View source for Moses Malone

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{{Blank team color}} Personal information
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{{Row}}'''Full name'''
|Moses Eugene Malone
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{{Row}}'''Born'''                            
|March 23, 1955<br>[[wikipedia:Petersburg, Virginia|Petersburg, Virginia]]
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{{Row}}'''Died'''                           
|September 13, 2015 (aged 60)<br>[[wikipedia:Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk, Virginia]]
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{{Row}}'''Nationality'''
|[[File:U.S. Flag.png|25px]] American 
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{{Blank team color}} Physical stats
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{{Row}}'''Listed height'''    
| 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
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{{Row}}'''Listed weight'''        
| 260 lbs (118 kg)
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{{Blank team color}}Career information 
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{{Row}}'''High school'''
| Petersburg<br>(Petersburg, Virginia)    
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{{Row}}'''[[NBA Draft]]'''
| [[1974 NBA Draft|1974]] / Round: 3
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{{Row}}'''Playing career'''
| 1974–1995
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{{Row}}'''Position'''
|[[Center]]
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{{Blank team color}} Career history
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|1974-1975
|[[Utah Stars]]
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|1975–1976
|[[Spirits of St. Louis]]
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|1976
|[[Los Angeles Clippers|Buffalo Braves]]
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|[[1976-77 NBA season|1976]]–[[1981-82 NBA season|1982]]
|[[Houston Rockets]]
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|[[1982-83 NBA season|1982]]–[[1985-86 NBA season|1986]]
|[[Philadelphia 76ers]]
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|[[1986-87 NBA season|1986]]–[[1987–88 NBA season|1988]]
|[[Washington Bullets]]
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|[[1988–89 NBA season|1988]]–[[1990–91 NBA season|1991]]
|[[Atlanta Hawks]]
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|[[1991–92 NBA season|1991]]–[[1992–93 NBA season|1993]]
|[[Milwaukee Bucks]]
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|[[1993–94 NBA season|1993–1994]]
|Philadelphia 76ers
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|[[1994–95 NBA season|1994–1995]]
|[[San Antonio Spurs]]
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{{Blank team color}}  Career highlights and awards
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*[[List of NBA champions|NBA champion]] ([[1983 NBA Finals|1983]])
*[[NBA Finals MVP]] (1983)
*3× [[NBA Most Valuable Player Award|NBA Most Valuable Player]] (1979, 1982, 1983)
*12× [[NBA All-Star Game|NBA All-Star]] ([[1978 NBA All-Star Game|1978]]–[[1989 NBA All-Star Game|1989]])
*ABA All-Star (1975)
*4× All-NBA First Team (1979, 1982, 1983, 1985)
*4× All-NBA Second Team (1980, 1981, 1984, 1987)
*NBA All-Defensive First Team (1983)
*NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1979)
*ABA All-Rookie Team (1975)
*6× NBA rebounding leader (1979, 1981–1985)
*NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
*ABA All-Time Team
*No. 2 [[Philadelphia 76ers#Retired numbers|retired by Philadelphia 76ers]]
*No. 24 [[Houston Rockets#Retired numbers|retired by Houston Rockets]]
*Mr. Basketball USA (1974)
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'''[[wikipedia:Moses Malone|Moses Eugene Malone]]''' (March 23, 1955 – September 13, 2015) was an American basketball player who played in both the [[American Basketball Association]] and the [[National Basketball Association]]. He was a 12-time NBA All-Star, 8-time All-ABA Team selection and won an [[List of NBA champions|NBA championship]] with the [[Philadelphia 76ers]] in 1983.

==Early life==
Malone was born in Petersburg, Virginia. He was an only child, raised alone by his mother, Mary. His father was kicked out of their home by his mother due to his alcohol use. Malone's father then moved to Texas.

Malone attended Petersburg High School, where he played basketball.

