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American basketball player (born 1955)

Tree Rollins
Rollins in 2012
Personal information
Born (1955-06-16)June 16, 1955 (age 69)
Winter Haven, Florida, U.S.
Listed height7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
Listed weight235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High schoolCrisp County (Cordele, Georgia)
CollegeClemson (1973–1977)
NBA draft1977: 1st round, 14th overall pick
Selected by theAtlanta Hawks
Playing career1977–1995
PositionCenter
Number30, 15
Coaching career1993–2015
Career history
As player:
1977–1988Atlanta Hawks
1988–1990Cleveland Cavaliers
1990–1991Detroit Pistons
1991–1993Houston Rockets
1994–1995Orlando Magic
As coach:
1993–1999Orlando Magic (assistant)
1999–2000Washington Wizards (assistant)
2000–2002Indiana Pacers (assistant)
2002–2003Greenville Groove
2006–2007Washington Mystics (assistant)
2007–2008Washington Mystics
2013–2015Chicago Sky (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points6,249 (5.4 ppg)
Rebounds6,750 (5.8 rpg)
Blocks2,542 (2.2 bpg)
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats atBasketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Wayne Monte "Tree"Rollins (born June 16, 1955) is an American former professionalbasketball player who played 18 seasons in theNational Basketball Association (NBA) for theAtlanta Hawks,Cleveland Cavaliers,Detroit Pistons,Houston Rockets, andOrlando Magic.

Career

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Rollins at Clemson.

The 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m), 275 pounds (125 kg)Clemson University graduate playedcenter, and gained high esteem for his defense, particularly his rebounding and shot-blocking ability. On February 21, 1979, while playing for theAtlanta Hawks, Rollins blocked a career high 12 shots in a 106–83 win over thePortland Trail Blazers.[1] In all, he finished in the top three in blocked shots six times, including leading the league during the1982–83 NBA season, during which he would finish second inNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award voting.[2] At the time of his retirement in1995, he was fourth all-time in career blocked shots, behind onlyHakeem Olajuwon,Kareem Abdul-Jabbar andMark Eaton, with a total of 2,542. He currently holds the ninth highest total of career blocked shots, having been passed on the list byDikembe Mutombo,David Robinson,Patrick Ewing,Tim Duncan, andShaquille O'Neal. During his playing career, Rollins was given the nickname "The Intimidator".[3]

In 1983, as a member of theAtlanta Hawks, playing in Game 3 of the first round, he got into a fight withDanny Ainge of theBoston Celtics. In retaliation for allegedly being called a "sissy", Rollins elbowed Ainge in the face. Ainge subsequently tackled Rollins to the ground and the two began to wrestle. Rollins then bit Ainge's middle finger so badly that it required a couple of stitches. After the fight, Ainge was ejected and Rollins was not. However, the Celtics went on to win the series 2–1.[4][5][6] The incident inspired opposing fans to occasionally hold up signs referring to the incident with sayings like "If you can't beat 'em, eat 'em" during some of his subsequent games.

In the late 1980s, still with the Hawks, Rollins was asked how he felt about the team playing an exhibition game in the Soviet Union. Rollins replied that he had already been to the Soviet Union, "and I don't need to go back."[7]

Rollins was aplayer-coach with theOrlando Magic, serving as an assistant coach from 1993 to 1999 and backupcenter during the 1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons.[8] He was an assistant coach for theWashington Wizards andIndiana Pacers and the second (and last) coach of the now-defunctGreenville Groove of theNational Basketball Development League (NBDL).[9] He went 22-28 while the Groove dissolved after the season ended.

Rollins joined theWNBA'sWashington Mystics in 2006 as an assistant coach. On June 1, 2007, he was named interim head coach followingRichie Adubato's resignation early in the season.[3] Rollins led the Mystics to a 17–14 record.[3] On July 19, 2008, following lopsided losses to theNew York Liberty andDetroit Shock, which put the Mystics at 8–14 on the season and 2.5 games out of playoff position, he was relieved of his duties. The Mystics' aggregate record under Rollins over the two seasons was 25–28, second best in Mystics history. He was replaced on an interim basis by one of his assistants, Jessie Kenlaw.[10] In 2013, Rollins became an assistant coach with the WNBA'sChicago Sky.[11]

One small distinction for Rollins was that he was the last player to wear canvasConverse All Stars (leather ones were worn in 1982 byMicheal Ray Richardson) in the NBA when in the 1979–80 season he laced up modified Chuck Taylors which had the Circle Star patch removed on the inside ankle. Instead these had star chevrons sewed to the sides of the canvas similar to the Converse All Star II that had been sold earlier.[12]

Achievements

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  • First athlete in any sport at Clemson to have jersey number retired[citation needed]
  • Only Clemson basketball player to average a double-double in four straight seasons[citation needed]
  • NBA All-Defensive Second Team, 1982–83 season[13]
  • NBA All-Defensive First Team, 1983–84 season[13]

