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Alex English

Alexander English (Alex, The Blade)

Position: Forward
Height: 6-7    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: January 5, 1954 in Columbia, South Carolina
High School: Dreher in Columbia, South Carolina
College: University of South Carolina

Inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 1997

Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2nd round (6th pick, 23rd overall) of the 1976 NBA draft.

Game Logs and Splits

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Splits1990-911989-901988-891987-881986-87 

Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1976-77 23 MIL NBA 60 648 132 277 .477 46 60 .767 68 100 168 25 17 18 78 310
1977-78 24 MIL NBA 82 1552 343 633 .542 104 143 .727 144 251 395 129 41 55 137 178 790
1978-79 25 IND NBA 81 2696 563 1102 .511 173 230 .752 253 402 655 271 70 78 196 214 1299
1979-80 26 TOT NBA 78 2401 553 1113 .497 2 6 .333 210 266 .789 269 336 605 224 73 62 214 206 1318
1979-80 26 IND NBA 54 1526 346 686 .504 0 3 .000 114 140 .814 167 213 380 142 45 33 124 128 806
1979-80 26 DEN NBA 24 875 207 427 .485 2 3 .667 96 126 .762 102 123 225 82 28 29 90 78 512
1980-81 27 DEN NBA 81 3093 768 1555 .494 3 5 .600 390 459 .850 273 373 646 290 106 100 241 255 1929
1981-82 28 DEN NBA 82 82 3015 855 1553 .551 0 8 .000 372 443 .840 210 348 558 433 87 120 261 261 2082
1982-83 29 DEN NBA 82 82 2988 959 1857 .516 2 12 .167 406 490 .829 263 338 601 397 116 126 263 235 2326
1983-84 30 DEN NBA 82 77 2870 907 1714 .529 1 7 .143 352 427 .824 216 248 464 406 83 95 222 252 2167
1984-85 31 DEN NBA 81 81 2924 939 1812 .518 1 5 .200 383 462 .829 203 255 458 344 101 46 251 259 2262
1985-86 32 DEN NBA 81 81 3024 951 1888 .504 1 5 .200 511 593 .862 192 213 405 320 73 29 249 235 2414
1986-87 33 DEN NBA 82 82 3085 965 1920 .503 4 15 .267 411 487 .844 146 198 344 422 73 21 214 216 2345
1987-88 34 DEN NBA 80 80 2818 843 1704 .495 0 6 .000 314 379 .828 166 207 373 377 70 23 181 193 2000
1988-89 35 DEN NBA 82 82 2990 924 1881 .491 2 8 .250 325 379 .858 148 178 326 383 66 12 198 174 2175
1989-90 36 DEN NBA 80 80 2211 635 1293 .491 2 5 .400 161 183 .880 119 167 286 225 51 23 93 130 1433
1990-91 37 DAL NBA 79 26 1748 322 734 .439 0 1 .000 119 140 .850 108 146 254 105 40 25 101 141 763
Career NBA 1193 753 38063 10659 21036 .507 18 83 .217 4277 5141 .832 2778 3760 6538 4351 1067 833 2821 3027 25613

