Doc Carlson">Carlson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Carnesecca" title="Lou Carnesecca">Carnesecca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Carnevale" title="Ben Carnevale">Carnevale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Carril" title="Pete Carril">Carril</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Case" title="Everett Case">Case</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Chancellor" title="Van Chancellor">Chancellor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Chaney_(basketball,_born_1932)" title="John Chaney (basketball, born 1932)">Chaney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jody_Conradt" title="Jody Conradt">Conradt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denny_Crum" title="Denny Crum">Crum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Daly" title="Chuck Daly">Daly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Dean" title="Everett Dean">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_D%C3%ADaz-Miguel" title="Antonio Díaz-Miguel">Díaz-Miguel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Diddle" title="Edgar Diddle">Diddle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Drake" title="Bruce Drake">Drake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lefty_Driesell" title="Lefty Driesell">Driesell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Ferr%C3%A1ndiz" title="Pedro Ferrándiz">Ferrándiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Fitch" title="Bill Fitch">Fitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotton_Fitzsimmons" title="Cotton Fitzsimmons">Fitzsimmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Gaines" title="Clarence Gaines">Gaines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandro_Gamba" title="Sandro Gamba">Gamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Gardner_(basketball)" title="Jack Gardner (basketball)">Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Gaze" title="Lindsay Gaze">Gaze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slats_Gill" title="Slats Gill">Gill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Gomelsky" title="Alexander Gomelsky">Gomelsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sue_Gunter" title="Sue Gunter">Gunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Hannum" title="Alex Hannum">Hannum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marv_Harshman" title="Marv Harshman">Harshman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Haskins" title="Don Haskins">Haskins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Hatchell" title="Sylvia Hatchell">Hatchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Heinsohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Hickey" title="Eddie Hickey">Hickey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hixon" title="David Hixon">Hixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Hobson" title="Howard Hobson">Hobson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Holzman" title="Red Holzman">Holzman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Huggins" title="Bob Huggins">Huggins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hughes_(basketball)" title="Robert Hughes (basketball)">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hurley" title="Bob Hurley">Hurley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Iba" title="Henry Iba">Iba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Izzo" title="Tom Izzo">Izzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Jackson" title="Phil Jackson">P. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doggie_Julian" title="Doggie Julian">Julian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Karl" title="George Karl">Karl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Keady" title="Gene Keady">Keady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Keaney" title="Frank Keaney">Keaney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Keogan" title="George Keogan">Keogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Knight" title="Bob Knight">Knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Krzyzewski" title="Mike Krzyzewski">Krzyzewski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kundla" title="John Kundla">Kundla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ward_Lambert" title="Ward Lambert">Lambert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Leonard" title="Bobby Leonard">Leonard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Lewis" title="Guy Lewis">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Litwack" title="Harry Litwack">Litwack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Loeffler" title="Ken Loeffler">Loeffler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Lonborg" title="Dutch Lonborg">Lonborg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Magee" title="Herb Magee">Magee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arad_McCutchan" title="Arad McCutchan">McCutchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muffet_McGraw" title="Muffet McGraw">McGraw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_McGuire" title="Al McGuire">A. McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_McGuire" title="Frank McGuire">F. McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McLendon" title="John McLendon">McLendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Meanwell" title="Walter Meanwell">Meanwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Meyer" title="Ray Meyer">Meyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Miller" title="Ralph Miller">Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billie_Moore" title="Billie Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Mulkey" title="Kim Mulkey">Mulkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Nelson" title="Don Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleksandar_Nikoli%C4%87" title="Aleksandar Nikolić">Nikolić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirko_Novosel" title="Mirko Novosel">Novosel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lute_Olson" title="Lute Olson">Olson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Pitino" title="Rick Pitino">Pitino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregg_Popovich" title="Gregg Popovich">Popovich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ramsay" title="Jack Ramsay">Ramsay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harley_Redin" title="Harley Redin">Redin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nolan_Richardson" title="Nolan Richardson">Richardson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Riley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cesare_Rubini" title="Cesare Rubini">Rubini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolph_Rupp" title="Adolph Rupp">Rupp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Rush" title="Cathy Rush">Rush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">B. