Nick Weatherspoon

Nick Weatherspoon
Nick Levoter Weatherspoon (July 20, 1950 – October 17, 2008) was an American professional basketball player.
Career
Weatherspoon, nicknamed "Spoon", scored 1,431 points at Canton McKinley High School, holding the Bulldog scoring record for 37 years until Raymar Morgan broke it during the 2005–06 season. He was an All-American at the University of Illinois before being selected by the Capital Bullets with the 13th pick of the 1973 NBA draft. Named to the 1974 NBA All-Rookie Team, Weatherspoon spent a total of seven seasons in the NBA with the Bullets, the Seattle SuperSonics, the Chicago Bulls, and the San Diego Clippers.
Weatherspoon was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, and was initiated in the Fraternity through Tau Chapter in 1971.
Honors
Basketball
1972 - Team MVP
1972 - Honorable Mention All-Big Ten
1973 - Team Captain
1973 - Team MVP
1973 - 1st Team All-Big Ten
1973 - Honorable Mention All American
2004 - Elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team".
2008 - Honored as one of the thirty-three honored jerseys which hang in the State Farm Center to show regard for being the most decorated basketball players in the University of Illinois' history.
Career statistics
NBA
Regular season
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|Capital
| 65 || || 18.7 || .412 || || .691 || 6.1 || .6 || .7 || .2 || 7.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|Washington
| 82 || || 16.4 || .456 || || .746 || 4.2 || .6 || .8 || .3 || 7.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|Washington
| 64 || || 16.9 || .476 || || .701 || 4.3 || .9 || .7 || .3 || 8.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|Washington
| 11 || || 13.8 || .355 || || .625 || 2.2 || .2 || .3 || .5 || 5.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|Seattle
| 51 || || 29.5 || .461 || || .632 || 7.9 || 1.0 || 1.0 || .5 || 12.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|Chicago
| 41 || || 14.9 || .443 || || .881 || 3.0 || .8 || .5 || .2 || 5.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|San Diego
| 82 || || 32.2 || .480 || || .739 || 5.5 || 1.6 || 1.0 || .5 || 13.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|San Diego
| 57 || || 19.7 || .434 || || .692 || 3.6 || .9 || .6 || .3 || 6.9
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 453 || || 21.4 || .455 || || .713 || 4.9 || .9 || .8 || .3 || 9.0
Playoffs
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|1974
| style="text-align:left;"|Capital
| 7 || || 12.4 || .474 || || .400 || 3.9 || .0 || .3 || .3 || 2.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|1975
| style="text-align:left;"|Washington
| 17 || || 23.8 || .515 || || .814 || 4.8 || .9 || .8 || .1 || 10.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|1976
| style="text-align:left;"|Washington
| 7 || || 32.0 || .450 || || .560 || 6.0 || 1.4 || .3 || .6 || 12.3
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 31 || || 23.1 || .489 || || .699 || 4.8 || .8 || .6 || .3 || 9.1
College
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|1970–71
| style="text-align:left;"|Illinois
| 23 || || || .452 || || .718 || 10.7 || || || || 16.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|1971–72
| style="text-align:left;"|Illinois
| 24 || 24 || || .419 || || .746 || 11.0 || || || || 20.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|1972–73
| style="text-align:left;"|Illinois
| 24 || 23 || 36.7 || .457 || || .711 || 12.3 || || || || 25.0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 71 || 47 || 36.7 || .443 || || .725 || 11.4 || || || || 20.9
References
External links
College stats at Sports-Reference.com
1950 births
2008 deaths
African-American basketball players
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Mississippi
Capital Bullets draft picks
Capital Bullets players
Chicago Bulls players
Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball players
Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
Sportspeople from Greenwood, Mississippi
San Diego Clippers players
Seattle SuperSonics players
Small forwards
Basketball players from Canton, Ohio
Washington Bullets players
20th-century African-American sportspeople
21st-century African-American people