Nike Air Force 1, Air Force 1 25th Anniversary '07 Low Premium Origional Six Edition- Moses Malone

Model: Nike Air Force 1 25th Anniversary '07 Low Premium Origional Six Edition- Moses Malone Shoes
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Nike Air Force 1 25th Anniversary '07 Low Premium Origional Six Edition- Moses Malone

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Moses Malone

Moses Eugene Malone (born March 23, 1955 in Petersburg, Virginia) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player who also played in the American Basketball Association (ABA), as well as on the NBA's Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia 76ers, San Antonio Spurs and Washington Bullets. Malone played 19 seasons in the NBA and 2 in the defunct ABA. Before retiring from basketball, he was the last ABA participant to still be playing in the NBA. In 2001, he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Right after graduating from Petersburg High School, Malone moved to the ABA, being drafted by the Utah Stars in 1974, after signing a letter of intent to play at the University of Maryland. He was the fifth basketball player to jump straight from high school into the professional leagues.

In two seasons in the ABA, Malone averaged 17.2 points and 12.9 rebounds per game. He played with the Utah Stars and the Spirits of St. Louis.

The ABA dissolved after the 197576 season, but the NBA absorbed four of its teams and many of its players. In the ABA Dispersal Draft held on August 5, the NBAs Portland Trail Blazers selected Malone from the Spirits of St. Louis with the fifth overall pick.

The 21-year-old center never played a game for the Blazers, however. Prior to the 197677 season Portland traded him to the Buffalo Braves for a 1978 first-round draft choice. Even then, Malones travels werent over. After only two games with Buffalo he was traded by the Braves to the Houston Rockets for two future first-round draft choices.

Malone found a home in Houston, where he was reunited with Coach Tom Nissalke, who had coached him in his rookie season with the ABAs Utah Stars. With the Rockets, Malone established himself immediately as one of the NBAs most ferocious rebounders, particularly on the offensive end. He appeared in 82 games overall for both Buffalo and Houston and finished with averages of 13.2 points and 13.1 rebounds per game. He ranked third in the NBA in rebounding behind Bill Walton and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and established a new NBA record for offensive rebounds in a season, with 437, shattering Paul Silass old mark of 365. (Malone would break his own record two years later.) Malone also ranked seventh in the league in blocked shots, with 2.21 per game.

He delivered in the playoffs, helping the Rockets to the Eastern Conference Finals, which they lost to the Philadelphia 76ers in six games. Malone averaged 18.8 points and 16.9 rebounds in 12 playoff games. He set an NBA Playoff record with 15 offensive rebounds in an overtime victory against the Washington Bullets in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals.

Malones second NBA season ended prematurely when he suffered a stress fracture in his right foot and missed the Rockets final 23 games. Remarkably, he still led the NBA in total offensive rebounds (380) and finished second in rebounding average (15.0 rpg) behind Leonard Truck Robinson (15.7).

Malone made the first of what would be 12 consecutive All-Star Game appearances in 1978, the year that would have been his senior season had he chosen to play college basketball. His scoring output surged to 19.4 points per game, third best on the Rockets behind Calvin Murphy's 25.6 and Rudy Tomjanovich's 21.5.

Career accomplishments
Malone helped his high school team to win 50 games in a row, and achieve a number of state championships.
Malone became the first player in NBA history to earn five consecutive rebounding titles after the 1984-1985 season, when he averaged 13 rebounds per game.
He did not foul out during his final 1,212 games - the longest streak of games played without a disqualification.
He is second only to Karl Malone in overall (NBA and ABA) free throws made, with a total of 9,018 and to Wilt Chamberlain in overall (NBA and ABA) free throws attempted, with a total of 11,090.
Malone was named one of the NBA's 50 greatest players in 1997. In 2001, he was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
Since the NBA started tracking offensive and defensive rebounds separately in 1973-74 Malone has the highest number of offensive rebounds (6,731).
He has played more seasons (21) in the NBA/ABA than any other player.
He is eighth all time in games played (1,329) and tenth in minutes played (45,071)
He is 13th in field goal attempts (19,225) in the NBA
He was the NBA Most Valuable Player in 1979, 1982 and 1983.
He was the Sporting News NBA MVP in 1979, 1982, and 1983

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