Al Tucker

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Albert Amos[1] Tucker Jr. (February 24, 1943 – May 7, 2001) was an American professional basketball player. Born in Dayton, Ohio, Tucker is sometimes credited with inventing the alley-oop with his brother Gerald while at Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, Oklahoma.[2][3]

College records

With his brother Gerald, Al was recruited from Dayton to Oklahoma Baptist University, where he played three seasons. Although he played before the introduction of the 3-point shot, he set a number of records, some of which remain 50 years later. He had 27 rebounds in one game, 2,788 career points, 996 points in a season, 50 points in a game, a 31.1-point season scoring average, a 28.7-point career scoring average, 21 field goals in a game, 365 field goals in one season, 266 free throws in one season, 1,252 rebounds in a career, 467 rebounds in a season.[4]

Professional career

A 6'8" forward, Tucker played four seasons (1967–1971) in the National Basketball Association and one season (1971–1972) in the American Basketball Association as a member of the Seattle SuperSonics, Cincinnati Royals, Chicago Bulls, Baltimore Bullets, and The Floridians. He averaged 10.1 points per game in his career and earned NBA All-Rookie Honors at the end of the 1967–68 NBA season. Tucker is notable as the Seattle SuperSonics' first ever NBA draft pick, selected sixth overall in the 1967 NBA draft. Tucker was also selected in the 1967 ABA Draft by the Oakland Oaks.

Personal

Tucker's father played for the Harlem Globetrotters in 1940.

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

NBA/ABA

Source[5]

Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG PPG
Template:Nbay Seattle 81 29.2 .442 .707 7.5 1.4 13.1
Template:Nbay Seattle 56 22.5 .432 .637 5.7 1.0 10.3
Template:Nbay Cincinnati 28 22.4 .475 .671 4.4 .7 10.8
Template:Nbay Chicago 33 16.9 .513 .822 3.4 .9 7.0
Template:Nbay Baltimore 28 9.4 .510 .786 1.9 .3 4.7
Template:Nbay Baltimore 31 8.9 .452 .806 2.4 .2 4.2
Template:Abay Florida (ABA) 14 23.6 .443 .429 .810 4.6 .9 12.1
Template:Abay Florida (ABA) 81 22.2 .465 .366 .789 4.8 1.2 11.6
Career (NBA) 257 20.8 .453 .702 5.0 .9 9.5
Career (ABA) 95 22.4 .462 .371 .793 4.8 1.2 11.7
Career (overall) 352 21.2 .456 .371 .727 4.9 1.0 10.1

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG PPG
1970 Baltimore 4 1.3 1.000 – .0 .0 1.0
1971 Florida (ABA) 6 27.5 .431 .167 .826 5.3 2.0 12.7
1972 Florida (ABA) 3 17.0 .250 .000 .000 4.7 1.3 3.3
Career (ABA) 9 24.0 .388 .143 .792 5.1 1.8 9.6
Career (overall) 13 17.0 .402 .143 .792 3.5 1.2 6.9

References

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