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1976-77 23 MIL NBA 60 10.8 2.2 4.6 .477 0.8 1.0 .767 1.1 1.7 2.8 0.4 0.3 0.3 1.3 5.2
1977-78 24 MIL NBA 82 18.9 4.2 7.7 .542 1.3 1.7 .727 1.8 3.1 4.8 1.6 0.5 0.7 1.7 2.2 9.6
1978-79 25 IND NBA 81 33.3 7.0 13.6 .511 2.1 2.8 .752 3.1 5.0 8.1 3.3 0.9 1.0 2.4 2.6 16.0
1979-80 26 TOT NBA 78 30.8 7.1 14.3 .497 0.0 0.1 .333 2.7 3.4 .789 3.4 4.3 7.8 2.9 0.9 0.8 2.7 2.6 16.9
1979-80 26 IND NBA 54 28.3 6.4 12.7 .504 0.0 0.1 .000 2.1 2.6 .814 3.1 3.9 7.0 2.6 0.8 0.6 2.3 2.4 14.9
1979-80 26 DEN NBA 24 36.5 8.6 17.8 .485 0.1 0.1 .667 4.0 5.3 .762 4.3 5.1 9.4 3.4 1.2 1.2 3.8 3.3 21.3
1980-81 27 DEN NBA 81 38.2 9.5 19.2 .494 0.0 0.1 .600 4.8 5.7 .850 3.4 4.6 8.0 3.6 1.3 1.2 3.0 3.1 23.8
1981-82 28 DEN NBA 82 82 36.8 10.4 18.9 .551 0.0 0.1 .000 4.5 5.4 .840 2.6 4.2 6.8 5.3 1.1 1.5 3.2 3.2 25.4
1982-83 29 DEN NBA 82 82 36.4 11.7 22.6 .516 0.0 0.1 .167 5.0 6.0 .829 3.2 4.1 7.3 4.8 1.4 1.5 3.2 2.9 28.4
1983-84 30 DEN NBA 82 77 35.0 11.1 20.9 .529 0.0 0.1 .143 4.3 5.2 .824 2.6 3.0 5.7 5.0 1.0 1.2 2.7 3.1 26.4
1984-85 31 DEN NBA 81 81 36.1 11.6 22.4 .518 0.0 0.1 .200 4.7 5.7 .829 2.5 3.1 5.7 4.2 1.2 0.6 3.1 3.2 27.9
1985-86 32 DEN NBA 81 81 37.3 11.7 23.3 .504 0.0 0.1 .200 6.3 7.3 .862 2.4 2.6 5.0 4.0 0.9 0.4 3.1 2.9 29.8
1986-87 33 DEN NBA 82 82 37.6 11.8 23.4 .503 0.0 0.2 .267 5.0 5.9 .844 1.8 2.4 4.2 5.1 0.9 0.3 2.6 2.6 28.6
1987-88 34 DEN NBA 80 80 35.2 10.5 21.3 .495 0.0 0.1 .000 3.9 4.7 .828 2.1 2.6 4.7 4.7 0.9 0.3 2.3 2.4 25.0
1988-89 35 DEN NBA 82 82 36.5 11.3 22.9 .491 0.0 0.1 .250 4.0 4.6 .858 1.8 2.2 4.0 4.7 0.8 0.1 2.4 2.1 26.5
1989-90 36 DEN NBA 80 80 27.6 7.9 16.2 .491 0.0 0.1 .400 2.0 2.3 .880 1.5 2.1 3.6 2.8 0.6 0.3 1.2 1.6 17.9
1990-91 37 DAL NBA 79 26 22.1 4.1 9.3 .439 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 1.8 .850 1.4 1.8 3.2 1.3 0.5 0.3 1.3 1.8 9.7
Career NBA 1193 753 31.9 8.9 17.6 .507 0.0 0.1 .217 3.6 4.3 .832 2.3 3.2 5.5 3.6 0.9 0.7 2.5 2.5 21.5

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1976-77 23 MIL NBA 60 648 7.3 15.4 .477 2.6 3.3 .767 3.8 5.6 9.3 1.4 0.9 1.0 4.3 17.2
1977-78 24 MIL NBA 82 1552 8.0 14.7 .542 2.4 3.3 .727 3.3 5.8 9.2 3.0 1.0 1.3 3.2 4.1 18.3
1978-79 25 IND NBA 81 2696 7.5 14.7 .511 2.3 3.1 .752 3.4 5.4 8.7 3.6 0.9 1.0 2.6 2.9 17.3
1979-80 26 TOT NBA 78 2401 8.3 16.7 .497 0.0 0.1 .333 3.1 4.0 .789 4.0 5.0 9.1 3.4 1.1 0.9 3.2 3.1 19.8
1979-80 26 IND NBA 54 1526 8.2 16.2 .504 0.0 0.1 .000 2.7 3.3 .814 3.9 5.0 9.0 3.3 1.1 0.8 2.9 3.0 19.0
1979-80 26 DEN NBA 24 875 8.5 17.6 .485 0.1 0.1 .667 3.9 5.2 .762 4.2 5.1 9.3 3.4 1.2 1.2 3.7 3.2 21.1
1980-81 27 DEN NBA 81 3093 8.9 18.1 .494 0.0 0.1 .600 4.5 5.3 .850 3.2 4.3 7.5 3.4 1.2 1.2 2.8 3.0 22.5
1981-82 28 DEN NBA 82 82 3015 10.2 18.5 .551 0.0 0.1 .000 4.4 5.3 .840 2.5 4.2 6.7 5.2 1.0 1.4 3.1 3.1 24.9
1982-83 29 DEN NBA 82 82 2988 11.6 22.4 .516 0.0 0.1 .167 4.9 5.9 .829 3.2 4.1 7.2 4.8 1.4 1.5 3.2 2.8 28.0
1983-84 30 DEN NBA 82 77 2870 11.4 21.5 .529 0.0 0.1 .143 4.4 5.4 .824 2.7 3.1 5.8 5.1 1.0 1.2 2.8 3.2 27.2
1984-85 31 DEN NBA 81 81 2924 11.6 22.3 .518 0.0 0.1 .200 4.7 5.7 .829 2.5 3.1 5.6 4.2 1.2 0.6 3.1 3.2 27.8
1985-86 32 DEN NBA 81 81 3024 11.3 22.5 .504 0.0 0.1 .200 6.1 7.1 .862 2.3 2.5 4.8 3.8 0.9 0.3 3.0 2.8 28.7
1986-87 33 DEN NBA 82 82 3085 11.3 22.4 .503 0.0 0.2 .267 4.8 5.7 .844 1.7 2.3 4.0 4.9 0.9 0.2 2.5 2.5 27.4
1987-88 34 DEN NBA 80 80 2818 10.8 21.8 .495 0.0 0.1 .000 4.0 4.8 .828 2.1 2.6 4.8 4.8 0.9 0.3 2.3 2.5 25.6
1988-89 35 DEN NBA 82 82 2990 11.1 22.6 .491 0.0 0.1 .250 3.9 4.6 .858 1.8 2.1 3.9 4.6 0.8 0.1 2.4 2.1 26.2
1989-90 36 DEN NBA 80 80 2211 10.3 21.1 .491 0.0 0.1 .400 2.6 3.0 .880 1.9 2.7 4.7 3.7 0.8 0.4 1.5 2.1 23.3
1990-91 37 DAL NBA 79 26 1748 6.6 15.1 .439 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 2.9 .850 2.2 3.0 5.2 2.2 0.8 0.5 2.1 2.9 15.7
Career NBA 1193 753 38063 10.1 19.9 .507 0.0 0.1 .217 4.0 4.9 .832 2.6 3.6 6.2 4.1 1.0 0.8 2.7 2.9 24.2

