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My Take
Nate "Tiny" Archibald is one of those names that should come up far more in basketball conversations than it does. What blows me away is the year he led the entire NBA in both scoring and assists at once — no one else has ever pulled that off. A New York City kid who made the Hall of Fame in 1991, he proved a smaller guard could dominate through speed, vision, and sheer will. The multiple All-NBA selections and the All-Star Game MVP back it up. To me he's a foundational point guard, the kind of player whose fingerprints are all over how the position is played today.
Overview
Nathaniel "Tiny" Archibald (born September 2, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player. He spent 14 years playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA), most notably with the Cincinnati Royals/Kansas City–Omaha Kings and Boston Celtics. In 1991, he was enshrined into both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Nate Archibald
- Name (Japanese)
- ネイト・アーチボルド
- Reading
- ねいと・あーちぼるど
- Born
- September 2, 1948 (age 77)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rat
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 185 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player / basketball coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- DeWitt Clinton High School
- University
- Fordham University
Awards & achievements
- 1973 All-NBA Team
- 1975 All-NBA Team
- 1976 All-NBA Team
- 1981 NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.