Pat Cummings
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 11, 1956 Johnstown, Pennsylvania |
| Died | June 26, 2012 (aged 55) New York City, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Johnstown (Johnstown, Pennsylvania) |
| College | Cincinnati (1974–1979) |
| NBA draft | 1978 / Round: 3 / Pick: 59th overall |
| Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks | |
| Playing career | 1979–1993 |
| Position | Power forward |
| Number | 6, 42, 50 |
| Career history | |
| 1979–1982 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1982–1984 | Dallas Mavericks |
| 1984–1988 | New York Knicks |
| 1988–1990 | Miami Heat |
| 1990 | CB Zaragoza |
| 1990 | Ranger Varese |
| 1990–1991 | Utah Jazz |
| 1992–1993 | Rapid City Thrillers |
| 1993 | Fort Wayne Fury |
| 1993 | Wichita Falls Texans |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 6,259 (9.6 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 3,825 (5.6 rpg) |
| Assists | 807 (1.2 apg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Pat Cummings (July 11, 1956 – June 26, 2012) was an American professional basketball player.
A 6-foot-9 forward with an accurate shooting touch, Cummings spent the most productive stretch of his 12-year career with the New York Knicks and the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA, averaging better than 12 points and 8 rebounds for four straight campaigns.
The son of Charles and Dolores (Gresik) Cummings, he scored 1,136 career points for Greater Johnstown High School of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He led the team to a pair of District 6 Class A championships, including a 25-1 record his senior year. He earned first-team all-state honors.
Cummings committed to attend the University of Cincinnati, coached by Gale Catlett. Cummings still holds the Bearcats' single-season field goal percentage record (.642 in 1977–78) and his career mark of .581 is second to Kenyon Martin. He is second all-time in field goals made (756) behind Oscar Robertson. In 1978–79, he averaged 24.6 points per game, fifth-highest in Bearcats' history, while also averaging a team-leading 11.3 rebounds and .823 free throw percentage. His career point total of 1,762 was second all-time to Robertson, and that total currently ranks fifth.
At UC, Cummings' teams went 23-6 (1974–75), 25-6 (1975–76), 17-10 (1977–78), and 13-14 (1978–79). He did not play in 1976–77 due to a broken leg. He earned All-Metro Conference first team and was the Bearcats' MVP in 1977–78 and 1978–79. He was awarded the 1978–79 Metro Conference Player of the Year. Cummings was inducted into the James P. Kelly UC Athletics Hall of Fame in 1990.
Cummings was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks as a junior-eligible in 1978 (the year Boston Celtics used the same rule to draft Larry Bird). After playing out his senior season, Cummings came to the Bucks in 1979. He saw his first NBA action in the Bucks' second game, a 125-96 win over the Denver Nuggets in which he scored four points, followed by eight points in the Bucks' next game, a 131-107 win over the Utah Jazz. He did shine at times, with a then career-high 25 points on February 26, 1980 against the Los Angeles Clippers, then 30 in the third-to-last game of the season against the Denver Nuggets.
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