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Dave Bing Mayor Dave Bing 70th Mayor of Detroit Incumbent Assumed office
May 11, 2009Preceded by Kenneth Cockrel, Jr. Personal details Born November 24, 1943
Washington, D.C.Political party Democratic Spouse(s) Yvette Bing Alma mater Syracuse University Profession Professional Athlete, Businessman, Politician Religion Baptist David "Dave" Bing (born November 24, 1943) is the mayor of Detroit, Michigan, a businessman, and a retired American professional basketball player who played 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), primarily for the Detroit Pistons (1966–75). He was a seven-time All-Star.
His #21 was retired by the Detroit Pistons, and in 1996 he was named as one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players of all time.
He was elected mayor of Detroit in a special election on May 5, 2009 and was sworn in on May 11, 2009.[1] Bing won the full-term mayoral election on November 3, 2009, defeating challenger Tom Barrow.[2]
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Early life in DC
Bing was born and raised in northeast Washington, D.C., as a son of a bricklayer. At age five, Bing accidentally poked his left eye with a nail of a wooden horse that he improvised. With the family unable to afford an eye operation, the eye healed on its own but left Bing with fuzzy vision since then.
Bing's basketball career began in 1959 at Spingarn High School in Washington D.C., where he played in the footsteps of the great Elgin Baylor who had set all the city scoring records playing there in 1954. At Spingarn, Bing played in 3 straight Interhigh championship games. In 1960 and 1961, he teamed up with the great Ollie Johnson, and Spingarn won easily over Dunbar (67-53) and Eastern (81-64). The Green Wave went on to defeat DeMatha 63-50 for the 61 City championship. Bing averaged 16.2 and 16.9 ppg in 1961 and 1962.
Bing was a three-year letter winner, all–Inter High, All-Metro, and All-East member. In 1962, Bing was in Parade magazine and made the All-American Team.
College
Bing attended Syracuse University, where he was once roommates with Jim Boeheim.[3] He led the Orangemen in scoring as a sophomore (22.2) in 1964, as a junior (23.2) in 1965, and as a senior (28.4) in 1966. During his senior year, Bing was fifth in the nation in scoring and was Syracuse's first consensus All-American in 39 years. He was also named to The Sporting News All-America First Team and was named Syracuse Athlete of the Year.
National Basketball Association (NBA)
Dave Bing Shooting guard Personal information Date of birth November 24, 1943 Place of birth Washington, D.C. Nationality American High school Spingarn Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Listed weight 180 lb (82 kg) Career information College Syracuse (1963–1966) NBA Draft 1966 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall Selected by the Detroit Pistons Pro career 1966–1978 League NBA Career history 1966–1975 Detroit Pistons 1975–1977 Washington Bullets 1977–1978 Boston Celtics Career highlights and awards - 7× NBA All-Star (1968–1969, 1971, 1973–1976)
- NBA All-Star Game MVP (1976)
- NBA Rookie of the Year (1967)
- J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (1977)
- 2× All-NBA First Team (1968, 1971)
- All-NBA Second Team (1974)
- NBA All-Rookie First Team (1967)
- Consensus NCAA All-American First Team (1966)
- NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
- #21 Retired by the Detroit Pistons
- #22 Retired by Syracuse Orange Basketball
Career NBA statistics Points 18,327 (20.3 ppg) Rebounds 3,420 (3.8 rpg) Assists 5,397 (6.0 apg) Stats at NBA.com Stats at Basketball-Reference.com Basketball Hall of Fame as player Bing's playing style was somewhat unusual for the time. As a lean, athletic and explosive point guard, he functioned as the playmaker distributing the ball, but also did more shooting and scoring than most others who had this position. At one time a joke about him and his backcourt partner, Jimmy Walker, was that it was a shame they could only play the game with one ball at a time.