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Ryan" title="Bo Ryan">Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Sachs" title="Lenny Sachs">Sachs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Self" title="Bill Self">Self</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sharman" title="Bill Sharman">Sharman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Shelton" title="Everett Shelton">Shelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Sloan" title="Jerry Sloan">Sloan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Smith_(basketball_coach)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Smith (basketball coach) (page does not exist)">C. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Smith" title="Dean Smith">D. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marianne_Stanley" title="Marianne Stanley">Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Stevens_(basketball)" title="Barbara Stevens (basketball)">Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Vivian_Stringer" title="C. Vivian Stringer">Stringer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Summitt" title="Pat Summitt">Summitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Sutton" title="Eddie Sutton">Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Tarkanian" title="Jerry Tarkanian">Tarkanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Taylor_(basketball,_born_1924)" title="Fred Taylor (basketball, born 1924)">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertha_Teague" title="Bertha Teague">Teague</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Thompson_(basketball)" title="John Thompson (basketball)">J. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Tomjanovich" title="Rudy Tomjanovich">Tomjanovich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tara_VanDerveer" title="Tara VanDerveer">VanDerveer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Wade_(basketball)" title="Margaret Wade (basketball)">Wade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Watts" title="Stan Watts">Watts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Wilkens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Williams" title="Gary Williams">G. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Williams_(basketball_coach)" title="Roy Williams (basketball coach)">R. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wooden" title="John Wooden">Wooden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Woolpert" title="Phil Woolpert">Woolpert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Wootten" title="Morgan Wootten">Wootten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Wright_(basketball)" title="Jay Wright (basketball)">Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kay_Yow" title="Kay Yow">Yow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame#Contributors" title="List of members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Contributors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Senda_Berenson_Abbott" title="Senda Berenson Abbott">Abbott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Val_Ackerman" title="Val Ackerman">Ackerman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Attles" title="Al Attles">Attles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Barksdale" title="Don Barksdale">Barksdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Baumann_(basketball)" title="Patrick Baumann (basketball)">Baumann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clair_Bee" title="Clair Bee">Bee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Biasone" title="Danny Biasone">Biasone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">H. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_A._Brown" title="Walter A. Brown">W. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bunn_(basketball)" title="John Bunn (basketball)">Bunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Buss" title="Jerry Buss">Buss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nat_Clifton" title="Nat Clifton">Clifton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Colangelo" title="Jerry Colangelo">Colangelo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Costello" title="Larry Costello">Costello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Davidson_(businessman)" title="Bill Davidson (businessman)">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Douglas" title="Bob Douglas">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alva_Duer" title="Alva Duer">Duer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Embry" title="Wayne Embry">Embry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Fagan" title="Cliff Fagan">Fagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_A._Fisher" title="Harry A. Fisher">Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Fleisher" title="Larry Fleisher">Fleisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Garfinkel" title="Howard Garfinkel">Garfinkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Gavitt" title="Dave Gavitt">Gavitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Gottlieb" title="Eddie Gottlieb">Gottlieb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russ_Granik" title="Russ Granik">Granik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luther_Gulick_(physician)" title="Luther Gulick (physician)">Gulick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Harris" title="Del Harris">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Harrison_(basketball)" title="Les Harrison (basketball)">Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chick_Hearn" title="Chick Hearn">Hearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Henderson" title="Edwin Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferenc_Hepp" title="Ferenc Hepp">Hepp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_J._Hickox" title="Edward J. Hickox">Hickox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hinkle" title="Tony Hinkle">Hinkle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Irish" title="Ned Irish">Irish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannie_Jackson" title="Mannie Jackson">M. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Jernstedt" title="Tom Jernstedt">Jernstedt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renato_William_Jones" title="Renato William Jones">R. