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Bob Nash

Age 75 · USA · 203 cm (6'8") · 88 kg · Born Aug 24, 1950 · San Jacinto College, Hawaii

4.7 PPG 2.2 RPG 0.7 APG 219 games 4 seasons
Bob Nash

Career snapshot

4seasons
219games
1,036career pts
6.6PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Sacramento Kings · 148 games · 1977-78–1978-79

Position rank · 1978-79

#12PPG rank
#14PER rank
#14WS rank
Among 15 Small Forward players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 6.4 1978-79 · SAC
RPG 2.6 1977-78 · SAC
APG 0.9 1978-79 · SAC
PER 10.5 1973-74 · DET
WS 0.1 1973-74 · DET

Draft

1972
Round 1 · Pick 9
by Detroit Pistons
from San Jacinto College, Hawaii

Career by team

Sacramento Kings
1977-78 – 1978-79 · 2 seasons
6.0 PPG 2.5 RPG 0.8 APG
148 games
Detroit Pistons
1972-73 – 1973-74 · 2 seasons
2.1 PPG 1.5 RPG 0.4 APG
71 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1972-73 DET 36 0 4.7 1.2 0.9 0.4 0.0 0.0 22.2 0.0 64.7 2.6 -0.7
1973-74 DET 35 0 8.0 3.0 2.1 0.4 0.1 0.3 35.7 0.0 61.5 10.5 0.1
1977-78 SAC 66 0 12.1 5.5 2.6 0.7 0.4 0.3 51.6 0.0 72.5 — —
1978-79 SAC 82 0 15.9 6.4 2.5 0.9 0.4 0.2 43.5 0.0 80.2 — —

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Notes
Oct 1977 Detroit Pistons Sacramento Kings From 1973-74 to 1977-78

All entries are offseason.

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Born on August 24

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About Bob Nash

Robert Lee Nash is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played college basketball for the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and was the ninth overall pick in the 1972 NBA draft. Nash played six seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Detroit Pistons and Kansas City Kings. He also played in the American Basketball Association with the San Diego Conquistadors and the Continental Basketball Association with the Hawaii Volcanos for one season each.