#2 George Gervin - 23,602 points
The Phoenix Suns selected Gervin in the 1974 draft, however Gervin elected to stay in the ABA and kept playing for the Spurs.
Gervin was a deadly long-range shooter, he was the consummate inside-outside scoring threat, which was one of the reasons why he was able to rack up such impressive numbers (averaging 25.1 points per game over the course of his career) even by the ABA’s run-and-gun standards.
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Gervin was a constant member of the All-NBA first team from 1978 to 1982, averaging a career-high 33.1 points per game in the 1979-80 season.
Despite disappointing playoff eliminations and not making it to the finals, Gervin held true to his nickname & was named an NBA All-star every year starting from 1977 all the way up till 1985 along with being the NBA's scoring champion for the years 1978, 1979, 1980 & 1982. Gervin played with the Spurs until 1985.
Gervin was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1996 and his famous #44 jersey was retired by the San Antonio Spurs franchise.
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