Remember the ABA: George McGinnis (original) (raw)
George McGinnis
Nicknames: "Big Mac", "The Baby Bull"
Ht. 6-8 Wt. 235 College - Indiana ABA Team: Indiana (71-72 to 74-75)
All-American at Indiana University. Drafted # 1 by Pacers in 1971. ABA All-Rookie Team in 1972. ABA Co-MVP with Julius Erving in 74-75. Led ABA in Scoring in 74-75 with 29.8 ppg. Second in ABA Scoring 2 years in a row: 72-73 (27.6 ppg) and 73-74 (25.9 ppg). 3-Time ABA All-Star. 3-Time Member of ABA All-Pro Team. Played on 2 Indiana Pacers ABA Championship Teams.
From Jim O'Brien's 1972-73 Complete Handbook of Pro Basketball:
After first working against McGinnis, Willie Wise, who's regarded as one of the toughest two-way forwards in pro ball, offered this remark: "The man's just too strong to be playing basketball." . . . After the rookie had 30 points and 20 rebounds against New York, Nets' coach Lou Carnesecca called him "a heavyweight contender." . . . Always remember him grabbing rebound, dribbling length of court through everyone, then throwing a behind the back pass to Roger Brown for an easy layup along the baseline . . . Signed with Pacers after sophomore season at Indiana University, where he led Big Ten in scoring (29.9) and rebounds (14.5) . . . Was All-America in high school in football as well as basketball. "I think I could've played pro football too," he says. "I think football helped me physically in basketball. I like going inside, knocking a few people around and coming out with the ball."
GP
Min
FGM
FGA
FG%
3PM
3PA
3P%
FTM
FTA
FT%
TReb
AST
PF
Stl
Blk
Pnts
RPG
APG
PPG
Career ABA Totals
314
11985
2995
6374
.470
81
279
.290
1848
2708
.682
4056
1104
1236
525
96
7919
12.9
3.5
25.2
ABA Playoff Totals
70
2681
599
1334
.449
29
100
.290
431
620
.695
901
286
291
52
16
1658
12.9
4.1
23.7
ABA All-Star Totals
3
96
23
50
.460
0
2
.000
9
17
.529
38
8
13
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-
55
12.7
2.7
18.3