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS LS WSAA
1976-77 23 MIL NBA 60 648 14.8 .511 .477 10.8 16.1 13.4 5.3 1.2 1.4 103
1977-78 24 MIL NBA 82 1552 17.4 .568 .542 9.6 17.4 13.4 11.4 1.2 1.8 16.4 20.3 106 102 8.7 4.4 13 6 3.5
1978-79 25 IND NBA 81 2696 17.6 .540 .511 9.7 15.3 12.5 14.4 1.2 1.5 14.0 20.3 108 104 12.0 8.0 20 13 3.5
1979-80 26 TOT NBA 78 2401 18.0 .536 .498 11.3 14.9 13.1 13.9 1.4 1.4 14.8 23.4 106 107 8.1 5.6 14 17 -1.5
1979-80 26 IND NBA 54 1526 17.7 .539 .504 11.0 14.9 12.9 13.5 1.4 1.2 14.2 22.2 108 107 6.1 3.5 10 10 0.0
1979-80 26 DEN NBA 24 875 18.5 .531 .487 11.9 15.0 13.4 14.7 1.5 1.8 15.7 25.6 104 107 2.0 2.0 4 7 -1.5
1980-81 27 DEN NBA 81 3093 19.7 .549 .495 8.8 12.6 10.7 13.4 1.5 1.6 12.1 24.0 112 110 17.9 4.4 22 17 2.5
1981-82 28 DEN NBA 82 3015 22.2 .596 .551 7.7 12.0 9.9 19.9 1.3 2.0 13.0 25.3 118 114 23.5 5.1 29 12 8.5
1982-83 29 DEN NBA 82 2988 24.1 .561 .517 8.9 11.5 10.2 19.5 1.7 2.1 11.3 28.9 113 109 26.6 5.4 32 12 10.0
1983-84 30 DEN NBA 82 2870 22.2 .570 .529 7.7 9.3 8.5 20.9 1.3 1.7 10.5 27.9 114 113 21.0 3.0 24 17 3.5
1984-85 31 DEN NBA 81 2924 21.6 .561 .518 7.0 9.9 8.3 17.9 1.5 0.9 11.1 29.3 113 111 23.1 7.0 30 14 8.0
1985-86 32 DEN NBA 81 3024 21.7 .562 .504 6.3 7.7 7.0 17.0 1.1 0.5 10.4 30.5 113 110 23.0 7.3 30 15 7.5
1986-87 33 DEN NBA 82 3085 20.5 .549 .504 4.7 7.2 5.8 21.6 1.1 0.4 9.1 29.2 113 114 18.6 3.3 22 23 -0.5
1987-88 34 DEN NBA 80 2818 19.8 .535 .495 6.0 8.0 7.0 20.5 1.1 0.5 8.8 28.4 111 110 17.0 7.3 24 16 4.0
1988-89 35 DEN NBA 82 2990 19.0 .531 .492 4.8 6.5 5.6 19.7 1.0 0.2 8.8 28.8 109 112 14.4 5.1 19 24 -2.5
1989-90 36 DEN NBA 80 2211 17.9 .522 .492 5.3 8.4 6.8 15.6 1.1 0.6 6.3 26.0 110 110 9.1 5.1 14 16 -1.0
1990-91 37 DAL NBA 79 1748 12.2 .480 .439 7.0 9.5 8.3 9.5 1.2 0.9 11.3 22.7 98 113 0.0 2.4 2 22 -10.0
Career NBA 1193 38063 19.9 .550 .507 7.4 10.6 9.0 17.1 1.3 1.2 10.9 26.5 111 110 222.9 73.2 295 224 35.5

