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Norm Van Lier

Career (regular season)

GP
746
PTS
11.8
REB
4.8
AST
7.0

Personal details

Position
Guard
Height and weight
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) · 78 kg (172 lb)
Born
April 1, 1947
Died
† February 26, 2009 (aged 61)
Birthplace
East Liverpool, Estados Unidos
School / club
St. Francis (PA)
Draft
1969: round 3, pick 34
NBA career
1969-1978 · 10 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1969-70 CIN 81 770 409 500 2,895 — — — 40.3 — 74.1
1970-71 CIN 82 1,315 583 832 3,324 — — — 42.0 — 81.6
1971-72 CHI 69 832 299 491 2,140 — — — 45.6 — 79.1
1971-72 CIN 10 73 58 51 275 — — — 31.1 — 77.3
1971-72 TOT 79 905 357 542 2,415 — — — 43.9 — 79.0
1972-73 CHI 80 1,114 438 567 2,882 — — — 44.5 — 78.7
1973-74 CHI 80 1,142 377 548 2,863 162 7 — 40.6 — 77.8
1974-75 CHI 70 1,050 328 403 2,590 139 14 — 42.0 — 79.2
1975-76 CHI 76 957 410 500 3,026 150 26 — 36.6 — 73.7
1976-77 CHI 82 838 370 636 3,097 129 16 — 41.2 — 77.8
1977-78 CHI 78 572 284 531 2,524 144 5 200 41.9 — 75.1
1978-79 MIL 38 107 40 158 555 43 3 49 39.0 — 90.4
Career 746 8,770 3,596 5,217 26,171 767 71 249 41.4 — 78.0

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1971-72 CHI 4 56 25 33 144 — — — 41.5 — 85.7
1972-73 CHI 7 101 37 36 258 — — — 34.9 — 73.3
1973-74 CHI 11 161 47 75 466 17 3 — 42.4 — 83.0
1974-75 CHI 13 196 67 61 547 20 5 — 40.9 — 74.7
1976-77 CHI 3 16 15 29 134 10 1 — 15.8 — 83.3
Career 38 530 191 234 1,549 47 9 — 38.9 — 78.4

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

Awards and titles

  • All-NBA Second Team: 1973-74
  • All-Defensive First Team (3): 1973-74, 1975-76, 1976-77
  • All-Defensive Second Team (5): 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1974-75, 1977-78
  • Assists leader: 1970-71
  • All-Star (3): 1974, 1976, 1977 (starter)

Draft

Transactions

  1. · Trade

    The Chicago Bulls traded Dave Newmark and Norm Van Lier to the Cincinnati Royals for Walt Wesley.

  2. · Trade

    The Cincinnati Royals traded Norm Van Lier and a 1972 3rd round draft pick (Frank Russell was later selected) to the Chicago Bulls for Jim Fox and a 1972 2nd round draft pick (Mike Ratliff was later selected).

  3. · Waived

    The Chicago Bulls waived Norm Van Lier.

  4. · Signing

    The Milwaukee Bucks signed Norm Van Lier as a free agent.

  5. · Waived

    The Milwaukee Bucks waived Norm Van Lier.

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