Willis Reed

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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee National Basketball Association player basketball player human

Willis Reed was a Hall of Fame NBA center and power forward best known for his leadership and heroic performances with the New York Knicks during their championship years in the early 1970s.

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Label Occurrences
Willis Reed canonical 13
Willis Reed Jr. 2
Willis Reed scored the first two field goals of Game 7 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee ⓘ
National Basketball Association player ⓘ
basketball player ⓘ
human ⓘ
allStarGameMVPYear 1970 ⓘ
allStarSeasons 1965–1971 ⓘ
awardReceived All-NBA First Team ⓘ
surface form: All-NBA Team selection

NBA All-Defensive Team ⓘ
surface form: NBA All-Defensive Team selection

NBA All-Star Game ⓘ
surface form: NBA All-Star

Kobe Bryant All-Star Game MVP Award ⓘ
surface form: NBA All-Star Game MVP Award

NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
NBA Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
NBA Rookie of the Year Award ⓘ
careerEnd 1974 ⓘ
careerStart 1964 ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
coachedTeam Brooklyn Nets ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey Nets

New York Knicks ⓘ
collegeAttended Grambling State University ⓘ
collegeTeam Grambling State Tigers men's basketball ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1942-06-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2023-03-21 ⓘ
draftLeague National Basketball Association ⓘ
surface form: NBA
draftPickNumber 10 ⓘ
draftRound 2 ⓘ
draftTeam New York Knicks ⓘ
draftYear 1964 ⓘ
familyName Reed ⓘ
finalsMVPYear 1970 ⓘ
1973 ⓘ
fullName Willis Reed self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Willis Reed Jr.
givenName Willis ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 1982 ⓘ
height 6 ft 9 in ⓘ
heightInMeters 2.06 ⓘ
heldPosition executive with the New Jersey Nets ⓘ
general manager of the New Jersey Nets ⓘ
inductedInto Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ
jerseyNumber 19 ⓘ
league National Basketball Association ⓘ
MVPSeason 1969–70 NBA season ⓘ
nickname The Captain ⓘ
notableFor heroic Game 7 performance in the 1970 NBA Finals despite injury ⓘ
leadership with the New York Knicks ⓘ
numberOfAllStarSelections 7 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hico, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Houston ⓘ
surface form: Houston, Texas, United States
playedFor New York Knicks ⓘ
positionPlayed center ⓘ
power forward ⓘ
retiredJerseyNumber 19 ⓘ
retiredNumberBy New York Knicks ⓘ
rookieOfTheYearSeason 1964–65 NBA season ⓘ
wonChampionship 1970 NBA Finals ⓘ
1973 NBA Finals ⓘ

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New York Knicks → notablePlayer → Willis Reed ⓘ
NYK → notablePlayer → Willis Reed ⓘ
subject surface form: New York Knicks
Willis Reed → fullName → Willis Reed self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Willis Reed Jr.
Hico, Louisiana, United States → hasNotablePerson → Willis Reed ⓘ
Grambling State Tigers men's basketball → notablePlayer → Willis Reed ⓘ
The Captain → refersTo → Willis Reed ⓘ
The Captain → appliedTo → Willis Reed ⓘ
The Captain → refersToFullName → Willis Reed ⓘ
this entity surface form: Willis Reed Jr.
1970 NBA Finals → mostValuablePlayer → Willis Reed ⓘ
1970 NBA Finals → featuredPlayer → Willis Reed ⓘ
1970 NBA Finals → notableEvent → Willis Reed ⓘ
this entity surface form: Willis Reed scored the first two field goals of Game 7
NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team → hasMember → Willis Reed ⓘ
1973 NBA Finals → mostValuablePlayer → Willis Reed ⓘ
1973 NBA Finals → KnicksCaptain → Willis Reed ⓘ
Earl the Pearl → teammate → Willis Reed ⓘ
Grambling State University → hasNotableAlumni → Willis Reed ⓘ