NBA career

Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2nd round with the 23rd pick. Alex's time in Milwaukee was spent as a back-up on a rebuilding team that lost Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. However, it was not until he left as a free agent in 1978 for the Indiana Pacers, that he began his reputation as a scorer, averaging 16 points on another sub-par team before being traded to Denver in mid way through the 1979-80 season for George McGinnis a former Pacers star from their ABA days and it turned out to be one of the most one-sided trades in NBA history; McGinnis was only a shadow of his former self, and was out of the league by 1982.

English then commenced a highly low-key assault on the NBA scoring books. With the erratic, high-paced, and high-scoring Nuggets he averaged 21 points when he arrived in Denver in 1980, then proceeded with averages of 24, 25, 28, 26, 28, nearly 30 (in 1985-86) season, 29, 25, 27, and 18 points per game during his decade-long scoring spree. That made him the highest-scoring player of the time, a period where the NBA gained national prominence; he never sought out the spotlight, he also led the Nuggets to nine consecutive playoffs, and for himself was awarded with three All-NBA Second Teams (1982, 1985, 1986), 8 All-Star appearances, set 31 team records in his decade in Denver, helped Denver win 2 Midwest Division titles and get to the 1985 Western Conference Finals, and was the leading scorer in 55% of the games he played in Denver.

After a short stint as a free agent in 1990, English ended his NBA career with the Dallas Mavericks where he once again played back-up, this time averaging almost 10 points a game. No other team signed him for the next season, and after a stint in Italy, English retired. The Nuggets retired his number in 1992. English retired as the Nuggets all-time leading scorer having notched 21,654 points and his career average of 25.9 ppg, these skills allowed him to place 17th on the NBA all-time scoring list as of 2016 with 25,613 points. He was the first player ever to string together eight straight 2,000-point seasons. He has the distinction of being the top scorer in the 1980s.

After Basketball

From June 2004 to July 2011, English was the director of player development and an assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors. He joined the Raptors after spending the previous two season as an assistant coach with the Philadelphia 76ers and Atlanta Hawks. On June 5, 2009, it was announced that English would stay with the Raptors as an assistant coach. On July 13, 2011, with the team heading in a new direction, English was not given a new contract, and his services were not retained.

On January 13, 2012, he was added to the Sacramento Kings coaching staff under head coach Keith Smart. On June 5, 2013, new Kings coach Michael Malone announced that the 2012-13 assistant coaches would not be retained for the 2013-14 season.

It was announced that Alex English was added as a color analyst on SEC Network on November 11, 2014.

Mr. English has also been an active participant in the SportsUnited Sports Envoy program for the U.S. Department of State. In this function, he has traveled to Italy, the Republic of Korea, and Chile, where he worked with Nykesha Sales and Candace Wiggins to conduct basketball clinics and events that reached more than 1900 youth from underserved areas. In so doing, English helped contribute to SportsUnited's mission to reach out to youth populations in order to promote growth and a stable democratic government.

Acting career

Alex English has dabbled in acting. His debut came in the 1987 motion picture Amazing Grace and Chuck, playing a fictitious Boston Celtics star. He has also had roles in the television series Midnight Caller 1989 and played the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers in Eddie (1996). To date, his last role was as "The Premiere" in 1997's "The Definite Maybe."

NBA career statistics

† NBA championship Led the league

Legend GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game FG% Field goal percentage 3P% 3-point field goal percentage FT% Free throw percentage RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1976-77	Milwaukee	60	6	10.8	.477	.000	.767	2.8	.4	.3	.3	3.2
1977-78	Milwaukee	82	4	18.9	.542	.000	.727	4.8	1.6	.5	.7	9.6
1978-79	Milwaukee	81	69	33.3	.511	.000	.752	8.1	3.3	.9	1.0	16.0
1979-80	Indiana	54	15	28.3	.504	.000	.814	7.0	2.6	.8	.6	14.9
1979-80	Denver	24	24	36.5	.485	.667	.762	9.4	3.4	1.2	1.2	21.3
1980-81	Denver	81	81	38.2	.494	.600	.850	8.0	3.6	1.3	1.2	23.8
1981-82	Denver	82	82	36.8	.551	.000	.840	6.8	5.3	1.1	1.5	25.4
1982-83	Denver	82	82	36.4	.516	.167	.829	7.3	4.8	1.4	1.5	28.4
1983-84	Denver	82	77	35.0	.529	.143	.824	5.7	5.0	1.0	1.2	26.4
1984-85	Denver	81	81	36.1	.518	.200	.829	5.7	4.2	1.2	.6	27.9
1985-86	Denver	81	81	37.3	.504	.200	.862	5.0	4.0	.9	.4	29.8
1986-87	Denver	82	82	37.6	.503	.267	.844	4.2	5.1	.9	.3	28.6
1987-88	Denver	80	80	35.2	.495	.000	.828	4.7	4.7	.9	.3	25.0
1988-89	Denver	82	82	36.5	.491	.250	.858	4.0	4.7	.8	.1	26.5
1989-90	Denver	80	80	27.6	.491	.400	.880	3.6	2.8	.6	.3	17.9
1990-91	Dallas	79	26	22.1	.439	.000	.850	3.2	1.3	.5	.3	9.7
Career		1,193	753	31.9	.507	.217	.832	5.5	3.6	.9	.7	21.5
All-Star		8	4	18.5	.500	.000	.500	2.3	1.9	.8	.5	9.1

• a The NBA adopted the three-point line in the 1979-80 season.

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1978	Milwaukee	9	-	23.1	.615	.000	.781	4.7	1.4	.7	.8	13.4
1982	Denver	3	-	39.3	.473	.000	.857	7.7	5.7	1.0	1.0	19.3
1983	Denver	7	-	38.6	.447	.000	.887	6.3	6.0	.6	1.0	25.9
1984	Denver	5	-	40.6	.588	.000	.893	8.0	5.6	.6	.4	29.0
1985	Denver	14	14	38.3	.536	.000	.890	6.6	4.5	1.2	.4	30.2
1986	Denver	10	10	39.4	.463	.000	.859	3.5	5.2	.4	.4	27.3
1987	Denver	3	3	25.3	.510	.000	.857	4.7	3.3	.0	.0	18.7
1988	Denver	11	11	39.8	.455	.000	.814	5.4	4.4	.6	.3	24.3
1989	Denver	3	3	36.0	.516	.000	.875	4.3	3.7	.3	.0	26.0
1990	Denver	3	3	25.3	.568	.000	.818	3.0	3.0	.7	.3	19.7
Career		68	44	35.7	.503	.000	.862	5.5	4.3	.7	.5	24.4

• a Incomplete statistics.
• b The NBA adopted the three-point line in the 1979-80 season.

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