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1977-78 24 MIL NBA 9 208 48 78 25 32 16 42 13 6 7 12 20 121 .615 .781 23.1 13.4 4.7 1.4
1981-82 28 DEN NBA 3 118 26 55 0 0 6 7 8 23 17 3 3 4 6 58 .473 .857 39.3 19.3 7.7 5.7
1982-83 29 DEN NBA 7 270 67 150 0 2 47 53 20 44 42 4 7 21 21 181 .447 .000 .887 38.6 25.9 6.3 6.0
1983-84 30 DEN NBA 5 203 60 102 0 1 25 28 16 40 28 3 2 7 17 145 .588 .000 .893 40.6 29.0 8.0 5.6
1984-85 31 DEN NBA 14 536 163 304 0 1 97 109 36 92 63 17 5 30 40 423 .536 .000 .890 38.3 30.2 6.6 4.5
1985-86 32 DEN NBA 10 394 106 229 0 1 61 71 18 35 52 4 4 28 29 273 .463 .000 .859 39.4 27.3 3.5 5.2
1986-87 33 DEN NBA 3 76 25 49 0 0 6 7 10 14 10 0 0 8 9 56 .510 .857 25.3 18.7 4.7 3.3
1987-88 34 DEN NBA 11 438 116 255 0 3 35 43 31 59 48 7 3 16 34 267 .455 .000 .814 39.8 24.3 5.4 4.4
1988-89 35 DEN NBA 3 108 32 62 0 0 14 16 8 13 11 1 0 14 6 78 .516 .875 36.0 26.0 4.3 3.7
1989-90 36 DEN NBA 3 76 25 44 0 0 9 11 3 9 9 2 1 2 6 59 .568 .818 25.3 19.7 3.0 3.0
Career NBA 68 2427 668 1328 0 8 325 377 166 371 293 47 32 142 188 1661 .503 .000 .862 35.7 24.4 5.5 4.3

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1981-82 28 DEN NBA 1 12 2 6 .333 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 1 0 1 2 4
1982-83 29 DEN NBA 1 23 7 14 .500 0 0 0 1 .000 2 4 0 1 2 1 2 14
1983-84 30 DEN NBA 1 19 6 8 .750 0 0 1 1 1.000 0 0 2 1 1 3 2 13
1984-85 31 DEN NBA 1 14 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0
1985-86 32 DEN NBA 1 16 8 12 .667 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 16
1986-87 33 DEN NBA 1 13 0 6 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0
1987-88 34 DEN NBA 1 22 5 10 .500 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 1 0 0 0 10
1988-89 35 DEN NBA 1 29 8 13 .615 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 2 0 3 0 16
Career NBA 8 148 36 72 .500 0 0 1 2 .500 9 18 15 6 4 12 8 73

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1972-73 19 scarolina 29 1037 189 368 44 70 306 25 422 .514 .629 35.8 14.6 10.6 0.9
1973-74 20 scarolina 27 1007 209 395 75 112 237 28 493 .529 .670 37.3 18.3 8.8 1.0
1974-75 21 scarolina 28 1024 199 359 49 77 244 30 447 .554 .636 36.6 16.0 8.7 1.1
1975-76 22 scarolina 27 1045 258 468 94 134 277 27 610 .551 .701 38.7 22.6 10.3 1.0
Career 111 4113 855 1590 262 393 1064 110 1972 .538 .667 37.1 17.8 9.6 1.0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1982 NBA
1983 NBA
1984 NBA
1985 NBA
1986 NBA
1987 NBA
1988 NBA
1989 NBA

Honors

1981-82 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1982-83 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1985-86 NBA All-NBA (2nd)

