George McGinnis

George F. McGinnis (Agusta 12, 1950 - Disamba 14, 2023) ƙwararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon kwando ne na Amurka wanda ya buga wasanni 11 a Ƙungiyar Kwando ta Amurka (ABA) da Ƙungiyar Kwando ta Ƙasa (NBA). Ya buga ƙwallon kwando ta kwaleji a Indiana Hoosiers, inda ya sami lambar yabo ta All-American a cikin ƙungiya ta uku a 1971, kafin ya fara aikinsa na ƙwararru a ABA tare da Indiana Pacers . An nada McGinnis a matsayin ɗan wasan ABA mafi daraja (MVP) a 1975 kuma ya lashe gasar ABA guda biyu tare da ƙungiyar. Ya kasance ɗan wasan NBA sau uku tare da Philadelphia 76ers . An nada shi a cikin Ƙungiyar ABA All-Time kuma an shigar da shi cikin Ƙungiyar Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame .

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi George F. McGinnis a Harpersville, Alabama, a ranar 12 ga Agusta, 1950, amma ya girma a Indianapolis, inda ya halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Washington .  Shi da abokin wasansa Steve Downing sun jagoranci Washington zuwa rikodin 31–0 da kuma gasar jiha a 1969.  McGinnis ya kafa tarihin cin kwallaye a gasar jihar Indiana da maki 148 a wasanni hudu na ƙarshe.  An kuma nada shi Mr. Basketball na jihar Indiana a wannan shekarar.  McGinnis ya rasa mahaifinsa a tsakiyar kakarsa ta ƙarshe lokacin da Burnie ya mutu a wani hatsarin gini. 

McGinnis ya kuma buga ƙwallon ƙafa a makarantar sakandare, yana aiki a matsayin mai karɓar ƙwallon ƙafa da kuma mai tsaron baya, kuma daga baya ya bayyana cewa mafi kyawun wasansa shine "ƙwallon ƙafa", wanda bai ma so kamar ƙwallon kwando ba.

 Aikin kwaleji 
A kakar wasa ta 1970–71 a Jami'ar Indiana Bloomington, McGinnis ya zama ɗan shekara ta biyu na farko da ya jagoranci Big Ten a fannin zira kwallaye da kuma sake dawowa .  Ya samu matsakaicin maki 29.9 a kowane wasa a kakar wasa ɗaya tilo da Hoosiers, inda ya sami lambar yabo ta All-American da All-Big Ten a 1971.  Ya buga wa koci Lou Watson wasa, shekarar da ta gabata kafin Indiana ta ɗauki Bob Knight aiki. 

 Sana'ar ƙwararru 

 Indiana Pacers (1971–1975) 
Nan take McGinnis ya zama ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasan da suka fi yin fice a ABA, yana taka muhimmiyar rawa a ƙungiyoyin gasar Indiana Pacers a kowace kakar wasa ta farko da ƙungiyarsa ta garinsu.  An naɗa shi MVP na ABA Playoffs a 1973, inda ya samu matsakaicin maki 23.9 da kuma sake dawowa 12.3 a wasannin playoff 18 don taimakawa Pacers ta sake dawowa a matsayin zakara.  Mafi kyawun kakarsa ta zo ne a 1974–75, lokacin da McGinnis ya zira kwallaye 29.8 mafi girma a aikinsa kuma ya sami taimako 6.3 mafi girma a aikinsa a kowane wasa yayin da yake kan hanyarsa ta zuwa ga lambar yabo ta ABA MVP.  A cikin ABA Playoffs na 1975, ya kusan samun matsakaicin maki uku-biyu (maki 32.3, sake dawowa 15.9, da kuma taimako 8.2 a wasanni 18), amma Pacers sun gaza samun kambun, inda suka sha kashi a hannun Kentucky a gasar ABA Finals.  Duk da haka, a cikin waɗannan wasannin share fage, McGinnis ya kafa nasarori da yawa na ƙididdiga. A kan San Antonio Spurs a Wasan 4 na Wasan Semi-Final na ABA Western Division na 1975 a ranar 12 ga Afrilu, 1975,  McGinnis ya yi rikodin maki 50+ na farko a tarihin NBA/ABA Playoff da maki 51, dawowa 17, da kuma taimakawa 10,  wanda daga baya Russell Westbrook na Oklahoma City Thunder ya yi daidai da shi a 2017. 

 Rayuwa ta sirri 
McGinnis ya auri Lynda Dotson a shekarar 1976, kuma suna tare har zuwa rasuwarta a shekarar 2019. 

Lafiyar McGinnis ta ragu a shekarunsa na ƙarshe, musamman saboda matsalolin baya da ke buƙatar tiyata da yawa.  Ya mutu sakamakon matsalolin zuciya a wani asibiti da ke Indianapolis, a ranar 14 ga Disamba, 2023, yana da shekaru 73.   
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2023
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1950
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