To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the NBA, the NBA officially selected 75 superstars. Ranked 69th is Hal Greer.
Hal Greer was drafted by the Syracuse Nationals (now the Philadelphia 76ers) in the 2nd round of the 1958 NBA Draft, playing for the Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia 76ers in his career, winning the NBA championship in 1967, being named to the NBA All-Star Team 10 times, the NBA All-Star MVP in 1968, and the NBA All-Star Second Team seven times. 20,000 club members, the top scorer with a career average of 19.2 points per game.
Hal Greer can also be said to be the representative of one person and one city. He spent his entire career with the Syracuse Nationals (now the Philadelphia 76ers). And won the championship for the team. It can be said that he is very complete, but he is not well known as other superstars, he is very low-key.
In 1958 , Hal Greer was selected by the Syracuse Nationals with the 14th pick in the second round.
Although he was only selected by the team in the second round, he has always been confident in his abilities. In his first season, he scored 11.1 points per game as a team off the bench, shooting 45.4 percent from the field and ranking fourth in the league that year. At this point, his shooting potential can already be seen.
In the following year, Hal Greer's shooting percentage improved to 47.6 percent, second in the league. The Syracuse Nationals finished third in the Eastern Conference with 45 wins and 30 losses in the regular season, but lost to the Philadelphia Warriors in the first round of the playoffs.
In the 1960–61 season, in his third year, Hal Greer became the team's starter, averaging 19.6 points per game and making his NBA All-Star debut, beginning his ten-time all-Star tour, where he averaged second-highest points per game. In the playoffs this season, the Nation defeated the Philadelphia Warriors 3-0 in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, but lost 1-4 to the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals.
In 1961–62, Hal Greer averaged 22.8 points, plus 7.4 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game. Shays has only played 56 games due to a trapped injury, and he ranks 13th in the league in scoring and ninth in free throw percentage (81.9 percent). At the 1962 All-Star Game, Greer had a team-high nine assists, one more than Bob Cousy, and he also had 10 rebounds, just two fewer than Bill Russell. Greer led the Nation to the playoffs, but lost to the Philadelphia Warriors in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
In the 1962–63 season, Greer averaged 19.5 points per game with 1,522 points, becoming the league's top ten scorers, and his free throw percentage was fifth in the league with 83.4 percent shooting. This season, Greer was named to the NBA All-NBA Second Team. The Nationals finished second in the Eastern Conference with a record of 48 wins and 32 losses in the regular season. In the playoffs, the Nations lost to the Cincinnati Royals in the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
Hal Greer has become one of the league's strongest scorers, but hasn't touched it since the Finals.
The team that moved to Philadelphia the following year changed its name to the Philadelphia 76ers. In his first seven years at Philadelphia, Greer averaged 20 points per game, was named an All-Star for seven consecutive terms, and was named to the NBA's All-NBA Second Team six times. In the 1964-65 season, Wilt Chamberlain returned to Philadelphia, the 76ers became stronger, and Greer once told reporters, "When you have Chamberlain on your team, you don't have to desperately try to score. ”
A Herald Tribune reporter once said: "If there is such an award, which is dedicated to players who are widely respected by basketball insiders and at the same time the most sought after by the media, then Greer deserves the name of the award."
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Hal Greer is such a low-key superstar.
Greer was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1982, and in his Acceptance Speech, he said that before entering the NBA in 1958, he wanted to fulfill four wishes by playing basketball: the most important thing was to buy a glorious new car, which is the dream of children growing up in small towns, followed by becoming an All-Star, winning an NBA championship, and entering the Basketball Hall of Fame. Greer made his dream come true through his efforts.