MVPs: 1. Finals MVPs: 0. All-NBA 1st Team: 1. 2nd Team: 1. All Star: 5. MVP: 0.
Defensive POY: 0. All-Defense Teams: 0.
Points Champ: 3. eFG% Champ: 1.
Career Averages: 22 PPG/ 9 RPG/ 3 APG/ 1 SPG/ 1.5 BPG/ .503 eFG%/ .754 FT%.
Best Season: 31/ 15/ 2/ 1.2/ 3.3/ .547/ .793 (1973-74).
Postseason Averages: 18 PPG/ 8 RPG/ 1 APG/ .8 SPG/ 1.6 BPG/ .491 eFG%/ .724 FT%.
Best Postseason: 37/ 13/ 1/ .9/ 2.7/ .481/ .740 (1975).
Why he's below Anthony Davis: McAdoo, though he had a great run at the beginning of his career, never had much postseason success. And as an undersized center, he was never a very good defender. The first half of his career looked like the type of player that scored a lot but didn't add much else, and if you haven't noticed, I don't reward that type of player with a good ranking.
Why he's above the rest: For a 3 year period, McAdoo competed with prime Kareem and actually got the better of him in 1974-75, winning MVP and making 1st Team All-NBA over Kareem. He finished 2nd in MVP voting in both 1974 and 1976. McAdoo was an undersized center who would have been 1st Team All-NBA at least 3 times if he'd played forward and probably more all star appearances as well. He was 1 of only 4 players to score at least 30 PPG and lead the league in scoring 3 consecutive times. He bounced around teams at the end of his career but ended up backing up Kareem with the Lakers and contributing to a Finals run in all 4 seasons.
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