NBA games – all with the Bullets – Unseld averaged a double-double in points and rebounds, with averages of 10.8 points and 14.0 rebounds per game. He also averaged 3.9 assists, excellent for a center, in the 36 minutes he played per game. Unseld was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1988, and in 1996, he was named as one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players of all time. In 2021, he was named on the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. Executive and coaching career After Unseld's retirement in 1981, he moved into a front office position with the Bullets, where he served as vice president for six years before being named head coach in 1988. He resigned following the 1994 season with a 202–345 record (.369). Unseld became the Bullets' general manager in 1996 (they were renamed to the Wizards in 1997) and served in that role for seven years. He guided the team to the playoffs once during his tenure as general manager. Personal life Unseld's wife, Connie, opened Unselds School in 1979. A coed private school located in southwest Baltimore, it has a daycare program, nursery school and a kindergarten-to-eighth grade curriculum. Connie and daughter Kimberly served as teachers at the school. Unseld worked as an office manager and head basketball coach. He was the godfather of Cleveland Cavaliers all-star forward, Kevin Love, as Kevin's father Stan Love was a teammate of Unseld's on the Baltimore Bullets. His son, Wes Unseld Jr., is a coach in the NBA who became the head coach of the Wizards in 2021. Death Unseld died on June 2, 2020, after suffering lengthy health battles. NBA career statistics Playing Source: |+NBA regular season playing statistics |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Baltimore | 82 || || 36.2 || .476 || || .605 || 18.2 || 2.6 || || || 13.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Baltimore | style="background:#cfecec;"|82* || || 39.4 || .518 || || .638 || 16.7 || 3.5 || || || 16.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Baltimore | 74 || || 39.2 || .501 || || .657 || 16.9 || 4.0 || || || 14.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Baltimore | 76 || || 41.7 || .498 || || .629 || 17.6 || 3.7 || || || 13.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Baltimore | 79 || || 39.1 || .493 || || .703 || 15.9 || 4.4 || || ||