Manny Leaks

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1945)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Manny Leaks

| image = Manny Leaks.jpeg

| width =

| caption = Leaks, circa 1971

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 225

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|11|27}}

| birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio

| nationality = American

| high_school = East (Cleveland, Ohio)

| college = Niagara (1965–1968)

| draft_year = 1968

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 20

| draft_team = Detroit Pistons

| career_start = 1968

| career_end = 1974

| career_number = 42, 9, 43, 3, 35, 26, 24

| career_position = Power forward / center

| years1 = 1968

| team1 = Kentucky Colonels

| years2 = 1968–1969

| team2 = New York Nets

| years3 = 1969–1971

| team3 = Dallas / Texas Chaparrals

| years4 = 1971

| team4 = New York Nets

| years5 = 1971–1972

| team5 = Utah Stars

| years6 = 1972

| team6 = The Floridians

| years7 = {{nbay|1972|full=y}}

| team7 = Philadelphia 76ers

| years8 = {{nbay|1973|full=y}}

| team8 = Capital Bullets

| highlights =

• Fourth-team Parade All-American (1964)

| stats_league = ABA and NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 5,302 (11.9 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 3,998 (9.0 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 471 (1.1 apg)

| bbr = leaksma01

}}

Emanuel Leaks Jr. (born November 27, 1945) is an American former professional basketball player.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Leaks was a 6'8" forward/center who played at Niagara University from 1965 to 1968. He averaged 17.3 points and 15.1 rebounds per game over his collegiate career,[http://www.purpleeagles.com/assets/sports/mbball/0809%20MBB%20Media%20Guide.pdf Niagara Men's Basketball Media Guide] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715133058/http://www.purpleeagles.com/assets/sports/mbball/0809%20MBB%20Media%20Guide.pdf |date=2011-07-15 }}. purpleeagles.com. 2008. Retrieved on September 18, 2009. and pulled down 30 rebounds in a 1966 game against Syracuse University."[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=npcJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eEkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2696,783154&dq=manny-leaks+30+rebounds+syracuse Hawks blast Providence]". The Deseret News. March 6, 1966. Retrieved on September 18, 2009.

Leaks was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the 20th pick of the 1968 NBA draft, but he began his professional career in the American Basketball Association, where he played four seasons as a member of the Kentucky Colonels, New York Nets, Dallas / Texas Chaparrals, Utah Stars, and Floridians. He averaged 13.5 points and 9.9 rebounds per game during his stint in the ABA,[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/leaksma01.html Career statistics]. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on September 18, 2009. which ended in 1972 in the wake of salary disputes with the Floridians."[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uJ0MAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y2ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4222,398089&dq=manny-leaks+floridians Sports in brief]". St. Petersburg Times. March 11, 1972. Retrieved on September 18, 2009. From 1972 to 1974, Leaks played in the NBA as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers and Capital Bullets, averaging 8.3 points and 6.8 rebounds per game.