Alex English

Alexander English (Alex)
Position: F
Height: 6' 7'' Weight: 190
Born: 1/5/1954, in Columbia, SC, USA
High School:Dreher, in Columbia, SC
College:University of South Carolina

About bio info

Draft History
1974 ABA - Round 7 by IND
1976 NBA - Round 2 by MIL

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Year	Age	Team	Lg	G	Min	Pts	PPG	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PM	3PA	3PP	ORB	DRB	TRB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO	PF	?	?
Hall of Fame
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1976-77	23	MIL	NBA	60	648	310	5.2	132	277	.477	46	60	.767	0	0	.000	68	100	168	2.8	25	0.4	17	18	0	78	??	?
1977-78	24	MIL	NBA	82	1552	790	9.6	343	633	.542	104	143	.727	0	0	.000	144	251	395	4.8	129	1.6	41	55	137	178	??	?
1978-79	25	IND	NBA	81	2696	1299	16.0	563	1102	.511	173	230	.752	0	0	.000	253	402	655	8.1	271	3.3	70	78	196	214	??	?
1979-80	26	DEN	NBA	24	875	512	21.3	207	427	.485	96	126	.762	2	3	.667	102	123	225	9.4	82	3.4	28	29	90	78	??	?
1979-80	26	IND	NBA	54	1526	806	14.9	346	686	.504	114	140	.814	0	3	.000	167	213	380	7.0	142	2.6	45	33	124	128	??	?
1980-81	27	DEN	NBA	81	3093	1929	23.8	768	1555	.494	390	459	.850	3	5	.600	273	373	646	8.0	290	3.6	106	100	241	255	??	?
1981-82	28	DEN	NBA	82	3015	2082	25.4	855	1553	.551	372	443	.840	0	8	.000	210	348	558	6.8	433	5.3	87	120	261	261	??	?
1982-83	29	DEN	NBA	82	2988	2326	28.4	959	1857	.516	406	490	.829	2	12	.167	263	338	601	7.3	397	4.8	116	126	263	235	A	?
1983-84	30	DEN	NBA	82	2870	2167	26.4	907	1714	.529	352	427	.824	1	7	.143	216	248	464	5.7	406	5.0	83	95	222	252	A	?
1984-85	31	DEN	NBA	81	2924	2262	27.9	939	1812	.518	383	462	.829	1	5	.200	203	255	458	5.7	344	4.2	101	46	251	259	A	?
1985-86	32	DEN	NBA	81	3024	2414	29.8	951	1888	.504	511	593	.862	1	5	.200	192	213	405	5.0	320	4.0	73	29	249	235	A	?
1986-87	33	DEN	NBA	82	3085	2345	28.6	965	1920	.503	411	487	.844	4	15	.267	146	198	344	4.2	422	5.1	73	21	214	216	A	?
1987-88	34	DEN	NBA	80	2818	2000	25.0	843	1704	.495	314	379	.828	0	6	.000	166	207	373	4.7	377	4.7	70	23	181	193	A	?
1988-89	35	DEN	NBA	82	2990	2175	26.5	924	1881	.491	325	379	.858	2	8	.250	148	178	326	4.0	383	4.7	66	12	198	174	A	?
1989-90	36	DEN	NBA	80	2211	1433	17.9	635	1293	.491	161	183	.880	2	5	.400	119	167	286	3.6	225	2.8	51	23	93	130	??	?
1990-91	37	DAL	NBA	79	1748	763	9.7	322	734	.439	119	140	.850	0	1	.000	108	146	254	3.2	105	1.3	40	25	101	141	??	?
15 Season Totals		?	?	1193	38063	25613	21.5	10659	21036	.507	4277	5141	.832	18	83	.217	2778	3760	6538	5.5	4351	3.6	1067	833	2821	3027	?	?

