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Don Otten
Center ·Atlanta Hawks ·NBA ·#14

Don Otten

Age105 BornApr 18, 1921 FromUSA Height208 cm (6'10") Weight109 kg CollegeBowling Green
Career averages
10.8PPG
4.3RPG
1.4APG
414 games · 4 seasons

At a glance

ATL hub
Career snapshot
4Seasons
414Games
4,456Career points
0.0PER average
Most-played franchise: Atlanta Hawks · 127 games · 1949-50 to 1952-53
Career highsSingle season
13.0PPG · 1951-52 · ATL
7.3RPG · 1951-52 · ATL
2.1APG · 1951-52 · ATL
Position rank1951-52
#5PPG rank
#8PER rank
#8Win shares rank
CenterPosition
Among 18 Center players with 41+ games

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.