Dominique Wilkins
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January 12, 1960
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Dominique Wilkins Bio
Dominique Wilkins is a retired American professional basketball player born in 1960 in Paris, France. He grew up in Baltimore, Dallas, and North Carolina, where he played high school basketball, earning the state’s MVP title in 1978 and 1979. He then attended the University of Georgia and was named SEC Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 1981. He entered the NBA with a 1982 draft, picked third by Utah Jazz. He was quickly traded to the Atlanta Hawks, where he gained attention as an integral part of the Hawks’ success throughout the 1980s. Wilkins is recognized as one of the most talented slam-dunk scorers in the history of the NBA, and 20 years after his retirement in 1999, he was ranked as the top 13th player in the league. He became part of the NBA's All-Star a total of nine-times.
