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Dick Snyder

Age 82 · USA · 196 cm (6'5") · 94 kg · Born Feb 1, 1944 · Davidson

12.2 PPG 3.2 RPG 3.1 APG 745 games 9 seasons
Dick Snyder

Career snapshot

9seasons
745games
9,124career pts
13.6PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Oklahoma City Thunder · 361 games · 1969-70–1978-79

Position rank · 1978-79

#70PPG rank
#74PER rank
#71WS rank
Among 75 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 18.1 1973-74 · OKC
RPG 4.1 1969-70 · OKC
APG 4.4 1969-70 · OKC
PER 15.1 1974-75 · CLE
WS 6.4 1974-75 · CLE

Draft

1966
Round 2 · Pick 14
from Davidson

Career by team

Oklahoma City Thunder
1969-70 – 1978-79 · 5 seasons
13.6 PPG 3.4 RPG 3.5 APG
361 games
Cleveland Cavaliers
1974-75 – 1977-78 · 2 seasons
10.3 PPG 2.0 RPG 2.4 APG
140 games
Atlanta Hawks
1967-68 – 1967-68 · 1 seasons
8.6 PPG 2.6 RPG 2.2 APG
75 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1967-68 ATL 75 0 21.6 8.6 2.6 2.2 0.0 0.0 41.9 0.0 77.2 — —
1968-69 NBA 81 0 26.0 12.1 4.0 2.6 0.0 0.0 47.2 0.0 72.5 — —
1969-70 NBA 6 0 24.5 8.5 2.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 48.9 0.0 87.5 — —
1969-70 NBA 82 0 29.7 13.2 3.9 4.2 0.0 0.0 52.8 0.0 81.3 — —
1969-70 OKC 76 0 30.1 13.6 4.1 4.4 0.0 0.0 53.1 0.0 81.0 — —
1971-72 OKC 73 0 34.7 16.6 3.1 3.9 0.0 0.0 52.9 0.0 84.2 — —
1972-73 OKC 82 0 37.3 13.8 3.9 3.8 0.0 0.0 46.3 0.0 86.1 — —
1973-74 OKC 74 0 36.1 18.1 4.1 3.6 1.2 0.4 48.1 0.0 86.6 — —
1974-75 CLE 82 0 31.6 14.2 2.9 3.4 0.8 0.5 50.4 0.0 84.6 15.1 6.4
1977-78 CLE 58 0 11.4 4.8 0.8 1.0 0.4 0.3 44.4 0.0 87.5 12.0 0.9
1978-79 OKC 56 0 9.6 3.7 0.9 1.1 0.3 0.1 43.3 0.0 84.3 — —

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Jul 1978 Cleveland Cavaliers Oklahoma City Thunder season change
Jul 1974 Oklahoma City Thunder Cleveland Cavaliers season change
Oct 1969 Atlanta Hawks Oklahoma City Thunder offseason From 1967-68 to 1969-70

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About Dick Snyder

Richard J. Snyder Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the St. Louis Hawks, Phoenix Suns, Seattle SuperSonics, and Cleveland Cavaliers. Snyder graduated from Davidson College and was drafted by the Hawks in the second round of the 1966 NBA draft. A solid shooting guard who also played small forward on occasion, Snyder achieved his greatest basketball successes with the SuperSonics franchise.