Height: 2.0 1 m/6ft 7in.

Weight: 86 kg/190 lb

Birthday: 1954-0 1-05

Draft: No.6 in the second round 1976

Alex english scored the most points in the league in the 1980s. After four years of depression in Milwaukee and Indiana, English came to Denver, full of vigor and vitality. Here, England began to show his explosive scoring ability and made the team one of the best offensive teams in the NBA at that time.

The golden age of English ran through the whole 1980s. During the 65,438+00 season in Denver, he entered the All-Star Team for eight consecutive years, won the scoring title, averaged more than 23 points in nine years, and brought the team into the playoffs for nine consecutive years (although he never entered the finals). The skilled 6-foot-7 forward is also the first player in the history of the league to score more than 2000 points for eight consecutive seasons. As the scoring champion in Denver's history, he has scored the highest score in the team for seven consecutive seasons.

English is a calm and gentle person. He can only speak with his performance on the court. It has never been his style to flatter himself and attract attention. But once English is decided to be spoken, his eloquence always makes people think that there is nothing to argue about. In fact, at present, three personal poems have been published in English. In his performance, he even played an emotional role in the film amazing grace and Chuck, which is set in the nuclear war and starring gregory peck and Jamie Lee Curtis. (Calling movie master)

When Julius Erving, larry bird and Magic Johnson attracted the most attention at that time, the English quietly created one of the most amazing personal achievements in NBA history.

The British once said, "I am not a very flashy and noisy player." I just did what I should do in a low-key way. Some people haven't seen this, but they haven't cared. "

Although English has never been the darling of the media, experts will never forget his brilliant resume. NBA expert Marty Blake once told the reporter of Dallas Times Herald: "At least one thing that really affects Alex's career evaluation is that people will not ignore him when comparing him with other great players, that is, he is not gorgeous or too simple. His key problem is that he has never received much attention and recognition from the public. I have had contact with 18 hall of fame members, and I think Alex is one of the greatest. "

Denver coach doug mo is very good at organizing fast-break tactics and high-scoring attack system. English has benefited a lot from this offensive system. Once the attack system is suppressed and can't score, English begins to create its own scoring opportunities. Only a few players in the league have his offensive creativity and courage. In 15' s career, Ingrid's shooting percentage is as high as 50.7, and his endurance is also very eye-catching. Except for 14 in his rookie season, he can attend at least 78 games every year.

English was born in Columbia, South Carolina, and spent his college life at the University of South Carolina. During his college years, he achieved excellent statistical results that were not very eye-catching. The average of the first three years of the college league is 14.6, 18.3.

And 16.0 points, and the fourth year is the best year of English performance in college, and he can get 22.6 points per game. By the way, his average shooting percentage in these four years is 53.8.

1976 The draft gathered a group of outstanding young players including John Lucas, Scott May, Adrian Dantley and robert parish. The Englishman was unlucky until the second round when he was selected by Milwaukee in 23rd place.

The stag was rebuilding. Their former All-Star center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been in Los Angeles for two years, and Milwaukee's glory has become history. A new team is being built around Brian Winters, George W. bridgman, Swinnett and quinn buckner. English, a rookie year, averaged only 10 minutes in 60 games, which naturally didn't play well. The next year, he got more playing time, but the arrival of Marques Johnson and David meyers made him firmly sit on the bench next to coach donald nelson.

After two years of unsuccessful substitute career, England became a free agent at the end of the 78 season. He chose to sign with Indiana, and Indiana gave Milwaukee a first-round draft pick as compensation. The Englishman who came to another rebuilding team finally got the starting position-although most of the offensive opportunities were concentrated on Ricky Sobers, Johnny Davy and Mickey Johnson. 1979-80 season, England was traded to Denver. As compensation, Indiana got 29-year-old striker george mcginnis (ironically, this man retired after only two seasons).

England broke out like a duck to water after coming to Denver, and averaged 2 1.3 points in the next 24 games. Denver, which is 30 wins and 52 losses this season, is in urgent need of catalysts that can ignite their offensive firepower. Fortunately, God gave them Alex.

In the 80-8 1 season, doug mo replaced Donnie Walsh as the team coach. He was surprised to find that English could seize almost all the offensive opportunities given to him. At that time, the team lineup was neat. Besides playing soccer, it has a healthy david thompson and recruited a new striker, kiki vandeweghe. Thus, Moi played the prelude of Denver's fast-break shock wave. English (23.8 points) also began his gorgeous performance of averaging 23+ for nine consecutive years. Denver soared from 14 to the first place in the league. Unfortunately, Denver was also branded as the league's leading scorer that season, and ended the season with a mediocre record of 37 wins and 45 losses.

198 1-82 English season is almost overwhelming. He led the team into the playoffs for two years with an average score of 25.4 points per game, and was selected as an All-Star for the first time-this was only the beginning of his eight-year All-Star experience. At the end of the season, his outstanding performance won him a place in the second team of NBA. A year later, in the 82-83 season, England's average score soared to 28.4, winning the league scoring title for the first time. Vandewich, who was on the same team, ranked second with 26.7 points. At that time, the Nuggets relied on the performances of Alex, Kiki, veteran dan issel and T.R. Dunn to become the strongest offensive team and the weakest defensive team in the league again ... They ended the regular season with 45 wins and 37 losses, only eight victories less than San Antonio, the leader of the Chinese and Western Division.

