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.   

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