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 Putting Brad Davis’ basketball career in
capsule form is a difficult task. After all, some 20 years of
excellence require a lot of space. At Monaca High School, Brad
concluded his scholastic days as a first team All Stater and in his
senior season averaged 27 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, and
shot 58 percent from the field and 81 percent from the foul line.
Brad set a Monaca record for all time leading scoring (later broken
by Bruce
Fleming). Brad
was chosen MVP at both the Roundball Classic and Quigley Classic
and was selected to play for the US team at a Kentucky Derby All
Star game. Brad spent the next three years at Maryland, starting all
three seasons. After his junior year, he applied for the NBA draft
and was taken by the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round. However,
Brad’s professional basketball career got off to a shaky start: he
played for four different teams in his first three years and even
saw action in such basketball hotbeds of Alaska and Montana. In 1980 Brad
signed with the Dallas Mavericks and for the next 12 years was a
fixture both as a player and for his considerable work with
charities. Brad set several club records, including playing 246
consecutive games. He also set an NBA record for guards with his 57.2
percent shooting percentage in the 1981-1982 season and that year
also rated in the Top Ten in three different statistical
categories. Brad’s intensity was highly popular with Mavericks fans: he was named
Most Popular Maverick five years in a row. When he
retired in 1992, Brad became the first player in franchise history to
have his number retired. |
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