In 1966, Bing joined the NBA as a second overall first-round pick of the Detroit Pistons, where in his rookie year he scored 1,601 points (20.0 points per game) and was named the NBA Rookie of the Year. The next year, he led the NBA in scoring with 2,142 points (27.1 points per game) in 1968. Bing sat out 2½ months of the 1971-72 season due to a detached retina incurred from a preseason game against the Los Angeles Lakers, playing in only 45 games that season.[4] While with the Pistons, he played in seven NBA All-Star Games (1968, 1969, 1971–1976, and winning the 1976 NBA All-Star Game MVP Award) and was named to the All-NBA First Team twice in 1968 and 1969. Bing averaged 22.6 points and 7.8 assists in his ten seasons with the Pistons.
After his career with the Detroit Pistons, Bing went on to spend two years with the Washington Bullets and one with the Boston Celtics before retiring at the conclusion of the 1977–1978 season. He averaged 20.3 points and six assists per game in his 12 NBA seasons and was awarded the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award in 1977.
Bing was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1990. In 1996, he was named one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players.
Life after basketball
Business
Aged 22 with an NBA contract worth $15,000, Bing was rebuffed by the National Bank of Detroit on getting a mortgage to finance a home. This led Bing to work at the bank during the offseason, holding jobs in the teller, customer relations and mortgage departments.
Immediately after retiring, he worked at a warehouse of the steel processing company Paragon Steel and was paid $35,000. He left after two years, after stints in the company's shipping and sales operations.
In 1980, Bing opened Bing Steel with four employees in a rented warehouse from $250,000 in loans and $80,000 of his own money. Losing all his money in six months, the company shied away from manufacturing to focus on being a middleman. With General Motors as their first major client, the company turned a profit in its second year on revenues of $4.2 million. By 1984, Bing was awarded by President Ronald Reagan the National Minority Small Business Person Of The Year. By 1985, Bing Steel had expanded to two plants with 63 employees posting revenues of $40 million.[5]
Bing Steel would transform itself to the Bing Group,[6] a conglomerate with headquarters located in Detroit's North End. The company, among other things, supplies metal stampings to the automobile industry.
At the 1990 NBA All-Star Game, Bing received the Schick Achievement Award for his work after his NBA career.
Politics and mayoral election
On October 16, 2008, Bing announced that he would be a candidate for the mayor of Detroit in the February 2009 primary election (Detroit mayoral election, 2009). He finished first in a 15 candidate non-partisan primary on February 24, 2009. On May 5, 2009, the top two vote-getters faced off and he defeated interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel, Jr. and was elected to complete former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's term, which ended December 31, 2009.[7] Kilpatrick had resigned as part of a plea bargain agreement after being charged with the crime of perjury. Bing was re-elected to a full term on November 3, 2009. [3]
Honors and volunteerism
On January 19, 2009, Bing was to be named as a recipient of the National Civil Rights Museum Sports Legacy Award. The award honors athletes who have made significant contributions to civil and human rights and who helped establish a foundation for future leaders in athletic careers in the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr.[8] The honor was to be presented during the half-time show of the game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Detroit Pistons in Memphis, Tennessee.
Bing volunteered in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program.