==ABA career==

==NBA career==

==NBA career statistics==
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|Denotes seasons in which Malone's team won an [[List of NBA champions|NBA championship]]
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|Led the league
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|'''Bold'''
|Denotes career highs
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===Regular season===
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{abay|1974}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1974–75 Utah Stars season|Utah (ABA)]]
| '''83''' || – || 38.6 || '''.571''' || .000 || .635 || 14.6 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 1.5 || 18.8
|-
| style="text-align:left"|{{abay|1975}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1975–76 Spirits of St. Louis season|St. Louis (ABA)]]
| 43 || – || 27.2 || .512 || .000 || .612 || 9.6 || 1.3 || 0.6 || 0.7 || 14.3
|-
| style="text-align:left"|{{nbay|1976}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1976–77 Buffalo Braves season|Buffalo]]
| 2 || – || 3.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1976}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1976–77 Houston Rockets season|Houston]]
| 80 || – || 31.3 || .480 || .000 || .693 || 13.4 || 1.1 || 0.8|| '''2.3''' || 13.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1977}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1977–78 Houston Rockets season|Houston]]
| 59 || – || 35.7 || .499 || .330 || .718 || 15.0 || 0.5 || 0.8 || 1.3 || 19.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1978}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1978–79 Houston Rockets season|Houston]]
| bgcolor="CFECEC"|82* || – || bgcolor="CFECEC"|41.3* || .540 || – || .739 || bgcolor="CFECEC"|'''17.6'''* || '''1.8''' || 1.0 || 1.5 || 24.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1979}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1979–80 Houston Rockets season|Houston]]
| 82 || – || 38.3 || .502 || .000 || .719 || 14.5 || '''1.8''' || 1.0 || 1.3 || 25.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1980}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1980–81 Houston Rockets season|Houston]]
| 80 || – || 40.6 || .522 || .333 || .757 || bgcolor="CFECEC"|14.8* || '''1.8''' || 1.0 || 1.9 || 27.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1981}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1981–82 Houston Rockets season|Houston]]
| 81 ||''' 81''' || bgcolor="CFECEC"|'''42.0''' || .519 || .000 || .762 || bgcolor="CFECEC"|14.7* || '''1.8''' || 0.9 || 1.5 || '''31.1'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|{{nbay|1982}}†
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1982–83 Philadelphia 76ers season|Philadelphia]]
| 78 || 78 || 37.5 || .501 || .000 || .761 || bgcolor="CFECEC"|15.3* || 1.3 || '''1.1''' || 2.0|| 24.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1983}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1983–84 Philadelphia 76ers season|Philadelphia]]
| 71 || 71 || 36.8 || .483 || .000 || .750 || bgcolor="CFECEC"|13.4* || 1.4 || 1.0 || 1.5 || 22.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1984}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1984–85 Philadelphia 76ers season|Philadelphia]]
| 79 || 79 || 37.4 || .469 || .000 || .815 || bgcolor="CFECEC"|13.1* || 1.6 || 0.8 || 1.6 || 24.6
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| style="text-align:left;| {{nbay|1985}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1985–86 Philadelphia 76ers season|Philadelphia]]
| 74 || 74 || 36.6 || .458 || .000 || .787 || 11.8 || 1.2 || 0.9 || 1.0 || 23.8
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1986}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1986–87 Washington Bullets season|Washington]]
| 73 || 70 || 34.1 || .454 || .000 || .824 || 11.3 || 1.6 || 0.8|| 1.3 || 24.1
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| style="text-align:left;"|  {{nbay|1987}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1987–88 Washington Bullets season|Washington]]
| 79 || 78 || 34.1 || .487 || .286 || .788 || 11.2 || 1.4 || 0.7 || 0.9 || 20.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1988}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1988–89 Atlanta Hawks season|Atlanta]]
| 81 || 80 || 35.5 || .491 || .000 || .789 || 11.8 || 1.4 || 1.0 || 1.2 || 20.2
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| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1989}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1989–90 Atlanta Hawks season|Atlanta]]
| 81 || '''81''' || 33.8 || .480 || .111 || .781 || 10.0 || 1.6 || 0.6 || 1.0 || 18.9
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| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1990}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1990–91 Atlanta Hawks season|Atlanta]]
| 82 || 15 || 23.3 || .468 || .000 || '''.831''' || 8.1 || 0.8 || 0.4 || 0.9 || 10.6