MVP Voting
Season Lg Share (Rank)

1981-82 NBA 0.017 (13)
1982-83 NBA 0.056 (6)
1984-85 NBA 0.015 (12)
1985-86 NBA 0.071 (8)
1986-87 NBA 0.003 (14)
1987-88 NBA 0.005 (11)

Games

1977-78 NBA 82 (3)
1981-82 NBA 82 (4)
1982-83 NBA 82 (2)
1983-84 NBA 82 (1)
 1986-87 NBA 82 (1)
 1988-89 NBA 82 (1)
 Career NBA 1193 (24)
Career 1193 (28)

Minutes Played

1980-81 NBA 3093 (6)
1981-82 NBA 3015 (10)
1982-83 NBA 2988 (4)
1985-86 NBA 3024 (5)
1986-87 NBA 3085 (4)
Career NBA 38063 (30)
Career 38063 (34)

Field Goals

1980-81 NBA 768 (8)
1981-82 NBA 855 (4)
1982-83 NBA 959 (1)
 1983-84 NBA 907 (2)
1984-85 NBA 939 (1)
 1985-86 NBA 951 (1)
 1986-87 NBA 965 (2)
1987-88 NBA 843 (6)
1988-89 NBA 924 (2)
Career NBA 10659 (7)
Career 10659 (8)

Field Goal Attempts

1980-81 NBA 1555 (4)
1981-82 NBA 1553 (5)
1982-83 NBA 1857 (1)
 1983-84 NBA 1714 (2)
1984-85 NBA 1812 (2)
1985-86 NBA 1888 (2)
1986-87 NBA 1920 (2)
1987-88 NBA 1704 (3)
1988-89 NBA 1881 (1)
 Career NBA 21036 (8)
Career 21036 (10)

Field Goal Pct

1977-78 NBA .542 (5)
Career NBA .507 (72)
Career .507 (72)

Free Throws

1982-83 NBA 406 (8)
1985-86 NBA 511 (5)
Career NBA 4277 (48)
Career 4277 (52)

Free Throw Attempts

1985-86 NBA 593 (5)
Career NBA 5141 (59)
Career 5141 (64)

Free Throw Pct

Career NBA .832 (79)
Career .832 (84)

Offensive Rebounds

1979-80 NBA 269 (8)
1980-81 NBA 273 (5)
1982-83 NBA 263 (8)
Career NBA 2778 (27)
Career 2778 (33)

Assists

Career NBA 4351 (65)
Career 4351 (69)

Blocks

Career NBA 833 (97)
Career 833 (100)

Turnovers

1981-82 NBA 261 (10)
Career NBA 2821 (20)
Career 2821 (24)

Personal Fouls

Career NBA 3027 (57)
Career 3027 (67)

Points

1980-81 NBA 1929 (8)
1981-82 NBA 2082 (4)
1982-83 NBA 2326 (1)
 1983-84 NBA 2167 (4)
1984-85 NBA 2262 (3)
1985-86 NBA 2414 (1)
 1986-87 NBA 2345 (2)
1987-88 NBA 2000 (7)
1988-89 NBA 2175 (5)
Career NBA 25613 (12)
Career 25613 (15)

Minutes Per Game

1980-81 NBA 38.2 (6)
1982-83 NBA 36.4 (10)
1985-86 NBA 37.3 (7)
1986-87 NBA 37.6 (9)

Points Per Game

1980-81 NBA 23.8 (10)
1981-82 NBA 25.4 (4)
1982-83 NBA 28.4 (1)
 1983-84 NBA 26.4 (4)
1984-85 NBA 27.9 (5)
1985-86 NBA 29.8 (3)
1986-87 NBA 28.6 (3)
1987-88 NBA 25.0 (9)
1988-89 NBA 26.5 (6)
Career NBA 21.5 (32)
Career 21.5 (33)

Player Efficiency Rating

1982-83 NBA 24.1 (2)
1983-84 NBA 22.2 (8)
1984-85 NBA 21.6 (10)
1985-86 NBA 21.7 (8)
Career NBA 19.9 (58)
Career 19.9 (63)

Offensive Rebound Pct

1979-80 NBA 11.3 (8)

Turnover Pct

1983-84 NBA 10.5 (9)
1985-86 NBA 10.4 (10)
1986-87 NBA 9.1 (4)
1987-88 NBA 8.8 (1)
 1988-89 NBA 8.8 (6)
1989-90 NBA 6.3 (1)
 Career NBA 10.9 (52)
Career 10.9 (56)

Usage Pct

1982-83 NBA 28.9 (5)