Sidney Wicks
Sidney Wicks
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 Wicks being double-teamed in a 1971 game | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1949-09-19) September 19, 1949 Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Alexander Hamilton (Los Angeles, California) |
| College |
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| NBA draft | 1971 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall |
| Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers | |
| Playing career | 1971–1982 |
| Position | Power forward |
| Number | 21, 12 |
| Career history | |
1971–1976 | Portland Trail Blazers |
1976–1978 | Boston Celtics |
1978–1981 | San Diego Clippers |
| 1981–1982 | Reyer Venezia Mestre |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 12,803 (16.8 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 6,620 (8.7 rpg) |
| Assists | 2,437 (3.2 apg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2010 | |
Sidney Wicks (born September 19, 1949) is an American retired professional basketball player. A native of California, he played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins and played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1971 to 1981. In the NBA he played for the Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics, and San Diego Clippers, earning NBA Rookie of the Year in 1972 as well as four all-star selections. He played for the Trail Blazers from (1971-1976), and had a total of 4 selections as an All-Star From 1972 to 1975.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Professional career
3 Awards and honors
4 Later years and family
5 References
6 External links
Early life[edit]
Wicks was born in Los Angeles, on September 19, 1949.[1] He attended Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, but because of non-qualifying grades in high school, he had to attend Santa Monica College for a year until he could go to his preferred university, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Wicks later earned Academic All-America honors at UCLA in 1971.[2] He earned a degree in sociology from the school.[3]
A 6'8" power forward/center, Wicks was a phenom at UCLA, playing on three straight NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championships from 1969 to 1971, the Bruins' star player on the latter two, being named the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four in 1970, Helms National Co-Player of the Year (1970) USBWA and Sporting News Player of the Year (1971) and two-time consensus All-American in 1970 and 1971. On February 1, 1996, his jersey #35 was retired in a halftime ceremony at UCLA's home court, Pauley Pavilion. Wicks was a 1985 inductee into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame and in 2010, was selected to the College Basketball Hall of Fame.
Professional career[edit]
Wicks in 1972
The Portland Trail Blazers selected Wicks with the second pick of the 1971 NBA draft after paying the Cleveland Cavaliers $250,000 not to select him,[3] and the Dallas Chaparrals chose him in the 1971 ABA draft.[1] After averaging 24.5 points and 11.5 rebounds, Wicks was named NBA Rookie of the Year. He also played in the NBA All-Star Game that season.[1]
Wicks played for the Trail Blazers from 1971 to 1976, earning a total of four selections as an All-Star (1972–1975) and averaging over 20 points per game each of his first four seasons.[1] He holds the Blazers' franchise record for rebounds in a game with 27,[4] and averaged 22.3 points per game and 10.3 rebounds a game in his five years with the team.[3]
In October 1976 he was sold to the Boston Celtics, while Portland went on to win its only NBA championship the next season. Wicks played for the Celtics from 1976 to 1978.[3] Wicks then went to the San Diego Clippers and played there until 1981.[1] Overall, Wicks averaged 16.8 points per game and 8.7 rebounds per game over ten seasons and 760 games.[1] He had four seasons averaging over 20 points per game, and four seasons averaging over 10 rebounds per game, accomplishing both of those feats in the same season three times (1971–72, 1972–73, and 1974–75).[1] His scoring average dropped every year after his rookie season.[3] Following his NBA career he played one season in Italy.[3]
Awards and honors[edit]
- 1970 – national co-player of the year honors from the Helms Athletic Foundation
- 1971 – player of the year awards from the USBWA and The Sporting News
- November 21, 2010 – induction into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame
Later years and family[edit]
Following his playing career, he lived for a year in Italy before returning to the United States.[3] He served as an assistant coach at UCLA during Walt Hazzard's four years as head coach.[5] Following coaching he entered the real estate field, living in Atlanta, Florida, and Los Angeles.[3]
At 9 a.m. on May 5, 1989, in Mira Mesa, San Diego, California, Wicks was seriously injured in a car accident. He had been driving a 1974 Cadillac and making a left turn through an intersection when a loaded cement truck, which was approaching the intersection at a perpendicular angle, failed to stop at a red light and struck the driver's side door.[6] Wicks had his ruptured spleen removed at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California. He also had facial lacerations and minor head injuries. Jeffrey Neal Brown, a 34-year-old Poway resident, was a passenger in Wicks' car, and suffered a mild concussion and facial injuries. He was also treated at Scripps Memorial Hospital. The cement truck was being driven by 30-year-old Harry Arthur Auman, who was not injured in the crash.[7][8]
Wicks was married from 1973 to 1979 and has one daughter, Sibahn Epps.[3] As of 2006, he lived in North Carolina and Los Angeles.[3]
References[edit]
^ abcdefg DatabaseBasketball.com Sidney Wicks page
^ http://www.uclabruins.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30500&ATCLID=208268801
^ abcdefghij Eggers, Kerry (February 17, 2006). "Wicks keeps NBA life in past". The Portland Tribune. Retrieved July 10, 2009..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Eggers, Kerry (March 25, 2008). "Star on home court". The Portland Tribune. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
^ JERRY CROWE, "In time of great change, Sidney Wicks helped UCLA stay the same", Los Angeles Times, March 2, 2009
^ http://articles.latimes.com/1989-05-06/sports/sp-2009_1_cement-truck-sidney-wicks-red-light
^ LePage, Andrew (May 6, 1989). "Wicks Is Seriously Injured When Truck Hits His Car". Los Angeles Times. p. SD_B1.
^ Smith, Sam (May 6, 1989). "NBA Notes". Chicago Tribune. p. A7.
External links[edit]
Media related to Sidney Wicks at Wikimedia Commons
- Career statistics and player information from Basketball-Reference.com
Media related to Sidney Wicks at Wikimedia CommonsCategories:
- 1949 births
- Living people
- African-American basketball players
- Alexander Hamilton High School (Los Angeles) alumni
- All-American college men's basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- Basketball players at the 1969 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players at the 1970 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players at the 1971 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players from California
- Boston Celtics players
- Centers (basketball)
- Dallas Chaparrals draft picks
- National Basketball Association All-Stars
- National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame inductees
- Portland Trail Blazers draft picks
- Portland Trail Blazers players
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Reyer Venezia players
- San Diego Clippers players
- Santa Monica Corsairs men's basketball players
- Sportspeople from Los Angeles
- UCLA Bruins men's basketball coaches
- UCLA Bruins men's basketball players
- American men's basketball players
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