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 The
leading scorer in the NBA in the
1980s (19,682 points), Alex English
established himself as one of the
league's most respected and
well-rounded players during a
sensational 15-year professional
career. After brief stints with the
Milwaukee Bucks and Indiana Pacers,
the Columbia, SC, native joined the
Denver Nuggets in 1980 and quickly
became a scoring force and team
leader. Over the next 10 seasons,
the high-scoring forward set 31
Nuggets' records, including points
scored (21,645), games played (837),
assists (3,679), scoring average
(25.9 ppg), most points and highest
scoring average in a season (2,414,
29.8 ppg. in 1985-86), and minutes
played (29,893). English propelled
the Nuggets to nine straight playoff
appearances, two Midwest Division
titles (1985, 1988), and the Western
Conference Finals in 1985, where
Denver lost to the eventual NBA
champion Los Angeles Lakers.
The first player in NBA history to
score 2,000 points in eight straight
seasons, English averaged more than
23 points a game for nine straight
years and appeared in eight
consecutive NBA All-Star games
(1982-89). He was a three-time
All-NBA Second Team selection (1982,
1983, 1986) and in the 1982-83
season, English captured the league
scoring title with a 28.4 ppg
average. Upon retirement, English
ranked prominently on several NBA
all-time lists, including fourth in
field goals made (10,659), fifth in
field goals attempted (21,036) and
seventh in games played (1,193), and
he currently ranks ninth in scoring
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Prior to his NBA career, English set
all-time scoring records at Dreher
High School (Columbia, SC) and at
the University of South Carolina
(1,972 points). Under the guidance
of Hall of Fame coach Frank McGuire,
English flourished at South
Carolina. He remains the only player
in school history to start every
game and is one of only five players
to score 1,000 points and grab 1,000
rebounds. An enshrinee in the
University of South Carolina, the
state of South Carolina and the
Colorado Halls of Fame, English had
his jersey number 2 retired by the
Denver Nuggets in 1993. He won the
NBA's J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship
Award in 1988.
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