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Zelmo Beaty

“Big Z”

Career (regular season)

GP
570
PTS
16.0
REB
10.4
AST
1.5

Personal details

Position
Center
Height and weight
2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) · 102 kg (225 lb)
Born
October 25, 1939
Died
† September 7, 2013 (aged 73)
Birthplace
Hillister, Estados Unidos
School / club
Prairie View A&M
Draft
1962: round 1, pick 3
NBA career
1962-1974 · 8 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1962-63 STL 80 814 665 85 1,918 — — — 43.9 — 71.7
1963-64 STL 59 774 633 79 1,922 — — — 44.4 — 74.1
1964-65 STL 80 1,351 966 111 2,916 — — — 48.2 — 71.5
1965-66 STL 80 1,656 1,086 125 3,072 — — — 47.3 — 75.8
1966-67 STL 48 853 515 60 1,661 — — — 47.3 — 75.8
1967-68 STL 82 1,733 959 174 3,068 — — — 48.8 — 79.4
1968-69 ATL 72 1,546 798 131 2,578 — — — 47.0 — 73.1
1974-75 LAL 69 380 327 74 1,213 45 29 — 43.9 — 80.0
Career 570 9,107 5,949 839 18,348 45 29 — 46.9 — 75.0

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1962-63 STL 11 113 84 11 307 — — — 44.3 — 75.0
1963-64 STL 12 172 114 12 436 — — — 52.1 — 68.7
1964-65 STL 4 77 55 1 154 — — — 49.2 — 76.0
1965-66 STL 10 190 131 22 418 — — — 49.3 — 75.9
1966-67 STL 9 143 89 12 318 — — — 44.2 — 78.5
1967-68 STL 6 129 81 15 239 — — — 46.7 — 78.2
1968-69 ATL 11 247 142 25 473 — — — 43.2 — 67.2
Career 63 1,071 696 98 2,345 — — — 46.6 — 73.8

Awards and titles

  • Hall of Fame: 2016 (as a player)
  • All-Rookie First Team: 1962-63
  • All-Star (2): 1966, 1968 (starter)

Draft

Transactions

  1. · Trade

    The Atlanta Hawks traded Zelmo Beaty to the San Francisco Warriors for Clyde Lee and a 1970 1st round draft pick (Pete Maravich was later selected).

  2. · Trade

    The Atlanta Hawks traded Zelmo Beaty to the Los Angeles Lakers for a 1975 2nd round draft pick (Gus Williams was later selected).

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