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Named to All-NBA First Team for second straight year in 1992 after leading league in blocked shots with 4.49 bpg... Was also in top five in rebounding (12.2 rpg) and steals (2.32 spg) and top 10 in scoring (23.2 ppg) and field goal percentage (.551)... Named to NBA All-Defensive First Team for second year in a row... NBA Rookie of the Year in 1990... Led NBA in rebounding in 1990-91... Consensus College Player of the Year in 1987, winning 12 such awards... Member of 1988 and 1992 U.S. Olympic Teams... "The Admiral's" naval rank is Lieutenant J.G.
The former Olympian was voted Player of the Year and All-Star center for the 1960-61 season in a poll of the NBA players themselves. Although ranking only 18th in the league among the top scorers, big Bill has been most responsible for making the Celtics the great club it is. His two greatest assets are tremendous rebounding ability and uncanny defensive tactics. He has been a member of the Celtics five years.
After being selected fifth overall in 2011, Valanciunas spent what would have been his first year sharpening his skills in Lithuania. Ready to take the NBA by storm in 2012-13, Valanciunas proved to be a force down low early on, scoring 12 points and collecting 10 rebounds on Oct. 31 against Indiana.
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