David Greenwood

David Murphy-Kasim Greenwood (May 27, 1957 – June 8, 2025) was an American professional basketball player whose National Basketball Association (NBA) career spanned 12 years from 1979 to 1991. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, earning consensus All-American honors twice in 1978 and 1979. Greenwood was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the 1979 NBA draft with the second overall pick. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team with the Bulls during the 1979–80 season. A forward/center, he also played in the NBA with the San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets and Detroit Pistons.

College career Following a standout high school career at Verbum Dei High School, Greenwood attended the nearby University of California, Los Angeles, from 1975 to 1979. He started all four seasons for the Bruins, earning consensus first-team All-American and Pac-10 Conference Player of the Year (now Pac-12) honors in his junior and senior seasons.

Greenwood was inducted into the Pac-12 Hall of Honor in 2017 and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021. As of the conclusion of the 2024–25 season, he ranked No. 15 all-time in points at UCLA (1,721) and No. 4 all-time in rebounds (1,022).

As a rookie, Greenwood was an immediate starter for the Bulls. He averaged 16.3 points per game and led Chicago with 9.4 rebounds per game. Greenwood was selected for the 1979–80 NBA All-Rookie Team alongside Johnson and Larry Bird.

Before the Michael Jordan era in Chicago, Greenwood was one of the franchise's marquee players along with Reggie Theus and Orlando Woolridge. On October 24, 1985, Greenwood was traded by the Bulls to the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for future Hall of Famer George Gervin.

Greenwood died from cancer in Riverside, California, on June 8, 2025, at the age of 68.

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