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Don Otten

Age 105 · USA · 208 cm (6'10") · 109 kg · Born Apr 18, 1921 · Bowling Green

10.8 PPG 4.3 RPG 1.4 APG 414 games 4 seasons
Don Otten

Career snapshot

4seasons
414games
4,456career pts
0.0PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Atlanta Hawks · 127 games · 1949-50–1952-53

Position rank · 1951-52

#5PPG rank
#8PER rank
#8WS rank
Among 18 Center players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 13.0 1951-52 · ATL
RPG 7.3 1951-52 · ATL
APG 2.1 1951-52 · ATL

Career by team

Atlanta Hawks
1949-50 – 1952-53 · 3 seasons
11.3 PPG 4.0 RPG 1.7 APG
127 games
Detroit Pistons
1950-51 – 1951-52 · 2 seasons
7.8 PPG 5.6 RPG 0.8 APG
56 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1949-50 NBA 18 0 0.0 14.9 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 39.1 0.0 77.7 — —
1949-50 NBA 64 0 0.0 12.9 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 37.3 0.0 73.7 — —
1949-50 ATL 46 0 0.0 12.1 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 36.6 0.0 71.7 — —
1950-51 NBA 2 0 0.0 5.5 1.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 55.6 — —
1950-51 NBA 16 0 0.0 9.3 6.6 1.4 0.0 0.0 29.1 0.0 79.6 — —
1950-51 NBA 67 0 0.0 8.5 6.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 33.8 0.0 79.9 — —
1950-51 DET 49 0 0.0 8.4 6.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 36.2 0.0 81.1 — —
1951-52 NBA 64 0 28.0 12.0 6.8 1.9 0.0 0.0 34.9 0.0 77.3 — —
1951-52 ATL 57 0 30.3 13.0 7.3 2.1 0.0 0.0 35.2 0.0 76.9 — —
1951-52 DET 7 0 9.0 3.4 2.9 0.7 0.0 0.0 25.0 0.0 87.5 — —
1952-53 ATL 24 0 16.0 5.5 3.7 0.9 0.0 0.0 39.1 0.0 70.3 — —

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1951 Detroit Pistons Atlanta Hawks
Jul 1950 Atlanta Hawks Detroit Pistons

All entries are season change.

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About Don Otten

Donald Frederick Otten was an American professional basketball player.