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George Gervin

“IceMan”

Career (regular season)

GP
791
PTS
26.2
REB
4.6
AST
2.8

Personal details

Position
Guard
Height and weight
2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) · 82 kg (181 lb)
Born
April 27, 1952 (age 74)
Birthplace
Detroit, Estados Unidos
School / club
Eastern Michigan
Draft
1974: round 3, pick 40
NBA career
1976-1985 · 10 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1976-77 SAS 82 1,895 454 238 2,705 105 104 — 54.4 — 83.3
1977-78 SAS 82 2,232 420 302 2,857 136 110 306 53.6 — 83.0
1978-79 SAS 80 2,365 400 219 2,888 137 91 286 54.1 — 82.6
1979-80 SAS 78 2,585 403 202 2,934 110 79 254 52.8 31.4 85.2
1980-81 SAS 82 2,221 419 260 2,765 94 56 251 49.2 25.7 82.6
1981-82 SAS 79 2,551 392 187 2,817 77 45 210 50.0 27.8 86.4
1982-83 SAS 78 2,043 357 264 2,830 88 67 247 48.7 36.4 85.3
1983-84 SAS 76 1,967 313 220 2,584 79 47 224 49.0 41.7 84.2
1984-85 SAS 72 1,524 234 178 2,091 66 48 198 50.8 0.0 84.4
1985-86 CHI 82 1,325 215 144 2,065 49 23 161 47.2 21.1 87.9
Career 791 20,708 3,607 2,214 26,536 941 670 2,137 51.1 29.7 84.4

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1976-77 SAS 2 50 11 3 62 1 2 — 43.2 — 80.0
1977-78 SAS 6 199 34 19 227 6 16 19 54.9 — 76.8
1978-79 SAS 14 400 82 35 513 27 14 40 53.6 — 80.8
1979-80 SAS 3 100 20 12 122 5 3 9 50.0 0.0 86.7
1980-81 SAS 7 190 35 24 274 5 5 20 50.0 0.0 80.0
1981-82 SAS 9 265 66 41 373 10 4 31 45.2 0.0 83.1
1982-83 SAS 11 277 74 37 437 12 4 46 51.9 0.0 88.4
1984-85 SAS 5 111 18 14 183 3 3 20 53.2 0.0 79.4
1985-86 CHI 2 0 1 1 11 0 0 2 0.0 — —
Career 59 1,592 341 186 2,202 69 51 187 50.8 0.0 82.1

Awards and titles

  • Hall of Fame: 1996 (as a player)
  • All-Star Game MVP: 1979-80
  • All-NBA First Team (5): 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82
  • All-NBA Second Team (2): 1976-77, 1982-83
  • 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996): 1996-97
  • Scoring leader (4): 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1981-82
  • All-Star (9): 1977, 1978 (starter), 1979 (starter), 1980 (starter), 1981 (starter), 1982 (starter), 1983, 1984 (starter), 1985 (starter)

Retired number

  • San Antonio Spurs: No. 44 (1974-1985 with the team)

Draft

In the ACB (Spain)

28 puntos por partido en 24 encuentros para ayudar a salvarse al TDK Manresa en la 89-90. Un final de leyenda para uno de los 50 mejores jugadores de la historia NBA

Original text in Spanish.

Transactions

  1. · Trade

    The Chicago Bulls traded Dave Greenwood to the San Antonio Spurs for George Gervin.

Salaries

Season Team Salary
1984-85 SAS $0.8M
1985-86 CHI $0.8M
Career total $1.6M

Regular-season salaries; if a team waived him and kept paying, the amounts are added up. Data from Basketball-Reference, cross-checked with HoopsHype and ESPN.

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