George Gervin

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ABA player NBA player Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee basketball player human

George Gervin is a Hall of Fame American basketball player, nicknamed "The Iceman," renowned as one of the greatest scorers in ABA and NBA history.

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instanceOf ABA player ⓘ
NBA player ⓘ
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee ⓘ
basketball player ⓘ
human ⓘ
ABAAllStarSelectionCount 3 ⓘ
collegeAttended Eastern Michigan University ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1952-04-27 ⓘ
draftStatus undrafted in NBA ⓘ
era 1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName George Gervin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gervin
givenName George ⓘ
HallOfFameInduction Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ
HallOfFameInductionYear 1996 ⓘ
height 6 ft 7 in ⓘ
highSchoolAttended Martin Luther King High School, Detroit ⓘ
jerseyNumber 44 ⓘ
8 ⓘ
jerseyNumberRetiredBy San Antonio Spurs ⓘ
knownFor finger roll layup ⓘ
prolific scoring ability ⓘ
smooth offensive game ⓘ
league American Basketball Association ⓘ
National Basketball Association ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam Chicago Bulls ⓘ
San Antonio Spurs ⓘ
Virginia Squires ⓘ
Virginia Squires ⓘ
surface form: Washington Capitols (ABA) / Virginia Squires franchise
NBAAllStarGameMVP 1980 ⓘ
NBAAllStarSelectionCount 9 ⓘ
NBAScoringTitleCount 4 ⓘ
nickname The Iceman ⓘ
notableAchievement One of the greatest scorers in ABA and NBA history ⓘ
occupation professional basketball player ⓘ
placeOfBirth Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
playsStyle offensive-minded wing ⓘ
positionPlayed shooting guard ⓘ
small forward ⓘ
professionalDebutLeague ABA ⓘ
professionalDebutTeam Virginia Squires ⓘ
retiredJerseyNumber 44 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
shootingHand right-handed ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
spursFranchiseIcon true ⓘ

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ABA → notablePlayer → George Gervin ⓘ
subject surface form: American Basketball Association
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Virginia Squires → notablePlayer → George Gervin ⓘ
Virginia Squires → soldPlayerContractOf → George Gervin ⓘ