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Bob Lanier

Age 77 · USA · 211 cm (6'11") · 113 kg · Born Sep 10, 1948 · St. Bonaventure

19.9 PPG 10.0 RPG 3.2 APG 812 games 11 seasons
Bob Lanier

Career snapshot

11seasons
812games
16,198career pts
20.8PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Detroit Pistons · 471 games · 1971-72–1979-80

Position rank · 1983-84

#16PPG rank
#10PER rank
#8WS rank
Among 63 Center players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 25.7 1971-72 · DET
RPG 14.9 1972-73 · DET
APG 4.6 1974-75 · DET
PER 24.8 1977-78 · DET
WS 14.4 1973-74 · DET

Draft

1970
Round 1 · Pick 1
from St. Bonaventure

Honors & awards

8×
All-Star Selection
1981, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971
1×
All-Rookie Team
1970

Career by team

Milwaukee Bucks
1979-80 – 1983-84 · 5 seasons
13.5 PPG 5.9 RPG 2.7 APG
278 games
Detroit Pistons
1971-72 – 1979-80 · 7 seasons
23.8 PPG 12.5 RPG 3.5 APG
471 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1971-72 DET 80 0 38.7 25.7 14.2 3.1 0.0 0.0 49.3 0.0 76.8 23.1 8.4
1972-73 DET 81 0 38.9 23.8 14.9 3.2 0.0 0.0 49.0 0.0 77.3 22.1 10.6
1973-74 DET 81 0 37.6 22.5 13.3 4.2 1.4 3.0 50.4 0.0 79.7 23.9 14.4
1974-75 DET 76 0 39.3 24.0 12.0 4.6 1.0 2.3 51.0 0.0 80.2 24.4 12.4
1977-78 DET 63 0 36.7 24.5 11.3 3.4 1.3 1.5 53.7 0.0 77.2 24.8 10.1
1978-79 DET 53 0 34.6 23.6 9.3 2.6 0.9 1.4 51.5 0.0 74.9 21.7 5.9
1979-80 NBA 63 0 33.8 19.2 8.8 2.9 1.2 1.4 53.7 16.7 78.2 — —
1979-80 MIL 26 0 28.4 15.7 6.9 2.4 1.4 1.1 51.9 100.0 78.5 20.5 3.2
1979-80 DET 37 0 37.6 21.7 10.1 3.3 1.0 1.6 54.6 0.0 78.1 20.3 4.2
1980-81 MIL 67 0 26.2 14.3 6.2 2.7 1.1 1.2 52.5 100.0 75.1 19.7 6.8
1981-82 MIL 74 72 26.8 13.5 5.2 3.0 1.0 0.8 55.8 0.0 75.2 17.4 6.6
1982-83 MIL 39 35 25.1 10.7 5.1 2.7 0.9 0.6 49.1 0.0 68.4 14.5 2.3
1983-84 MIL 72 72 27.9 13.6 6.3 2.6 0.8 0.7 57.2 0.0 70.8 17.7 6.7

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Oct 1979 Milwaukee Bucks Detroit Pistons mid season trade From 1979-80 to 1979-80
Jul 1979 Detroit Pistons Milwaukee Bucks season change

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Born on September 10

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About Bob Lanier

Robert Jerry Lanier Jr. was an American professional basketball player. He played center for the Detroit Pistons and the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Lanier was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992.