David Thompson
Basketball
Inducted: 1982
- Spectacular leaper widely considered best player in ACC history
- Led NC State to 79-7 record from 1973–1975
- Starred on the 1974 NCAA championship team
- Named Final Four Most Outstanding Player in 1974
- Selected ACC Player of the Year from 1973–1975
- Named first-team All-ACC from 1973–1975
- Honored as first-team AP and UPI All-American from 1973–1975
- Named AP National Player of the Year in 1974 and 1975
- Led ACC in scoring from 1973–1975
- Scored 2,309 points at State, averaging 26.8 per game
- Selected Most Valuable Player at the 1973 World University Games
- Professional career included seven seasons with Denver, two with Seattle
- Honored as ABA Rookie of the Year in 1976
- MVP of the 1976 ABA All-Star Game
- Played in four NBA All-Star games; MVP in 1979
- Named first-team All-NBA in 1977 and 1978
- Second in NBA scoring in 1978 at 27.2 points per game
- Scored 13,422 points in pros, averaging 22.6 per game
- Scored 73 points against Detroit in 1978, a total surpassed only by Wilt Chamberlain and Kobe Bryant
- Member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
