Three Fathers and Daughters, One Basketball Dream

Ford and Malone are not, however, the only NBA-WNBA father-daughter combo of all time. With Father's Day coming up this Sunday (yes, only a few more days left for that tie shopping extravaganza), WNBA.com takes a look at basketball's three father-daughter stars: Malone and Ford, Harvey and Tamika Catchings, and Nate and Natalie Williams.

G FG% FT% PTS RPG APG PPG 34 .420 .802 628 8.7 3.7 18.5

Worth the Wait: Selected by the Indiana Fever with the third overall pick in the 2001 WNBA Draft, Catchings missed the entire 2002 season recovering from a torn ACL.

Honors, Honors, Honors: The 2002 WNBA Rookie of the Year, Catchings was runner-up for the Defensive Player of the Year award and third in MVP voting. She became the first Fever player ever to be named to the All-WNBA First Team.

By the Numbers: She was also the only player in the WNBA to lead her team in points, rebounds and assists, and in addition to that, she led the Fever in steals, blocked shots, minutes played and three-point shooting.

G FG% FT% PTS RPG APG PPG 724 .435 .647 2,335 5.0 0.8 3.2

Long Haul: Catchings played 11 seasons in the NBA, from 1974 to 1985, primarily for Philadelphia and Milwaukee, while also doing stints for New Jersey and the Los Angeles Clippers.

Quite a Class: Selected by Philadelphia in the third round of the 1974 NBA Draft, Catchings was part of a draft class that included Bill Walton (first overall pick) and current Phoenix Mercury head coach John Shumate (fourth overall pick).

All Seasons: In addition to his 724 career games in the regular season, Catchings also played in 53 playoff games. He put up his higest rebounding numbers in his second season, averaging 6.9 boards per game for Philadelphia.

G FG% FT% PTS RPG APG PPG 2 .526 .714 25 10.0 0.5 12.5

She's Only Just Begun: Ford is still getting her feet wet in the opening weeks of her first pro season, but she has started off strong. Through her first two games, she ranks ninth in the WNBA in rebounds per game (8.0).

Family Feud: With the Shock, Ford is coached by Bill Laimbeer, who often matched up against her father during his playing days with the Detroit Pistons.

College Star: In her senior season at Louisiana Tech (2002-03), Ford ranked third in the nation in rebounding (12.9 rpg) and was named WAC Player of the Year by league coaches for the second straight year.

G FG% FT% PTS RPG APG PPG 1,434 .517 .742 36,374 10.2 3.5 25.4

The Mailman: In 18 seasons with the Utah Jazz, Malone has made the All-Star team 14 times and won the NBA Most Valuable Player award twice (1996-97, 1998-99). As part of the NBA's 50th anniversary celebration in 1996, Malone was selected as one of the "50 Greatest Players in NBA History."

...Always Delivers: Malone missed only one game in the 2002-03 season (11/6 vs. Detroit due to the flu) and has now played in 1,434 of a possible 1,444 games in his career.

Getting Up There: With 36,374 career points, Malone ranks second on the NBA's all-time scoring list, behind only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387).

G FG% FT% PTS RPG APG PPG 121 .486 .758 1,860 9.7 1.4 15.4

Three and Three Is Six: A three-time All-Star and a three-time All-WNBA First Team selection (1999, 2000, 2001), 2003 is Williams' fifth season in the WNBA. In only 121 games, she already ranks sixth on the WNBA's all-time rebounding list with 1,171 boards.

Proud to be an American: USA Basketball's Female Athlete of the Year in 1999, Williams won a gold medal with the U.S. Olympic Team in Sydney, Australia in 2000.

Multi-Talented: Williams was a four-year letter-winner in both basketball and volleyball at UCLA, leading the Bruins to NCAA volleyball titles in 1990 and 1991.

G FG% FT% PTS RPG APG PPG 642 .458 .805 7,709 3.8 1.5 12.0

Super 70's: Williams played in the NBA for eight seasons from 1971 to 1979, with the Cincinnati Royals, Kansas City-Omaha Kings, New Orleans Jazz and the Golden State Warriors.

Double Digits: Williams played in 642 games over the course of his career and averaged a solid 12.0 points per game. His highest scoring numbers came in the 1973-74 season, when he put up 15.5 points per game for the Kings.

Draft History: Williams was drafted by Cincinnati with the top pick in the 1971 Hardship Draft, which included only that year's early entry candidates. (In 1972, the NBA included early entry candidates in the regular draft, and in 1976, the financial hardship requirement was eliminated and the league's current early-entry procedure was adopted.)

*All WNBA stats are through games played on June 5.

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