David Greenwood

For the American football player, see David Greenwood (American football).

David Greenwood
Greenwood as a junior at UCLA
Personal information
Born (1957-05-27) May 27, 1957 (age 67)
Lynwood, California, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight222 lb (101 kg)
Career information
High schoolVerbum Dei (Los Angeles, California)
CollegeUCLA (1975–1979)
NBA draft1979: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
Selected by the Chicago Bulls
Playing career1979–1991
PositionPower forward / center
Number34, 10, 22, 33
Career history
1979–1985Chicago Bulls
1985–1989San Antonio Spurs
1989Denver Nuggets
1989–1990Detroit Pistons
1990–1991San Antonio Spurs
Career highlights and awards
Career statistics
Points8,428 (10.2 ppg)
Rebounds6,537 (7.9 rpg)
Blocks736 (0.9 bpg)
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference
Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

David Murphy-Kasim Greenwood (born May 27, 1957) is an American retired professional basketball player whose National Basketball Association (NBA) career spanned 12 years from 1979 to 1991. Greenwood made his NBA debut on October 13, 1979, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team during the 1979–80 season.[1] A forward/center, he played for the Chicago Bulls, San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets and Detroit Pistons.

Greenwood was the second overall pick of the 1979 NBA draft. The Chicago Bulls lost the coin toss to the Los Angeles Lakers, who drafted future Hall of Famer Earvin "Magic" Johnson with their number one pick, acquired in a trade with the New Orleans Jazz.

Before the Michael Jordan era in Chicago, Greenwood was one of the franchise's marquee players along with Reggie Theus and Orlando Woolridge. On October 24, 1985, Greenwood was traded by the Bulls to the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for future Hall of Famer George Gervin.[1]

On January 26, 1989, Greenwood and Spurs teammate, Darwin Cook were traded to the Denver Nuggets for Calvin Natt and Jay Vincent.[1] On October 6, 1989, Greenwood signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Detroit Pistons, whom he would assist in a victorious effort in the 1990 NBA Finals as a reserve.[1] He would later sign as an unrestricted free agent with the San Antonio Spurs on August 17, 1990, until his release on May 21, 1991.[1]

Greenwood attended the University of California at Los Angeles. He was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2021

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
 †  Won an NBA championship

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1979–80 Chicago 82 82 34.0 .474 .143 .810 9.4 2.2 0.7 1.6 16.3
1980–81 Chicago 82 82 33.0 .486 .000 .748 8.8 2.7 0.9 1.5 14.4
1981–82 Chicago 82 82 35.5 .473 .000 .825 9.6 3.2 0.9 1.1 14.6
1982–83 Chicago 79 61 29.8 .455 .000 .708 9.7 1.9 0.7 1.1 10.0
1983–84 Chicago 78 76 34.8 .490 .000 .737 10.1 1.8 0.9 0.9 12.2
1984–85 Chicago 61 28 25.0 .458 .000 .713 6.4 1.3 0.6 0.3 6.1
1985–86 San Antonio 68 74 28.1 .510 .000 .772 7.8 1.3 0.5 0.8 7.9
1986–87 San Antonio 79 78 32.7 .513 .500 .785 9.9 3.0 0.9 0.6 11.9
1987–88 San Antonio 45 40 27.5 .460 .000 .748 6.7 2.2 0.7 0.5 8.6
1988–89 San Antonio 38 15 24.0 .425 — .800 6.3 1.4 0.8 0.6 7.7
Denver 29 3 16.9 .419 — .676 5.7 1.4 0.6 1.0 5.9
1989–90† Detroit 37 0 5.5 .423 — .552 2.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 1.6
1990–91 San Antonio 63 11 16.2 .503 .000 .734 3.5 0.8 0.5 0.4 3.8
Career 823 582 28.4 .477 .138 .765 7.9 2.0 0.7 0.9 10.2

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1981 Chicago 6 — 35.3 .586 .000 .417 7.3 1.8 1.5 0.8 17.8
1985 Chicago 4 4 34.8 .536 — .800 7.8 1.3 1.5 1.0 9.5
1986 San Antonio 3 3 33.7 .522 — .750 6.0 1.0 1.0 0.3 10.0
1989 Denver 3 0 11.3 .333 — .500 3.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.7
1990† Detroit 5 0 9.4 .500 — .250 1.8 0.0 0.4 0.1 1.0
1991 San Antonio 1 0 5.0 1.000 — — 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
Career 22 7 24.5 .557 .000 .583 5.2 1.0 1.0 0.5 8.5

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Dave Greenwood Stats | Basketball-Reference.com".