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Bob Gross

Forward  at Portland Trail Blazers
Age72
NationalityUSA
Height198 cm (6'6")
Weight91 kg
BornAug 3, 1953
CollegeLong Beach State
Career
8.8PPG
4.4RPG
3.0APG
355 games · 6 seasons

Career snapshot

6seasons
355games
3,116career pts
14.1PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Portland Trail Blazers · 328 games · 1977-78–1981-82

Position rank · 1981-82

#55PPG rank
#31PER rank
#33WS rank
Among 81 Forward players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 12.7 1977-78 · POR
RPG 5.6 1977-78 · POR
APG 3.7 1979-80 · POR
PER 16.9 1977-78 · POR
WS 7.1 1977-78 · POR

Draft

1975
Round 2 · Pick 25
from Long Beach State

Honors & awards

All-Defense Team
1977

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1977-78 POR 72 0 30.0 12.7 5.6 3.5 1.4 0.7 52.9 0.0 80.0 16.9 7.1
1978-79 POR 53 0 27.2 9.7 4.7 3.5 1.3 0.9 47.2 0.0 80.7 14.0 2.9
1979-80 POR 62 0 25.5 8.7 4.0 3.7 1.0 0.8 46.8 10.0 83.3 12.0 1.7
1980-81 POR 82 0 23.6 7.8 4.0 3.1 1.1 0.8 52.8 0.0 84.9 14.0 4.4
1981-82 POR 59 24 23.3 7.2 4.4 2.1 1.3 0.7 53.7 50.0 75.0 13.8 3.1
1982-83 LAC 27 3 13.8 3.1 2.4 1.3 0.8 0.3 42.7 33.3 63.2

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

All entries are season change.

About Bob Gross

Robert Edwin Gross is an American former professional basketball player. A 6-foot-6-inch (1.98 m), 200 pounds (91 kg) forward, he attended Seattle University and California State University, Long Beach, and was selected in the 1975 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. He was also selected in the 1975 ABA Draft by the San Diego Sails. Gross was the starting small forward for the Blazers during their only championship season (1976–77). He left the NBA in 1983 with career averages of 8.9 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.12 steals a game.