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Robert Terrell “Terry” Cummings (born March 15, 1961) is an American former professional
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player who played 18 seasons in the
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(NBA). Cummings was voted Rookie of the Year and was a two-time
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, a two-time All-NBA selection and was a lead player on several postseason teams while in Milwaukee and San Antonio.


College Years

Born in
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and a graduate of Carver High School, Cummings attended
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from 1979 to 1982. He averaged 16.4
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over 85 games and entered the 1982 NBA draft after departing from school.


NBA


San Diego Clippers

He was selected in the first round by the San Diego Clippers as the second overall pick, right after James Worthy was by the Clippers’ eventual crosstown-rivals, the Lakers. Before the season even began, Cummings’ bumped heads with San Diego's now-infamous owner,
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. While Sterling had training camp conducted at a naval base, he made all players do their own laundry. As a result of that, and other tense exchanges, Cummings’ agent tried to negotiate a one-year deal to get his client away from the Clippers as soon as possible, however, the two sides eventually agreed to a four-year contract during the preseason. In his inaugural 1982–83 season, he won the
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after putting up 23.7 points and 10.4 rebounds per game. These figures would turn out to be the highest of his career in those categories. On March 9, 1983, Cummings scored a then career best 39 points, along with grabbing 18 rebounds, during a 119–114 loss to the
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. Late in his rookie season, Cummings suffered from heartbeat irregularities, which would keep him out the remaining two weeks of the season. The team lost every game without him.


Milwaukee Bucks

After the next season (1983–84), he was traded to the
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, where he would continue to post above 20 points and 8 rebound averages for four out of his five years on the team. In the 1985 NBA playoffs, Cummings (29.5 points) averaged more points than then-rookie
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(29.3 points) in a 3–1 series victory for Milwaukee. It would be the only time Jordan would not lead all scorers in a postseason series he participated in during his career. The Bucks would lose in the next round in an upset to the lower seeded
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in a 4–0 sweep. The following season, Cummings and now hall of fame-enshrined teammate
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led the Bucks to a 57–25 record and an Eastern Conference Finals appearance. On January 6, 1986, Cummings scored 16 points, grabbed 17 rebounds, and recorded 4 assists in a win against the
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. During that season's postseason run, on April 22, 1986, Cummings scored 23 points, grabbed 11 rebounds, and recorded a playoffs career-high 3 blocks in the final game of a 3–0 first round sweep of the
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. In the following round, Cummings played the lead role in the Bucks advancing past
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and the 76ers in a contested seven games series, while his co-star Moncrief missed four games due to injury. Cummings led all scorers with 27 points in Milwaukee's 113-112 Game 7 win over Philadelphia, despite playing through a dislocated finger. However, in a familiar pattern for the 1980s Bucks, they would ultimately fail to reach the
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, this time losing to the
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. On January 9, 1987, Cummings grabbed a career high 24 rebounds, alongside scoring 28 points, in a 100–92 loss to the
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. On January 16, 1987, in what was arguably the best game of his career, Cummings recorded a triple double with 39 points, 15 rebounds, and 10 assists, while adding a career-high 6 steals in a 124–122 loss versus the
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. Both
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and Paul Pressey were out with injuries, and only one teammate of Cummings’ ( Ricky Pierce, 27 points) scored more than 14 points. That postseason, Cummings and the Bucks again advanced past Philadelphia, as he averaged 21.4 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. On May 10, 1987, Cummings scored 31 points in an Eastern Semifinals Game 4 138–137 overtime loss against the
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. The Bucks would eventually lose the series in 7 games. On March 1, 1989, Cummings scored 38 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in a 121–111 win against the
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. As a Buck, Cummings was selected to play in the 1984–85 and 1988–89
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s.


