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Don Adams

Age 78 · USA · 198 cm (6'6") · 95 kg · Born Nov 27, 1947 · Northwestern

9.7 PPG 6.2 RPG 1.8 APG 419 games 4 seasons
Don Adams

Career snapshot

4seasons
419games
4,074career pts
8.4PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Detroit Pistons · 195 games · 1972-73–1974-75

Position rank · 1974-75

#17PPG rank
#9PER rank
#8WS rank
Among 20 Power Forward players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 11.7 1971-72 · ATL
RPG 7.1 1971-72 · ATL
APG 2.0 1971-72 · ATL
PER 11.6 1971-72 · ATL
WS 3.6 1973-74 · DET

Draft

1970
Round 8 · Pick 120
by Houston Rockets
from Northwestern

Career by team

Detroit Pistons
1972-73 – 1974-75 · 3 seasons
8.8 PPG 5.7 RPG 1.7 APG
195 games
Atlanta Hawks
1971-72 – 1972-73 · 2 seasons
11.4 PPG 7.0 RPG 2.0 APG
74 games
Houston Rockets
1971-72 – 1971-72 · 1 seasons
4.3 PPG 2.7 RPG 1.0 APG
3 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1971-72 NBA 73 0 28.4 11.4 6.9 1.9 0.0 0.0 39.2 0.0 74.5 — —
1971-72 ATL 70 0 29.0 11.7 7.1 2.0 0.0 0.0 39.4 0.0 74.7 11.6 0.8
1971-72 HOU 3 0 13.7 4.3 2.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 31.6 0.0 50.0 4.5 -0.1
1972-73 NBA 74 0 25.3 9.1 6.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 39.1 0.0 78.8 — —
1972-73 ATL 4 0 19.0 5.8 5.5 1.3 0.0 0.0 21.1 0.0 87.5 3.9 -0.3
1972-73 DET 70 0 25.7 9.3 6.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 40.2 0.0 78.4 10.9 1.3
1973-74 DET 74 0 31.1 10.3 6.1 1.9 1.5 0.2 40.8 0.0 76.1 10.9 3.6
1974-75 DET 51 0 27.0 5.9 4.8 1.5 1.4 0.4 40.3 0.0 57.7 8.4 0.5

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Jul 1972 Houston Rockets Detroit Pistons season change
Jul 1972 Houston Rockets Atlanta Hawks season change
Jul 1972 Atlanta Hawks Detroit Pistons season change
Oct 1971 Atlanta Hawks Houston Rockets mid season trade From 1971-72 to 1971-72

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Born on November 27

Emanuel Leaks 1945 · Philadelphia 76ers Jim Price 1949 · Los Angeles Lakers Henry Dickerson 1951 · Detroit Pistons Ron Valentine 1957 · Denver Nuggets Dean Garrett 1966 · Golden State Warriors Nick Van Exel 1971 · Los Angeles Lakers Brendan Haywood 1979 · Cleveland Cavaliers Branko Jorovic 1981

About Don Adams

Donald Lamar Adams was an American professional basketball player. He was 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) tall and weighed 210 pounds (95 kg).