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John Duren

Age 67 · USA · 191 cm (6'3") · 88 kg · Born Oct 30, 1958 · Georgetown

3.5 PPG 1.1 RPG 2.0 APG 201 games 3 seasons

Career snapshot

3seasons
201games
709career pts
5.9PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Utah Jazz · 119 games · 1980-81–1981-82

Position rank · 1982-83

#76PPG rank
#60PER rank
#51WS rank
Among 90 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 4.5 1982-83 · IND
RPG 1.3 1982-83 · IND
APG 2.4 1982-83 · IND
PER 8.2 1982-83 · IND
WS 0.4 1982-83 · IND

Draft

1980
Round 1 · Pick 19
from Georgetown

Career by team

Indiana Pacers
1982-83 – 1982-83 · 1 seasons
4.5 PPG 1.3 RPG 2.4 APG
82 games
Utah Jazz
1980-81 – 1981-82 · 2 seasons
2.9 PPG 1.0 RPG 1.8 APG
119 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1980-81 UTA 40 0 11.5 1.8 0.9 1.4 0.5 0.1 32.7 0.0 55.6 2.6 -0.9
1981-82 UTA 79 9 13.4 3.4 1.1 2.0 0.3 0.1 45.1 27.3 73.0 7.0 -0.3
1982-83 IND 82 24 17.5 4.5 1.3 2.4 0.8 0.1 45.3 0.0 79.6 8.2 0.4

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1982 Utah Jazz Indiana Pacers

All entries are season change.

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Born on October 30

Don Meineke 1930 · Detroit Pistons George Brown 1935 · Los Angeles Lakers Phil Chenier 1950 · Washington Wizards Terry Tyler 1956 · Detroit Pistons Petur Gudmundsson 1958 · San Antonio Spurs Alex Bradley 1959 · New York Knicks Tom Copa 1964 · San Antonio Spurs Kevin Edwards 1965 · Miami Heat

About John Duren

John Edward Drew was an American professional basketball player. A small forward from Gardner–Webb University, he played eleven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Drew was a two-time NBA All-Star, and was the first player banned under the substance abuse policy instituted by league commissioner David Stern.