NBA career statistics

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Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG% Field goal percentage 3P% 3-point field goal percentage FT% Free throw percentage
 RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game
 BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high
 * Led the league

Regular season

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YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1977–78Atlanta80—22.4.487—.7036.91.0.72.77.6
1978–79Atlanta81—23.5.535—.6317.3.6.63.18.4
1979–80Atlanta82—25.9.558—.7149.4.9.73.08.9
1980–81Atlanta40—26.1.552.000.8077.2.9.72.97.0
1981–82Atlanta793925.5.584—.6127.7.7.42.86.1
1982–83Atlanta808030.9.510.000.7269.3.9.64.3*7.8
1983–84Atlanta777630.5.518—.6217.7.8.53.68.6
1984–85Atlanta706025.0.549—.7206.3.7.52.46.3
1985–86Atlanta746124.1.499.000.7676.2.6.52.35.6
1986–87Atlanta755823.5.546—.7246.5.3.61.95.4
1987–88Atlanta765923.2.512—.8756.0.3.41.74.4
1988–89Cleveland6029.7.449.000.6322.3.3.2.62.3
1989–90Cleveland481914.0.456.000.6883.2.5.31.12.6
1990–91Detroit3705.5.424—.5711.1.1.1.51.0
1991–92Houston59511.8.535—.8672.9.3.21.12.0
1992–93Houston4205.9.268.000.7501.4.2.1.4.7
1993–94Orlando4518.5.547—.6002.1.2.2.81.7
1994–95Orlando5139.4.476—.6771.9.2.1.71.2
Career1,15646320.8.522.000.7005.8.6.42.25.4

Playoffs

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YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1978Atlanta2—25.5.583—.2504.5.5.52.08.0
1979Atlanta9—23.6.412—.6927.9.6.32.75.7
1980Atlanta5—26.8.581—.6007.6.6.42.88.4
1982Atlanta2—32.5.333—.7504.01.0.03.03.5
1983Atlanta3—39.3.481—.33310.01.0.33.39.7
1984Atlanta5—30.4.400—.6256.8.2.42.05.0
1986Atlanta9927.6.553—.6368.7.3.21.76.6
1987Atlanta9924.6.536—.7145.9.3.31.84.4
1988Atlanta121227.8.556—.8675.9.5.81.64.4
1989Cleveland5014.8.750—.6003.2.2.61.43.0
1990Cleveland3012.7.333—.7502.7.3.7.32.7
1991Detroit605.31.000——.5.0.2.2.7
1993Houston602.7.000.000—.7.0.3.0.0
1994Orlando309.7.400——1.0.0.3.31.3
1995Orlando1405.8.600—.250.4.0.0.4.5
Career933019.4.505.000.6244.6.3.41.43.9

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Rollins Career High 12 Blocks Against Trail Blazers".Statmuse.
  2. ^"1982-83 NBA Awards Voting".Basketball Reference.
  3. ^abc"Strong Roots Make Tree Rollins Excited About the Mystics in 2008".WNBA.com. RetrievedMay 16, 2019.
  4. ^Diaz, Angel (April 21, 2017)."The Greatest Brawls in NBA Playoffs History".Complex. RetrievedMay 16, 2019.
  5. ^Watanabe, Ben (April 24, 2012)."'Tree Bites Man' Entered Basketball Lexicon 29 Years Ago Tuesday When Tree Rollins Bit Danny Ainge".NESN.com. RetrievedMay 16, 2019.
  6. ^Rosenberg, I.J. (April 15, 2016)."Rollins remembers biting Danny Ainge's finger".AJC.com. RetrievedMay 16, 2019.
  7. ^"Washburn says no to Soviet jaunt".news.google.com. Wilmington Morning Star. April 15, 1988. RetrievedMay 16, 2019.
  8. ^Rollins signs on for the season, web: The Naples Daily News, 1994, retrievedMarch 13, 2023
  9. ^"Tree Rollins Named Greenville Head Coach".NBA.com. July 11, 2002. Archived fromthe original on October 23, 2012. RetrievedMay 16, 2019.
  10. ^"Mystics' assistant Kenlaw takes over as coach for fired Rollins".ESPN.com. July 19, 2008. RetrievedMay 16, 2019.
  11. ^Hersh, Philip (April 30, 2013)."Tree Rollins named Sky assistant".chicagotribune.com. Archived fromthe original on May 1, 2013. RetrievedMay 16, 2019.
  12. ^Bengtson, Russ (May 28, 2013)."50 Things You Didn't Know About Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars".Complex. RetrievedMay 16, 2019.
  13. ^ab"NBA Postseason Awards - All-Defensive Teams".NBA.com. RetrievedMay 16, 2019.

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