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Wilkins Notable Sports Figures
Career Statistics
Yr Team GP PTS FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG
1982-83 ATL 82 17.5 49.3 18.2 68.2 5.8 1.6 1.0 0.8
1983-84 ATL 81 21.6 47.9 0.0 77.0 7.2 1.6 1.4 1.1
1984-85 ATL 81 27.4 45.1 30.9 80.6 6.9 2.5 1.7 0.7
1985-86 ATL 78 30.3 46.8 18.6 81.8 7.9 2.6 1.8 0.6
1986-87 ATL 79 29.0 46.3 29.2 81.8 6.3 3.3 1.5 0.6
1987-88 ATL 78 30.7 46.4 29.5 82.6 6.4 2.9 1.3 0.6
1988-89 ATL 80 26.2 46.4 27.6 84.4 6.9 2.6 1.5 0.7
1989-90 ATL 80 26.7 48.4 32.2 80.7 6.5 2.5 1.6 0.6
1990-91 ATL 81 25.9 47.0 34.1 82.9 9.0 3.3 1.5 0.8
1991-92 ATL 42 28.1 46.4 28.9 83.5 7.0 3.8 1.2 0.6
1992-93 ATL 71 29.9 46.8 38.0 82.8 6.8 3.2 1.0 0.4
1993-94 ATL 49 24.4 43.2 30.8 85.4 6.2 2.3 1.3 0.4
LAC 25 29.1 45.3 24.7 83.5 7.0 2.2 1.2 0.3
1994-95 BOS 77 17.8 42.4 38.8 78.2 5.2 2.2 0.8 0.2
1996-97 SA 63 18.2 41.7 29.3 80.3 6.4 1.9 0.6 0.5
1998-99 ORL 27 5.0 37.9 26.3 69.0 2.6 0.6 0.1 0.0
TOTAL 1074 24.8 46.1 31.9 81.1 6.7 2.5 1.3 0.6
ATL: Atlanta Hawks; BOS: Boston Celtics; LAC: Los Angeles Clippers; ORL: Orlando Magic; SA: San Antonio Spurs.
Awards and Accomplishments
1981 Named most valuable player at Southeastern Conference
tournament
1983 Named to NBA’s All-Rookie Team
1985-86 Wins NBA scoring title
1985,1990 Wins NBA slam dunk title
1986 Named NBA Player of the Month for January
1986 Named to All-NBA first team
1986-94 Picked to play in NBA All-Star Game
1987-88, Named to All-NBA second team
1991,1993
1989,1994 Named to All-NBA third team
2001 #21 jersey retired by Atlanta Hawks
1993-94 season in Los Angeles, Wilkins returned to the
East Coast, signing on with the Boston Celtics for the
1994-95 season, but he still did not feel at home. The
following season he played for Panathinaikos Athens of
the Greek League, leading the team to the European
Championship. He returned to the United States for the
1996-97 season, playing for the San Antonio Spurs, but
his scoring average, while still quite respectable, had
dropped sharply to 18.2 points per game.
Plays for Italy’s Teamsystem Bologna
After his year with the Spurs, Wilkins returned to Europe
for the 1997-98 season, playing this time with
Italy’s Teamsystem Bologna. He returned to the United
States in 1999, signing to play with the Orlando Magic,
for which his younger brother, Gerald, also played. By
season’s end, however, both Wilkins brothers had been
released by Orlando. For Dominique, it was the end of
the road as a player. When he left the game, he ranked
eighth on the NBA’s all-time scoring list with 26,668
1762
points and 10th in career scoring with an average of 24.8
points per game.
For Wilkins, Atlanta was home. For 12 seasons, he
had played for the Hawks, and it was to the Hawks that
he returned after a brief interval away from basketball altogether.
In October 2000, he was hired as assistant to
the executive vice president of the Hawks. In October
2002 his responsibilities increased when he was made a
special assistant in the area of player development. In announcing
that Wilkins was rejoining the Hawks organization,
the club’s president, Stan Kasten, who was
general manager when the team acquired Wilkins’s rights
from the Jazz in 1982, said: “There were times when I
was mad at him and there were times when I was frustrated
with him, but I always loved him. He’s the kind of
guy for whom you will always feel great affection.”
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: c/o Atlanta Hawks, One CNN Center, Atlanta,
GA 30303. Fax: (404) 827-3880. Phone: (404) 827-3800.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Books
“Dominique Wilkins.” Who’s Who among African
Americans, 14th ed. Detroit: Gale Group, 2001.
“Gerald Bernard Wilkins.” Who’s Who Among African
Americans, 14th edition. Detroit: Gale Group, 2001.
Periodicals
Denberg, Jeff. “Wilkins’ Retirement Officially Ends an
Era.” Atlanta Constitution (October 19, 2000): F4.