David Greenwood, who was one among coach John Wood’s final recruits at UCLA and went on to win an NBA championship with Detroit throughout a 12-year professional profession, has died. He was 68.
Greenwood died Sunday in Riverside, California, after battling most cancers, the college mentioned Wednesday, citing relations.
After a standout profession at Verbum Dei Excessive in Los Angeles, Greenwood started his faculty profession at UCLA simply months after Wood’s shock retirement announcement in March 1975.
He averaged 14.8 factors and eight.7 rebounds in 118 video games as a four-year starter in Westwood. The Bruins had a report of 102-17 and gained the league title in every of his 4 seasons. He was a two-time league participant of the yr who helped the Bruins to the 1976 Ultimate 4.
Greenwood earned first-team All-America honors as a junior and senior, changing into UCLA´s first participant to take action since Invoice Walton in 1972-74. He nonetheless ranks fourth on the college’s profession rebounding listing.
He was the second general choose within the 1979 NBA draft. The Chicago Bulls misplaced the coin toss to the Los Angeles Lakers, who drafted future Corridor of Famer Magic Johnson at No. 1, having acquired the choose in a commerce with New Orleans.
David Greenwood, an NBA champion with the Detroit Pistons, has died on the age of 68
Earlier than Michael Jordan arrived in Chicago in 1984, Greenwood, Reggie Theus and Orlando Woolridge had been the Bulls’ core gamers. After six seasons, the Bulls traded Greenwood in 1985 to San Antonio in change for future Corridor of Famer George Gervin.
Greenwood additionally performed for San Antonio, Denver and Detroit, coming off the bench to assist the Pistons beat Portland to win the 1990 NBA championship.
He was a member of the Pac-12 Corridor of Honor and the Nationwide Collegiate Basketball Corridor of Fame. Final yr, Greenwood attended UCLA’s last Pac-12 Convention recreation at Pauley Pavilion.
Greenwood later coached at his highschool alma mater, main Verbum Dei to state titles in 1998 and 1999.
He’s survived by son Jemil and daughter Tiffany in addition to his brother Al, sister Laverne and former spouse Joyce.
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