1983-84 season, Vandewich surpassed England to become the team's scoring champion. He and English (26.4 points) occupy the third and fourth positions in the league scoring list respectively. Their combination is one of the scariest frontcourt combinations in NBA history. But the team still has two important problems: rebounding and defense. Dunn's team has the highest 574 rebounds, which is only half of the league's rebounding champion this season. That season, Denver averaged a shocking 124.8 points per game. That year, their winning percentage fell below 50%, and they only achieved 38 wins-44 losses throughout the season.

After a busy summer, the Nuggets traded forward calvin natt, defender Lafayette Lever and backup center wayne cooper-at the cost of Vandewich. In that big deal, the blazers also sent two draft picks to the head. Because Cooper and NATT each had more than 600 strong rebounds in this section, and the average performance of the English people of 27.9 points per game continued to maintain the team's strong offensive firepower, Denver won the division championship with 1985. Through this series of actions, the Nuggets finally surpassed the average score of the team's season. ( 120.0/ 1 17.6)

In the playoffs that year, the Nuggets beat San Antonio and Utah in succession, entered the Western Conference finals for the first time and met the NBA champion Lakers. In the end, the Lakers easily ended the battle in Game 5. This is the closest the Englishman has come to a championship ring in his whole career.

The English scored a career-high 29.8 points in the 85-86 season, second only to Atlanta's dominique wilkins and Utah's adrian dantley. At that time, when the team didn't have a second 20+ scorer, the Nuggets' glorious history of dominating the NBA scoring list for three consecutive years ended, and unfortunately they lost the title of division champion.

In that year's All-Star Game, Eng played his best performance as a substitute, and scored 16 points with a shooting percentage of 12 in 16 minutes. That year, he also set another personal record: he scored 54 points against the home division champion Houston Rockets. This is also the second highest score in Denver's history. Only David Thompson scored 73 points to beat England in the 77-78 season.

After a bleak season with a winning percentage of less than 50%, the Nuggets won the division championship again in 1988. This time, their propellers were newly joined by Jay Vincent and michael adams. English, over 30 years old, is still so tough. He continued to lead the team in scoring: 25 points per game. The Nuggets reached the second round of the playoffs, but in the end they fell short and lost to the Dallas Mavericks in six games.

In the 89-90 season, the average English score was only 17.9, and he became a free agent at the end of the season. At the age of 36, he finally signed a one-year contract with Dallas because Denver gave up the contract renewal. As a Nuggets player, Eng holds almost all team records, including total score (2 1645), total assists (2,679), total games (837) and total playing time (29,893).

Ingley's unseemly farewell caused him and his fans deep pain. "I have imagined the scene of leaving like dan issel and Julius Erving for countless times. In my imagination, I will travel around the league and say goodbye to all fans in all cities. " In an interview with Loki Hill News on 1992, Ingrid said, "Unfortunately, not many players in this league can choose their own way to end their careers."

The British have joined a rising team. At that time, there were Rolando blackman, roy tarpley, Derek Harper, james donaldson and new striker rodney mcrae. Before the start of the season, England confidently said to the media: "This time I can finally fight for the championship!"

However, poor English and Mavericks didn't go far. As a substitute for McRae, he played 79 games, averaging 9.7 points per game. Tapply's persistent injuries and drug problems, as well as Lafayette Lever's serious injuries, finally made the Mavericks only ranked sixth in the Midwest.

The following year, the calf gave up English. He had to retire on 199 1. Throughout his career, he scored 256 13 points. Only six players in history have scored more than him: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Wilt.

Chamberlain, Erwin Hayes, moses malone, oscar robertson and john harvard Lisek all made great achievements in the war. The 37-year-old ENGLISH37 played 18 games in Depi Naples, Italy, averaging 13.9 points per game.

The story of English and Denver came to an end in 1992. The team finally apologized for the unfair treatment he received in those years and hung his No.2 jersey high above the stadium. Tim Leiweke, chairman of the team, said at a news conference: "As a group, the Nuggets have obviously lost their sense of direction and responsibility in the past five to six years. So first of all, we must apologize to Alex for our dereliction of duty. " English says he is satisfied. He told Loki Mountain News: "I always feel that my story needs an ending, because a feeling of being at a loss often attacks my mind. Today I ended my past, but it was also a beginning. Because I will turn my attention to those unknown challenges. "

Many years have passed, and England finally got enough respect and recognition after retiring-his No.2 rainbow jersey in the Nuggets era has always been among the best in the NBA retro jersey sales list.

What he said about the unknown challenges took him into another field different from the competition. He was hired as the director of player planning and service of the NBA Players' League. Responsibilities include alcohol, drugs, HIV testing, player positioning and career planning. His outstanding performance as a player in the past made him appear in the media. Later, England also had the experience of head coach NBDL and assistant coach of Atlanta Hawks. Hope to adopt! ! ! ! !