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189.0 career Net Wins. Three MVP awards. The first modern player to go directly from high school to professional basketball. He outrebounded Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 73-30 in the 1983 NBA Finals and then went home to Petersburg, Virginia. The numbers trace a career that redefined what a center could be.Thanks for reading NET WINS! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.Moses Malone led Petersburg High School to 50 consecutive victories and two state championships and was one of the most sought-after college basketball prospects in history. He chose to bypass college, however, and sign with the Utah Stars of the American Basketball Association in 1974, thereby becoming the first player to enter professional basketball directly from high school (Historical technicality: Reggie Harding was drafted out of high school by the Detroit Pistons in 1962, though due to eligibility rules and a year spent playing in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), he did not actually play an NBA game until 1964).He was 19 years old. He had even signed a letter of intent to play at the University of Maryland before changing his mind and accepting a five-year, $1 million ABA contract. The decision was groundbreaking and controversial. It was also the correct decision.Moses Eugene Malone played from 1974 to 1995 two seasons in the ABA and 19 in the NBA, across eight franchises, dying in Norfolk, Virginia on September 13, 2015, at age 60. The career that began in the ABA at 19 ended in San Antonio at 39. The Career, Season by SeasonRegular season: 162.8 NW (Explorer) · Playoffs: 15.6 NW · Combined: 189.0 NW Average: 8.6 NW/season · Peak: 16.2 (1982-83)ABA seasons discounted at 90% in this newsletter’s adjusted all-time rankings. The Explorer’s combined figure reflects ABA stats at face value.Thanks for reading NET WINS! This post is public so feel free to share it.The ABA Years and What They Tell UsMalone’s two ABA seasons (1974-76) at ages 19-20 produced 10.5 combined raw NW respectable production for a teenager against professional competition, though this newsletter applies a 90% discount to pre-merger ABA statistics to account for competition level differences. At 90%, those seasons contribute 9.45 NW to the adjusted total rather than 10.5.After the ABA dissolved in 1976, he was acquired by the NBA’s Buffalo Braves, who traded him to the Houston Rockets two games into the 1976-77 season. His NBA debut season 9.3 NW at age 21, 13.5 PPG and 13.4 RPG he arrived in the NBA ready to compete at a high level.His 1977-78 dip to 4.8 NW at 22 is the one year the data shows an adjustment to new team. 15.0 rebounds per game but only 19.4 points the only dip in the data.The Houston Prime: 1978–1982Starting in 1978-79, Malone entered a five-year run that produced 62.4 NW averaging 12.5 per season across his ages 23-27. He won his first MVP in 1979 after averaging 24.8 points and a league-leading 17.6 rebounds per game. The 17.6 RPG figure is one of the highest single-season rebounding averages a reflection of both his relentless offensive board pursuit and his positioning in the paint.His 1,444 total rebounds in 1978-79, spread across 82 games, contributed an enormous positive to his Net Total before a single basket is counted. In 1981 he led the Rockets to the NBA Finals, their only Finals appearance in the pre-Olajuwon era. His 1980-81 playoff NW was 3.6, his best postseason run to that point. The Rockets lost in six games to Boston.His 1981-82 season may be his most statistically dominant: 31.1 PPG, 14.7 RPG, second MVP. The following season, 1982-83 produced even more Net Wins (16.2 vs 14.6), because of the Philadelphia context. A better team, better teammates, and a championship generated a larger win total for his contributions to share in.“Fo’, Fo’, Fo’” — The 1983 ChampionshipMoses Malone won his third NBA MVP Award after propelling Philadelphia to a 65-17 record in 1982-83. He famously predicted “Fo’ Fo’ Fo’,” declaring that the 76ers would sweep each round of the 1983 playoffs.The 76ers produced one of the greatest seasons ever with some of the league’s all-time best players including Julius Erving, Bobby Jones, and Maurice Cheeks. With the addition of Malone the 76ers became unstoppable, steamrolling thru the postseason 12-1 to win the 1983 NBA championship.The prediction was updated to “Fo’ Fi’ Fo’” they went 4-0, 4-1, 4-0 rather than three straight sweeps, losing one game to Milwaukee in the conference finals. Malone was named Finals MVP after averaging 26 points and 18 boards for the series, outrebounding Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 73-30 over the four games.Kareem was a Hall of Famer averaging 21 points per game in those Finals. Malone made him invisible on the glass.His 1982-83 playoff NW of 3.6 combined with his 16.2 regular season NW, made 1982-83 the most complete season in his career.The Long Sustain: 1983–1992What separates Malone from most centers of his era is the ...
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