Work : Prize 1969 (NBA Most Valuable Player)
Work : Prize 1969 (Rookie of the Year)
Death:Death by Disease 2 June 2020 (Pneumonia, age 74) chart Placidus Equal_H.
American professional basketball player, coach and executive. He spent his entire National Basketball Association (NBA) career with the Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets. Unseld played college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals and was selected with the second overall pick by the Bullets in the 1968 NBA draft. He was named the NBA Most Valuable Player during his rookie season and joined Wilt Chamberlain as the only two players in NBA history to accomplish the feat. Unseld won an NBA championship with the Bullets in 1978. After retiring from playing in 1981, he worked with the Bullets/Wizards as a vice president, head coach and general manager. Unseld was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1988 and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006. Hall of Fame, NBA Championship 1978, NBA Most Valuable Player 1969, NBA Rookie of the Year 1969, NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team. On 2 June 2020, Unselds family announced that he had died after suffering lengthy health battles, including most recently with pneumonia. He was 74. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less
Unseld Wes was born on March 14, 1946 in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a professional basketball player who played for the Baltimore Bullets, Washington Bullets, and Kansas City Kings. He was a four-time NBA Champion and a five-time NBA All-Star. He was also the NBA Coach of the Year in 1995.
After retiring from playing, Unseld became an assistant coach for the Washington Bullets. He was named head coach of the Bullets in 1987 and led the team to the NBA Finals in 1990. He was fired by the Bullets in 1994, but was hired as head coach of the Kansas City Kings the following year. He led the Kings to the playoffs in 1996, but was fired after the 1997 season.
Unseld was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1988. He died on June 2, 2020 at the age of 74.