Bob McAdoo

Robert Allen McAdoo Jr. (born September 25, 1951) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. Raised in Greensboro, North Carolina, he was selected second overall in the 1972 NBA draft out of the University of North Carolina. Over a 21-year playing career, he spent his first 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association and his final seven in the Lega Basket Serie A in Italy. McAdoo played center for the majority of his career, dividing the remainder of his time between power forward and small forward.

He was a five-time NBA All-Star and was named the NBA Most Valuable Player in 1975. With the Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s, he reached the NBA Finals in four consecutive years and won two NBA championships. He is among the few players to have won both an NBA title and the FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) as a player. After his playing career, he served as an assistant coach with the Miami Heat, adding three more NBA championships in 2006, 2012, and 2013.

McAdoo was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000 and was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021.