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 On
his way to the Naismith Memorial
Basketball Hall of Fame, Nathaniel
"Tiny" Archibald learned all about
rising from desperate surroundings
to extraordinary heights. It was an
education that started early in life
and served him well through a
14-year playing career that led him
from the lowly Cincinnati Royals to
an NBA Championship with the Boston
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In
the second round of the 1970 NBA
draft, the Cincinnati Royals and
Hall of Famer Bob Cousy took a
chance on Nate Archibald, a shy and
diminutive scatback guard from the
University of Texas-El Paso.
Although Archibald had scored more
than 20 points a game as a junior
and senior, Cousy had hoped the
6-foot-1 Archibald could handle NBA
pressure and become the Royals'
steady point guard, much like the
coach himself had done in Boston.
Cincinnati got much more than
expected. Archibald was a penetrator
supreme, a pinpoint passer and an
outside shooter with great range. "Tiny's"
quickness and swooping passes made
him difficult to guard in the open
court and he was a potent triple
threat with his penetration, passing
and shooting. When the Royals moved
to Kansas City/ Omaha in 1972 and
became known as the Kings, the
nickname fit "Nate the Skate"
perfectly. In Kansas City's first
season, he averaged 34 points a game
and 11.4 assists per outing,
becoming the only player in NBA
history to lead the league in those
two categories in the same season.
The player who proved the "little
man" could excel in professional
basketball logged 14 NBA seasons
playing for Cincinnati (1970-72),
Kansas City-Omaha (1972-76), New
York Nets (1976-77), Buffalo
(1977-78, injured did not play),
Boston (1978-83) and Milwaukee
(1983-84). His swift drives to the
hoop were virtually unstoppable;
either "Tiny" scored or was fouled.
Consequently, Archibald led the NBA
in free throws made three times and
free throw attempts twice. He
competed in 876 professional games,
scored 16,481 points (18.8 ppg),
dished out 6,476 assists, was an
All-NBA First Team selection three
times (1973, 1975, 1976), an All-NBA
Second Team selection twice (1972,
1981), six-time All-Star Game
selection and MVP of the 1981 game.
From 1978 to 1983, Archibald was the
floor general and a crafty member of
the Boston Celtics, a team he helped
win the 1981 NBA title and lead to
the best NBA record three
consecutive years (1980-82).
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