For the Austrian chess player, see Ernst Grünfeld.
Ernie Grunfeld
Grunfeld in 2018
Personal information
Born
(1955-04-24) April 24, 1955 (age 69) Satu Mare, Romania
Nationality
American / Romanian
Listed height
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight
210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school
Forest Hills (Queens, New York)
College
Tennessee (1973–1977)
NBA draft
1977: 1st round, 11th overall pick
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks
Playing career
1977–1986
Position
Shooting guard / small forward
Number
20, 18
Career history
1977–1979
Milwaukee Bucks
1979–1982
Kansas City Kings
1982–1986
New York Knicks
Career highlights and awards
Consensus second-team All-American (1977)
Third-team All-American – NABC, UPI (1976)
SEC Player of the Year – AP (1977)
No. 22 retired by Tennessee Volunteers
Third-team Parade All-American (1973)
Career NBA statistics
Points
5,124 (7.4 ppg)
Rebounds
1,815 (2.6 rpg)
Assists
1,419 (2.0 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing United States
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal
Team competition
Pan American Games
1975 Mexico City
Team competition
Maccabiah Games
1973 Ramat Gan
Men's basketball
1977 Israel
Men's basketball
Ernest Grunfeld (born April 24, 1955) is a Romanian-American former professional basketball player and former general manager in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In college at the University of Tennessee, he set a new record as the school's all-time leading scorer. He won gold medals with Team USA at the 1975 Pan American Games and the 1976 Summer Olympics. He began his professional career as a player with the Milwaukee Bucks. He served as General Manager of the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association from 1989 to 1999, and as the Bucks General Manager from 1999 to 2003, and then became the president of basketball operations for the Washington Wizards from 2003 to 2019.
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