TENNESSEE The Players #53 • F • 6-7 • 205 • , N.Y. (Fort Hamilton HS)

King At Tennessee One of five players selected to the 25-Year All-SEC Team by the Lakeland Ledger in 1986 ... Teamed with front line mate to comprise one of the most powerful one-two scoring punches in ... Became known as the “Ernie and Bernie Show” ... Along with Grunfeld, graced the cover of Sports Illustrated on February 9, 1976 ... Combined the duo led the Vols to a 61-20 record during their three seasons ... Drew standing room only crowds everywhere they played ... Entered the NBA draft prior to his senior season ... Finished his career at Tennessee’s second all-time leading scorer with1,962 career points ... Only Gene Tormohlen (1,113 rebounds from 1956-59) has more boards than King’s 1,004 career rebounds ... Career rebounding average of 13.2 is second all- time at Tennessee ... Finished his career as Tennessee’s leader in percentage at 62.2 percent ... Coached by . 1977 (Junior): First Team All-America (Consensus, AP, UPI, USBW and Converse) ... Second Team All America (NABC) ... Shared SEC Player Of The Year (AP) honors with teammate Ernie Grunfeld ... First Team All-SEC (AP and UPI) ... All-SEC (Coaches) ... Led the Southeastern Conference with 25.8 points per game ... Led the Vols to the 1977 Southeaster Conference championship with a 22-6 overall record and a 16-2 mark in the SEC ... Led the SEC in rebounding with 14.4 rebounds per game ... His 25.8 points per game is second on UT’s records list .. Led the Vols to an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. 1976 (Sophomore): Second Team All American (Consensus,UPI and Converse) ... Third Team All America (AP and NABC) ... All-America (USBWA) ... SEC Player Of The Year (AP,UPI) ... First Team All-SEC (AP and UPI) ... All SEC (Coaches) ... Led the SEC in rebounding with 13.0 rebounds per game ... Led the league in field goal percentage, converting 57.3 percent of his field goal attempts ... Scored 43 points and pulled in 20 rebounds against Florida ... Had 37 points and 18 rebounds in an 80-74 win over Alabama in Knoxville ... Led the Vols to an appearance in the NCAA Tournament ... Did not play in the NCAA Tournament game after suffering a hand injury in practice a few days prior to the game. 1975 (Freshman): Second Team All America (UPI and Converse) ... Third Team All America (NABC) ... SEC Player Of The Year (UPI) ... First Team All-SEC (AP and UPI) ... All SEC (Coaches) ... The only freshman named to the Citizen Savings Foundation All-America squad ... Led the Southeastern Conference with 26.4 points per game ... Scored 42 points in the season opener ... Set the Tennessee record for highest single-season scoring averaged at 26.4 ppg ... Ranked second in the SEC in rebounding with 12.3 boards per game ... Led the nation in the final NCAA statistics with by making 62.2 percent of his field goals ... Named the SEC Player of the Week after his first weekend of conference play ... Scored 28 points and had 20 rebounds in his SEC debut against Auburn ... After missing game preparations, scored 24 points and raked in 20 rebounds in Tennessee’s upset of fourth-ranked Kentucky in Lexington ... Named Most Valuable Player in the Volunteer Classic and Big Sun Tournament.

King In The NBA Drafted in the first round (seventh overall selection) by the Nets in the 1977 NBA Draft ... Played 14 seasons (he missed two full seasons due to injuries) in the NBA with New Jersey, Utah, Golden State, Knicks and Washington ... Led the NBA in scoring during the 1985 season when he averaged 32.9 points for the ... Two-time First Team All-NBA selection (1984 and 1985) ... Second Team All NBA (1982) ... Third Team All NBA (1991) ... All Rookie Team (1978) ... Comeback Player Of the Year (1981) ... Four-time NBA All Star (1982, 1984, 1985, 1991) ... Finished his career after the 1993 season ... Career scor- ing average of 22.5 points per game (19,655 points in 874 games) ...

King At Fort Hamilton High School Considered the best big man in New York as a senior ... Was named to the All-New York first team ... Made numerous All-America listings ... Averaged 26 points and 26 rebounds per game ... Participated in nearly 60 all-star games and was named most valuable player in 11 of the 16 tournaments in which he participated ... Coached by Ken Kern.

Career Tennessee Statistics Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 1974-75 25-- --/-- 273-439 .622 -- -- 115-147 .782 308 12.3 97-7 39 ------661 26.4 1975-76 25-- --/-- 260-454 .573 -- -- 109-163 .669 325 13.0 87-4 40 ------629 25.2 1976-77 26-- --/-- 278-481 .578 -- -- 116-163 .712 371 14.3 95-3 82 ------672 25.8 Totals 76-- --/-- 811-1374 .590 -- -- 340-473 .719 1004 13.2 279-14 161 ------1962 25.8

Career NBA Statistics Year Club GP Min/Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Rebs Avg Ast APG Blk Stl TO Pts Avg 1978 NJ 79 3092/39.1 798-1665 .479 -- -- 313-462 .677 751 9.5 193 2.4 36 122 311 1909 24.2 1979 NJ 82 2859/34.9 710-1359 .522 -- -- 349-619 .564 669 8.2 295 3.6 39 118 323 1769 21.6 1980 Utah 19 419/22.1 71-137 .518 -- -- 34-63 .540 88 4.6 52 2.7 4 7 50 176 9.3 1981 GS 81 2914/36.0 731-1244 .588 2-6 .333 307-437 .703 551 6.8 287 3.5 34 72 265 1771 21.9 1982 GS 79 2861/36.2 740-1307 .566 1-5 .200 352-499 .705 469 5.9 282 3.6 23 78 267 1833 23.2 1983 NYK 68 2207/32.5 603-1142 .528 0-6 .000 280-388 .722 326 4.8 195 2.9 13 90 197 1486 21.9 1984 NYK 77 2667/34.6 795-1391 .572 0-4 .000 437-561 .779 394 5.1 164 2.1 17 75 197 2027 26.3 1985 NYK 55 2063/37.5 691-1303 .530 1-10 .100 426-552 .772 317 5.8 204 3.7 15 71 204 1809 32.9 1986 NYK -did not play - injured 1987 NYK 6 214/35.7 52-105 .495 0-0 .000 32-43 .744 32 5.3 19 3.2 0 2 15 136 22.7 1988 Wash 69 2044/29.6 470-938 .501 1-6 .167 247-324 .762 280 4.1 192 2.8 10 49 211 1188 17.2 1989 Wash 81 2559/31.6 654-1371 .477 5-30 .167 361-441 .819 384 4.7 294 3.6 13 64 227 1674 20.7 1990 Wash 82 2687/32.8 711-1459 .487 3-23 .130 412-513 .803 404 4.9 376 4.6 7 61 248 1837 22.4 1991 Wash 64 2401/37.5 713-1511 .472 8-37 .216 383-485 .790 319 5.0 292 4.6 16 56 255 1817 28.4 1992 Wash -did not play - injured 1993 NJ 32 430/13.4 91-177 .514 2-7 .286 39-57 .684 76 2.4 18 0.6 3 11 21 223 7.0 Totals 874 29417/33.7 7830-15109 .518 23-134 .172 3972-5444 .730 5060 5.8 2863 3.3 230 866 2791 19655 22.5