You will be missed. LegacyOfBigs pic. My condolences to the family and friends of Moses Malone. You will truly be missed. Rest in peace Big Mo!!! Malone joined the 76ers in and added his third MVP award while leading the 76ers to that championship after making his famed "Fo', Fo', Fo'," prediction that the Sixers would win their playoff series in four-game sweeps.
Malone was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in and attended the induction ceremonies for the year's class in Springfield, Massachusetts this weekend before returning to his native Virginia. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Philadelphia 76ers.
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Petersburg won back-to-back state titles and Malone was planning to attend Maryland on a basketball scholarship. The Utah Stars, however, selected him in the third round of the ABA draft and he decided to turn pro.
The Stars folded early into the season and Malone was sold to the Spirits of St. Louis where he averaged The Blazers then traded him to the Buffalo Braves. Howard Eskin of Fox 29 in Philadelphia shared a throwback photo he took with Malone after the star center came to the 76ers:. Really sad news. Moses Malone passed away this morning. Big reason sixers 83 championship. Though he died too young, Malone left a basketball legacy that few people in the history of the sport can match. He will forever be remembered as one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century.
The year-old center never played a game for the Blazers, however. Prior to the season Portland traded him perhaps set at the center position with a young Bill Walton to the Buffalo Braves for a first-round draft choice.
After only two games with Buffalo he was traded by the Braves to the Houston Rockets for two future first-round draft choices. Malone found a home in Houston, where he was reunited with coach Tom Nissalke, who had coached him in his rookie season with the Stars. He appeared in 82 games and finished with averages of Malone would break his own record two years later. Malone also ranked seventh in the league in blocked shots with 2.
He delivered in the playoffs, helping the Rockets to the Eastern Conference finals, which they lost to the Philadelphia 76ers in six games. Malone averaged He set an NBA playoff record with 15 offensive rebounds in an overtime victory against the Washington Bullets in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Malone made the first of what would be 12 consecutive All-Star Game appearances in , the year that would have been his senior season had he chosen to play college basketball. His scoring output surged to Remarkably, he still led the NBA in total offensive rebounds and finished second in rebounding average Malone also finished fifth in the NBA in scoring and shot a career-best.
He notched the best single-game rebounding performance of his career when he hauled in 37 boards against the New Orleans Jazz. Houston made it to the playoffs but was swept in two opening-round games by the Atlanta Hawks.
Malone, however, totaled an impressive 49 points and 41 rebounds in the two games. He continued to dominate the paint in He grabbed An All-Star for the fourth consecutive season, Malone He exploded for 51 points against the Golden State Warriors, hitting 20 of 28 field goals and 11 of 12 free throws.
They lost in six games to the Boston Celtics, who were led by second-year forward Larry Bird. Malone had another spectacular season in , averaging The ultimate workhorse, Malone led the NBA in minutes played 3,, On February 2, , Moses Malone scored a career-high 53 points vs. San Diego.
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