Editing Bill Cartwright (section)

{{Short description|American basketball player and coach}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
 | name              = Bill Cartwright
 | image             = NBA Champion Bill Cartwright Celebrates Launch of New Book at College of DuPage (54292035685).jpg
 | caption           = Cartwright in 2025
 | height_ft         = 7
 | height_in         = 1
 | weight_lb         = 245
 | birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1957|07|30}}
 | birth_place       = [[Lodi, California]], U.S.
 | high_school       = [[Elk Grove High School (Elk Grove, California)|Elk Grove]] ([[Elk Grove, California]])
 | college           = [[San Francisco Dons men's basketball|San Francisco]] (1975–1979)
 | draft_year        = 1979
 | draft_round       = 1
 | draft_pick        = 3
 | draft_team        = [[New York Knicks]]
 | career_start      = 1979
 | career_end        = 1995
 | career_position   = [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
 | career_number     = 25, 24
 | coach_start       = 1996
 | coach_end         = 2013
 | years1            = {{nbay|1979|start}}–{{nbay|1987|end}}
 | team1             = [[New York Knicks]]
 | years2            = {{nbay|1988|start}}–{{nbay|1993|end}}
 | team2             = [[Chicago Bulls]]
 | years3            = {{nbay|1994|full=y}}
 | team3             = [[Seattle SuperSonics]]
 | cyears1           = {{nbay|1996|start}}–{{nbay|2001|start}}
 | cteam1            = Chicago Bulls (assistant)
 | cyears2           = {{nbay|2001|start}}–{{nbay|2003|start}}
 | cteam2            = Chicago Bulls
 | cyears3           = {{nbay|2004|start}}–{{nbay|2007|end}}
 | cteam3            = [[New Jersey Nets]] (assistant)
 | cyears4           = {{nbay|2008|start}}–{{nbay|2011|end}}
 | cteam4            = [[Phoenix Suns]] (assistant)
 | cyears5           = 2013
 | cteam5            = [[Osaka Evessa]]
 | cyears6           = 2014
 | cteam6            = [[Mexico men's national basketball team|Mexico]] 
 | highlights        = 
'''As player:'''
* 3× [[NBA champion]] ({{nbafy|1991}}–{{nbafy|1993}})
* [[NBA All-Star]] ({{nasg|1980}})
* [[NBA All-Rookie First Team]] ({{nbay|1979|end}})
* 2× Consensus second-team [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] ([[1977 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1977]], [[1979 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1979]])
* 3× [[West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|WCAC Player of the Year]] (1977–1979)
* 3× First-team All-[[West Coast Conference|WCAC]] (1977–1979)
* Second-team All-WCAC (1976)
* No. 24 [[San Francisco Dons men's basketball#Retired numbers|retired by San Francisco Dons]]
* [[Mr. Basketball USA]] (1975)
* First-team [[Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team|''Parade'' All-American]] (1975)
* Third-team ''Parade'' All-American (1974)
* 2× [[California Mr. Basketball]] (1974, 1975)
'''As assistant coach:'''
* 2× [[NBA champion]] ({{nbafy|1997}}, {{nbafy|1998}})
 | stat1label        = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
 | stat1value        = 12,713 (13.2 ppg)
 | stat2label        = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
 | stat2value        = 6,106 (6.3 rpg)
 | stat3label        = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
 | stat3value        = 1,390 (1.4 apg)
}}
'''James William Cartwright''' (born July 30, 1957) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player and a former coach. A {{convert|7|ft|1|in|m|adj=on}} [[Center (basketball)|center]], he played 16 seasons in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) for the [[New York Knicks]], [[Chicago Bulls]] and [[Seattle SuperSonics]], helping the Bulls capture consecutive championships in the [[1991 NBA Finals|1991]], [[1992 NBA Finals|1992]] and [[1993 NBA Finals|1993]] seasons. He attended Elk Grove High School in [[Elk Grove, California]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bill Cartwright, NBA Legend, Discusses Memoir at Elk Grove Historical Society {{!}} Elk Grove Citizen |url=https://www.egcitizen.com/2025/03/27/527250/bill-cartwright-nba-legend-discusses-memoir-at-elk-grove-historical-society |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=www.egcitizen.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hagan |first=Chris Nichols, Chris |title=Elk Grove native and NBA champion Bill Cartwright to be added to Sacramento Walk of Stars |url=https://www.capradio.org/articles/2024/05/23/elk-grove-native-and-nba-champion-bill-cartwright-to-be-added-to-sacramento-walk-of-stars/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=www.capradio.org}}</ref> and played [[college basketball]] for the [[San Francisco Dons men's basketball|San Francisco Dons]]. Following his playing career, he served as the head coach of the Chicago Bulls, the [[Osaka Evessa]] of the [[bj League]] and the [[Mexico men's national basketball team]] as well as an assistant coach for several years in the NBA.