See also
- List of National Basketball Association career free throw scoring leaders
- List of National Basketball Association career assists leaders
Notes
- ^ http://www.freep.com/article/20090511/NEWS01/90511063/Bing+take+oath+as+mayor++Conyers+accuses+Cockrel
- ^ "Dave Bing Wins Election to Full Term as Detroit Mayor." Article at www.nytimes.com, November 4, 2009.[1]
- ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=090430/bing
- ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=090430/bing
- ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=090430/bing
- ^ http://www.binggroup.com/
- ^ [2]
- ^ http://www.nba.com/grizzlies/news/release_mlk_day_game_and_celebration-081222.html
External links
- The Next Wave of Urban Reform, City Journal, Fall 2010
- Basketball Hall of Fame
- Hoopedia bio
- Mayor Dave Bing's Biography from the City of Detroit website
- CityMayors profile
- Detroit Works Project - Mayor Bing engages with Detroiters
- Bing on cover of Forbes Magazine
Political offices Preceded by
Kenneth Cockrel, Jr.Mayor of Detroit
2009-presentSucceeded by
incumbentMayors of cities with populations exceeding 100,000 in Michigan - Dave Bing (D)
(Detroit) - George Heartwell (I)
(Grand Rapids)
- James R. Fouts (R)
(Warren) - Richard J. Notte (D)
(Sterling Heights)
- John Hieftje (D)
(Ann Arbor) - Virgil Bernero (D)
(Lansing)
- Dayne Walling (D)
(Flint)
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See also: All-Century TeamNational championships (3) 1918 • 1926 • 2003NCAA Tournament appearances
Final Four appearances in italics1957 • 1966 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011Big East Tournament champions 1981 • 1988 • 1992 • 2005 • 20061966 NBA Draft First round Cazzie Russell · Dave Bing · Clyde Lee · Lou Hudson · Jack Marin · Walt Wesley · Jerry Chambers · Jim Barnett · Matt Guokas · Dave SchellhaseSecond round Henry Akin · Dorie Murrey · Joe Ellis · Dick Snyder · Neil Johnson · Jerry Lee Wells · Hank Finkel · Leon Clark · Bill Melchionni · Erwin Mueller1966 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans First Team
Dave Bing • Clyde Lee • Cazzie Russell • Dave Schellhase • Jimmy WalkerSecond Team
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Malone • McAdoo • Meneghin • Mikan • Murphy • Olajuwon • Parish • Pereira • Reed • Risen • Robinson • Russell • Sabonis • Semjonova • Thurmond • Unseld • Wachter • WaltonBoldface indicates those who are also inducted as coachesReferees (13) Teams (8) 1960 United States Olympic Team • 1992 United States Olympic Team • Buffalo Germans • The First Team • Harlem Globetrotters • New York Rens • Original Celtics • Texas WesternAwards Website: http://www.hoophall.com/National Basketball Association's 50 Greatest Players in NBA History Kareem Abdul-Jabbar • Nate Archibald • Paul Arizin • Charles Barkley • Rick Barry • Elgin Baylor • Dave Bing • Larry Bird • Wilt Chamberlain • Bob Cousy • Dave Cowens • Billy Cunningham • Dave DeBusschere • Clyde Drexler • Julius Erving • Patrick Ewing • Walt Frazier • George Gervin • Hal Greer • John Havlicek • Elvin Hayes • Magic Johnson • Sam Jones • Michael Jordan • Jerry Lucas • Karl Malone • Moses Malone • Pete Maravich • Kevin McHale • George Mikan • Earl Monroe • Hakeem Olajuwon • Shaquille O'Neal • Robert Parish • Bob Pettit • Scottie Pippen • Willis Reed • Oscar Robertson • David Robinson • Bill Russell • Dolph Schayes • Bill Sharman • John Stockton • Isiah Thomas • Nate Thurmond • Wes Unseld • Bill Walton • Jerry West • Lenny Wilkens • James WorthyNBA Rookie of the Year Award 1953: Meineke | 1954: Felix | 1955: Pettit | 1956: Stokes | 1957: Heinsohn | 1958: Sauldsberry | 1959: Baylor | 1960: Chamberlain | 1961: Robertson | 1962: Bellamy | 1963: Dischinger | 1964: Lucas | 