M - MVP
N - All NBA First Team
A - All Star

Extended Stats Explanations

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Year	Age	Team	Lg	G	MPG	PPG	EFF	AV	VI	PPFGA	PPR	RbRate
1976-77	23	MIL	NBA	60	10.8	5.2	6.32	4.0	1.8	1.022	0.00	13.5
1977-78	24	MIL	NBA	82	18.9	9.6	11.51	8.1	4.2	1.135	-3.29	13.3
1978-79	25	IND	NBA	81	33.3	16.0	19.52	11.9	7.5	1.080	-0.57	12.6
1979-80	26	DEN	NBA	24	36.5	21.3	22.33	5.3	8.8	1.061	-4.10	0.0
1979-80	26	IND	NBA	54	28.3	14.9	16.96	7.9	6.5	1.078	-1.98	0.0
1980-81	27	DEN	NBA	81	38.2	23.8	24.37	14.1	8.8	1.098	-1.54	10.6
1981-82	28	DEN	NBA	82	36.8	25.4	27.44	15.5	9.7	1.191	0.92	9.9
1982-83	29	DEN	NBA	82	36.4	28.4	28.30	15.9	10.0	1.122	0.06	10.2
1983-84	30	DEN	NBA	82	35.0	26.4	25.74	14.8	9.1	1.139	1.70	8.5
1984-85	31	DEN	NBA	81	36.1	27.9	24.79	14.2	8.7	1.122	-0.74	8.4
1985-86	32	DEN	NBA	81	37.3	29.8	24.36	14.1	8.4	1.123	-1.18	7.0
1986-87	33	DEN	NBA	82	37.6	28.6	23.90	14.0	8.5	1.099	2.18	5.9
1987-88	34	DEN	NBA	80	35.2	25.0	21.70	12.8	8.2	1.069	2.50	7.0
1988-89	35	DEN	NBA	82	36.5	26.5	21.38	12.9	7.9	1.062	1.92	5.6
1989-90	36	DEN	NBA	80	27.6	17.9	15.56	10.0	5.7	1.043	2.58	6.8
1990-91	37	DAL	NBA	79	22.1	9.7	8.27	6.1	3.4	0.959	-1.77	8.3
15 Season Totals		?	?	1193	31.9	21.5	20.40	92.8	7.5	1.099	0.13	0.0

Playoff Stats

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Year	Team	Lg	G	Min	Pts	PPG	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PA	3PP	ORB	DRB	TRB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO
1977-78	MIL	NBA	9	208	121	13.4	48	78	.615	25	32	.781	0	.000	0	0	42	4.7	13	1.4	6	7	0
1981-82	DEN	NBA	3	118	58	19.3	26	55	.473	6	7	.857	0	.000	8	15	23	7.7	17	5.7	3	3	4
1982-83	DEN	NBA	7	270	181	25.9	67	150	.447	47	53	.887	2	.000	20	24	44	6.3	42	6.0	4	7	21
1983-84	DEN	NBA	5	203	145	29.0	60	102	.588	25	28	.893	1	.000	16	24	40	8.0	28	5.6	3	2	7
1984-85	DEN	NBA	14	536	423	30.2	163	304	.536	97	109	.890	1	.000	36	56	92	6.6	63	4.5	17	5	30
1985-86	DEN	NBA	10	394	273	27.3	106	229	.463	61	71	.859	1	.000	18	17	35	3.5	52	5.2	4	4	28
1986-87	DEN	NBA	3	76	56	18.7	25	49	.510	6	7	.857	0	.000	10	4	14	4.7	10	3.3	0	0	8
1987-88	DEN	NBA	11	438	267	24.3	116	255	.455	35	43	.814	3	.000	31	28	59	5.4	48	4.4	7	3	16
1988-89	DEN	NBA	3	108	78	26.0	32	62	.516	14	16	.875	0	.000	8	5	13	4.3	11	3.7	1	0	14
1989-90	DEN	NBA	3	76	59	19.7	25	44	.568	9	11	.818	0	.000	3	6	9	3.0	9	3.0	2	1	2
Totals		?	68	2427	1661	24.4	668	1328	.503	325	377	.862	8	.000	150	179	371	5.5	293	4.3	47	32	130

All Star Stats

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Year	Team	Lg	G	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FTM	FTA	3PM	3PA	OREB	DREB	TREB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	?
1981-82	DEN	NBA	1	12	4	2	6	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	1	2	0	1	2
1982-83	DEN	NBA	1	23	14	7	14	0	1	-	-	-	-	4	0	-	-	-	-
1983-84	DEN	NBA	1	19	13	6	8	1	1	-	-	-	-	0	2	-	-	-	-
1984-85	DEN	NBA	1	14	0	0	3	0	0	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-
1985-86	DEN	NBA	1	16	16	8	12	0	0	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-
1986-87	DEN	NBA	1	13	0	0	6	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	1	-	-	-	-
1987-88	DEN	NBA	1	22	10	5	10	0	0	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-
1988-89	DEN	NBA	1	29	16	8	13	0	0	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-
Totals		NBA	8	?	73	36	72	1	2	0	0	2	3	18	15	2	0	1	2	?

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