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  NBA.com: George Gervin Bio
Gervin was as smooth as "Dr. J" was flashy.
Gervin won his first scoring title with 27.2 ppg; behind him were forward Larry Kenon (20.6 ppg) and hulking center Billy Paultz (15.8 ppg).
Gervin squeaked by Thompson for the scoring title, 27.22 points per game to 27.15, and he finished runner-up to the Portland Trail Blazers' Bill Walton in NBA MVP balloting.
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 GEORGE GERVIN FACTS AND INFORMATION
George Gervin (born April_27, 1952 in Detroit,_Michigan) is a former professional basketball player, a shooting_guard for the ABA's Virginia_Squires and the NBA's San_Antonio_Spurs and Chicago_Bulls.
Gervin holds the interesting distinction of being a former teammate of both Julius_Erving (with the Squires) and Michael_Jordan (with the Bulls), although in Gervin's only season in Chicago, Jordan played only eighteen games due to injury.
Gervin was inducted to the Basketball_Hall_of_Fame, had his #44 jersey retired by the Spurs and was named to the NBA's fifty greatest players list.
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 Encyclopedia: George Gervin
George Gervin (born April 27, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former professional basketball player, a shooting guard for the ABA's Virginia Squires and the NBA's San Antonio Spurs and Chicago Bulls.
Gervin holds the interesting distinction of being a former teammate of both Julius Erving (with the Squires) and Michael Jordan (with the Bulls), although in Gervin's only season in Chicago, Jordan played only 18 games due to injury.
Gervin was inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame, had his #44 jersey retired by the Spurs and was named to the NBA's fifty greatest players list.
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 HickokSports.com - Biography - George Gervin
Gervin was averaging 29.5 points a game in his second year at Eastern Michigan when he was suspended from the team for hitting an opposing player during a brawl.
Gervin was named to the league's all-rookie team even though he played in only 30 games that season.
Gervin led the NBA in scoring four times, with averages of 27.2 in 1977-78, 29.6 in 1978-79, 33.1 in 1979-80, and 32.3 in 1981-82.
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George Gervin was born on April 27, 1952 in Detroit.
Gervin would also lead his team into the playoffs in every one of his nine years in the league, including eight straight years with the Spurs and one year with the Chicago Bulls.
Gervin would be traded in 1985 to the Chicago Bulls and would play only one season for them before retiring from the NBA in 1986.
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 NBA.com: George Gervin Summary
George Gervin George Gervin``s playing record speaks for itself.
Only Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan have won more league scoring championships than Gervin's four, and he was the first guard ever to win three titles in a row.
During his career, Gervin recorded a remarkable streak of scoring double figures in 407 consecutive games.
www.nba.com /history/players/gervin_summary.html   (270 words)

  
 George Gervin information - Search.com
George Gervin (born April 27, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former professional basketball player, a shooting guard for the ABA's Virginia Squires and the NBA's San Antonio Spurs and Chicago Bulls.
Gervin holds the distinction of being a former teammate of both Julius Erving (with the Squires) and Michael Jordan (with the Bulls).
Gervin was inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame, had his #44 jersey retired by the Spurs and was named to the NBA's fifty greatest players list.
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 George Gervin - Iceman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
George Gervin, with his deadly jump shot and his favorite finger roll, was an unstoppable scoring machine who made the most difficult baskets look easy.
Gervin's career highlight comes from the 1977-'78 season when he was competing with David Thompson for the scoring title.
Gervin needed to score at least 58 in order to become the league's leading scorer and in the next game he scored 63, 33 of them in the 2nd quarter!
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 Hire George Gervin for Motivational Speaking Engagements, Autograph Signings and Corporate Events
As a basketball player, George "Iceman" Gervin could use those four adjectives to describe his game, but, no pun intended, they would be the tip of the "iceberg." George Gervin was one of basketball's most electrifying and scintillating players, a talent that doesn't often grace the hardwood...
George Gervin worked as a community relations representative for the Spurs until 1992, when Head Coach John Lucas made him an assistant.
