College Years

Born in Chicago, Illinois and a graduate of Carver High School, Cummings attended DePaul University from 1979 to 1982. He averaged 16.4 points per game over 85 games and entered the 1982 NBA Draft after departing from school.

NBA

San Diego Clippers

He was selected in the first round by the San Diego Clippers, and in his inaugural 1982-83 season, he won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award after putting up 23.7 points and 10.4 rebounds per game. These figures would turn out to be the highest of his career in those categories. Late in his rookie season, Cummings suffered from heartbeat irregularities, which would keep him out the remaining two weeks of the season. The team lost every game without him.

Milwaukee Bucks

After the next season (1983-84), he was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks, where he would continue to post above 20 point and 8 rebound averages for four out of his five years on the team. As a Buck, Cummings was selected to play in the 1984-85 and 1988-89 NBA All-Star Games.

San Antonio Spurs

He was traded to the San Antonio Spurs where he would remain for six years. His scoring and rebounding averages for the 1989-90 through 1991-92 seasons were close to 20 and 8, respectively, and he helped his team to consecutive 50-win seasons and playoff appearances. By this time, he was recognized as a reliable power forward in the league.

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.

Return to Bucks

When he joined Milwaukee again, he only lasted with the team for a couple games.

Seattle Supersonics

He came off the bench for the Seattle SuperSonics.

New York Knicks

Cummings also played for the New York Knicks near the end of his career.

Philadelphia 76ers

He played for Philadelphia 76ers as well, most of the time coming off the bench.

Golden State Warriors

In 1999, Cummings was traded to the Golden State Warriors, where he would retire after the 1999-2000 season.

Career Summary

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

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
1982-83	San Diego	70	69	36.2	.523	.000	.709	10.6	2.5	1.8	.9	23.7
1983-84	San Diego	81	80	35.9	.494	.000	.720	9.6	1.7	1.1	.7	22.9
1984-85	Milwaukee	79	78	34.5	.495	.000	.741	9.1	2.9	1.5	.8	23.6
1985-86	Milwaukee	82	82	32.5	.474	.000	.656	8.5	2.4	1.5	.6	19.8
1986-87	Milwaukee	82	77	33.8	.511	.000	.662	8.5	2.8	1.6	1.0	20.8
1987-88	Milwaukee	76	76	34.6	.485	.333	.665	7.3	2.4	1.0	.6	21.3
1988-89	Milwaukee	80	78	35.3	.467	.467	.787	8.1	2.5	1.3	.9	22.9
1989-90	San Antonio	81	78	34.8	.475	.322	.780	8.4	2.7	1.4	.6	22.4
1990-91	San Antonio	67	62	32.8	.484	.212	.683	7.8	2.3	.9	.4	17.6
1991-92	San Antonio	70	67	30.7	.488	.385	.711	9.0	1.5	.8	.5	17.3
1992-93	San Antonio	8	0	9.5	.379	-	.500	2.4	.5	.1	.1	3.4
1993-94	San Antonio	59	29	19.2	.428	.000	.589	5.0	.8	.5	.2	7.3
1994-95	San Antonio	76	20	16.8	.483	-	.585	5.0	.8	.5	.3	6.8
1995-96	Milwaukee	81	13	21.9	.462	.143	.650	5.5	1.1	.7	.4	8.0
1996-97	Seattle	45	3	18.4	.486	.600	.695	4.1	.9	.7	.2	8.2
1997-98	Philadelphia	44	2	14.9	.458	.000	.672	3.4	.5	.5	.1	5.3
1997-98	New York	30	1	17.6	.477	-	.700	4.5	.9	.5	.2	7.8
1998-99	Golden State	50	0	20.2	.439	1.000	.711	5.1	1.2	.9	.2	9.1
1999-2000	Golden State	22	0	18.1	.429	-	.821	4.9	1.0	.6	.4	8.4
Career		1,183	815	28.7	.484	.295	.706	7.3	1.9	1.1	.5	16.4
All-Star		2	0	17.5	.423	-	.833	6.0	.5	1.5	1.0	13.5

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1985	Milwaukee	8	8	38.9	.577	.000	.828	8.8	2.5	1.5	.9	27.5
1986	Milwaukee	14	14	36.4	.514	-	.694	9.9	3.0	1.4	1.1	21.6
1987	Milwaukee	12	10	36.9	.488	-	.687	7.9	2.3	1.0	1.1	22.3
1988	Milwaukee	5	5	38.6	.562	-	.659	7.8	2.6	1.8	.6	25.8
1989	Milwaukee	5	4	24.8	.362	.000	.875	6.6	1.4	.6	.0	12.8
1990	San Antonio	10	10	37.5	.528	.200	.808	9.4	2.2	.7	.4	24.9
1991	San Antonio	4	4	31.0	.510	.000	.500	9.3	1.0	.8	.5	14.8
1992	San Antonio	3	3	40.7	.515	.000	.500	11.3	2.3	1.3	1.3	26.0
1993	San Antonio	10	0	13.8	.443	.000	.625	3.9	.5	.3	.1	6.7
1994	San Antonio	4	1	18.0	.500	-	.833	6.3	.5	1.3	.8	8.0
1995	San Antonio	15	2	9.0	.375	.000	.733	2.1	.3	.3	.1	3.9
1997	Seattle	12	6	24.3	.489	-	.667	6.0	1.2	.9	.5	8.8
1998	New York	8	1	15.0	.441	-	.250	4.4	.6	.5	.3	4.0
Career		110	68	26.9	.502	.091	.706	6.7	1.6	.9	.6	15.1

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