1965: Reed | 1966: Barry | 1967: Bing | 1968: Monroe | 1969: Unseld | 1970: Alcindor | 1971: Cowens & Petrie | 1972: Wicks | 1973: McAdoo | 1974: DiGregorio | 1975: Wilkes | 1976: Adams | 1977: Dantley | 1978: Davis | 1979: Ford | 1980: Bird | 1981: Griffith | 1982: Williams | 1983: Cummings | 1984: Sampson | 1985: Jordan | 1986: Ewing | 1987: Person | 1988: Jackson | 1989: Richmond | 1990: Robinson | 1991: Coleman | 1992: Johnson | 1993: O'Neal | 1994: Webber | 1995: Hill & Kidd | 1996: Stoudamire | 1997: Iverson | 1998: Duncan | 1999: Carter | 2000: Brand & Francis | 2001: Miller | 2002: Gasol | 2003: Stoudemire | 2004: James | 2005: Okafor | 2006: Paul | 2007: Roy | 2008: Durant | 2009: Rose | 2010: Evans | 2011: GriffinNBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award 1951: Macauley | 1952: Arizin | 1953: Mikan | 1954: Cousy | 1955: Sharman | 1956: Pettit | 1957: Cousy | 1958: Pettit | 1959: Baylor & Pettit | 1960: Chamberlain | 1961: Robertson | 1962: Pettit | 1963: Russell | 1964: Robertson | 1965: Lucas | 1966: A. Smith | 1967: Barry | 1968: Greer | 1969: Robertson | 1970: Reed | 1971: Wilkens | 1972: West | 1973: Cowens | 1974: Lanier | 1975: Frazier | 1976: Bing | 1977: Erving | 1978: R. Smith | 1979: Thompson | 1980: Gervin | 1981: Archibald | 1982: Bird | 1983: Erving | 1984: Thomas | 1985: Sampson | 1986: Thomas | 1987: Chambers | 1988: Jordan | 1989: Malone | 1990: Johnson | 1991: Barkley | 1992: Johnson | 1993: Stockton & Malone | 1994: Pippen | 1995: Richmond | 1996: Jordan | 1997: Rice | 1998: Jordan | 1999: No Game Played | 2000: O'Neal & Duncan | 2001: Iverson | 2002: Bryant | 2003: Garnett | 2004: O'Neal | 2005: Iverson | 2006: James | 2007: Bryant | 2008: James | 2009: Bryant & O'Neal | 2010: Wade | 2011: BryantJ. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award 1975: Unseld | 1976: Watts | 1977: Bing | 1978: Lanier | 1979: Murphy | 1980: Carr | 1981: Glenn | 1982: Benson | 1983: Erving | 1984: Layden | 1985: Issel | 1986: Cooper & Sparrow | 1987: Thomas | 1988: English | 1989: Bailey | 1990: Rivers | 1991: K. Johnson | 1992: M. Johnson | 1993: Porter | 1994: Dumars | 1995: O'Toole | 1996: Dudley | 1997: Brown | 1998: Smith | 1999: Grant | 2000: Divac | 2001: Mutombo | 2002: Mourning | 2003: Robinson | 2004: Miller | 2005: Snow | 2006: Garnett | 2007: Nash | 2008: Billups | 2009: Mutombo | 2010: Dalembert | 2011: ArtestNBA season scoring leaders 1947: Fulks | 1948: Zaslofsky | 1949: Mikan | 1950: Mikan | 1951: Mikan | 1952: Arizin | 1953: Johnston | 1954: Johnston | 1955: Johnston | 1956: Pettit | 1957: Arizin | 1958: Yardley | 1959: Pettit | 1960: Chamberlain | 1961: Chamberlain | 1962: Chamberlain | 1963: Chamberlain | 1964: Chamberlain | 1965: Chamberlain | 1966: Chamberlain | 1967: Barry | 1968: Bing | 1969: Hayes | 1970: West | 1971: Alcindor | 1972: Abdul-Jabbar | 1973: Archibald | 1974: McAdoo | 1975: McAdoo | 1976: McAdoo | 1977: Maravich | 1978: Gervin | 1979: Gervin | 1980: Gervin | 1981: Dantley | 1982: Gervin | 1983: English | 1984: Dantley | 1985: King | 1986: Wilkins | 1987: Jordan | 1988: Jordan | 1989: Jordan | 1990: Jordan | 1991: Jordan | 1992: Jordan | 1993: Jordan | 1994: Robinson | 1995: O'Neal | 1996: Jordan | 1997: Jordan | 1998: Jordan | 1999: Iverson | 2000: O'Neal | 2001: Iverson | 2002: Iverson | 2003: McGrady | 2004: McGrady | 2005: Iverson | 2006: Bryant | 2007: Bryant | 2008: James | 2009: Wade | 2010: Durant | 2011: DurantDetroit Pistons Formerly the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons and the Fort Wayne Pistons • Founded in 1941 • Based in Auburn Hills, MichiganFranchise Detroit Pistons • All-time roster • Seasons • Draft history • Head coaches • Current season
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