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Walter_Kennedy" title="J. Walter Kennedy">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Knight" title="Phil Knight">Knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Krause" title="Jerry Krause">J. Krause</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meadowlark_Lemon" title="Meadowlark Lemon">Lemon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emil_Liston" title="Emil Liston">Liston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Lloyd" title="Earl Lloyd">Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Lobo" title="Rebecca Lobo">Lobo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McLendon" title="John McLendon">McLendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Mokray" title="Bill Mokray">Mokray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Morgan_(basketball)" title="Ralph Morgan (basketball)">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_Morgenweck" title="Pop Morgenweck">Morgenweck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Naismith" title="James Naismith">Naismith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Newell" title="Pete Newell">Newell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._M._Newton" title="C. M. Newton">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_O%27Brien_(basketball,_born_1888)" title="John O'Brien (basketball, born 1888)">J. O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_O%27Brien" title="Larry O'Brien">L. O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Olsen" title="Harold Olsen">Olsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Podoloff" title="Maurice Podoloff">Podoloff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._V._Porter" title="H. V. Porter">Porter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Raveling" title="George Raveling">Raveling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Reid_(basketball)" title="William Reid (basketball)">Reid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Reinsdorf" title="Jerry Reinsdorf">Reinsdorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmer_Ripley" title="Elmer Ripley">Ripley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satch_Sanders" title="Satch Sanders">Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abe_Saperstein" title="Abe Saperstein">Saperstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Schabinger" title="Arthur Schabinger">Schabinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Simon_(businessman)" title="Herb Simon (businessman)">Simon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_St._John" title="Lynn St. John">St. John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amos_Alonzo_Stagg" title="Amos Alonzo Stagg">Stagg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borislav_Stankovi%C4%87" title="Borislav Stanković">Stanković</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Steitz" title="Ed Steitz">Steitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Stern" title="David Stern">Stern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Taylor_(salesman)" title="Chuck Taylor (salesman)">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Thorn" title="Rod Thorn">Thorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oswald_Tower" title="Oswald Tower">Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Trester" title="Arthur Trester">Trester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Valvano" title="Jim Valvano">Valvano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Vitale" title="Dick Vitale">Vitale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifford_Wells" title="Clifford Wells">Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Welts" title="Rick Welts">Welts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Wilke" title="Louis Wilke">Wilke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tex_Winter" title="Tex Winter">Winter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Zollner" title="Fred Zollner">Zollner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame#Referees" title="List of members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Referees</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Bavetta" title="Dick Bavetta">Bavetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Enright_(referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Enright (referee)">Enright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Evans_(basketball)" title="Hugh Evans (basketball)">Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darell_Garretson" title="Darell Garretson">Garretson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Hepbron" title="George Hepbron">Hepbron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Hoyt" title="George Hoyt">Hoyt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_P._Kennedy" title="Matthew P. Kennedy">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Leith" title="Lloyd Leith">Leith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Mihalik" title="Red Mihalik">Mihalik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Nichols" title="Hank Nichols">Nichols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Nucatola" title="John Nucatola">Nucatola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_C._Quigley" title="Ernest C. 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href="/wiki/1956%E2%80%9357_Tennessee_A%26I_State_Tigers_basketball_team" title="1956–57 Tennessee A&I State Tigers basketball team">1956–57 Tennessee A&I State men's team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957%E2%80%9358_Tennessee_A%26I_State_Tigers_basketball_team" title="1957–58 Tennessee A&I State Tigers basketball team">1957–58 Tennessee A&I State men's team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Tennessee_A%26I_State_Tigers_basketball_team" title="1958–59 Tennessee A&I State Tigers basketball team">1958–59 Tennessee A&I State men's team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1960 United States men's Olympic basketball team">1960 United States men's Olympic team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_Texas_Western_Miners_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team">1965–66 Texas Western men's team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_women%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1976 United States women's Olympic basketball team">1976 United States women's Olympic team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team">1992 United States men's Olympic team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All-American_Red_Heads" title="All-American Red Heads">All-American Red Heads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Germans" title="Buffalo Germans">Buffalo Germans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_First_Team" title="The First Team">The First Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlem_Globetrotters" title="Harlem Globetrotters">Harlem Globetrotters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immaculata_University#Women's_basketball" title="Immaculata University">Immaculata College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Renaissance" title="New York Renaissance">New York Renaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Original_Celtics" title="Original Celtics">Original Celtics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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