Reggie King
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. | February 14, 1957
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Jackson-Olin (Birmingham, Alabama) |
College | Alabama (1975–1979) |
NBA draft | 1979: 1st round, 18th overall pick |
Selected by the Kansas City Kings | |
Playing career | 1979–1986 |
Position | Power forward / small forward |
Number | 51 |
Career history | |
1979–1983 | Kansas City Kings |
1983–1985 | Seattle SuperSonics |
1985–1986 | Opel Reggio Calabria |
1990–1991 | Sport Clube Beira-Mar |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 3,898 (8.9 ppg) |
Rebounds | 2,707 (6.2 rpg) |
Assists | 691 (1.6 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Reginald Biddings King (born February 14, 1957) is a retired American professional basketball player. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, he was a 6'6" and 225 lb forward and played college basketball at the University of Alabama. He had a career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1979 to 1985. King's nickname in college was "the Mule."
King was selected 18th overall by the Kansas City Kings in the 1979 NBA draft. He spent four seasons with the Kings, and his final 2 NBA seasons with the Seattle SuperSonics. His best season was in 1980–81 as a member of the Kings when he averaged a career high 14.9 points, 9.7 rebounds and shot a career-best 54.4% from the field.
As of 2019, King still lives in the Kansas City area.
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
Categories:
- 1957 births
- Living people
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball players
- All-American college men's basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Birmingham, Alabama
- Kansas City Kings draft picks
- Kansas City Kings players
- Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
- Seattle SuperSonics players
- Small forwards
- Viola Reggio Calabria players
- Southeastern Conference Athlete of the Year winners
- American basketball biography, 1950s birth stubs