height_ft statvalue nationality birth_date career_start years draft_year team draft_pick number college stats_league name statlabel high_school weight_lb birth_place draft_team career_end position draft_round letter height_in bbr article_title
6 11,736 -rrb- 2,697 -lrb- 3.0 apg -rrb- -lrb- 13.0 ppg -rrb- 2,646 -lrb- 2.9 rpg american 11 september 1963 1985 1985 end 1995 y 1996 start -- 1998 end start -- 1991 end 1992 start -- 1993 1985 new york knicks cleveland cavaliers vancouver grizzlies orlando magic 47 21 , 9 moberly -lrb- 1982 -- 1985 -rrb- area cc -lrb- 1981 -- 1982 -rrb- chattanooga nba gerald wilkins points rebounds assists benjamin elijah mays -lrb- atlanta , georgia -rrb- 185 atlanta , georgia new york knicks 1999 shooting guard 2 w 6 wilkige01 gerald wilkins

gerald wilkins

gerald bernard wilkins -lrb- born september 11 , 1963 -rrb- is a retired american professional basketball player .
a 6 ' 6 '' -lrb- 1.98 m -rrb- shooting guard/small forward , who played collegiately at moberly area community college and the university of tennessee at chattanooga before a career in the nba .
gerald is the younger brother of former atlanta hawks superstar dominique wilkins and father of guard/forward damien wilkins and miss georgia usa 2012 and miss usa 2012 4th runner-up jasmyn wilkins .
he was a key player on the new york knicks team of the late 1980s , consistently being the second leading scorer after patrick ewing .
he was selected in the 1985 nba draft and was once named player of the week -lrb- 3/3/91 -rrb- .
gerald followed in his brother 's footsteps , participating in the 1986 and 1987 nba slam dunk contest , where he finished 4th and tied for 7th out of 8 , respectively .
though initially a starter on the knicks , his role decreased with the arrival of shooting guard john starks in 1990 and small forward xavier mcdaniel in 1992 .
he became a free agent after the 1992 season and signed with the cleveland cavaliers , which had a core of mark price , larry nance , and brad daugherty .
the cavaliers hoped that wilkins would be the final piece of the puzzle in order to finally defeat michael jordan and the chicago bulls .
he was even labeled as `` the jordan stopper . ''
however , the cavaliers were swept by the bulls in the 1993 nba playoffs .
he remained with the cavs for a few more years , but languished due to injuries , especially during 1994-95 when he was out of action the entire season .
in 1995 he was picked up by the vancouver grizzlies in the expansion draft , but was unable to help out the team due to injury and lack of use , playing in only 28 of 82 games .
he signed as a free agent with the orlando magic in 1996 and became their sixth man .
the magic signed him up again for 1997-98 with a $ 300,000 contract .
in 1999 , he signed a three-year contract worth seven million dollars .
it was in his final season with the magic that gerald got to play with his older brother dominique wilkins , although both were in the twilight of their careers and thus used sparingly .
