Walter Davis (kwallon kwando)

Walter Pearl Davis (Satumba 9, 1954 - Nuwamba 2, 2023) ƙwararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon kwando ne na Amurka. Bayan shekarunsa na kwaleji tare da North Carolina Tar Heels, ya buga wasa a matsayin mai tsaron gaba/mai tsaron baya na tsawon shekaru 15 a Ƙungiyar Kwando ta Ƙasa (NBA), inda ya shafe mafi yawan aikinsa tare da Phoenix Suns . Davis ya kasance ɗan wasan NBA All-Star sau shida, memba na Ƙungiyar Biyu ta All-NBA sau biyu, kuma ɗan wasan NBA Rookie na Shekara a 1978. A shekarar 1994, Suns ya yi ritaya daga rigarsa ta lamba 6 kuma a shekarar 2004 an saka shi a cikin Ring of Honor na ƙungiyar . Maki 15,666 na Davis a lokacin da yake tare da Suns shine na biyu mafi yawa a tarihin ikon mallakar ƙwallon ƙafa. A shekarar 2024, an sanar da cewa za a shigar da Davis cikin Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame bayan mutuwarsa. 

 Aikin makarantar sakandare da kwaleji 
An haife shi a Pineville, North Carolina, Davis shi ne ƙarami cikin yara 13 da aka haifa tsakanin 1937 da 1954. Ƙungiyoyin makarantar sakandarensa a Makarantar Sakandare ta South Mecklenburg da ke Charlotte sun lashe gasar ƙwallon kwando ta jihar NCHSAA 4A sau uku a jere a shekarun 1970, 1971, da 1972, kuma sun sha kashi a wasanni huɗu kacal. [1] [2] Bayan shekararsa ta ƙarshe, ya yi shiri a Makarantar Sanford da ke Hockessin, Delaware, kuma ya shiga ƙungiyar Delaware All-State a kakar wasa ta 1972-73.

Davis fitaccen ɗan wasan kwaleji ne a Jami'ar North Carolina da ke Chapel Hill, kuma an zaɓe shi don ya buga wasa a ƙungiyar ƙwallon kwando ta maza ta Amurka wacce Dean Smith na UNC ya horar da ita, wadda ta lashe lambar zinare a gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 1976. A shekararsa ta farko, Davis ya buga bugun tsalle mai ƙarfi a kan Duke a ƙarshen dokar don aika wasan zuwa ƙarin lokaci. A Chapel Hill, an kira Davis "Sweet D" saboda salon wasansa mara wahala da santsi da kuma ƙarfin tsaron da yake da shi. 

 Ƙididdigar aiki na NBA 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2023
Rukuni:Haihuwan 1954
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