Expert: Fabio Anderle - 12/28/2004

Question
FABIO:I BELIEVE AT ONE TIME IN 1979 THE CELTICS HAD 5 N.B.A. SCORING LEADERS ON THERE ROSTER.
I HEARD THE ANSWER ON A RADIO TALK SHOW BUT I CAN'T REMENBER THE YEAR.
1.BOB MCADOO
2.PISTOL PETE
3.NATE ARCHABOLD
4.?    SMITH(BUFFALO BRAVES)
5.?
COULD YOU HELP.
THANKS JIM

Answer
Hi, Jim,
well, your question is quite a riddle. In fact, McAdoo never played a game in the same roster of Maravich: "Pistol Pete" became a member of the Boston Celtics (January 22, 1980) exactly 138 days after Bob McAdoo had been traded (September 6, 1979) to the Detroit Pistons. So, during the 1977-'78 season Boston fielded only one former NBA Scoring Champion (Dave Bing), in the 1978-'79 they had two (McAdoo and Archibald), and in 1979-'80 campaign they counted two again (Archibald and Maravich).
The Buffalo Braves' Smith was Randy Smith, a crafty scorer who averaged 16.7 points per game in his 11 years career, but never managed to win a NBA scoring title, nor to be part of the Boston Celtics.
I hope this helps....