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Nate Thurmond

“Nate The Great”

Career (regular season)

GP
964
PTS
15.0
REB
15.0
AST
2.7

Personal details

Position
Center
Height and weight
2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) · 102 kg (225 lb)
Born
July 25, 1941
Died
† July 16, 2016 (aged 74)
Birthplace
Akron, Estados Unidos
School / club
Bowling Green
Draft
1963: round 1, pick 3
NBA career
1963-1976 · 14 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1963-64 SFW 76 533 790 86 1,966 — — — 39.5 — 54.9
1964-65 SFW 77 1,273 1,395 157 3,173 — — — 41.9 — 65.8
1965-66 SFW 73 1,188 1,312 111 2,891 — — — 40.6 — 65.4
1966-67 SFW 65 1,214 1,382 166 2,761 — — — 43.7 — 62.9
1967-68 SFW 51 1,046 1,121 215 2,222 — — — 41.1 — 64.4
1968-69 SFW 71 1,524 1,402 253 3,208 — — — 41.0 — 61.5
1969-70 SFW 43 943 762 150 1,919 — — — 41.4 — 75.4
1970-71 SFW 82 1,641 1,128 257 3,351 — — — 44.5 — 73.0
1971-72 GSW 78 1,673 1,252 230 3,362 — — — 43.2 — 74.3
1972-73 GSW 79 1,349 1,349 280 3,419 — — — 44.6 — 71.8
1973-74 GSW 62 807 878 165 2,463 41 179 — 44.4 — 66.6
1974-75 CHI 80 632 904 328 2,756 46 195 — 36.4 — 58.9
1975-76 CLE 65 298 344 68 1,133 18 86 — 41.8 — 51.4
1975-76 CHI 13 48 71 26 260 4 12 — 44.4 — 44.4
1975-76 TOT 78 346 415 94 1,393 22 98 — 42.1 — 50.4
1976-77 CLE 49 268 374 83 997 16 81 — 40.7 — 64.2
Career 964 14,437 14,464 2,575 35,881 125 553 — 42.1 — 66.7

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1963-64 SFW 12 120 148 12 410 — — — 42.9 — 67.9
1966-67 SFW 15 238 346 47 690 — — — 43.3 — 57.1
1968-69 SFW 6 100 117 28 263 — — — 39.2 — 58.8
1970-71 SFW 5 88 51 15 192 — — — 37.1 — 80.0
1971-72 GSW 5 127 89 26 230 — — — 43.4 — 75.0
1972-73 GSW 11 160 145 40 460 — — — 39.8 — 80.0
1974-75 CHI 13 46 87 31 254 5 21 — 36.8 — 48.6
1975-76 CLE 13 87 117 28 375 6 29 — 46.8 — 40.6
1976-77 CLE 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 — — — —
Career 81 966 1,101 227 2,875 11 51 — 41.6 — 62.1

TOT: season total across all the teams he played for.

Awards and titles

  • Hall of Fame: 1985 (as a player)
  • All-Defensive First Team (2): 1968-69, 1970-71
  • All-Defensive Second Team (3): 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74
  • All-Rookie First Team: 1963-64
  • 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996): 1996-97
  • All-Star (7): 1965, 1966 (starter), 1967 (starter), 1968, 1970, 1973, 1974

Retired number

  • Golden State Warriors: No. 42 (1963-1974 with the team)
  • Cleveland Cavaliers: No. 42 (1975-1977 with the team)

Draft

Transactions

  1. · Trade

    The Chicago Bulls traded Clifford Ray and a 1975 1st round draft pick (Joe Bryant was later selected) to the Golden State Warriors for Nate Thurmond.

  2. · Trade

    The Chicago Bulls traded Rowland Garrett and Nate Thurmond to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Eric Fernsten and Steve Patterson.

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