Bob Dandridge

Bob Dandridge
Player information
Full name	Robert L. Dandridge Jr.
Nickname	Bobby
birthday	November 15, 1947 (72 years and 291 days)
place of birth	Richmond , Virginia , United States
size	198 cm
position	Small forward
college	Norfolk State
NBA draft	1969 , 45th Pick, Milwaukee Bucks
league	NBA
Clubs as active
1969–1977 Milwaukee Bucks 1977–1981 Washington Bullets 1981 Milwaukee Bucks 0 000

Robert L. Dandridge Jr. (born November 15, 1947 in Richmond , Virginia ) is a retired American basketball player. He played in the position of small forward from 1969 to 1981 in the NBA .

college

From 1966 to 1969 Dandridge played for Norfolk State University , which he attended from 1965. Freshmen in their first year of study were only allowed to play in the freshman team.

Milwaukee Bucks

In the 1969 NBA draft , he was selected in the fourth round in a total of 45th place by the Milwaukee Bucks , for which he was active for the first eight years of his professional career. In the first year he already had an average of over 30 minutes of deployment time, which he used for 13.2 points and 7.7 rebounds . Milwaukee reached No. 2 in the Eastern Division and failed in the Division Finals at the Philadelphia 76ers . Dandridge was named to the All-Rookie First Team . In the 1970/71 season he increased to 18.4 points at 8 rebounds per game and was thus an important support for the team. The Bucks around Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson were now playing in the Western Conference and clearly dominated it. The team reached the NBA Finals and secured the franchise's first championship with a 4-0 win against the Baltimore Bullets .

In the following year , Dandridge and the Bucks were able to confirm their achievements and finished the season as the second best team in the West behind the Los Angeles Lakers , who were then defeated in the Conference Finals. In the 1972/73 season Bob Dandridge achieved a new career record with 20.2 points per game. In recognition of his performance, he was invited to the All-Star Game for the first time . Milwaukee finished the season as the best team in the west, but lost to the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the playoffs . Also in the 1973/74 season , the Bucks were the best team in the west. This time they made it into the finals with confidence. There they lost to the Boston Celtics 3: 4. The Bucks managed to win two of the three games in Boston, but lost three of the four home games. After this defeat in the final, the 35-year-old Oscar Robertson ended his career and with Lucius Allen , a key player moved to the Los Angeles Lakers. With that the responsibility for Bob Dandridge grew. He was re-elected to the All-Star Game for his personal achievements in the 1974/75 and 1975/76 seasons , but after five years the Bucks clearly missed the playoffs with at least 56 in the 1974/75 season with only 38 successes. Dandridge committed 330 personal fouls, more than any other player in the same year. After the season, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar also went to the Lakers, so that Dandridge was now the top scorer with 21.5 points per game, supported by Brian Winters and Elmore Smith . In the season they came again only to 38 wins, but in the weak West they were enough for the playoffs. There you failed in the first round on the Detroit Pistons . In the 1976/77 season , eleventh and last place in the west was achieved with only 30 wins.

Washington Bullets

On August 16, 1977 Dandridge was signed up as a "Veteran Free Agent" by the Washington Bullets . Milwaukee received a compensation payment. There Dandridge was next to Elvin Hayes and Wes Unseld the most important player in the 1977/78 season . The Bullets came third in the east with 43 wins. They reached the finals and prevailed there in seven games against the Seattle SuperSonics . Bob Dandridge was able to celebrate the second championship of his career. In the 1978/79 season he was rewarded for 20.4 points per game with his fourth and final All-Star nomination. In addition, he was appointed to the All NBA Second Team and the NBA All-Defensive Team for the first and only time . Washington was able to win the Eastern Conference with 54 wins, but failed in the finals with 1: 4 against last year's opponents from Seattle. In the 1979/80 season Dandridge came due to injury only 45 missions and missed the first round defeat against the Philadelphia 76ers . In the next season the injuries only allowed 23 missions and he only got 10 points per game.

End of career

On November 2, 1981, Dandridge returned once more to the Milwaukee Bucks. The Bullets received a five-round draft pick from the Bucks in return for being signed as a "Veteran Free Agent". Three weeks after his engagement, he was fired from Milwaukee after eleven games and then ended his career.

Awards and records

In 839 NBA regular season games, Dandridge scored 15,530 points, brought in 5,715 rebounds and initiated his teammates' points with 2,846 assists . That equates to 18.5 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. In playoff games he got 20.1 points, 7.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists. He won the NBA championship twice, was invited to the All-Star Game four times, elected once to the All NBA Second Team and once to the NBA All-Defensive Team , and in his first season to the NBA All-Rookie Team . In his honor, the Milwaukee Bucks have excluded his jersey number 10 from being awarded.

Web links

• Bob Dandridge at: Internet Movie Database website; Seattle, WA, 1990-2018. Retrieved December 27th (in English).
• Bob Dandridge at: National Basketball Association website; New York City, NY, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2018 (in English).
• Bob Dandridge at: Basketball Reference Web site; Philadelphia, PA, 2000-2018. Retrieved December 27, 2018 (in English).
• Bob Dandridge at: RealGM website; 2018. Accessed December 27, 2018 (in English).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Curtis Harris, Hall of Fame Snubs: Bobby Dandridge. ( Memento of June 9, 2014 on Internet Archive ) Archived June 9, 2014 by: Nepean Funk — Website; Location unknown, April 5, 2011 (in English).
2. ↑ Phil Watson: Milwaukee Bucks to retire Bob Dandridge's No. 10. On: FanSided website; Des Moines, IA, February 12, 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2018.