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Mel Counts

“Goose”

Career (regular season)

GP
789
PTS
8.3
REB
6.0
AST
1.4

Personal details

Position
Center
Height and weight
2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) · 104 kg (229 lb)
Born
October 16, 1941 (age 85)
Birthplace
Coos Bay, Estados Unidos
School / club
Oregon State
Draft
1964: round 1, pick 7
NBA career
1964-1975 · 12 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1964-65 BOS 54 258 265 19 572 — — — 36.8 — 78.4
1965-66 BOS 67 562 432 50 1,021 — — — 40.3 — 82.8
1966-67 LAL 31 264 189 22 517 — — — 44.4 — 74.1
1966-67 BLT 25 159 155 30 343 — — — 38.9 — 72.5
1966-67 TOT 56 423 344 52 860 — — — 42.2 — 73.4
1967-68 LAL 82 958 732 139 1,739 — — — 47.5 — 74.8
1968-69 LAL 77 958 600 109 1,866 — — — 45.0 — 80.5
1969-70 LAL 81 1,024 683 160 2,193 — — — 42.7 — 77.6
1970-71 PHX 80 879 503 136 1,669 — — — 45.7 — 75.3
1971-72 PHX 76 395 257 96 906 — — — 42.7 — 72.1
1972-73 LAL 59 293 237 62 611 — — — 45.7 — 67.2
1972-73 PHI 7 10 16 3 47 — — — 31.3 — —
1972-73 TOT 66 303 253 65 658 — — — 44.9 — 67.2
1973-74 LAL 45 146 146 54 499 20 23 — 36.5 — 72.7
1974-75 NOJ 75 520 441 182 1,421 49 43 — 43.8 — 76.1
1975-76 NOJ 30 90 100 38 319 16 8 — 40.7 — 76.2
Career 789 6,516 4,756 1,100 13,723 85 74 — 43.5 — 76.4

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1964-65 BOS 4 9 11 1 30 — — — 26.7 — 100.0
1965-66 BOS 10 43 40 3 82 — — — 35.9 — 88.2
1966-67 LAL 3 14 8 0 29 — — — 26.3 — 100.0
1967-68 LAL 15 129 133 24 306 — — — 53.5 — 67.7
1968-69 LAL 18 202 143 26 442 — — — 38.5 — 76.1
1969-70 LAL 14 85 74 16 212 — — — 42.0 — 84.6
1972-73 LAL 17 154 104 28 327 — — — 45.9 — 78.0
1973-74 LAL 4 12 6 2 34 2 2 — 50.0 — —
Career 85 648 519 100 1,462 2 2 — 42.6 — 77.5

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

Awards and titles

  • NBA champion (2): 1964-65, 1965-66

Championship rings (2)

  • Drawing of the Boston Celtics championship ring, 1964-6519651964-65

    Boston Celtics

  • Drawing of the Boston Celtics championship ring, 1965-6619661965-66

    Maker: Koch

    Oro de 10 quilates con un diamante real arriba en el centro, flanqueado por «WORLD CHAMPIONS»; «1966» y «CELTICS» en cada lateral y el trébol del equipo. Punzón «KOCH 10K» (ejemplar del presidente Jack Waldron, según la casa de subastas).

    Description source

    Boston Celtics

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Medals

  • Gold · 1964 Olympic Games (United States)

Draft

Transactions

  1. · Trade

    The Boston Celtics traded Mel Counts to the Baltimore Bullets for Bailey Howell.

  2. · Trade

    In a 3-team trade, the Baltimore Bullets traded Mel Counts to the Los Angeles Lakers; the Detroit Pistons traded Ray Scott to the Baltimore Bullets; and the Los Angeles Lakers traded Rudy LaRusso and a 1967 1st round draft pick (Sonny Dove was later selected) to the Detroit Pistons. Detroit received pick when LaRusso refused to report; LaRusso was later sold to San Francisco

  3. · Trade

    The Los Angeles Lakers traded Mel Counts to the Phoenix Suns for Gail Goodrich.

  4. · Trade

    The Philadelphia 76ers traded a 1973 2nd round draft pick (Gary Melchionni was later selected) to the Phoenix Suns for Mel Counts.

  5. · Trade

    The Los Angeles Lakers traded Leroy Ellis and John Trapp to the Philadelphia 76ers for Bill Bridges and Mel Counts.

  6. · Trade

    The Los Angeles Lakers traded Mel Counts to the New Orleans Jazz for future considerations.

  7. · Waived

    The New Orleans Jazz waived Mel Counts.

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