Spud Webb

See also: Webb

Anthony “Spud” Webb (born the July 13rd 1963 with Dallas) is a former player of Basket-ball evolving/moving in NBA.

Spud Webb perforated his ticket for the posterity one day of 1986 when top of its meter 68 it gained the contest of dunks All-Star Range in front of aces of the discipline to the image of Dominique Wilkins, its fellow-member of the time to the Atlanta Hawks. It is nevertheless unjust to reduce 12 years a long career of NBA to this feat of arms, however phenomenal.

Biography

After 2 last years at the university of state of North Carolina, Spud Webb is presented to the draft 1985. It is chosen by the Detroit Pistons in 87e position but does not see itself granting the right to take part in the camps of summer for beginners. The Atlanta Hawks then hasten to make come the young leader in Georgia where it will spend his the first 6 years of NBA. It finishes its first season as a lining of Doc. Rivers with averages of 7.8 points and 4.3 master keys whereas Atlanta gains 16 matches moreover than the former season.

This season 1985-86 marks the one period beginning ostentation for Hawks. Carried by Dominique Wilkins and Kevin Willis, they will reach 4 years of sharp a total of at least 50 victories in regular season and will qualify 5 times in 6 years for the playoffs of which they will never exceed nevertheless the 2nd turn. During these 6 years, Spud Webb must be especially satisfied with the role of lining of the leader of play. It nevertheless will acquire a great notoriety in the current of the year 1986.

Then rookie (player beginning), Spud Webb presents to the contest dunks All-Star Range of which it is one of principal attractions. The legend says that Spud made a success of its first dunk whereas it measured only one meter and sixty ten centimetres (with nearly one meter twenty of relaxation). Consequently, nothing astonishing to find it in the middle of the largest specialists in the discipline. After an impressive series crowned in particular of 2 perfect notes (50), number 4 of Hawks is proclaimed victorious competition.

Spud Webb signs in 1990-91 what will be at the same time the best and the last season of its first passage at Hawks. It turns at 13.4 points and 5.6 master keys but the growing old team fails again the first turn of the playoffs. Spud Webb engages then with the Sacramento Kings, one of the weakest franknesses from the league.

Arrived at the same time as Mitch Richmond, old star of the Golden delicious State Warriors, Spud Webb sees his time play to increase significantly. He benefits from it to sign in 1991-92 the best season of his career with 16 points and 7.1 master keys of average per match. In 1994-95, it completes its fifth consecutive season with more than 10 points and 6 master keys of average but the team still does not manage to take down a place in playoffs.

At the summer 1995, Spud Webb makes the opposite way to go back to Atlanta from which the frankness is anchored firmly in the medium from the classifications from the NBA. It will play only 51 matches there before taking the direction of Minnesota in the course of season in exchange of Christian Laettner. In 26 matches it posts average statistics of 9.4 points and 5.9 master keys.

In 1996-97, Spud Webb tries the adventure of the Europe in the Italian club of Scaligera Verona. At 34 years, it returns for a last challenge in NBA with the Magic d' Orlando which will last only the time of 4 matches.

Successive clubs

Prize list

  • Victorious of the Slam Dunk Contest of the AlStar Range 1986

External bond

  • Statistical detailed on basketball-reference.com

  • Card on nba.com

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