Los Angeles Clippers: Top 10 NBA Draft picks of all time

BUFFALO, NY - 1975: Bob MaAdoo #11 of the Buffalo Braves receives the 1975 NBA's Most Valuable Player Award also known as the Podoloff Award during a game played in 1975 at the Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York. Copyright 1975 NBAE (Photo by Dick Raphael/NBAE via Getty Images) /

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LANDOVER, MD – CIRCA 1982: Terry Cummings #34 of the San Diego Clippers pass the ball against the Washington Bullets during an NBA basketball game circa 1982 at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland. Cummings played for the Clippers from 1982-84. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) /

6. Terry Cummings

Drafted: Round 1, Pick 2 (1982)
Tenure: 1982 to 1984
Position: Power Forward
Career Slash Line: .508/.000/.715
Career Averages: 36.0 MPG, 23.3 PPG, 10.1 RPG, 4.1 ORPG, 2.1 APG, 1.5 SPG, 0.8 BPG
Accolades: Rookie of the Year

Most remember Terry Cummings from his time with the Milwaukee Bucks. He and Sidney Moncrief led Milwaukee to a significant measure of team success, including postseason victories over multiple legends of the 80s.

Cummings only spent two seasons with the Los Angeles Clippers, but he was prolific enough to make this list.

Cummings was brilliant as a rookie in 1982-83, averaging 23.7 points, 10.6 rebounds, 4.3 offensive rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.8 steals, and 0.9 blocks per game. That stellar campaign earned him the 1983 Rookie of the Year award.

A year later, Cummings was back with averages of 22.9 points, 9.6 rebounds, 4.0 offensive boards, 1.7 assists, and 1.1 steals per game.

Two seasons is a brief stretch of time, and thus, his elite statistics aren’t quite enough for him to be ranked higher. Los Angeles has experienced such fleeting team success, however, that an individual of his caliber can appear on this list.

Cummings brought excitement back to Clippers basketball for a two-year period of time, which can’t be understated when one considers how hard excitement has been to find.

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