Gervin enjoyed a banner year in 1996 as he was named to the NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team and was also inducted into the Naismith Memeorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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 Gervin keeps scoring big with kids, community after his playing days   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Gervin, a Detroit native who played at King High and Eastern Michigan, will be remembered Saturday night at Cobo Hall, where he will be honored during the Black Legends of Professional Basketball dinner.
Gervin was ejected, but instead of going to the locker room, he walked across the court and knocked out Piccola with a punch to the jaw.
Gervin's battle with his personal demons became a high-profile example of the league's drug problem during that time.
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 George Gervin Jerseys & T-Shirts For Sale
This is the number worn by George Gervin with the 1979-80 San Antonio.
George Gervin, better known simply as the "IceMan", is one of basketball's most electrifying and scintillating players of all time.
Gervin was a 1996 Basketball Hall Of Fame inductee.
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 San Antonio Spurs (1973-Present)
George Gervin and David Thompson of the Denver Nuggets would battle all season for the NBA scoring title.
George Gervin wins his 3rd straight scoring title, but the Spurs struggle at the.500 mark all season with a poor defense that allows a league worse 119.7 ppg.
Led by George Gervin who wins his 4th scoring title in 5 years with 32.3 ppg the Spurs win their 2nd straight division title with a record of 48-34.
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 George Gervin Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Gervin played one full season with the Bulls before retiring at the end of the 1986 season.
Gervin's number 44 is just one of three numbers in Spurs franchise to be retired.
In 1995, George was inducted into the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame, and in 1996 was inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame.
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 SPURS: Iceman To The Rescue
When he founded the George Gervin Youth Center in 1989, “The Iceman” chose an appropriate motto for the facility for underprivileged and at-risk youth: New Birth.
For Gervin, his retirement from the game of basketball constituted a new birth as he immediately looked for ways to serve the San Antonio community that idolized him and his sweet signature finger roll shot for so many years.
Gervin maintains yet another connection to the community through Iceman’s Pub, located at the Willow Springs Golf Course clubhouse across the street from the SBC Center.
www.nbdltix.com /spurs/features/gervinyouthcenter_score.html   (642 words)

  
 START Center staff members invited to Gervin technology center - The News - University of Texas Health Science Center ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The ceremony was followed by presentations from various community leaders including Conrad Lindemann, chairman of the board of the George Gervin Youth Center; George Gervin, founder of the center; Barbara Hawkins, executive director of the center; Dr.
The George Gervin Technology Center offers education, counseling and social services, as well as job readiness skills training, college and technical school assistance, résumé writing and cultural and recreational activities.
The George Gervin Technology Center is located at 3030 East Commerce St. For more information, contact Van Damme at (210) 562-5462.
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 AthlonSports.com - Athlon's No. 38 NBA Greatest: George Gervin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A commercial commodity as the dean of scorers, George Gervin was a player who could run up points with astonishing frequency, jiggling the scoreboard like a pinball machine.
Gervin started his career in the American Basketball Association, winning the ABA All-Rookie honors with the Virginia Squires as a teammate of Julius Erving.
Gervin, who grew up in Detroit and played at Martin Luther King High School and then at Eastern Michigan University, is still a fixture in San Antonio.
www.athlonsports.com /article.php3?story_id=341   (651 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Chat wrap: George Gervin
George Gervin: I think Steve Smith with Portland may be the guy that is the closest to me because of his size and he can shoot and take the ball to the basket and he doesn't play much defense either:)
George Gervin: We are all too old right now but we sit around and ask the same thing.
George Gervin: When I played with him in '86, I saw the drive he had -- a love for the game.
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 ABA to name division after Gervin - OurSports Central
George Gervin was described as smooth, graceful, creative and unstopable.
Gervin played professionally with the ABA Virginia Squires in 1972-74, with the ABA/NBA San Antonio Spurs from 74-85 and with the Chicago Bulls in 85-86.
He founded the George Gervin Youth Center, Inc, a non-profit organization focusing on the development of disadvantaged "at-risk" youth in 1989 and it is going strong still today.
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 NBA.com: Chats
George Gervin: Amare-Nash was good, being able to work together and Nash showing his soccer skills, it was fun.
