Bud Palmer

John Shove "Bud" Palmer (born John Palmer Flynn; September 14, 1921 – March 19, 2013) was an American professional basketball player. He was a member of the New York Knicks during the team's first three seasons in the Basketball Association of America, and was the leading scorer in the team's inaugural 1946–47 season. Palmer is considered to be one of the inventors of the 
Born in Hollywood, California, Palmer was the son of football player and actor Maurice Bennett "Lefty" Flynn and singer Blanche Palmer. He was nicknamed "Bud" due to being the budding image of his father; Palmer relinquished his father's surname from his own name when his parents divorced. Palmer was when he started playing basketball at Hun School of Princeton, and started using the jump shot to compensate for his height. He grew a foot taller to by the time he began playing college basketball at Princeton University, and played for three seasons before he enlisted in the U.S. Navy during 
After his NBA career ended, Palmer went on to have a successful career as a sportscaster. He was Chief of Protocol and Official Greeter for the City of New York for seven years during John Lindsay's administration. Palmer modeled menswear, advertised Vitalis hair tonic, and wrote as an advice columnist in Glamour magazine.
Palmer died at 91 of metastatic prostate cancer in 2013 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
==BAA career statistics==
Legend 	Legend 	Legend 	Legend 	Legend	Legend
  GP 	Games played 	 FG%  	Field-goal percentage	 	
 FT% 	Free-throw percentage	 APG  	Assists per game 	 	
 PPG 	Points per game 	 Bold 	Career high 	 	
===Regular season===
Year 	Team 	GP 	FG% 	FT% 	APG	PPG
1946–47	New York	42 	.307	.669	0.8	9.5
1947–48	New York	48 	.315	.744	0.9	13.0
1948–49	New York	58 	.350	.762	1.9	12.3
Career 	Career 	148	.326	.739	1.3	11.7
===Playoffs===
Year 	Team 	GP	FG% 	FT% 	APG	PPG
1947 	New York	5 	.351	.600	0.8	15.6
1948 	New York	3 	.421	.769	0.0	14.0
1949 	New York	6 	.422	.771	1.7	13.5
Career	Career 	14	.388	.721	1.0	14.4
==References==
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