George McGinnis
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George F. McGinnis (born August 12, 1950) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 11 seasons in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA).
He was drafted into the ABA from Indiana University in 1971.
Early life
McGinnis attended Washington High School in Indianapolis. He and teammate Steve Downing led Washington to a 31–0 record and a state championship in 1969. McGinnis set an Indiana state tournament scoring record with 148 points in his final four games. He was also named Mr. Basketball for the state of Indiana that year.
College career
McGinnis was the first sophomore to lead the Big Ten in scoring and rebounding in the 1970-71 season at Indiana. In his lone season in Bloomington, he scored 29.9 points per game, earning All-American and All-Big Ten Honors in 1971. He served with coach Lou Watson the year before IU recruited Bob Knight.
Professional career
McGinnis made a name for himself in the ABA's top-five franchises, playing a key role on the Indiana Pacers' championship teams in both of his first two seasons. In 1973, he was named the ABA Playoffs MVP, averaging 23.9 points and 12.3 rebounds in 18 playoffs games to help the Pacers return as champions. McGinnis' best season came in 1974–75, when he scored a career-high 29.8 points per game en route to ABA MVP awards. In the playoffs, he nearly had a triple-double (3.2 points, 15.9 rebounds, and 8.2 assists in 18 games), but the Pacers fell short of the championship, losing to Kentucky in the ABA Finals.
McGinnis was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers as the 22nd overall pick in the second round of the 1973 NBA draft, two years into his professional career. McGinnis' draft rights to the New York Knicks were ready to be handed over by the 76ers in October 1974, with the condition that the former ballclub has agreed to his release before the agreed-upon deadline. Following the 1974–75 season, he was unable to continue with the Pacers and signed a two-year contract with an $85,000 buyout guarantee that was excluded following the 1974–75 season. McGinnis, who likes to play in New York due to its financial sponsorship opportunities, requested a provisional injunction and restraining order against the NBA on May 23, 1975, which would have allowed him to negotiate with any of the league's 18 teams. The lawsuit was dismissed a week later by the Knicks after he agreed to a six-year $2.4 million contract in a blow to the league's constitution. Larry O'Brien, the former NBA commissioner, renounced the deal and ordered the Knicks to forfeit its first pick in the 1976 NBA draft and reimburse the 76ers for all expenses related to the lawsuit in his first action as a new NBA commissioner on June 5. McGinnis' six-year, $3.2 million agreed, no. cut, no-trade, no-option, no-option, no-option contract, and no-option was offered until July 10, 1975.
McGinnis made the All-NBA First Team in his first season with the 76ers, and was awarded two All-Star games in his three seasons with the team. Julius Erving and Caldwell Jones, two ABA alumni, joined him on Philadelphia. McGinnis led the 76ers to the NBA Finals in 1977 by 14.2 points, 10.4 rebounds, and 3.6 assists per playoff game, where he and the 76ers lost in six games to the Portland Trail Blazers.
McGinnis was drafted to the Denver Nuggets in 1978 and was an All-Star for the second time that season. McGinnis scored a career-high 43 points along with grabbing 12 rebounds in a Houston Rockets game on January 9, 1980.
The Pacers re-acquitted McGinnis, hoping to raise sagging attendance in their early NBA years by trading away young forward Alex English. McGinnis was, on the other hand, outscoring the Pacers' first round match against the 76ers in the 1981 NBA Playoffs, scoring at a remarkably low 13.1 points per game during the 1980-81 NBA season. Although English went on to be a multiple-time all-star and franchise player for the Nuggets, he did not know it.
McGinnis is one of four players (the others are Roger Brown, Reggie Miller, and Mel Daniels) to have his jersey (#30) retired by the Pacers. All of which are members of the Basketball Hall of Fame are members.