women, including daughters named Leah and India. Reflecting on his career and its three knee surgeries, Sampson admitted that he had attempted to come back too quickly from them, and said that he tried not to think about what could have been. Legal issues In 2005, Sampson pleaded guilty to owing more than $300K in back child support for two children from different mothers in the Northern Virginia area. In 2006, he was sentenced to two months in prison for mail fraud associated with the purchase of an SUV. Awards Naismith College Player of the Year (1981–1983) USBWA College Player of the Year (1981–1983) Adolph Rupp Trophy (1981–1983) Associated Press Player of the Year (1981–1983) UPI Player of the Year (1981–1983) John R. Wooden Award (1982–1983) NABC Player of the Year (1982–1983) Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement presented by Awards Council member Herschel Walker (1982) Sporting News Player of the Year (1983) Co-Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year (1982) NBA Rookie of the Year (1984) NBA All-Rookie Team (1984) NBA All-Star Game MVP (1985) NBA All-Star (1984–1987) All-NBA Second Team selection (1985) National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame inductee (2011) Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee (2012) Career statistics NBA Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Houston | 82 || 82 || 32.8 || .523 || .250 || .661 || 11.1 || 2.0 || .9 || 2.4 || 21.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Houston | 82 || 82 || 37.6 || .502 || .000 || .676 || 10.4 || 2.7 || 1.0 || 2.0 || 22.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Houston || 79 || 76 || 36.3 || .488 || .133 || .641 || 11.1 || 3.6 || 1.3 || 1.6 || 18.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Houston | 43 || 32 || 30.8 || .489 || .000 || .624 || 8.7 || 2.8 || .9 || 1.3 || 15.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Houston | 19 || 19 || 37.1 || .439 || .333 || .741 || 9.1 || 1.9 || .9 || 1.7 || 15.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Golden State | 29 || 25 || 33.0 || .438 || .000 || .775 || 10.0 || 2.9 || .8 || 1.9 || 15.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Golden State | 61 || 36 || 17.8 || .449 || .375 || .653 || 5.0 || 1.3 || .5 || 1.1 || 6.4 |-