Reginald Biddings King (born February 14, 1957) is an American former professional basketball player. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, he was a 6'6" and 225 lb forward and played college basketball for the Alabama Crimson Tide. He had a career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1979 to 1985. King's nickname in college was "the Mule."
King was selected 18th overall by the Kansas City Kings in the 1979 NBA draft. He spent four seasons with the Kings, and his final 2 NBA seasons with the Seattle SuperSonics. His best season was in 1980–81 as a member of the Kings when he averaged a career high 14.9 points, 9.7 rebounds and shot a career-best 54.4% from the field.
As of 2019, King still lives in the Kansas City area.
Career statistics
NBA Source
Regular season
| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Kansas City | 82 || || 25.0 || .515 || .000 || .726 || 6.9 || 1.3 || .8 || .4 || 8.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Kansas City | 81 || || 33.9 || .544 || – || .684 || 9.7 || 1.5 || 1.3 || .5 || 14.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Kansas City | 80 || 76 || 32.6 || .509 || – || .705 || 6.5 || 2.2 || 1.1 || .4 || 12.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Kansas City | 58 || 5 || 17.2 || .462 || – || .760 || 4.1 || 1.0 || .5 || .2 || 4.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 77 || 42 || 27.1 || .520 || .000 || .660 || 6.1 || 2.3 || .7 || .3 || 7.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 60 || 5 || 14.3 || .423 || – || .695 || 2.0 || .9 || .5 || .2 || 2.8 |-class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Career | 438 || 128 || 25.9 || .514 || .000 || .699 || 6.2 || 1.6 || .8 || .3 || 8.9
Playoffs {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" !Year !Team !GP !MPG !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !SPG !BPG !PPG |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1980 | style="text-align:left;"| Kansas City | 3 || 25.7 || .476 || – || .556 || 8.3 || 1.3 || .3 || .0 || 8.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1981 | style="text-align:left;"| Kansas City | 15 || 41.3 || .492 || .000 || .735 || 9.9 || 1.7 || 1.2 || .7 || 21.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1984 | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 3 || 18.2 || .417 || – || – || 3.4 || 1.2 || .4 || .6 || 2.0 |-class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Career | 23 || 34.3 || .488 || .000 || .721 || 8.3 || 1.5 || .9 || .6 || 15.4
See also List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 2000 points and 1000 rebounds
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