Terry Cummings

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Terry Cummings : biography

March 15, 1961 –

Robert Terrell "Terry" Cummings (born March 15, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association for 18 seasons as a power forward and occasional center.

Post-injury and reserve player years

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, when he joined Milwaukee again, and would change teams several more times in his career. He would come off the bench for the Seattle SuperSonics, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, and the Golden State Warriors, where he would retire after the 1999–2000 season.

In 18 seasons Terry Cummings scored 19,460 points, falling just short of the 20,000 point mark, but placing him among the top 50 career scorers. 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/post-retirement

Cummings has been an ordained Pentecostal Minister since 1977 and performed service at the wedding of former teammate Sean Elliott. 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/soulstyles of musicians such as Marvin Gaye, Al Green, and Sam Cooke.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

|- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| San Diego | 70 || 69 || 36.2 || .523 || .000 || .709 || 10.6 || 2.5 || 1.8 || .9 || 23.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| San Diego | 81 || 80 || 35.9 || .494 || .000 || .720 || 9.6 || 1.7 || 1.1 || .7 || 22.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 79 || 78 || 34.5 || .495 || .000 || .741 || 9.1 || 2.9 || 1.5 || .8 || 23.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 82 || 82 || 32.5 || .474 || .000 || .656 || 8.5 || 2.4 || 1.5 || .6 || 19.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 82 || 77 || 33.8 || .511 || .000 || .662 || 8.5 || 2.8 || 1.6 || 1.0 || 20.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 76 || 76 || 34.6 || .485 || .333 || .665 || 7.3 || 2.4 || 1.0 || .6 || 21.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 80 || 78 || 35.3 || .467 || .467 || .787 || 8.1 || 2.5 || 1.3 || .9 || 22.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| San Antonio | 81 || 78 || 34.8 || .475 || .322 || .780 || 8.4 || 2.7 || 1.4 || .6 || 22.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| San Antonio | 67 || 62 || 32.8 || .484 || .212 || .683 || 7.8 || 2.3 || .9 || .4 || 17.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| San Antonio | 70 || 67 || 30.7 || .488 || .385 || .711 || 9.0 || 1.5 || .8 || .5 || 17.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| San Antonio | 8 || 0 || 9.5 || .379 || – || .500 || 2.4 || .5 || .1 || .1 || 3.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| San Antonio | 59 || 29 || 19.2 || .428 || .000 || .589 || 5.0 || .8 || .5 || .2 || 7.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| San Antonio | 76 || 20 || 16.8 || .483 || – || .585 || 5.0 || .8 || .5 || .3 || 6.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 81 || 13 || 21.9 || .462 || .143 || .650 || 5.5 || 1.1 || .7 || .4 || 8.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 45 || 3 || 18.4 || .486 || .600 || .695 || 4.1 || .9 || .7 || .2 || 8.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia | 44 || 2 || 14.9 || .458 || .000 || .672 || 3.4 || .5 || .5 || .1 || 5.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1997–98 | style="text-align:left;"| New York | 30 || 1 || 17.6 || .477 || – || .700 || 4.5 || .9 || .5 || .2 || 7.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Golden State | 50 || 0 || 20.2 || .439 || 1.000 || .711 || 5.1 || 1.2 || .9 || .2 || 9.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Golden State | 22 || 0 || 18.1 || .429 || – || .821 || 4.9 || 1.0 || .6 || .4 || 8.4 |-class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| Career | 1,183 || 815 || 28.7 || .484 || .295 || .706 || 7.3 || 1.9 || 1.1 || .5 || 16.4 |-class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;" colspan=2| All-Star | 2 || 0 || 17.5 || .423 || – || .833 || 6.0 || .5 || 1.5 || 1.0 || 13.5