title: George Bucci
text: # George Bucci
  
  George P. Bucci Jr. (born July 9, 1953) is an American former basketball player.
  
  He played collegiately for the Manhattan College.
  
  He was selected by the Buffalo Braves in the third round (52nd pick overall) of the 1975 NBA draft and by the New York Nets in the 1975 ABA Draft.
  
  He played for the New York Nets in the American Basketball Association (ABA) during the 1975–76 season and won an ABA championship with them. He was not used much as their 5th guard, and during the season the team permitted him to start an oil distribution company.
  
  The Net's cut Bucci before the 1976-77 season. From 1977 until 1992 he played in the Lega Basket Serie A
  
  In the 1990s he was elected to political office, as councilman and later supervisor of Newburgh, New York.
  
  In 2018, Bucci was inducted into MAAC Honor Roll.
  
  