San Antonio Spurs

He was traded to the
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on May 28, 1989. He was sent with a 1990 2nd round draft pick ( Tony Massenburg was later selected) for Cadillac Anderson,
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and a 1989 2nd round draft pick ( Frank Kornet was later selected). His first season in San Antonio, alongside David Robinson and
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, brought a remarkable turn around, the Spurs surged from 21 wins in 1989 to 56 wins in 1990. That season, Cummings set a career high in points scored in a single game, with 52 in a 129–95 win over the Charlotte Hornets. He would remain in San Antonio for six years. His scoring and rebounding averages for the 1989–90 through 1991–92 seasons were close to 20 and 8, respectively, and he helped his team to consecutive 50-win seasons and playoff appearances. By this time, he was recognized as a reliable
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in the league. Cummings suffered a serious knee injury in the summer of 1992 in a casual pickup game. He would miss the first 74 regular-season games. Upon his return to the lineup, he could no longer put up near-All-Star numbers, and from then on he was used in a more suitable role as a reserve. Cummings would play in San Antonio until 1994–95.


Return to Bucks

In November 1995, he joined the Milwaukee Bucks again. He played 81 games averaging 8.0 points per game in 21 minutes of work.


Seattle Supersonics

In January 1997 he signed with the Seattle SuperSonics as a free agent. He contributed as a role player helping the Sonics reach the Western Conference Semi-finals where they lost to the
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in 7 games.


Philadelphia 76ers

He signed with the
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in September 1997. He played in 44 games averaging 5.3 points per game.


New York Knicks

Just before the trade deadline in February 1998, he was traded to the
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for Herb Williams and Ron Grandison. For the
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he played in 30 games to finish the 1997–98 season and a total of 74 games combined between Philadelphia and New York.


Golden State Warriors

Before the lockout ending in 1999, he was traded by the Knicks along with John Starks and Chris Mills to the
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for
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. He managed to play 2 seasons for the Warriors, then retired from basketball after the 1999–2000 season. In his final season, despite serious injuries and then being 38 years old, he averaged 8.4 PPG and 4.9 RPG in just 18 minutes a night.


Career summary

In 18 seasons, Cummings scored 19,460 points, placing him 57th on the list of NBA all-time regular-season scoring leaders, as of December 2022. He finished with averages of 16.4 points per game and 7.3 rebounds per game. He also played in 1,183 games, had 33,898 minutes, a .484 field goal percentage (8,045 for 16,628), .706 free throw percentage (3,326 for 4,711), 8,630 total rebounds (3,183 offensive, 5,447 defensive), and 1,255 steals.


Personal life

Cummings wanted to be a professional hockey player growing up, and had not attempted playing competitive basketball until an unexpected high school growth-spurt. On April 4, 1985, Cummings sang the national anthem in Milwaukee before playing in a home game versus the
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. In December 1989, Cummings and several Spurs teammates released a Christmas song. Cummings has been an ordained
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minister since 1977 and performed the wedding of former teammate
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. He has three sons, Antonio, T. J., and Shawn. In a creative turn of his career, Cummings released an album, ''T.C. Finally'' in early 2007, of songs which he wrote, sang, and played keyboards. The album is reminiscent of the R&B/
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styles of musicians such as
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,
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, and
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.


NBA career statistics


Regular season

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Playoffs

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San Antonio San Antonio ( ; Spanish for " Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio. San Antonio is the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the ...
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San Antonio San Antonio ( ; Spanish for " Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio. San Antonio is the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the ...
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1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...
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Seattle Seattle ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States. The city is the cou ...
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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
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New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...
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See also

* List of NBA career personal fouls leaders * List of NBA rookie single-season scoring leaders


References


External links


nba.com/historical/playerfileNBA.com page
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basketball-reference.comTerry Cummings' official web site
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cummings, Terry 1961 births Living people African-American Christians All-American college men's basketball players American men's basketball players American Pentecostals Basketball players from Chicago DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball players Golden State Warriors players Members of the Church of God in Christ Milwaukee Bucks players NBA All-Stars New York Knicks players Philadelphia 76ers players Power forwards San Antonio Spurs players San Diego Clippers draft picks San Diego Clippers players Seattle SuperSonics players