Andrew Toney

Andrew Toney
	Toney in 1983
Personal information
Born	November 23, 1957; Birmingham, Alabama
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	178 lb (81 kg)
Career information
High school	Charles B. Glenn; (Birmingham, Alabama)
College	Louisiana (1976–1980)
NBA draft	1980 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8th overall
	Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career	1980–1988
Position	Shooting guard
Number	22
Career history
1980–1988	Philadelphia 76ers
Career highlights and awards
	NBA champion (1983); 2× NBA All-Star (1983, 1984); 2× Southland Player of the Year (1978, 1980);
Career statistics
Points	7,458 (15.9 ppg)
Rebounds	1,009 (2.2 rpg)
Assists	1,965 (4.2 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Andrew Toney (born November 23, 1957) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the National Basketball Association's Philadelphia 76ers from 1980 to 1988.

Career

He was dubbed "The Boston Strangler"[1] by Boston sportswriters during the 76ers' and Celtics' rivalry in the early 1980s because of his ability to single-handedly dominate games against the Celtics, including Game 7 of the 1982 Eastern Conference Finals when he scored 34 points in the game. He also scored 30 points in Game 2, 39 points in Game 4 and averaged 26.4 points per game in that series.

Toney was drafted by the Sixers out of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) with the eighth pick of the 1980 NBA draft.

He was named to two All-Star teams, in 1982 and 1983, and averaged 15.9 points per game for his career.

Toney was an integral part of the 1982–83 76ers championship team, along with Julius Erving, Moses Malone, Bobby Jones and Maurice Cheeks, but his career was cut short after seven seasons by chronic foot injuries.[1]

Pat Williams, vice president of basketball operations for the Orlando Magic, shared an anecdote with Tony Rizzo while being interviewed on The Really Big Show on ESPN850 WKNR in Cleveland on February 11, 2010, while promoting his latest book about the late Chuck Daly. Williams said that when he was a general manager back in the days of their great rivalry with the Lakers and Sixers (c. 1980–1983), he asked Danny Ainge, the Celtics guard, what player he worried about the most come playoff time. "Not Magic or Dr. J, it's Andrew Toney that keeps me awake at night!" said Ainge. Williams went on to say that were it not for injuries Toney would have been a Hall of Famer. Former NBA All-Star and TNT analyst Charles Barkley stated that Toney was the best player he ever played with.[1]

Toney's son Channing played NCAA Division I basketball at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and played few matches professionally in Poland with Asseco Prokom Gdynia.[2] He also won the second-tier Finnish Division I championship with Bisons Loimaa.[3]

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
†	Won an NBA championship

Regular season


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1980–81	Philadelphia	75	—	23.6	.495	.310	.712	1.9	3.6	.8	.1	12.9
1981–82	Philadelphia	77	1	24.8	.522	.424	.742	1.7	3.7	.8	.2	16.5
1982–83†	Philadelphia	81	81	30.5	.501	.289	.788	2.8	4.5	1.0	.2	19.7
1983–84	Philadelphia	78	72	32.8	.527	.316	.839	2.5	4.8	.9	.3	20.4
1984–85	Philadelphia	70	65	32.0	.492	.371	.862	2.5	5.2	.9	.3	17.8
1985–86	Philadelphia	6	0	14.0	.306	.000	.375	.8	2.0	.3	.0	4.2
1986–87	Philadelphia	52	12	20.3	.451	.328	.796	1.6	3.6	.3	.2	10.6
1987–88	Philadelphia	29	15	18.0	.421	.333	.806	1.6	3.7	.4	.2	7.3
Career		468	246	26.9	.500	.342	.797	2.2	4.2	.8	.2	15.9
All-Star		2	0	20.0	.625	.000	1.000	.5	5.0	2.0	.0	10.5

Playoffs


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1981	Philadelphia	16	—	22.3	.428	.111	.815	2.3	3.4	.7	.4	13.8
1982	Philadelphia	21	—	33.7	.507	.333	.796	2.4	4.9	.9	.1	21.8
1983†	Philadelphia	12	—	29.8	.470	.000	.754	2.3	4.6	.9	.1	18.8
1984	Philadelphia	5	—	36.0	.519	.000	.767	2.2	3.8	.8	.2	20.6
1985	Philadelphia	13	13	34.0	.477	.429	.770	2.5	5.1	.9	.4	16.8
1987	Philadelphia	5	0	20.8	.382	.000	1.000	1.8	5.4	.4	.4	5.6
Career		72	13	29.8	.478	.235	.786	2.3	4.5	.8	.3	17.4

References

MacMullan, Jackie (March 31, 1991). "Ex-76er Toney now fights pain, bitterness". baltimoresun.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
"Asseco Prokom adds two more to roster". Euroleague.net. October 14, 2010. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
"Loimaa vei ratkaisevan divarifinaalin, nousi Korisliigaan". basket.fi. April 4, 2011. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.

External links

Career statistics and player information from NBA.com or Basketball-Reference.com
Where are they now? Andrew Toney - NBA.com

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[Baltimore_Sun_1991-1] MacMullan, Jackie (March 31, 1991). "Ex-76er Toney now fights pain, bitterness". baltimoresun.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.

[2] "Asseco Prokom adds two more to roster". Euroleague.net. October 14, 2010. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.

[3] "Loimaa vei ratkaisevan divarifinaalin, nousi Korisliigaan". basket.fi. April 4, 2011. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.