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| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1991}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1991–92 Milwaukee Bucks season|Milwaukee]]
| 82 || 77 || 30.6 || .474 || '''.375''' || .786 || 9.1 || 1.1 || 0.9 || 0.8 || 15.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1992}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1992–93 Milwaukee Bucks season|Milwaukee]]
| 11 || 0 || 9.5 || .310 || .000 || .774 || 4.2 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 0.7 || 4.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1993}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1993–94 Philadelphia 76ers season|Philadelphia]]
| 55 || 0 || 11.2 || .440 || .000 || .769 || 4.1 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 0.3 || 5.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1994}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1994–95 San Antonio Spurs season|San Antonio]]
| 17 || 0 || 8.8 || .371 || .500 || .688 || 2.7 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 2.9
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career
| 1455 || 784 || 34.0 || .495 || .096 || .760 || 12.3 || 1.3 || 0.8 || 1.3 || 20.3
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===Playoffs===
{{NBA player statistics start}}
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| style="text-align:left;"|[[1975 ABA Playoffs|1975]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1974–75 Utah Stars season|Utah (ABA)]]
| 6 || – || 39.2 || '''.638''' || – || .667 || 17.5 || 1.5 || 0.0 || 1.5 || 22.7
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| style="text-align:left;"| [[1977 NBA Playoffs|1977]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1976–77 Houston Rockets season|Houston]]
| 12 || – || 43.2 || .500 || – || .692 || 16.9 || 0.6 || 1.1 || 1.8 || 18.8
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| style="text-align:left;"|  [[1979 NBA Playoffs|1979]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1978–79 Houston Rockets season|Houston]]
| 2 || – || 39.0 || .528 || – || .722 || '''20.5''' || 1.0 || 0.5 || '''4.0''' || 24.5
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| style="text-align:left;"| [[1980 NBA Playoffs|1980]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1979–80 Houston Rockets season|Houston]]
| 7 || – || 39.3 || .536 || .000 || .767 ||13.9 || 1.0 || 0.6 || 2.3 || 25.9
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| style="text-align:left;"|  [[1981 NBA Playoffs|1981]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1980–81 Houston Rockets season|Houston]]
| '''21''' || – ||'''45.5''' || .479 || .000 || .712 || 14.5 || 1.7 || 0.6 || 1.6 || '''26.8'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1982 NBA Playoffs|1982]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1981–82 Houston Rockets season|Houston]]
| 3 || – || 45.3 || .433 || – || .933 ||17.0 || '''3.3''' || 0.7 || 0.7 || 24.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[1983 NBA Playoffs|1983]]†
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1982–83 Philadelphia 76ers season|Philadelphia]]
| 13 || – || 40.3 || .536 || .000 || .717 || 15.8 || 1.5 || '''1.5''' || 1.9 || 26.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1984 NBA Playoffs|1984]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1983–84 Philadelphia 76ers season|Philadelphia]]
| 5 || – || 42.4 || .458 || – || '''.969''' || 13.8 || 1.4 || 0.6 || 2.2 || 21.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1985 NBA Playoffs|1985]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1984–85 Philadelphia 76ers season|Philadelphia]]
| 13 || '''13''' || 38.8 || .425 || .000 || .796 || 10.6 || 1.8 || 1.3 || 1.7 || 20.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1987 NBA Playoffs|1987]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1986–87 Washington Bullets season|Washington]]
| 3 || 3 || 38.0 || .447 || – || .952 || 12.7 || 1.7 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 20.7
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[1988 NBA Playoffs|1988]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1987–88 Washington Bullets season|Washington]]
| 5 || 5 || 39.6 || .462 || .000 || .825 || 11.2 || 1.4 || 0.6 || 0.8 || 18.6
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[1989 NBA Playoffs|1989]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1988–89 Atlanta Hawks season|Atlanta]]
| 5 || 5 || 39.4 || .500 || '''1.000''' || .784 || 12.0 || 1.8 || 1.4 || 0.8 || 21.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1991 NBA Playoffs|1991]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1990–91 Atlanta Hawks season|Atlanta]]
| 5 || 0 || 16.8 || .200 || .000 || .929 || 6.2 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 4.2
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career
| 	100 || 26 || 40.3 || .487 || .143 || .756 || 14.0 || 1.5 || 0.8 || 1.6 || 22.1
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