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Max Zaslofsky

Max Zaslofsky 1948.jpg
Zaslofsky in 1948

Personal information
Born December 7, 1925
Brooklyn, New York
Died October 15, 1985(1985-10-15) (aged 59)
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight 170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school
Thomas Jefferson
(Brooklyn, New York)
College
St. John's (1945–1946)
Playing career 1946–1956
Position Shooting guard
Number 10, 5, 14, 6
Coaching career 1966–1968
Career history
As player:

1946–1950
Chicago Stags

1950–1953
New York Knicks
1953 Baltimore Bullets
1953 Milwaukee Hawks

1953–1956
Fort Wayne Pistons
As coach:
1966–1968 New Jersey Americans/New York Nets

Career highlights and awards


  • 4× All-NBA First Team (1947–1950)


  • NBA All-Star (1952)


  • NBA scoring champion (1948)



Career NBA statistics
Points 7,990 (14.8 ppg)
Assists 1,093 (2.0 apg)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Max "Slats" Zaslofsky (December 7, 1925 – October 15, 1985) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He was First Team All-NBA four different seasons.[1] In 1947–48, at 21 years of age he led the NBA in scoring, and in 1949–50 he led the league in free throw percentage (.843).




Contents






  • 1 Early life


  • 2 College career


  • 3 Professional career


  • 4 Personal life


  • 5 BAA/NBA career statistics


    • 5.1 Regular season


    • 5.2 Playoffs




  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





Early life[edit]


Zaslofsky, who was Jewish, was the son of Russian immigrant parents, Morris and Ida.[2] He had two older brothers, Irving and Abe.[2] He grew up in Brooklyn, attended cheder until he had his bar mitzvah, and spent many hours as a child on the playgrounds trying to perfect his two-handed set shot.[2] Raised on Riverdale Street in the predominantly Jewish section of Brownsville, he attended Thomas Jefferson High School, where he was an All-PSAL selection in basketball and also played for the baseball team.[2] He graduated from high school in 1943, and then spent two years in the U.S. Navy during World War II.[3]



College career[edit]


He attended St. John's University, where he played basketball for one season. The 20-year-old Zaslofsky started at guard and averaged 7.8 points per game. He was named honorable mention All-Metropolitan as St. John's posted a 17-5 record and played in the postseason National Invitation Tournament (NIT).[3]



Professional career[edit]


After his freshman season, he left St. John's to join the Chicago Stags of the newly organized Basketball Association of America, the forerunner of the National Basketball Association.[4]


While playing for the Chicago Stags, Zaslofsky was named All-NBA First Team 1946–47 at the age of 21.[5] He was the youngest player to hold that distinction for nearly 60 years until he was surpassed by LeBron James in 2005–06. The next season, 1947–48, he led the league in scoring.[5] At 22 years, 121 days old, he was the youngest player to lead the league in scoring until 2010, when Kevin Durant broke his mark. In 1949–50, he led the league in free throw percentage (.843).[6]


After the Stags broke up, Zaslofsky joined the New York Knicks. On August 24, 1953, he was traded by the Knicks with Jim Luisi and Roy Belliveau to the Baltimore Bullets for Jim Baechtold.[7] On November 25, 1953, he was traded by the Bullets to the Milwaukee Hawks for Bob Houbregs.[7] On December 21, 1953, he was traded by the Hawks to the Fort Wayne Pistons for Chuck Share.[7] In 1956 he ended his career as the league's third-leading scorer of all-time, behind George Mikan and Joe Fulks.[2] In addition to his 1946–47 first-team All-NBA honors, Zaslofsky was named to the All-NBA first team in 1947–48, 1948–49, and 1949–50. He also played in the 1952 NBA All-Star Game.


He later coached for two seasons in the American Basketball Association with the New Jersey Americans/New York Nets. He went 53-103 in two seasons with the club before resigning in March 1969.[6]


Zaslofsky was nominated for the NBA 25th Anniversary Team in 1971. He is one of only two members nominated to the team that are not elected in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.



Personal life[edit]


Zaslofsky is a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame.[8][3]


Zaslofsky died in 1985 at age 59 due to complications from leukemia. He was survived by his wife, Elaine, two daughters, a son, and two grandchildren.[4]



BAA/NBA career statistics[edit]




























Legend
  GP
Games played
 MPG 
Minutes per game
 FG% 

Field-goal percentage
 FT% 

Free-throw percentage
 RPG 

Rebounds per game
 APG 

Assists per game
 PPG 
Points per game
 Bold 
Career high




*
Led the league


Regular season[edit]






































































































































































Year
Team
GP
MPG
FG%
FT%
RPG
APG
PPG

1946–47

Chicago
61 .329 .737 .7 14.4

1947–48

Chicago
48 .323 .784 .6
21.0

1948–49

Chicago
58 .350 .840 2.6 20.6

1949–50

Chicago
68 .351 .843* 2.3 16.4

1950–51

New York
66 .354 .775 3.5 2.1 12.7

1951–52

New York
66 32.0 .336 .755 2.9 2.4 14.1

1952–53

New York
29 24.9 .384 .690 2.6 1.9 11.9

1953–54

Baltimore
11 38.0 .352 .767 3.9 3.0 16.4

1953–54

Milwaukee
9 33.2 .341 .712 3.1 2.6 15.1

1953–54

Fort Wayne
45 25.9 .382 .693 2.0 2.2 11.0

1954–55

Fort Wayne
70 26.6 .328 .702 2.7 2.9 11.2

1955–56

Fort Wayne
9 20.2 .358 .857 1.8 1.8 9.8
Career
540 28.3 .343 .769 2.8 2.0 14.8
All-Star
1 25.0 .429 1.000 4.0 2.0 11.0


Playoffs[edit]
















































































































Year
Team
GP
MPG
FG%
FT%
RPG
APG
PPG

1947

Chicago
11 .302 .659 .4 13.5

1948

Chicago
5 .341 .787 .0 19.4

1949

Chicago
2 .306 .778 3.0 22.0

1950

Chicago
2 .469 .833 3.0
22.5

1951

New York
14 .406 .740 4.1 2.7 17.9

1952

New York
14 36.1 .373 .809 3.1 1.6 16.2

1954

Fort Wayne
4 24.5 .306 .867 .8 1.5 8.8

1955

Fort Wayne
11 11.7 .409 .800 1.5 1.6 4.7
Career
63 25.3 .360 .772 2.8 1.6 14.3


See also[edit]



  • List of select Jewish basketball players

  • List of National Basketball Association annual scoring leaders



References[edit]




  1. ^ Pro Basketball's All-Time All-Stars: Across the Eras - Robert W. Cohen


  2. ^ abcde When Basketball Was Jewish: Voices of Those Who Played the Game - Douglas Stark


  3. ^ abc Zaslofsky, Max: Jews In Sports


  4. ^ ab MAX ZASLOFSKY IS DEAD AT 59; STAR IN EARLY DAYS OF KNICKS - The New York Times


  5. ^ ab Mr. Basketball: George Mikan, the Minneapolis Lakers, and the Birth of the NBA - Michael Schumacher


  6. ^ ab A Biographical Directory of Professional Basketball Coaches - Jeff Marcus


  7. ^ abc Max Zaslofsky Stats | Basketball-Reference.com


  8. ^ Max Zaslofsky



External links[edit]



  • BasketballReference.com: Max Zaslofsky (as coach)

  • BasketballReference.com: Max Zaslofsky (as player)












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