the rights to Wicks were sold to the Boston Celtics; Portland went on to win an NBA championship the next season. Wicks played for the Celtics from 1976 to 1978. Wicks then went to the San Diego Clippers and played there until 1981. Overall, Wicks averaged 16.8 points per game and 8.7 rebounds per game over ten seasons and 760 games in the NBA. His scoring average dropped every year after his rookie season. Following his NBA career, Wicks played one season in Italy. Post-NBA career Following his playing career, Wicks lived for a year in Italy before returning to the United States. He served as an assistant coach at UCLA during Walt Hazzard's four years as head coach. Following coaching, he entered the real estate field, living in Atlanta, Florida, and Los Angeles. Personal life Wicks was married from 1973 to 1979. He has one daughter, Sibahn Epps. At 9 a.m. on May 5, 1989, in Mira Mesa, San Diego, California, Wicks was seriously injured in a car accident. A loaded cement truck failed to stop at a red light and struck the driver's side of Wicks's vehicle. Wicks had his ruptured spleen removed at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California. He also had facial lacerations and minor head injuries. A passenger in Wicks' car suffered a mild concussion and facial injuries. The cement truck driver was not injured. As of 2006, Wicks lived in North Carolina and Los Angeles. NBA career statistics Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Portland | 82 || || 39.6 || .427 || || .710 || 11.5 || 4.3 || — || — || 24.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Portland | 80 || || 39.4 || .452 || || .723 || 10.9 || 5.5 || || || 23.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Portland | 75 || || 38.0 || .459 || || .762 || 9.1 || 4.3 || 1.2 || .8 || 22.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Portland | 82 || || 38.6 || .497 || || .706 || 10.7 || 3.5 || 1.3 || 1.0 || 21.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Portland | 79 || || 38.5 || .483 || || .674 || 9.0 || 3.1 || 1.0 || .7 || 19.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Boston | 82 || || 32.2 || .458 || || .668 || 10.0 || 2.1 || .8 || .7 || 15.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Boston