George Gervin: Stay in the gym, become a gym rat, work on your fundamentals, shoot the ball 500, 600 times a day from different spots on the floor, work on your free throws and become an 80%, 90% free-throw shooter.
George Gervin: I want to thank all the fans for taking the time out to send in your questions, and I look forward to hopefully hearing from you again when it comes to the NBA Playoffs.
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 New Era Cap :: George 'Iceman' Gervin's New Era 59FIFTY Design for 59FIFTYat50 Campaign to Launch Thursday, October 28   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Launching with George Gervin is NFL star Kyle Turley who brings a little football flavor to the celebrity designed fitteds, turning the 59FIFTY into an inspired football helmet; cap description available at http://www.59fiftyat50.com/.
George "Iceman" Gervin who is known for perfecting the "Finger Roll;" for being one of the 50 greatest players in the NBA's history; and for being in the NBA Hall of Fame, will now go down in history as the first NBA great to design a New Era 59FIFTY!
In accord with his smooth style on and off the court the Gervin 59FIFTY is made with fl cashmere donning his jersey number "44" in tonal color embroidery, while his nickname "Iceman" is called out in white and silver embroidery -- both on the front panels of the cap.
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 George Gervin card and cards Basketball Cards --- Great selection at great prices --- get them at cards-basketball.com!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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 George Gervin "Iceman" Jump Shot Hand-Signed 8 x 10 Photograph - Wal-Mart
San Antonio Spurs' star George Gervin is the first guard in the history of the NBA to score three scoring titles in a row, while only Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan have won the scoring title more than Gervin's four.
Gervin, who was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1996, averaged 26.2 points per game and scored 26,595 career points between the ABA and the NBA.
Gervin has hand signed this 8 x 10 photo of him shooting one of his trademark jump shots.
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 GEORGE GERVIN GOT HIS START WITH THE VIRGINIA SQUIRES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Gervin twice punched Jay Piccola, a star for Roanoke College, at the Small College national tournament in Evansville, Ind., and was ejected from the game.
Gervin, called called G.G. by his teammates, and later nicknamed ``Ice,'' became the franchise's marquee player after Erving was sold to the New York Nets prior to the 1973-74 season.
There were tears rolling down Gervin's cheeks in the dressing room after he was told he had been sold to the Spurs.
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 History of George Gervin Youth Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
George Gervin, a former San Antonio Spur and a member of the NBA Hall of Fame.
The George Gervin Youth Center, Inc. is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization now in its ninth year of operation.
Our mission is to provide innovatively designed, comprehensive, as well as culturally sensitive services to impact the lives of troubled youth and their families.
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 George Gervin - HoopsVibe
As a basketball player, George "Iceman" Gervin could use those four adjectives to describe his game, but, no pun intended, they would be the tip of the "iceberg." Gervin was one of basketball’s most electrifying and scintillating players, a talent that doesn’t often grace the hardwood.
Whether he was laying in a sweet finger roll over a center in the paint or spotting up for a long jumper in the face of a guard, Gervin always found a way to put the ball in the basket.
The San Antonio Spurs’ all-time leader in points, games played, field goals made and attempted, free throws made and attempted, and steals, Gervin is one of seven players to score 2,000 points in six consecutive NBA seasons (1977-78 to 1982-83).
www.hoopsvibe.com /nba/nba-legends-biographies/george-gervin-ar33514.html   (695 words)

  
 George Gervin -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Gervin holds the interesting distinction of being a former teammate of both (United States basketball forward (born in 1950)) Julius Erving (with the Squires) and (Click link for more info and facts about Michael Jordan) Michael Jordan (with the Bulls), although in Gervin's only season in Chicago, Jordan played only eighteen games due to injury.
He defeated fellow scorer (Click link for more info and facts about David Thompson) David Thompson by seven hundredths of a point (27.22 to 27.15).
Gervin was inducted to the (Click link for more info and facts about Basketball Hall of Fame) Basketball Hall of Fame, had his #44 jersey retired by the Spurs and was named to the NBA's fifty greatest players list.
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