Al Bianchi

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Alfred A. Bianchi (March 26, 1932 – October 28, 2019) was an American professional basketball player, coach, general manager, consultant, and scout.

Early years

Nicknamed "Blinky", he attended P.S. 4 elementary school and graduated from Long Island City High School in 1950. A 1954 graduate of Bowling Green State University, he was voted to the "All-Ohio Team" and received honorable mention as a basketball All-American.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps from 1954 to 1956.

Professional playing career

Starting in 1956, Bianchi played for the Syracuse Nationals of the NBA. He moved with the team to Philadelphia when it became the 76ers for the 1963–64 season. He was one of the last proponents in the NBA of the two-handed set shot.

Coaching career

On May 1, 1966, Bianchi was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the NBA expansion draft but never played in a game for them and retired as a player. He then became assistant coach under former teammate Johnny "Red" Kerr, head coach of the Bulls. After a year in Chicago, he was hired as head coach of the expansion team Seattle SuperSonics, compiling a 53–111 record for the new NBA franchise.[1]

He then became coach and general manager of the Washington Caps/Virginia Squires of the American Basketball Association from 1969 through 1975. In 1971, he won ABA Coach of the Year honors for guiding the Squires to the ABA's Eastern Division championship with a record of 55–29 (.655). The Squires then lost to the New York Nets in the Eastern Division finals, and the Indiana Pacers defeated the Nets in the ABA Finals. He finished his coaching career with a 283–392 record.[2]

Front office

In 1976, he re-entered the NBA to work for head coach John MacLeod as assistant coach for the Phoenix Suns, from 1976 to 1987, a tenure highlighted by the Suns' legendary triple-overtime loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of the NBA finals, won by the Celtics 4 games to 2.[1]

He then moved to the front office as general manager for the New York Knicks from 1987 to 1991. Returning to Phoenix in 1991, he scouted college players for the Suns. In 2004, he became a consultant-scout for the Golden State Warriors, where he stayed through the 2008–09 season.

In September 2007, he was inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame as a player, by the New York City Athletic Club.

Bianchi lived and worked as a consultant in Phoenix.

He was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame at the 11th Annual Ceremony on May 21, 2016, in Columbus.

Death

Bianchi died on October 28, 2019, in Phoenix, Arizona, from congestive heart failure at the age of 87.[1]

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
 *  Led the league

NBA

Source[3]

Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
Template:Nbay Syracuse 68 23.2 .351 .690 3.3 1.6 8.3
Template:Nbay Syracuse 69 20.6 .344 .683 3.2 1.7 8.3
Template:Nbay Syracuse 72* 24.7 .377 .723 2.8 2.2 10.0
Template:Nbay Syracuse 69 18.2 .366 .703 2.6 2.4 7.7
Template:Nbay Syracuse 52 12.8 .345 .690 2.0 1.8 5.7
Template:Nbay Syracuse 80* 24.1 .397 .697 3.5 3.3 10.3
Template:Nbay Syracuse 61 19.0 .424 .732 2.2 2.8 7.6
Template:Nbay Philadelphia 78 18.4 .376 .773 1.9 1.9 8.0
Template:Nbay Philadelphia 60 18.6 .360 .711 1.6 2.3 6.7
Template:Nbay Philadelphia 78 16.8 .382 .673 1.7 1.7 6.3
Career 687 19.9 .374 .707 2.5 2.2 8.1

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1957 Syracuse 5 19.4 .316 .667 3.0 1.6 6.4
1958 Syracuse 2 18.5 .333 .375 3.5 1.0 5.0
1959 Syracuse 9 21.3 .459 .636 3.2 2.8 9.1
1960 Syracuse 2 9.0 .000 – 1.5 1.5 .0
1961 Syracuse 7 12.9 .370 .889 1.0 .7 6.0
1962 Syracuse 5 36.8 .391 .850 5.2 3.6 14.2
1963 Syracuse 5 15.4 .441 .571 1.6 .4 6.8
1964 Philadelphia 5 13.6 .414 .750 .8 .8 5.4
1965 Philadelphia 11 28.0 .381 .667 1.5 2.7 9.5
1966 Philadelphia 5 12.8 .419 .750 2.0 .8 9.0
Career 56 20.3 .391 .696 2.2 1.8 8.0

Coaching record

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NBA/ABA

Template:NBA coach statistics start |- | style="text-align:left;"|Seattle | style="text-align:left;"|Template:Nbay | 82||23||59||Template:Winning percentage|| style="text-align:center;"|5th in Western||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"|Seattle | style="text-align:left;"|Template:Nbay | 82||30||52||Template:Winning percentage|| style="text-align:center;"|6th in Western||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"|Washington* | style="text-align:left;"|1969–70 | 84||44||40||Template:Winning percentage|| style="text-align:center;"|3rd in Western Division||7||3||4||Template:Winning percentage | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Div. semifinals |- | style="text-align:left;"|Virginia* | style="text-align:left;"|1970–71 | 84||55||29||Template:Winning percentage|| style="text-align:center;"|1st in Eastern Division||12||6||6||Template:Winning percentage | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Div. finals |- | style="text-align:left;"|Virginia* | style="text-align:left;"|1971–72 | 84||45||39||Template:Winning percentage|| style="text-align:center;"|2nd in Eastern Division||11||7||4||Template:Winning percentage | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Div. finals |- | style="text-align:left;"|Virginia* | style="text-align:left;"|1972–73 | 84||42||42||Template:Winning percentage|| style="text-align:center;"|3rd in Eastern Division||5||1||4||Template:Winning percentage | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Div. semifinals |- | style="text-align:left;"|Virginia* | style="text-align:left;"|1973–74 | 84||28||56||Template:Winning percentage|| style="text-align:center;"|4th in Eastern Division||5||1||4||Template:Winning percentage | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Div. semifinals |- | style="text-align:left;"|Virginia* | style="text-align:left;"|1974–75 | 84||15||69||Template:Winning percentage|| style="text-align:center;"|5th in Eastern Division||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"|Virginia* | style="text-align:left;"|1975–76 | 7||1||6||Template:Winning percentage|| style="text-align:center;"|Left mid-season||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"| |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 675||283||392||Template:Winning percentage|| ||40||18||22||Template:Winning percentage||  |}

See also

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